A delivery of 15 tonnes of donated packing and conservation materials was organised by Icom France

Timely show narrates Indonesia's fight for independence from the Netherlands through the life stories of 23 "eyewitnesses"

While the pandemic may have forced museums around the world into an involuntary temporary slumber, builders have been busy. Here are the most exciting new and expanded museums opening in 2022

Kunstmuseum Bern announces results of in-depth provenance investigation of controversial 2014 bequest

We look back on a year of museums commandeered as Covid-19 vaccine centres, masterpieces sold as NFTs and much talk over the Benin bronzes

Funding from Alwaleed Philanthropies will support Multaka project working with 200 refugees and asylum seekers over the next five years

Impressionist and Post-Impressionist masterpieces are back on view after a major building transformation and “looking better than ever”

Following restitution of a cockerel sculpture by Jesus College, the University of Aberdeen will hand over another looted artefact in a ceremony today

The London dealer tells us what he's bought and why

The 850 items, spanning six centuries, is being offered by the booksellers Peter Harrington

Close-Up charts the evolution of portraiture from 1870 to the present through the work of nine female artists, from Berthe Morisot to Elizabeth Peyton

The Leeds institution is making—and collecting—history

From unseen drawings from Kara Walker's personal archives to a fresh take on Camille Pissarro as the leader of the Impressionists

Eight vessels from the Archaeological Museum of the American University of Beirut will undergo conservation thanks to €25,000 grant from Tefaf fund

Controversial “health pass” introduced to fight a fourth wave of Covid-19 infections driven by the Delta variant

Centre for Contemporary Art Derry-Londonderry, Experience Barnsley, Firstsite, Thackray Museum of Medicine and Timespan chosen as five finalists for Art Fund's coveted £100,000 prize

Despite lockdown restrictions lifting today, most institutions will maintain capacity limits and distancing rules until at least end of August

Idea for the project was considered "too emotionally fraught" for New York by Guggenheim chief curator

Our pick of the latest gifts and purchases to enter institutional collections worldwide

From portraits of Napoleon and his wife reunited after nearly 200 years to Rafael Nadal's buttocks

Ex-politician, who presided over austerity cuts to culture, takes up the position on 4 October

Museum of the Home reopens on 12 June with double the public space in its 18th-century almshouse buildings

Ongoing negotiations for a new satellite of the Russian museum will focus on a collaboration with the Barcelona opera house

Tear yourself away from museums and libraries for one weekend to catch a rare revival of Jean Dubuffet’s “living painting” performance and Takis’s first European show since his death in 2019

The privately funded Dutch branch of the State Hermitage Museum has attracted 10,000 donations from the public but director says "we're not done yet"

Five-year strategy pledges to ramp up digital content and send historic paintings on UK "community tours" to mark bicentenary

The vessel was on loan from the town of Augusta, which intends to turn it into a memorial for the hundreds of migrants who died on board in 2015

French aid will restore the stained-glass windows and Arab salon of the historic villa, which was severely damaged in port explosions last August

As venues experiment with selling virtual exhibition tours, talks and workshops online, the key to success may be an emphasis on the expert, bespoke and exclusive

A multi-agency $15m initiative backed by the WHO and funded through a series of charity auctions at Christie’s will support artist-led projects to improve mental, social and environmental health