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UK New Year Honours for National Gallery director Gabriele Finaldi and artist Rebecca Salter
Charity chief Rose Aidin, designer Tom Dixon and artist Barbara Davis Rae also receive awards
Rafael Viñoly—museum 'starchitect' who believed in experience over aesthetics—has died, aged 78
Uruguayan-born architect had an acute understanding of the visual arts and produced prize-winning buildings
Weird sisters are doing it for themselves: Sarah Lucas curates show of 23 female peers across generations
Plus, a show at Gagosian Paris brings together three British big-hitters
‘Excellence in Essex’: Firstsite wins Art Fund Museum of the Year 2021
The small contemporary art organisation was awarded the £100,000 prize for its work during the pandemic and engagement with the local community
Firstsite: bouncing back from past controversies to become a vital community hub
The Colchester art gallery celebrates its tenth anniversary this year
From village life to vaccine centre: Museum of the Year 2021 shortlist announced
Centre for Contemporary Art Derry-Londonderry, Experience Barnsley, Firstsite, Thackray Museum of Medicine and Timespan chosen as five finalists for Art Fund's coveted £100,000 prize
Should the Science Museum stop taking money from oil companies?
Plus, Michael Landy's exhibition at Firstsite and artist Shahzia Sikander on a manuscript miniature
Antony Gormley in talks with French government over sculpture project in Brittany
Brexit is a disaster for the UK, says the sculptor as he unveils his Field for the British Isles installation at Firstsite gallery in Colchester
Hauser & Wirth’s Bronze Age 'museum' to travel to Colchester
Fictional museum booth will be re-staged at Firstsite gallery after drawing crowds at Frieze, where the gift shop raised £10,000 for UK regional museums