Advertisements said that the works were looted in recent years, but Met documentation shows that they have a much longer provenance

Candace Beinecke and Hamilton James will lead the trustees

From Abigail DeVille's freedom torch at Madison Square Park to new marble sculptures by Sanford Biggers at Marianne Boesky

The museum has drawn on the writings of Virginia Woolf, and the theories of Charles Baudelaire and Henri Bergson, to create a disruptive timeline of fashion

From UOVO Prize winner John Edmonds at the Brooklyn Museum to Michelangelo Pistoletto at Lévy Gorvy

A visitor makes the connection between the artist’s Struggle series and a work in a neighbour’s home

The Cree artist says the work, on view in the museum's Great Hall, reflects on the “colonial version of history” in museum collections

Experts predict bigger galleries, a stronger connection to the outdoors and an end to the expansion juggernaut

An expert view brought to you by our XR Panel of artists and storytellers who create in virtual reality and augmented reality

Publication aims to open up 6,000 years of art history using objects as a springboard—but is it worth the effort?

Anxiety gives way to enlightenment as museums spring back to life

Gallery of Modern Art is sole venue for a show resulting from a skylight renovation project at the New York museum

From Jacob Lawrence's Struggle series at the Met to Edmund de Waal's library of exiled authors at the British Museum

MoMA, the Whitney, the Morgan, the American Folk Art Museum, the New Museum, the Guggenheim and the Brooklyn Museum announce plans to welcome the public, joining the Met and the New-York Historical Society

Museum hoped to reopen on 29 August but the prospect remains uncertain amid coronavirus restrictions

Adrienne Arsht's donation will fund the museum’s internship programme and the MetLiveArts performance series

After the Met vacates the Breuer building, the Frick will take over with a chronological presentation of masterworks

A bellwether for the New York's other museums, the 5th Avenue flagship location will operate at 25% capacity while the Met Cloisters will not open until September

US and UK museums have been accused of tokenism, hypocrisy and fake solidarity for rushing to declare support for Black Lives Matter. Where do they go from here?

Other New York museums are expected to follow its lead, but it all depends on the city entering Phase 4 of reopening

Case involves "hundreds of objects worth millions" looted from the Near and Middle East

Signatories cite “unfair practices”, unequal pay and lack of diversity

After outcries against the work on social media, the Cree artist says that the image "failed" in its message to address the victimisation of Indigenous women

We speak to the museum's social media manager Claire Lanier about her digital engagement strategies in the age of Covid-19

The museum also cancels tours, talks, concerts and events through the end of the year

Curator provides audio narration for 3D experience of a Taíno religious figure

Extensive scientific testing of the Frick’s Mistress and Maid proves that it was not finished by someone else

Museum provides a preview of its delayed Costume Institute exhibition, posts video of gala highlights and invites audiences to photograph themselves in red-carpet attire

Plus, Turner Prize-winning artist Mark Wallinger explores Jackson Pollock’s Autumn Rhythm (Number 30). Produced in association with Christie's