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Staff members have written in support of Ahdaf Soueif, the trustee who resigned over oil money, restitution silence and employment precarity

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The directors have pledged to ‘respond with actions’ across the Tate galleries ‘to effect and inspire change’

‘Everyone you let in through the back door will disadvantage someone without those connections’, a new report argues

According to Nan Goldin’s advocacy organization P.A.I.N., the Paris museum has taped over plaques bearing the family name

In further news: Solange’s ‘When I Get Home’ film gets museum tour; Cézanne landscapes reunited 140 years later

In further news: British Museum director defends BP sponsorship; David Zwirner to open in Paris

The distressing images depict unhappy stick figures in cages

In further news: British Museum to help return looted Buddhist heads from Afghanistan; Pace closes Beijing outpost

New York’s Guggenheim Museum is one of eight places deemed of ’profound influence, inspiration, and connection’  

A new report argues that young people from ethnic minority backgrounds in London are being shunned by the creative sector

The Welsh open-air heritage attraction was awarded the £100,000 prize after a £30M redevelopment project

The artist’s public sculpture was spray-painted with graffiti

In further news: Southbank creative director warns of ‘cultural apartheid’; Uffizi and Accademia in Florence to merge management

A collection of Medieval bestiary books go on display at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

The UK rapper wore a stab-proof vest designed by the elusive street artist during his historic performance

The union will be the first in the institution’s history

In further news: global fund to preserve significant landmarks in war zones; New Museum to double exhibition space

The Paris museum is creating a collection of scents based on eight famous artworks

In further news: a spotlight on arts and oil sponsorship; Ai Weiwei to direct ‘Turandot’