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‘NRA Takes Lives’: the artist and his publishing outfit Badlands Unlimited have produced banners for students in the US protesting for gun reform

The artist says his Chicago sculpture Cloud Gate was appropriated for an NRA advertisement without permission; condemns gun violence

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

The photographer’s activist group PAIN staged a ‘die-in’ to protest the Sackler family’s controversial pharmaceutical links

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

Tate’s artist in residence Liv Wynter calls director Maria Balshaw’s comments on harassment a ‘slap in the face’

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

Ruf resigned last year after a potential conflict of interest; a petition claims that she is being punished for her connections

A report commissioned by the museum claims Raicovich ‘misled’ the board; she disputes the investigation’s claims

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

We Are Not Surprised group calls for the magazine to remove Knight Landesman as co-owner and withdraw move to dismiss Amanda Schmitt’s lawsuit

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