Nancy Kenney

Barcelona’s tourism authority is teaming up with its museums in a bid to shake off the city’s image as a destination for sun, sand and stag parties in favour of a profile as a global art hub that draws cultural tourists for major exhibitions. The fifth most visited city in Europe, Barcelona became the scene of major street protests against over-tourism last summer. With more than 15 million visitors a year—compared with a population of 1.7 million—it is in no need of more.

The future looks an awful lot like the past in Ho Tzu Nyen’s commission for the 110-metre facade of the M+ museum (22 March-29 June). Night Charades, which uses cutting-edge technology to reimagine famous scenes from the Golden Age of Hong Kong cinema from the 1980s and 1990s, is filled with references to works by celebrated filmmakers such as John Woo, Wong Kar-wai and Tsui Hark.

An official portrait of Donald Trump has been removed from the Colorado Capitol building following social media complaints from the president claiming his likeness had been “purposefully distorted”. The General Assembly’s bipartisan executive committee signed a directive empowering staff to take the painting down on the evening of 24 March, according to the Denver Post . The portrait, completed by the Colorado Springs-based artist Sarah Boardman in 2019, was commissioned during Trump’s first term.