$50m renovation of California institution improves structural stability and helps to showcase the riches of the collection

Demonstrators plant cardboard tombstones outside a New York courthouse to call attention to Purdue Pharma’s role in deaths from the opioid painkiller Oxycontin

David E. Little, who heads Amherst College’s museum, has experience in fund-raising, educating and curating at multiple US institutions

Contemporary art venue has been hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic

Former BBC culture editor Will Gompertz steps into joint managing director role with Sandeep Dwesar

Historic town, a holy site for millions of Orthodox Christians, caught up in widening Tigray conflict

Three co-presidents rather than one will oversee the institution, which has also recruited a more diverse array of board members

The birthplace of the Olympic Games is one of the many ancient sites at risk as record temperatures scorch country

Louvre specialists worked with Lebanese counterparts to repair the damaged building

A United Auto Workers local that represents employees at several other museums files a petition on their behalf for a union vote

Association of Art Museum Directors should permanently recognise “direct care” of collections as a proper use of art sale proceeds

Leader oversaw an ambitious series of construction projects but has also contended with reports of midlevel management abuses and equity issues

The rambling 365-room mansion is being rescued from near collapse, starting with its tea house

Lawsuit was filed against the Brazilian government earlier this month citing the imminent risk of a blaze

Culture Unstained activists say contract clause is ‘chilling’ but museum group says cutting ties with energy groups is ‘unproductive’

Stipends, ranging from around $7,000 to $100,000, will help museums jump-start clean energy, climate disaster protection and sustainability projects

New York institution says it lost over $37m when it was forced to shut down, but insurance company caps potential coverage at $200,000

Current director of Marseille museums will take up coveted post under newly appointed Pompidou president Laurent Le Bon on 1 October

Appointments follow accusations of “systemic racism” in hiring and programming at the museum

Gift includes examples by Horace Pippin, Sister Gertrude Morgan and Bill Traylor

Employees at the New York institution join a phalanx of museum workers in the region seeking representation

The artist and preservationist Jorge Otero-Pailos has created a site-specific installation that provides a glimpse into the Gilded Age in the Hudson Valley

Controversial “health pass” introduced to fight a fourth wave of Covid-19 infections driven by the Delta variant

The pandemic-delayed expansion features an interactive exhibition by the Japanese contemporary art collective that was designed to disorient

Centre for Contemporary Art Derry-Londonderry, Experience Barnsley, Firstsite, Thackray Museum of Medicine and Timespan chosen as five finalists for Art Fund's coveted £100,000 prize

Research on the historic piece of decorative art has revealed some surprising evidence that many of its original materials are intact

Museum's move to sack Tanya Barson and Pablo Martínez prompts art world backlash on social media

Despite lockdown restrictions lifting today, most institutions will maintain capacity limits and distancing rules until at least end of August

Seven staff will also lose their jobs as tightened budgets and low attendance impact operations

Musée Champollion in the south east of France—once owned by descendants of Egyptologist Jean-François Champollion’s family—is also exhibiting 82 artefacts on loan from the Louvre