Aimee Dawson
Aimee Dawson is a writer and editor specialising in art in the digital sphere; social media in the art world; and Middle Eastern visual culture. She was formerly an editor at The Art Newspaper and writes the monthly column Insta’gratification about how the art world and social media collide.
The top ten museum acquisitions of 2016
From a $30m Gentileschi to the Beverly Hills home featured in the Big Lebowski, here's how institutions spent their cash last year
Three to see: London
From Malick Sidibé’s black-and-white photos of Bamako’s youth culture to Ken Price’s bright and colourful ceramics <br> <br>
The Art Newspaper Russia announces nominees for fifth annual awards
Awards ceremony in February will reveal winners in five categories, including for museums, exhibitions and restorations
China’s Terracotta Warriors march back into the UK
Life-size sculptures to be the centrepiece of a major loan show at the National Museums Liverpool
Art History A-level back on the curriculum
High-profile campaign by leading art world figures helped save the subject
Japan pledges $11.4m for mosaic conservation project in Hisham’s Palace in Jericho
Project is part of wider programme to support cultural heritage in Palestine and Jordan Valley
David Hockney to design stained-glass window for the Queen in Westminster Abbey
British artist says work, to be unveiled in 2018, will be "a landscape full of blossom"
Design Museum aims for ‘Tate effect’ after move to west London
Institution funded by Terence Conran on the South Bank reopens in Kensington next week
Guggenheim Abu Dhabi's collection grows as curatorial team shrinks
Second exhibition is announced as building stalls in Emirate
Outcry after Toledo Museum of Art sells ancient Greek and Egyptian objects at auction
The Cypriot ambassador urged the museum to keep the works, while Egypt’s Ministry of Antiquities demanded their return and has blacklisted the institution
Make art but can’t travel? Yorkshire museum asks artists to email their tech-based works instead
The project was inspired by the experience of working with artists who struggle to obtain visas and those who are too fearful to even apply
Not just mummies: British Museum to expand collection with work from modern Egypt
Printed materials, textiles, photographs and items of everyday homeware from the 20th and 21st centuries to be shown alongside museum’s renowned holdings of ancient art
Dubai Design Week gets under way with more than 150 events
This year's second edition has plenty on offer, from national pavilions to algae-eating drones
Berlin-based Syrian artist Marwan dies aged 82
Painter who created “face landscapes” has works in major public collections around the world
Three to see: London
William Eggleston's sumptuous portraits, two million pennies at the Turner Prize and the source of art revealed in south London<br>
Three to see: London
Picasso’s portraits, AbEx’s big guns and Parreno’s Turbine Hall commission are not to be missed during Frieze week <br>
Rana Begum wins Abraaj prize
The artist was part of the award's first ever all-female shortlist
Top five London shows during Frieze week
Our pick of the city's must-see exhibitions, including Picasso, Pollock and two million pennies<br>
Viennacontemporary triumphs in round two
Fair returns after seeing off its longer-established rival Viennafair
Culture trumps politics with modern Arab art show in Iran
Tehran Museum’s The Sea Suspended seeks to bridge boundaries
