The great Robert Rauschenberg sell-off continues.

His foundation sold his property in Captiva Island, in Florida, for $45 million earlier this year and now it is reported his former home and studio in New York is also on the market and is expected to fetch $25 million.

The foundation’s executive director Courtney Martin told The New York Times the building in Manhattan had no great relevance to the artist's life and work, saying his "worldview was not tied to a particular building or location".

But that has not stopped the sale being criticized by the likes of Laurie Anderson who said she hoped some of the money would be reserved for artist grants and the foundation's former executive director Kathy Halbreich who said the "building felt like Bob in its elegance and eccentricities".

The price of A Cookbook for Iwan made by art dealer Manuela Wirth for her husband Iwan's birthday. It includes Anna Maria Maiolino's spaghetti recipe, Cindy Sherman’s garlic and bread soup and William Kentridge's guide to making his favorite cocktail.

It is back to the Louvre Abu Dhabi for Souraya Noujaim after she was appointed its new director.

Noujaim, who previously worked there as its scientific, curatorial and collections management director, recently served as director of the Department of Islamic Arts at the Louvre in Paris.

She replaces Manuel Rabate whose departure was announced in February.

The news comes as the shortlist was announced for this year's Richard Mille Art Prize with work by all six artists set to be exhibited at the Abu Dhabi museum from November.

An eventual winner will be chosen from Saudi artist Ahaad Alamoudi, Emirati painter Almaha Jaralla and Dubai-based Malaysian artist Muhammad Shamin Sahrum as well as Indian artists Ravikumar Kashi, Reena Kallat and Vivek Vilasini.

The Louvre is doing its Blanche DuBois act again and throwing itself "on the kindness of strangers".

It is asking the public to fund the restoration of its Sphinx courtyard to the tune of $895,000, though judging by the running total it will need a lot more kindness from a lot more strangers with only 8% of that amount raised in the first fortnight.

The Paris museum, run by director Christophe Leribault since his predecessor Laurence des Cars resigned after last year's jewelry heist, raised $1.1 million in a similar scheme in 2018.

The money raised will pay for the restoration of its leaking glass roof and repair water damage to the building.

1 - Teenage works by Hilma af Klint that have never been shown in public before will be among the 79 pieces in a show at the National Gallery of Ireland. The Dublin gallery opens the show next Thursday and it runs to February 7.

2 - Christie’s is presenting its first exhibition in Asia dedicated to modern South Asian Art. The show at its Hong Kong headquarters from November 18 to 29 features work by Tyeb Mehta, Sayed Haider Raza, Akbar Padamsee and Narayan Shridhar Bendre.

3 - The search has begun for the 2027 Art Fund Museum of the Year. The $264,000 competition is open to galleries and museums across the UK with previous winners including London's Young V&A, Tate St Ives and the Whitworth Art Gallery in Manchester.

4 - Zaha Hadid's stage designs will go on show in an exhibition at her foundation's refurbished HQ in London next month. The architect's work with choreographer Rosemary Butcher and pop group The Pet Shop Boys will feature in the show opening on November 3.