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Lawrence Weiner about to leave port in Reykjavik to jettison his planks A PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS ASAP as his participation in Reykjavik Arts Festival, Iceland, 2005. © Lawrence Weiner

Lawrence Weiner wins Aspen Award for Art

Art News Daily: 24 February

24 Feb 2017

Miguel Falomir put forward as new Prado director

Art News Daily: 23 February

23 Feb 2017

Plans for David Bowie memorial sculpture unveiled

Art News Daily: 22 Feb

22 Feb 2017

2017 Serpentine Pavilion commission announced

Art News Daily : 21 February

21 Feb 2017

Eight-year sentence for ‘Spiderman’ art thief

Art News Daily : 20 February

20 Feb 2017

Stolen Guercino painting resurfaces in Casablanca

Art News Daily : 17 February

17 Feb 2017

The Chapman Brothers leave White Cube

Art News Daily : 15 February

15 Feb 2017
The Virgin and Child with Saint Mary Magdalen and the Infant Saint John the Baptist (c. 1535–40) Parmigianino.

Export bar placed on Parmigianino painting in the UK

Art News Daily : 13 February

13 Feb 2017

Bulletproof glass barrier to be erected around Eiffel Tower

Art News Daily : 10 February

10 Feb 2017
Art Dusseldorf new co-owners Walter Gehlen, Marco Fazzone, Rene Kamm, Andreas Lohaus.

Art Basel owner acquires stake in new Düsseldorf art fair

Art News Daily : 9 February

9 Feb 2017

Neolithic tombs cause setback for Stonehenge tunnel

Art News Daily : 8 February

8 Feb 2017

Louvre closes after knife attack and subsequent shooting

Art News Daily : 3 February

3 Feb 2017
Photo: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

UK museums see significant drop in visitor figures

Art News Daily : 2 February

2 Feb 2017
Italian police are investigating claims that staff at Pompeii deliberately destroyed a section of wall at the site after disputes with management.

Italian police investigate vandalism claims at Pompeii

Art News Daily : 1 February

1 Feb 2017

US museums respond to immigration order

Art News Daily : 30 January

30 Jan 2017

John Akomfrah wins Artes Mundi prize

Art News Daily : 27 January

27 Jan 2017
The National Trust is launching an international design competition to restore Clandon Park, the 18th century Palladian house that was gutted by fire in 2015
Visualisation of Gdansk's Museum of the Second World War building designed by Studio Kwadrat

£180 million pledged to Museum of London for planned revamp

Art News Daily : 24 January

24 Jan 2017