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Sotheby's India's managing director Gaurav Bhatia has taken a leave of absence since anonymous allegations of sexual harassment were published on social media. Portrait of Gaurav B

Head Of Sotheby’s India Gaurav Bhatia Steps Down After #MeToo Allegations

*HOOR AL QASIMI*, president and founding director of Sharjah Art Foundation, has been appointed curator of the second Lahore Biennale, scheduled to open in early 2020. Photo by Nat

Hoor Al Qasimi Appointed Curator of Lahore Biennale 2020

Weixin Quek Chong Wins Grand Prize At 2018 President’s Young Talents Awards

ANNA KE will be Georgia’s representative artist at the 58th Venice Biennale. Photo by Ryan Slack, via Cultured magazine.

Anna KE Named Georgia’s Representative Artist for the 2019 Venice Biennale

Levy Gorvy's Hong Kong gallery will open its doors in March 2019. Courtesy HS2 Architecture and Bill Katz Studios.

Lévy Gorvy To Open Hong Kong Space In March 2019

*RAQS MEDIA COLLECTIVE* will helm the 7th Yokohama Triennale, slated to open in July 2020. Pictured (from left): Jeebesh Bagchi, Shuddhabrata Sengupta, Monica Narula. Courtesy Rana

Raqs Media Collective Appointed Artistic Directors Of Yokohama Triennale 2020

Waagner-Biro, the Austrian company that constructed the Louvre Abu Dhabi's roof, formally announced its insolvency in a press release dated November 7. In earlier statements to Aus

Austrian Construction Company Insolvent After Louvre Abu Dhabi Payment Issues

Design critic and curator *ARIC CHEN* has been appointed Design Miami's first curatorial director. Image courtesy West Kowloon Cultural District Authority, Hong Kong.

Aric Chen Appointed First Curatorial Director Of Design Miami

Performance and video artist *EO GILL* is the winner of the 2018 NSW Visual Arts Emerging Fellowship. Pictured (left to right): New South Wales Minister for the Arts Don Harwin; EO

EO Gill Awarded 2018 NSW Visual Arts Emerging Fellowship

THAO-NGUYEN PHAN has been named winner of the 2018 Han Nefkens Foundation – Loop Barcelona Video Art Award. Courtesy Han Nefkens Foundation, Barcelona.

Thao-Nguyen Phan wins the Han Nefkens Foundation - Loop Barcelona Video Art Award 2018

Construction of the Sydney Modern Project will commence early 2019. Image by Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA. Copyright Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney.

Construction of Sydney Modern to Commence 2019

On November 20, SHAHIDUL ALAM was released from Dhaka Central Jail after being granted bail five days earlier. Image via Twitter, FreeShahidul.

Shahidul Alam Released From Jail

The New York Metropolitan Museum of Art has announced that it will be expanding its collections of non-Western art as part of its plans to renovate the Southwest Wing. It will also

Met Museum Expands Focus On Non-Western Art With New Southwest And Rockefeller Wings

Among those detained by Turkish police on Friday, November 16 were (clockwise from top left): Anadolu Kültür general coordinator Asena Günal; academics Turgut Tarhanlı and Betül Ta

Turkish Cultural Workers and Academics Detained