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The Museum of Fine Arts in Ghent, Belgium.
Andria Zafirakou receives the 'Global Teacher Prize' from Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai during an award ceremony in Dubai on 18 March 2018.

London art teacher wins $1 million award

Art news daily: 19 March

19 Mar 2018
Helen Legg

Helen Legg appointed director of Tate Liverpool

Art news daily: 16 March

16 Mar 2018

German government considers reducing VAT for art sales

Art news daily: 15 March

15 Mar 2018
Richard Meier in 2009.
Fatoş Üstek

DRAF appoints Fatoş Üstek as director

Art news daily: 13 March

13 Mar 2018

Nan Goldin leads protest at the Met’s Sackler Wing

Art news daily: 12 March

12 Mar 2018
Prague's Národní muzeum
The Museum of Fine Arts in Ghent, Belgium.

Director of Ghent’s Museum of Fine Arts suspended

Art news daily: 8 March

8 Mar 2018
Emmanuel Macron in Burkina Faso
Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images
Centre Pompidou Málaga

Centre Pompidou Málaga will stay open until 2025

Art News Daily: 28 February

28 Feb 2018
Visualisation for ‘Contrary Life: A Botanical Light Garden Devoted to Trees’ (2018), by Alia Farid and Aseel AlYaqoub, commissioned by Art Jameel, courtesy the artists

Kuwaiti artists win inaugural Art Jameel commission in Dubai

Art news daily: 27 February

27 Feb 2018
Church of Holy Sepulchre; Basilica of Holy Sepulchre; Holy Land; Jerusalem

Church of the Holy Sepulchre closes indefinitely

Art news daily: 26 February

26 Feb 2018
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, Hammer campaign

Hammer Museum launches $180m capital campaign

Art news daily: 23 February

23 Feb 2018
Towner Art Gallery

Towner Art Gallery faces major funding cut

Art News Daily: 22 February

22 Feb 2018
The Tabacalera building in Madrid

New contemporary art space to open in Madrid

Art news daily: 21 February

21 Feb 2018
Judy Blame (1960–2018) in London, 2013

Judy Blame (1960–2018)

Art news daily: 20 February

20 Feb 2018
Esme Ward, the Manchester Museum's newly appointed director.

Manchester Museum names Esme Ward as next director

Art news daily: 19 February

19 Feb 2018

Rockwell family drops challenge to Berkshire Museum sale

Art news daily: 16 February

16 Feb 2018
The Switch House, now named The Blavatnik Building, at Tate Modern,Photo: © Iwan Baan

Report urges increased UK government funding to museums

Art news daily: 15 February

15 Feb 2018