The 20th-century displays in the London institution’s Rooms Through Time galleries are being overhauled to reflect the diverse communities of Hoxton, the historic core of east London and one of the UK’s most gentrified areas

The announcement coincides with the 35th anniversary of WMF's efforts at the archaeological park and a new phase of conservation at Phnom Bakheng

A major €90m upgrade of the hallowed Long Room—and its 200,000 books—begins at the end of the year, while its famous Book of Kells gets an immersive makeover

The hires have been supported by the London-based non-profit Asymmetry Art Foundation

After 20 years focused on its Chelsea headquarters, the museum will send its collections and initiatives on the road

Tavares Strachan’s monument is included in major colonialism survey at the Royal Academy

The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act has been revised to expedite repatriation, leading many museums to conceal exhibits in the interim

Digital art venues are a global phenomenon, attracting massive audiences with radical new forms of immersive experiences. Are they a threat or an opportunity for traditional galleries and museums?

This year's milestone will be celebrated with multiple shows around the globe

Taqralik Partridge, an associate curator of Indigenous art since 2022, has stepped down while the Toronto institution is still reeling from the sudden ouster of Wanda Nanibush

Edoardo Almagià, who graduated from Princeton University in 1973, has been connected to a range of antiquities currently in the museum's collection

The London institution says ancient clay drum is in the US but future venues are unconfirmed

An innovative agreement between the Metropolitan Museum, American businessman Leonard N. Stern and the Greek government led to the new display of 161 Cycladic antiquities at the New York museum

The 32 items held in the collections of the two UK museums were taken during wars in the 19th century

Wanda Nanibush left the institution after a letter accusing her of “hate speech” was circulated by the group Israel Museums and Arts, Canada

As the baby-boomer generation of major donors pulls back or dies off, museums are struggling to attract their heirs’ interest

The Ram temple in Ayodhya, consecrated next week, has been the subject of a long and deadly campaign by Hindu nationalist groups

Directors of leading institutions in the country warn of the damage that budget cuts and a scaling back on international collaboration could do to the sector

Authorities also began restoration work on art damaged during the ensuing riots

New initiatives emphasize WMF's commitment to the preservation and revitalisation of historic sites under threat of destruction from climate change

Since it was raided in 2022 by the FBI, which seized 25 purported Basquiat works, the museum’s legal and communications costs have surged while public and private support slowed

Staff at the museum are the latest to join the unionisation movement that has swept across the sector in the US

The Korean-born artist says he was drawn to the southern French city’s ancient roots as a fitting place for his work

The Eskenazi Museum of Art of the Indiana University in Bloomington cited “safety concerns” when it abruptly cancelled Samia Halaby’s show

A new dossier shows how those running the organisation are struggling to “find a path to a balanced budget”

Museums in the US and beyond are neglecting members of a rapidly expanding demographic who also historically have been the sector’s biggest donors

The longtime Winnipeg Art Gallery director's Order of the Buffalo Hunt, one of Manitoba’s highest honours, has also been posthumously rescinded

The institution, which began offering BFAs and MFAs in 2013, will wind down those programmes next year

The former curator at the Barbican Art Gallery in London hops the pond

Successful candidate will have their work cut out for them to restore the institution's reputation after last year's theft scandal