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The $21M painting was the highest price ever paid for a work by a living African American artist at auction

In further news: women wearing rainbow badges beaten in Beijing’s 798; gallerists Georg Kargl and Richard Gray have passed away

It’s the first newly discovered work by the Dutch master in almost half a century

The rapper and artist have thoughts about originality in art; Melania Trump tries graphic design – all the latest art world nonsense

Yorkshire residents complain that the concrete sculpture of a ‘Nissen hut’ will attract excrement, vandalism and litter

Photographer Dragana Jurisic says her account was deactivated after she uploaded an artwork depicting a partially naked woman

In further news: open letter protests all-male shortlist for BelgianArtPrize; Arts Council of Ireland issues impartiality warning ahead of abortion referendum

The French New Wave legend’s latest work, which premiered last week, will become an interactive exhibition, travelling to Paris, Madrid and New York

Activists to carve Mount Trumpmore iceberg; aristocrat plans 200ft tribute to the Queen; more Fridamania: your shot of art world silliness

In further news: San Francisco takes a pro-immigrant stand with new arts project; Cuba clamps down on independent biennial

Ahead of the museum’s ‘The Future Starts Here’ exhibition, eco-activists protested the sponsor’s production of diesel cars

The legendary performance artists will partner up again to detail their tumultuous relationship in a new book

An open letter signed by over 100 leading artists including 15 Turner prize-winners says that new UK education policy sidelines arts subjects

Naturists triumph at art gallery; soothing students with colouring books; Kanye’s architectural firm: your dose of art world madness

In further news: Yinka Shonibare organizes exhibition to resist extreme right-wing politics; Bjørn Nørgaard completes tomb for Danish queen

Rome’s Galleria Borghese director Anna Coliva was suspended last month, and faces charges of absenteeism and defrauding the public purse

In further news: Berlin museums return artworks looted by the Nazis; Russian minister warns of ‘provocations’ at Venice Architecture Biennale

Olga Viso, who stepped down from the Walker Art Center last year, weighs into the tense debate sweeping the art world

An early painting by the Japanese artist has been estimated at USD$7–10 million ahead of a Sotheby’s sale in New York

Nominees for the GBP£100,000 Art Fund prize, the world’s largest museum award, include Ferens Art Gallery, Glasgow Women’s Library and Tate St Ives