Planned show seeks to raise awareness of climate change, but London museum dogged by controversy over partnership with oil and gas giant

In honour of the victims and to promote the medium, the French culture ministry will create "a meeting, training and exhibition place"

The US president’s reversal comes after widespread condemnation and defense officials’ assurances that military would abide by international law

Meanwhile, an impromptu tribute to the country’s cultural heritage broke out on Twitter, as users posted images of their favourite places

Yemeni authorities and World Monuments Fund team up to repair ruined National Museum in Taiz

From Tutankhamun's new king-sized home in Cairo to Munch's sleek space in Oslo, here is our pick of the big openings this year

Highly publicised sales and seizures of Nazi memorabilia raise questions about whether such items should be exhibited

The Art Newspaper team ponder 2019's biggest art stories. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793.

Exhibitions in UK, Europe and US speak to growing public appetite for scholarship on the women of art history

Vast €85m storage centre will show off thousands of works of art previously hidden from view

Second stage of open-access restoration of Van Eyck brothers’ masterpiece strips away 16th-century overpainting to reveal an abundance of fine details

With the Louvre revealing its virtual reality Mona Lisa, museums ponder the power of tech experiences

Karla Black survey will fill both spaces, including former fruit and veg warehouse next door

Our pick of the gifts and purchases to enter international museum collections in 2019

We look back at the biggest stories of the year

The franchise’s ambitious global expansion will continue in 2020 with launch of London gallery

V&A and Lacma plan to stabilise and restore works to their original appearance

After €13m expansion, French museum brings together works by painter Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres and sculptor Emile-Antoine Bourdelle

The Hermitage has opened a branch in Siberia, the Pushkin is renovating a Constructivist landmark in Samara and more agreements are in the works

We look back at the biggest stories of the year

The contemporary artist is among four new trustees elected

Conservators discover that the 1566 painting was once bluer and revisit the exposure of the notorious codpieces

Bronze sculpture gets new wings in a collaboration with Berlin’s Antikensammlung

Research groups have designed new technologies and initiatives for the V&A, Kunsthistorisches Museum and Thyssen-Bornemisza

More of the startling objects collected by George IV will return from Buckingham Palace in early 2020

And Mickalene Thomas goes Pop in NYC

Hundreds gather as the Getty convenes the first major international conference on the issue in 45 years

Hesse McGraw has served at San Francisco and Nebraska art institutions

“Museum” features reproductions, artefacts and even Salvator Mundi pasta sauce

Museum officials say the decision is unrelated to protests over the Sackler family's ties to Purdue Pharma