It has been more than a decade in the making but US artist Theaster Gates is preparing to open his $12 million Land School in Chicago next week.

Gates, whose work combines urban planning and art, bought the 40,000 sq ft former school in 2014 on the South Side of the city and has transformed it to include studios, gallery space and classrooms.

He said the building, which officially opens on September 14, will "continue to reveal itself to us over the years" but early programming includes work by a Black chamber music collective D-Composed and the DJ and music historian Duane Powell.

The number of pieces in the Lego Mona Lisa set recreating Leonardo Da Vinci's original which hangs in The Louvre in Paris.

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants a museum bigger than the Hermitage and the Louvre and it looks like he may get what he wants.

New Delhi's $3 billion Yuge Yugeen Bharat Museum (YYBM), whose name comes from the Sanskrit for "everlasting India", will be home to as many as 30,000 artifacts spread across 950 rooms.

Work has already begun on the redevelopment to transform the Secretariat buildings in India's capital which were the seat of power during British rule and post-independence but have now been replaced by modern government buildings.

The Ministry of Culture said work was also underway to develop a plan for the institution that is “historically accurate, accessible, and aligned with the larger vision” of the museum which is expected to get around 10 million visitors a year.

Tributes have been paid to French museum leader Sylvain Amic who has died aged 58.

President Macron said he worked to "give everyone access to the wonders of art", while culture minister Rachida Dati praised his "creative spirit".

He took over the Musée d’Orsay in Paris 16 months ago taking charge of a collection including work by Monet, Manet and Gauguin which regularly pulls in 3.7 million visitors a year.

He also helped develop a plan that saw the nation's masterpieces go to museums across France rather than stay in the capital and played a key role in developing laws to return looted treasures and human remains to Africa.

The rise to fame of one of New York's finest bands is the subject of a new show in London.

Around 50 pictures by Martyn Goddard taken during the early years of Blondie, fronted by Debbie Harry, are being exhibited at the Barbican Center's Music Library until January 5.

The band, who sold more than 40 million records, scored hits on both sides of the Atlantic with songs including Heart of Glass and Atomic.

An Andy Warhol screenprint of Harry sold for $330,200 at Sotheby's in New York this February.

1 - Photographer Sally Mann publishes her latest book, a mixture of memoir and practical advice called Art Work: On the Creative Life, on September 18. She told The Art Newspaper it was a "how-to book, or a how-I-did-it book—a don’t-try-this-at-home book".

2 - A new arts festival is being launched in the northern English city of Bradford to coincide with it hosting this year's Turner Prize. Our Turn will run from September 17 to January 28 and include an open-call art show and work by emerging artists. The Turner Prize winner is announced on December 9.

3 - Frieze Seoul opens on September 3 for VIP collectors before the wider public get in on Thursday. It is opening a permanent exhibition space in the South Korean capital to coincide with this year's fair.