Briefing

Christo abandons controversial 25-year project in protest against Trump; Roman Polanski forced to drop out of César Awards

South Korea’s Culture Minister resigns over alleged cultural blacklist; Museum of Islamic Art Cairo reopens after three years

#J20 Art Strike gains more signatures; Trump set to scrap NEA and NEH funding; William Onyeabor passes away

Manchester's Factory arts centre gets the green light; Mark Fisher passes away; Pompidou Centre set for anniversary renovations

Maria Balshaw to become new Tate director; exhibitors list announced for Frieze New York 2017; Labour MP to direct the V&A Museum

Celebrated sociologist Zygmunt Bauman passes away; artists, curators and critics set to strike in protest against Trump inauguration

German gallerist Barbara Weiss passes away; Dorin Rabina appointed curator of Tel Aviv Museum of Art; New York's Murray Guy to close

John Berger passes away; David Adjaye, Ryan Gander and Chris Ofili named on the Queen’s New Year Honours list

Jennifer Scott appointed Dulwich Picture Gallery's first female director; Kunstmuseum Bern to inherit controversial Gurlitt collection

New cultural hub in Shenzhen to host a branch of the V&A; Arts Council England publishes its second annual diversity report

Leo Villareal to illuminate London's bridges; Kader Attia files plagiarism lawsuit against French musicians

Helen Marten wins the 2016 Turner Prize; Harper Lee and Mark Twain novels removed from US schools; Ousmane Sow passes away

Zaha Hadid Architects distances itself from principle Patrik Schumacher; Glasgow Sculpture Studios to close its exhibition space

Musician Pauline Oliveros passes away; Heather Phillipson wins the Jarman award; MCA Chicago announces renovation plans

Jeff Koons to donate a memorial to the city of Paris; Jenni Lomax to leave Camden Arts Centre

David Hockney to design a new stained glass window for Westminster Abbey; Richard Prince faces yet another lawsuit

Whitney 2017 artist list announced; Helen Marten wins the inaugural Hepworth Prize for sculpture

Herzog & de Meuron wins its second commission in a matter of weeks; David Mancuso, pioneer of New York dance culture, passes away

Leonard Cohen passes away; Cairo's Townhouse Gallery reopens; accusations of censorship hit the Shanghai Biennial

Marina Abramović finds herself embroiled in the Clinton email saga; chief curator of Seoul's Ilmin Museum accused of sexual harassment