A group of Nordic knitters is claiming victory after influencing government policy on public art in Denmark.

Statues across the country have been covered in knitted sweaters, shawls and skirts in protest at the lack of female representation.

Louise Moerup, who started the campaign when she knitted a dress for a naked statue of Venus in a Copenhagen park, told The New York Times she was not upset about the nudity but the "absence of women... remembered for their achievements".

Last month, the Danish government announced it would fund public artwork to the tune of $1.5 million to commemorate significant women.

Moerup said she was "glad" her "little knitted intervention helped nudge the conversation forward".

The dress she made for the statue is now in the collection of the Museum of Copenhagen.

The budget for the 35,000-square-foot expansion planned for the Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida. Work at the museum, which is home to more than 2,400 of the Spanish surrealist's works, starts this year with the extension set to open in 2028.

Tributes have been paid to the artist and director of Colombia's National Museum, Liliana Angulo Cortes, who has died aged 51.

The first Afro-Colombian artist to lead the museum in Bogata, she drove its shift towards diversifying its approach and its collection which ranges from ancient artifacts to contemporary art.

In a statement, the museum said she had "spearheaded an institutional transformation by placing anti-racism, a decolonial perspective, and historical reparations at the heart of her work" and said her "legacy will endure".

The city's Museum of Modern Art described her as "a leader committed to the art, memory, and culture of the country".

It said: "Her work, generosity, and conviction in the transformative power of art have left an indelible mark on Colombia's cultural life."

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2 - Seventeen new works by 97-year-old Alex Katz can be seen in his show opening tonight at London's Timothy Taylor gallery. The paintings, made between 2023 and 2025, capture the natural world as seen from his New York studio or in Lincolnville, Maine, which he has visited and painted every year since 1954.

3 - New York's Gladstone Gallery is going big on Robert Mapplethorpe in its show opening tonight at its 24th Street site. The exhibition features 16 large-scale limited edition prints of his photographs blown up to a 60 inch by 60 inch format inspired by his comment that "to make pictures big is to make them more powerful".

1 - Elisabeth Byre has been appointed director of Norway's Galleri F 15 museum and its Momentum biennale of contemporary Nordic art. She was previously director of the Oslo Art Society and has worked as a curator with the city's Munch Museum.

2 - The Z33 art museum in Hasselt, Belgium, and KinderKunstLabor, a children's art-laboratory and exhibition space in St. Polten, Austria, are both shortlisted for the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) 2026 international awards. The winner will be announced on June 11.

3 - Kostas Stasinopoulos has been appointed director of exhibitions and programs at Kyklos, the Renzo Piano–designed center for art and culture opening in Piraeus, near Athens, in 2028. He is currently director of live programs at London’s Serpentine Gallery.