The 84-year-old—the only candidate in the running— has extended a Palestinian culture season

Plus, the Institut du Monde Arabe's major gift and expansion plans and an unflinching self-portrait by a Rococo woman artist

Conditions outlined for gift from Claude and France Lemand for new museum at the Arab World Institute in Paris

The new space, spanning all seven levels of the Institute's Jean Nouvel-designed building, was made possible in part thanks to a major donation of 1,677 works

Her first task at the French institution will be to expand its international programming and partnerships

We look back at ten significant gifts and purchases that entered public collections in 2018

Gallerist Claude Lemand and his wife France also set up a fund to support the museum

Sixty works donated by European and Arab artists will stay at the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris until a permanent home is built