Barbican arts head Devyani Saltzman leaves role after 18 months – The Art Newspaper
Devyani Saltzman, the director of arts and participation at the Barbican centre in London, is leaving her post…
Arrests made over alleged €10m Louvre ticket scam – The Art Newspaper
Even in light of the string of problems that have beset the Louvre since October, last week stands…
London’s National Gallery to cut staff as it faces £8.2m deficit – The Art Newspaper
The National Gallery is to make serious cuts, with a significant number of staff expected to leave, in…
Guatemala’s Museo de Arte Colonial shut down by authorities – The Art Newspaper
On 29 December, authorities from Guatemala’s Public Ministry (MP) arrived at the Museo de Arte Colonial in Antigua…
London’s National Gallery appoints Patrick Elliott as curator of Modern paintings – The Art Newspaper
The National Gallery in London is planting its flag on 20th-century art with the announcement of Patrick Elliott…
Inside Brussels’s €230m Kanal-Centre Pompidou museum—opening in November – The Art Newspaper
The long-awaited Kanal-Centre Pompidou gallery of modern and contemporary art in Brussels—a vast new art hub rivalling other…
Art Gallery of Ontario curator resigned after failed acquisition of Nan Goldin work – The Art Newspaper
A leaked memo has revealed the resignations of a senior curator at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO)…
Metropolitan Opera considers selling multi-storey Chagall murals, valued at $55m – The Art Newspaper
Amid mounting financial issues, the Metropolitan Opera, the largest performing arts organisation in the United States, announced on…
Ethiopia’s Africa Hall wins Modernist conservation award – The Art Newspaper
World Monuments Fund and the furniture designer Knoll have announced the winner of their annual prize for the…
UK government bans export of £9m rural ‘masterpiece’ by Claude Lorrain – The Art Newspaper
The UK government has placed an export bar on a key painting by the 17th-century French artist Claude Lorrain valued…
Work by Edgar Degas among £59.7m haul of art donated to UK public collections in exchange for tax benefits – The Art Newspaper
Works by Edgar Degas and Ben Nicholson are among the gifts bestowed to the UK’s public collections as…
‘It’s madness’: David Hockney blasts plans to loan Bayeux Tapestry to UK – The Art Newspaper
The British artist David Hockney says bringing the Bayeux Tapestry to London for an exhibition at the British…