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In further art world madness: French performance artist shuts himself inside Paleolithic lion-man; Argentian artist duo enrage Catholics with bloody Jesus cake

The four Royal Academicians have been commissioned to create 200 flags to line Bond Street, Piccadilly, Regent Street and St James’s

The New York museum has announced significant new additions to its collection, including Judy Chicago, Marilyn Minter and the Guerilla Girls

Corbyn says that the sculptures ‘belong to Greece’, and supports return of all colonial loot in British museums

In further news: declining UK museum visitors sees country fall in world rankings; first winner of Turner Prize, Malcolm Morley, dies at 86

The Icelandic-Danish artist’s creation in Vejle, Denmark, responds to the tides and surface of the water: both artwork and architecture

In further news: Emperor Constantine’s missing finger discovered in the Louvre; and are Van Gogh’s Sunflowers turning brown?

The opening of a major new exhibition by Lee Bul was delayed after one of the South Korean artist’s works caught fire

The union of museum employees want to draw attention to problematic contract changes for staff healthcare and overtime

The planned increase for 2021–27 would take cultural sector funding to EUR€1.9 billion but post-Brexit, UK eligibility is uncertain

Elsewhere: MoMaCha cafe says MoMA is not ‘truly famous’; selfie-fanatics create chaos at Kusama show, the latest in art world madness

French Ministry of Culture says that it won't locate the controversial memorial to the city’s terror victims opposite the Palais de Tokyo

In further news: #MeToo flashmob at Venice Architecture Biennale; BBC historian advocates for return of British museums’s colonial loot

Along with Fiona Rae, Barbara Rae and Norman Ackroyd, the artists’ designs celebrate the Royal Academy’s 250th anniversary

In further news: Olu Oguibe claims pro-refugee obelisk in Kassel under far-right pressure; all-male BelgianArtPrize shortlist withdraw 

The German artist has put up 18 works for sale to raise money to buy 100 homes

Mo Salah’s football boots enter the British Museum; Maggi Hambling’s whiffy advice for skipping gallery crowds: the latest in art world silliness

The increasingly reclusive artist, whose stacked LOVE design became one of the 20th century’s most reproduced images, has passed away

In further news: white supremacist vandals attack Rothko Chapel; Israeli minister bans art produced in solidarity with Palestinian victims

Mark Coetzee, the director of Africa's largest contemporary art museum, resigns following investigation into abusive behaviour