The modernist architect Le Corbusier designed apartment buildings to make the most of sunlight, but climate change has caught up with at least one of his late, great buildings.

The residents of his Unité d’Habitation near Saint-Étienne, a project completed in 1968 after his death, have been complaining. Their apartments can get unbearably hot in the summer.

As it is listed as one of France’s “monuments historiques”, making a significant change to the facade is not straightforward. However, a proposal to change the law brought forward by the French government last month in response to the heatwaves would give authorities the power to modify it and other historic buildings.

Also, the Paris-based Fondation Le Corbusier is looking through the Swiss-French architect’s old plans to see if it might be possible to install shutters that fit with the listed facade.

The Bowery isn’t what it used to be: skid row for some, the “Devil’s Mile” for others but it retains its rough edges.

For nearly two decades it has been the home of the New Museum and its former director, Lisa Phillips, is saying farewell by co-curating a show about the Bowery back in the day and the artists who blossomed amid the bars and flophouses.

From Beat poets, to Abstract Expressionist and Pop-art painters, the Bowery has seen them all and the show will feature work by artists who lived and worked in the area, including Lynda Benglis, Keith Haring, and Tom Wesselmann.

The Bowery: Devil’s Mile opens September 24 and is accompanied by a publication drawing on the museum’s archive and oral history project, plus contributions from the likes of Debbie Harry and David Byrne, whose New York dreams came true on the gritty street.

The Rosetta Stone was a loan too far, it turns out. To secure the Bayeux Tapestry, the British Museum had to offer the French something extra special in return and the Ancient Egyptian artifact was a contender.

But the stone inscribed with hieroglyphs and Ancient Greek scrip was deemed too contentious, The Times of London reports.

Instead, the Sutton Hoo hoard with its Anglo-Saxon gold is heading to Normandy as well as the Lewis Chessmen in return for the tapestry.

In the deal, the depiction of the Norman Conquest goes on display in London from next month, and the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen and the Musée de Normandie get to host the star loans from the British Museum.

The British and French governments have agreed substantial indemnities against any damages to the respective loans: the Bayeux Tapestry is covered to the tune of $1.1 billion by the British, while the Anglo-Saxon treasure and Viking chess set are reported to have been insured by France for about $1.6 billion.

The number of people who visited the Yayoi Kusama show at Cologne’s Museum Ludwig, breaking its previous record set by an Edward Hopper show. The Kusama exhibition heads next to Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum.

1 - Jean-Michel Basquiat has inspired a range of cosmetics. MAC has teamed with the artist’s family and estate to launch a limited-edition collection featuring packaging modeled on Basquiat’s work and signature.

2 - Stadtmuseum Berlin has unveiled a curry-flavored rebrand. Now called simply Berlin Museum, the institution’s name change is accompanied by graphic design and typography inspired by local landmarks, ranging from currywurst stands to U-Bahn stations.

3 - The America250 IndyCar race later this month threatens to send shock waves through Washington, D.C.’s cultural institutions. While the National Gallery of Art is taking precautions against vibrations, the Smithsonian has decided the race presents no danger to its collections.

4 - The artist and activist Srishti Gupta remains in prison in India nearly four months after her arrest following a workers’ protest. More than 2,000 people have signed a petition for her release.