Briefing

The Rijksmuseum announces its new director while Clifton Benevento closes its doors

James Richards will represent Wales at Venice and Yuri Pattison wins the Frieze Artist Award

British artists rally against Brexit and Ken Loach claims his second Palme d’Or 

Protestors temporarily close the British Museum and William Kentridge weighs in on the migrant crisis

Healing Arts Initiative shuts down, W.A.G.E. challenges the New Museum and Grazer Kunstverein appoints a new artistic director

The New Museum launches an USD$80 million campaign and the Turner Prize shortlist is announced

Greece makes a renewed attempt to retrieve the Parthenon Marbles while Zaha Hadid gets an impromptu retrospective in Venice

Rosemarie Trockel's art collection is destroyed and Atena Farghadani is released from prison

Artists Space to leave 38 Greene Street and Marisol passes away

Wolfgang Tillmans creates a series of anti-Brexit posters and Atena Farghadani has her prison sentence reduced

JMW Turner becomes the face of a new banknote and Cecilia Alemani is named curator of the Italian pavilion at the 57th Venice Biennale

Tate announces its 2017 programme; Cairo's Townhouse Gallery will be rebuilt - the latest news from the art world

The Guggenheim ends talks with Gulf Labor, while Mark Bradford will represent the US in Venice: the latest art news

The Panama Papers lead to the seizing of a Modigliani and the Canadian Government pledges CAD$1.9 billion to the arts: the latest art news

Manifesta announces its line-up and Bobby Miller brings charges against the Mapplethorpe Foundation: the latest news from the art world

Warhol's studio goes up for sale and Centre Pompidou announces a new space in Seoul: the latest art world news

Elisabeth Murdoch establishes a prize for female artists and Zaha Hadid passes away: the latest news from the art world

Ann Goldstein moves to Chicago and Pussy Riot are set to unite with Tania Bruguera: a look at the latest headlines

Cases of artistic censorship increase and Jeff Koons returns to London: a round-up of the latest art news

The Lahore Biennale appoints an artistic director and London's Design Museum sets an opening date: a round-up of the latest art news