Museums
Hungary’s new government scraps National Gallery plans
The planned SANAA-designed museum for Budapest’s City Park has been cancelled, leaving the future home of Hungary’s national collection undecided
England’s Pitt Rivers Museum announces its largest repatriation of human remains
Institution at the University of Oxford will return 39 pieces of remains, primarily skulls, to the Indigenous Naga people of the Indian subcontinent by the end of the year
Collector Dimitris Daskalopoulos donates 51 contemporary works to four museums in Greece and Scotland
The works—mostly by Greek artists—will go to the National Gallery of Greece in Athens, Momus-Museum of Contemporary Art Thessaloniki, the Museum of Contemporary Art of Crete and National Galleries Scotland in Edinburgh
Bank opens museum in Spanish city of Santander to display its 1,000-strong art collection
David Chipperfield has converted Banco Santander’s former headquarters into Faro Santander, a new home for works by artists including Velásquez, Titian, Goya, Picasso and Sorolla
$1bn Lucas Museum of Narrative Art lifts off at long last
After almost a decade of delays and controversies, George Lucas and Mellody Hobson launch a giant space to house a 40,000-piece collection spanning from comics to Star Wars materials to a Frida Kahlo self-portrait
‘You have to take care’: behind the painstaking restoration of a rare early Art Nouveau house in Brussels
Visitors to the architect Victor Horta’s home can see the restoration in progress
Rotterdam’s Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen caught up in alleged bribery scandal as civil servants dismissed
The city’s mayor said that two civil servants were found to have accepted “gifts from the municipality’s business contacts in exchange for possible preferential treatment”
Chief executive of Sydney’s anticipated Parramatta Powerhouse museum steps down two months before grand opening
Lisa Havilah had stood aside pending “investigations into governance and procurement”, according to New South Wales’ arts minister
Art centre launches in Durham, UK with light-themed works by Tracey Emin, Dan Flavin
The Light in Durham—formerly the Durham Light Infantry Museum and Art Gallery—has reopened following £17m redevelopment
Sydney’s A$915m Powerhouse Parramatta museum announces opening date and plans for ambitious space-themed exhibition
Plans for the institution’s five inaugural shows have been revealed
Chinese museums ordered to strengthen emergency protocols following blackouts and incidents of overcrowding
Issues at the Terracotta Warriors Museum in Xi'an and the Zhejiang Museum have prompted the National Cultural Heritage Administration to put out a notice
Camden Art Centre director Martin Clark to step down and lead Towner Eastbourne
The museum director will move from London to the East Sussex institution ahead of the development of its new outpost in the South Downs National Park
Elvira Dyangani Ose appointed artistic director of Cape Town's Zeitz MoCAA
The former director of the Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona will follow in the footsteps of the late Koyo Kouoh when she takes up her new role in October
Christian Bernard, founding director of Geneva’s Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, dies aged 76
Over a four-decade career, the French art critic and curator profoundly influenced contemporary art institutions in Switzerland and France
Uffizi Galleries in Florence announce ‘unprecedented’ €50m revamp
The programme will include the redesign of displays, the creation of new exhibition space and the installation of new lighting systems
As local museums in the UK face closure, government promises help
A recent report revealed that 524 UK museums closed between 2000 and 2025. But while the government has offered short-term help, structural issues remain unresolved
Valerie Hillings appointed inaugural director of Guggenheim Abu Dhabi
Currently the director of the North Carolina Museum of Art, Hillings worked on the Abu Dhabi project from 2009 to 2018
‘Amazon-style’ conditions: Prospect union members overwhelmingly vote to strike at London's V&A museums
V&A staff represented by the Public and Commercial Services Union are also considering industrial action
Culture minister Catherine Pégard reveals ‘national security plan’ following another major museum theft in France
The French Culture Ministry has budgeted €30m over three years to improve security at local museums and has issued a 33-point action plan
Lisbon's Museu Calouste Gulbenkian returns to its mid-century modern roots following major renovation
The Portuguese private art collection, which features fine and decorative art from antiquity to the 20th-century, reopened on 18 July
Museum acquisitions round-up: a Kandinsky ‘Improvisation’ and a canvas by Minimalist pioneer Agnes Martin
Our pick of the latest gifts and purchases to enter institutional collections worldwide
London mansion where ‘secret listeners’ spied on Nazi prisoners for intel opens as museum
Trent Park House of Secrets tells the story of how mainly Jewish refugees covertly transcribed conversations from the building's basement
Union threatens strike action over working conditions in Venice museums due to extreme temperatures
The Unione Sindacale di Base says it has formally signalled a labour dispute—usually a first step towards possible strike action—as Italian institutions remain above 30C for weeks
Gang steals jewellery worth €4.5m from Lalique Museum in France in 11-minute heist
Three masked men broke into the museum in the early hours of Sunday morning and stole 27 crystal pieces, according to the local prosecutor
Historic Tallinn Art Hall to reopen this November following €13m renovation
The kunsthalle in the Baltic capital will relaunch with a survey of modern and contemporary Estonian art after its five-year closure
UK government leaving museums vulnerable with ‘hands-off approach’, parliamentary report says
The Public Accounts Committee scrutinises the Department for Culture, Media and Sport in its report, accusing the government department of a ‘lack of leadership’
Too hot to handle? European heatwave exposes museums' lack of preparedness for climate extremes
While some institutions are serving as "islands of freshness" during this week's scorching temperatures, others are having to reduce opening hours or shut their doors
Misan Harriman to step down as chair of London's Southbank Centre
Harriman, who faced criticism from some UK media outlets over social media posts, says it was always his plan to leave after serving two terms
Tate Britain and Turner Contemporary take their eco-missions beyond the gallery walls
The London museum is building a sustainable garden while the Margate institution has launched a biennial summit exploring our oceans
A multi-millionaire on a mission: David Walsh expands his Museum of Old and New Art in Tasmania
In an exclusive interview, the enigmatic collector and philanthropist discusses Anselm Kiefer’s inverted pyramid, oxygen molecules billions of years old—and why he has invented a completely new library categorisation system




























