NewsThe Year in Review 2019
From a Paris inferno to the Leonardo tussle: the art world's top stories of 2019
We look back at the major events that made the headlines this year
NewsArt market
'Outrageous coup': art world shocked as Boris Johnson suspends parliament
Trade condemns the move and prepares for mayhem of no-deal Brexit
ArchiveExhibitions
Stedelijk explores design solutions created in response to the refugee crisis
Solution or Utopia? is the first of five exhibitions planned by the museum to tackle issues of immigration
ArchiveExhibitions
UK-Russia Bacon show goes on…
…but British government officially pulls out of joint Year of Culture
ArchiveBernard Arnault
Would French tax hike hit Arnault’s Paris museum?
President Hollande plans to implement 75% tax rate on income above €1m a year
ArchiveCensorship
After censorship row, what next in Hungary?
Brussels shows and Budapest appointment overshadowed by government’s hands-on cultural policy
ArchiveRestitution
Books: The view from eastern Europe on restitution
These essays emanate from a series of Polish conferences
ArchiveRoyal Academy of Arts
Royal Academy and Tate exhibitions heading for top attendance
“Turks: A journey of a thousand years 600-1600” and “Turner, Whistler, Monet” have been wildly successful