The Central State Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the capital sustained some damage, according to a government statement

The Longlati Foundation in Shanghai and the Macalline Art Center and Fen Sonic HQ in Beijing put curation at the forefront

The researchers are investigating the origins of 200 artefacts from Cameroon at Munich’s Museum Fünf Kontinente

Prices for Ultra Rare editions start at €4,999 but museum sales percentage remains under wraps

Gladstone Pottery Museum to be used as a film location under controversial council proposals

‘Portrait of Frederick A. Gale’ is quintessential of Phillips’s paintings of children, who are the subjects of his most beloved works

The 2,400-year-old remains of tea leaves were discovered in a royal tomb in Shandong province

There’s a campaign against discussions of race in the American education system—and museums have a part to play in fighting that

Government museums body takes control of repatriated artefacts after ruler of Benin challenges new trust set up to unify Nigerian claimants

Shepparton Art Museum opened late last year but a ballooning budget and conflicting local politics have made led to a mixed reception

In a trio of current and upcoming exhibitions, the Institute for Contemporary Art at Virginia Commonwealth University will showcase prints, paintings and a sonic environment that champion underrepresented narratives

A dozen boxes of materials found in the Museum of Modern Art’s library served as the impetus for a new exhibition on the legacy of the Artists Call group at Tufts University Art Galleries

Covid continued to impact on French museum visits, but the government provided a much-needed financial safety net

The council of state upheld a previous ruling preventing the fast food chain from opening at the popular heritage site

New law will set up expert commission to sift through thousands of objects at the Royal Museum for Central Africa

Negotiations have been delayed, with wages proving a major sticking point and with administrators proposing increases well below union members’ demands

The Metropolitan Museum will stay opened at reduced capacity, while others like the Yale University Art Gallery and the Baltimore Museum of Art close temporarily

Despite challenges wrought by the pandemic and earthquake-caused damage to its building, the museum has a new director and new momentum

Obata was incarcerated at the Topaz Relocation Center in Utah during the Second World War; now 35 of his works have been acquired by the Utah Museum of Fine Arts

Who had a good year and who had a bad one? We aim to find out

Natural History Museum closes due to front-of-house staff shortages caused by Covid-19

The 1840 profile portrait is part of a collection of early photographic works by Henry Fitz Jr. that is joining the Kansas City museum’s holdings

A London panel has assembled the largest cache of evidence on the concentration camps in Xinjiang, but museums will not say if they have examined it

Kunstmuseum Bern announces results of in-depth provenance investigation of controversial 2014 bequest

Proposal was put forward by 16 Arabic-speaking countries

The Art Newspaper team picks apart this year’s most important developments, from demands for colonial restitution to the return of culture wars

The project includes the addition of a multi-storey entrance and lobby, and is being supported with state and city funds

Among the works joining the museum’s collection are paintings by Amy Sherald and Kehinde Wiley as well as a self-portrait by an artist who worked as a preparator at Lacma for decades

Reviving 17th-century Tijou screens commissioned by Protestant monarchs William and Mary means undoing decades of damage and haphazard repairs

Just a year after launching a studio programme in Accra, its ambitious young founder is turning it into a museum