Anish Kapoor is considering legal action after his Cloud Gate sculpture in Chicago was used as a backdrop for a photograph of dozens of US border patrol agents.

The presence of the law enforcement agency in the city and its immigration raids have caused controversy and the artist told The Guardian newspaper he thought the image represented "fascist America".

Asked if he was considering taking legal action, he said: "Of course, I’m going to do everything I can."

The sculpture, known locally as The Bean, has been at the center of controversy before. Kapoor previously settled out of court with the National Rifle Association (NRA) after it used an image of the work.

It has also attracted a surreal series of protests by a group who claim - without any evidence - that a man has been locked inside the sculpture. The Man in Bean protests began this July and became an online sensation with a video of one protest getting almost half a million views.

In a separate announcement today, Kapoor said he will debut a series of "major new installations" at his show at London's Hayward Gallery next summer.

The number of hand-crafted Edith Heath ceramic tiles on the outside of the Norton Simon Museum in California which were cleaned and restored as part of its $15 million renovation. Originally the Pasadena Art Museum, it was taken over by billionaire businessman Simon in 1974 and is home to a collection of more than 2,000 works including pieces by Rembrandt, Degas and Picasso.

The management of Nigeria's new Museum of West African Arts (MOWAA) do not know when it will open after an armed gang stormed the building during a preview event on Sunday.

Benin City's multimillion-dollar museum, designed by architect David Adjaye and run by director Phillip Ihenacho, was due to open yesterday but the doors have stayed shut.

A museum spokeswoman told HENI News: "We do not currently have a confirmed opening date for the museum; it will be announced in due course."

Its inaugural exhibition, curated by Aindrea Emelife, is an updated version of Nigeria's pavilion at last year's Venice Biennale and features works by eight international artists with Nigerian roots including Precious Okoyomon and Yinka Shonibare.

Sunday's attack, which saw guests escorted off the site by security, was reportedly sparked by an ongoing argument over the future of the famed Benin Bronzes which were looted by the British in 1897.

The museum was originally billed as a home for any artifacts that were returned but that changed after a descendant of the King who originally owned them objected and revealed plans to put them on show in a separate museum.

MOWAA has been accused by the king's supporters of securing donations on the basis it would show the bronzes - money they say should go to the royal museum.

A portrait of a burns survivor won this year's $19,600 Taylor Wessing prize for Swedish photographer Martina Holmberg.

The winning image was chosen from almost 6,000 submissions whittled down to a shortlist of four with a jury, including curator Katy Hessel and photographer Tim Walker, having the final say.

It can be seen in an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in London which opens tomorrow and runs to February 8.

1 - Allison Blais is leaving the 9/11 Memorial & Museum in New York to take over as CEO at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford, Connecticut. She replaces Jeffrey Brown who spent five years in the top job at the institution which opened in 1844 making it the oldest continually operating public art museum in the United States.

2 - American public broadcasting is $600,000 better off after the first of a series of auctions of work by painter and TV presenter Bob Ross. The money was raised by the sale of three paintings in Los Angeles yesterday with 27 more being sold next year with all proceeds going to public television stations hit by government funding cuts. Ross hosted hundreds of episodes of The Joy of Painting on PBS for more than a decade.

3 - Toronto's Gardiner Museum, which is home to a 4,000-strong ceramics collection, reopened last week after an $11 million revamp. The work included the building of a new gallery devoted to Indigenous art and a clay studio where visitors can get hands-on experience.

4 - London's National Gallery is holding the first-ever UK exhibition of work by trailblazing painter Catharina van Hemessen. The 16th-century Flemish artist signed her works making her the earliest European female painter whose works can be identified without doubt. The show opens in March 2027.

5 - Paris Photo opens to VIPs today in the Grand Palais. The fair, run by director Florence Bourgeois, brings together 179 galleries and 43 publishers from 33 countries and runs to Sunday.