Employees across the sector are turning to unions to fight for better wages, benefits and working conditions

Following the restitution of the silver Nevsky sarcophagus last week, the handover of Andrei Rublev's 15th-century Trinity has sparked concerns among conservators

Move may reflect sensitivities around the museum's possession of the ancient Egyptian object

The art and film space had seemingly closed permanently in April, but community donations will allow its cinema to resume operations

Research could lead to restitutions if artefact were found to have been excavated or exported illegally

The move is described as "a striking event of world significance" by the director of the St Petersburg museum

Studio Gang’s ambitious renovation revitalises a historic cultural institution

Sources state that demands made for thousands of objects in British collections have been "significantly overstated", and that the report is "misleading"

The far-right Alternative for Germany party called for the debate after the oba of Benin was named owner of the returning artefacts, causing confusion

The Cameroonian-born curator is the institution's first Black leader

Climate protection guidelines have been issued to help sector become climate-fit

Native American artist Jaune Quick-to-See Smith has been transforming the contemporary art canon for decades with multilayered works that address cultural misconceptions with humour

The institution will be closed for its own 50th anniversary—but will work with the city's museums, including the Louvre, to stage projects during the period

The museum has responded to accusations that its collection includes looted artefacts by creating its largest research arm to date

The science-themed initiative will span museums and organisations big and small throughout Southern California

Butler made a similar cross-country move in 2006, when she left the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles for a job at the Museum of Modern Art in New York

Foreign Office was dismissive of the museum's attempts to lobby for the contested sculptures in 1983

A painting by Egon Schiele is among those bought back by the institutions from where they were confiscated

Some 30 objects in an auction this week are protected by Mexico’s cultural heritage laws, authorities there say

Ngaire Blankenberg quietly left the institution at the end of March

The 92-year-old artist's first-ever ceiling work takes inspiration from the "colour of the skies" and follows in the footsteps of Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel frescos

The museum’s ambitious climate action plan, unveiled amidst a $60m expansion, calls for cutting its building emissions in half by 2025

The Hunterian Museum reopens 16 May, mindful of the changing ethics of displaying human remains

Caroline of Brunswick, "an injured princess" famously acquitted of treasonous adultery, was refused admission to George IV's crowning in Westminster Abbey

Major new contemporary art space designed by Renzo Piano opens ahead of key elections

The role of art in a time of crisis was the subject of a three-day discussion between leading cultural figures in Florence last week

The Washington, DC, institution wants to better connect with Asian American communities

The recent communal violence which burned down the Azizia Madrasa occurred in the wake of numerous recent laws targeting Muslims

The institutions agreed to collaborate in areas including restitution, digitisation of collections and exhibitions

The strike at the Manhattan museum, which had been on the cusp of reopening after a six-year renovation, has now stretched into its third month