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K-pop band BTS's new global art project brings major works by renowned artists to London, Berlin, New York, Seoul, and Buenos Aires. Courtesy Big Hit Entertainment.

K-Pop Supergroup BTS Launch Global Art Project

*CECILIA ALEMANI* has been appointed the artistic director of the 59th Venice Biennale. Courtesy Art Basel.

Cecilia Alemani Appointed Artistic Director of the 59th Venice Biennale

Singaporean artist *AMANDA HENG* is the winner of the 12th Benesse Prize. Courtesy the artist.

Amanda Heng Wins Benesse Prize 2019

The upcoming collaborative exhibition from Doha's Mathaf (left) and Palais de Tokyo in Paris (right) has received criticism from the art community. Images via Wikimedia Commons and

Artists Protest Palais de Tokyo-Mathaf Collaboration Over LGBTQ Issues

AKBAR PADAMSEE passed away on January 6. Courtesy the Jehangir Nicholson Art Foundation, Mumbai.

Obituary: Akbar Padamsee (1928–2020)

Manila-based installation artist *GABRIEL BARREDO* has died at the age of 62. Courtesy Silverlens Gallery, Manila.

Obituary: Gabriel Barredo (1957–2020)

Lahore Biennale 2020 Reveals Full Artist List

A number of cultural venues, including the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra, closed temporarily or implemented other safety protocols due to poor air quality resulting fro

Australian Galleries Implement Emergency Measures Amid Bushfire Crisis

*LAWRENCE ABU HAMDAN* is recipient of the 2022 Future Fields Commission in Time-Based Media. Photo by Miro Kuzmanović. Courtesy the artist and Sfeir-Semler Gallery, Beirut / Hambur

Lawrence Abu Hamdan Wins 2022 Future Fields Commission

Melanie Pocock, with an artwork by Darius Ou, Autotypography, 2012–13, from

Melanie Pocock Appointed Curator at Ikon

Modernist sculptor CHEUNG YEE passed away on December 4. Image via the Hong Kong Museum of Art.

Obituary: Cheung Yee (1936–2019)

JONATHAN JONES will present a new public installation in the courtyard of Sydney's Hyde Park Barracks from February 21 until March 15, 2020. Photo by James Horan. Courtesy the arti

Jonathan Jones to reveal public installation in Sydney’s Hyde Park Barracks

The Kyrgyz government demanded the removal of works including *ZOYA FALKOVA*’s _Evermust_ (2017, pictured) from the inaugural Femminale of Contemporary Art, mounted at the National

Bishkek Feminist Art Exhibition Censored

Australia's federal department for the arts will be axed as part of prime minister Scott Morrison's public service overhaul. Image of Morrison speaking aboard the USS Ronald Reagan

Australia To Cut Federal Arts Department