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In further news: Turner Prize-winning artist Jeremy Deller protests Facebook; Hepworth Sculpture Prize shortlist announced

In further news: London’s Southbank Centre launches club night ‘Concrete Lates’; Anselm Kiefer creates first US site-specific outdoor sculpture

In further news: arts institutions cut ties with architect Richard Meier after harassment claims; Shenzhen Biennale removes curator Gary Xu Gang

In further news: Marina Abramović working on an opera; director of Ghent museum suspended after show including suspected fakes

In further news: France moves to repatriate African artefacts; salvaged segment of London housing estate Robin Hood Gardens heads to Venice

In other news: Tania Bruguera and Laurie Anderson bring political banners to Times Square; Polish artists protest country’s right-wing nationalism

In further news: criticism over Great Exhibition of the North’s BAE Systems partner; judge rules Charlottesville Confederate monuments be uncovered

Southbank Centre pulls advertising from Daily Mail; LA's Getty Museum teams up with Greek government to protect art from earthquakes

In further news: French artists and curators rally behind Jeff Koons; Tania Bruguera named for next Turbine Hall commission

In further news: London’s National Portrait Gallery shuts for fashion show; and Neïl Beloufa accused of defamation by Parker Bright

In further news: Jef Geys (1934–2018); and Hirshhorn postpones Krzysztof Wodiczko projection after Florida shooting

In other news: Artforum responds to #NotSurprised call for boycott of the magazine; Maria Balshaw apologizes for harassment comments

In further news: We Are Not Surprised collective calls for boycott of Artforum, accuses it of 'empty politics'; Frida Escobedo named for 2018 Serpentine Pavilion

In further news: Sonia Boyce explains removal of Manchester Art Gallery’s nude nymphs; Creative Scotland responds to Transmission Gallery backlash

In further news: curators rally behind Laura Raicovich; Glasgow's Transmission Gallery responds to loss of Creative Scotland funding; and a Serpentine Pavilion for Beijing

In other news: Laura Raicovich steps down from Queens Museum after differences with the board; Seattle University removes Chuck Close work 

In further news: Stedelijk explains why it cancelled Ettore Sottsass retrospective; US National Gallery of Art cancels Chuck Close and Thomas Roma exhibitions after sexual misconduct claims

In further news: Jack Whitten (1939-2018); Nan Goldin campaigns against Sackler Family’s OxyContin links; sexual misconduct in UK museums emerge

In other news: Ed Moses (1926-2018); Jude Kelly leaves Southbank Centre; Hepworth Wakefield revives postwar ‘School Prints’ project

In other news: open letter demands reinstatement of documenta’s Annette Kulenkampff; ‘Russian Modernism’ show at Ghent museum questioned