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The famous painting, held in the Mauristhuis museum in The Hague, was banned from travel in 2014

More than 100 demonstrators gathered outside the Florence museum demanding an end to “low-paid and precarious work”

M HKA played a crucial role in linking emerging and established forms of art

Museums may need to rethink their content and find new ways to engage with young fans online

The National Gallery and Imperial War Museum seek the public’s views on purpose and priorities

From the idyllic Slovenian countryside to the heart of Los Angeles, here are ten of the biggest new and expanded museums opening this year

The exhibitions to visit in London, New York, Tokyo, Paris and Madrid

Collector David Walsh says budget for long-awaited extension is more than AUS$100m

Dib Bangkok museum boosts Thai capital as burgeoning art destination

Nukus Museum’s vast cache of Russian avant-garde and national folk art is driving cultural tourism

While art-museum architecture remains vibrant across the globe, many US institutions are both uninspiring and unwelcoming

Charity's “Reimagine” programme will fund a variety of initiatives, from developing a new model for provenance research to preserving digital heritage

The building, which houses three gallery spaces, will close for a year from June 2028

From Wolfgang Tillmans at Centre Pompidou to Linder at the Hayward, these are the shows that stood out this year

The cutting-edge institution, which opens tomorrow, fuses museum and library in decommissioned military airport

More than 600 objects were stolen from the collection of the British Empire and Commonwealth Museum, which closed in 2008

As the country's art scene continues to expand, the reliance on external companies such as McKinsey and Boston Consulting Group is raising eyebrows

The singer and actor’s life story will be told through the Dolly’s Life of Many Colours Museum

The Public and Commercial Service union says library staff face “increased poverty and debt, with a concurrent rise in health issues”

The Superhuman Museum will combine ‘elements of theme parks, of art museums and of experiential museums worldwide’

The Zayed National Museum, designed by Norman Foster, and the Natural History Museum, are both located on the emirate’s Saadiyat Island

The Serpentine x Flag Art Foundation Prize is open to artists of any age, based anywhere worldwide, who have been exhibiting professionally for less than ten years

The 14th-century, English-made Asante Ewer was seized from the royal palace in Kumasi in 1896 and has been held by the British Museum ever since

Zilart will house the huge collection of St Petersburg property developer Andrey Molchanov and his wife, Yelizaveta Molchanov

Legislation allows non-national museums established as charities to transfer property on a “moral basis” depending on its value

Sonnabend Collection in Mantua—home to the collection of the late dealer Ileana Sonnabend—includes works by Jasper Johns and Andy Warhol as well as contemporary artists

John-Paul Stonard argues the case for honouring Constable at London's soon-to-be expanded National Gallery

The fee, announced ahead of today's budget, would apply to overnight stays, with England's mayors and local leaders able to decide what revenue should be spent on

The contractual work was sold for €25,000 to appoint curator Mi You to the institution's board