Things have got so bad at the Louvre it may have to close its doors, according to its director Christophe Leribault.

He told French newspaper Le Figaro it needed major injections of public and private money to stop it falling further into disrepair.

Leribault, who took over from Laurence des Cars after she resigned following the $102 million daylight heist last year, said if it was "not repaired, updated and transformed, it will very quickly fall behind and will eventually have to close its doors to the public".

The Paris museum is home to Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa and is the world's most popular museum with nine million visitors last year but struggles with the maintenance of a historic building which must be paid for alongside a $93 million security overhaul.

In an interview widely seen as an attempt to force the issue of funding onto the agenda, Leribault said: "There is no easy, miracle 'surface' solution. Everything is interconnected, everything is linked."

The cost of the extension to the Sorolla Museum in Madrid which opened today after being closed for two years with work continuing on his home and studio.

Works by Michaela Yearwood-Dan and Luis Fernando Zapata are the latest of more than 180 acquisitions made by Tate at Frieze London since the fair opened in 2003.

They were bought for Tate's collection this year with its Frieze fund which is supported by philanthropists including Alexander V. Petalas.

Tate's interim director Karin Hindsbo said the acquistions would "bring these two important artists into Tate’s collection for the first time" with works she said showed "varied and complex approaches to materiality".

Among previously acquired works currently on show are two paintings by Mohammed Z Rahman, which can be seen in London's Tate Britain as well as a collage by Frida Orupabo, five photographs by Tessa Boffin and a sculpture by Adam Farah-Saad.

1 - Solange Knowles, Marina Abramovic and Julianne Moore were among the guests at a special viewing of Taryn Simon's show at the Guggenheim in New York. They were joined by new Guggenheim Museum director Melissa Chiu for a private dinner also attended by Guggenheim Foundation director Mariet Westermann.

2 - This year's Leica Hall of Fame award has gone to Graciela Iturbide. The Mexican photographer was presented with the award for her life's work at a ceremony in the German city of Wetzlar where the photography firm was founded more than 150 years ago.

3 - Around 140 galleries are expected to be at this year's Roma Arte in Nuvola fair which runs from November 20 to 22. The event, in a convention center in the Italian capital, is run by founder Alessandro Nicosia and artistic director Adriana Polveroni.

4 - A deal to share the Parthenon Sculptures between London and Athens could be achieved in the next three years, according to British Museum chairman George Osborne. The former politician and newspaper editor told Greek journalists he remained hopeful they could be displayed alternately in Greece and Britain.