Director Louis Ng insists that the institution—due to open in 2022—will be distinct from its namesake in Beijing's Forbidden City

With vaccines now being deployed and a return to normality on the horizon, institutions may find they have been shortsighted in letting their employees go

Petition urges culture minister to lift coronavirus restrictions on museums and galleries so they can "take care of visitors now"

New arrangement, to last 15 years, means key works by Gauguin, Monet and Picasso have been saved for the nation

After charges of racism levelled at his museum in 2019, Teitelbaum had to deal with the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. And then there was the Guston controversy

The Greek-American started acquiring photography for museums through his personal friendships with artists such as Lucas Samaras, Aaron Siskind and Harry Callahan

Through videos, audio clips, 3D models of destroyed sites and images of their works, Iraqis describe what they endured and their hopes for the future

Portraits date from 1969, a pivotal point for an artist departing from conventional motifs

Petition calls for more transparency in planned display of the collection of Emil Georg Bührle, who bought Nazi-looted art with a fortune built on weapons

A scientific analysis and conservation effort unveiled signature brush strokes and other marks of the master

Restoration work uncovered the original plaster from the building’s former occupant, New York governor and 1876 presidential candidate Samuel Tilden

The Antiquarium reveals treasures and recent discoveries charting the ancient Roman city's rich history before deadly volcanic eruption

The plan is to finish essential maintenance on the building in time for its 50th anniversary in 2027

High-resolution images of Renaissance treasures go online, revealing the tiniest details of Raphael’s creative process

Viewers can track the recovery after the blaze and view hundreds of images of the New York museum’s artefacts

Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen's gift from collectors Laurens Vancrevel and Frida de Jong “opens up new horizons on surrealist activities”, says expert

London's Science Museum and a West Midlands museum where Peaky Blinders was filmed are just some of the venues doubling up as Covid-19 vaccine hubs

Former leader of Aspen Art Museum says she was beguiled by the California institution’s history and new building by Morphosis

New online platform aims to turn traditionally scholarly subject into something "easily digestible and fun to explore"

The institution unveils planned changes to its historic Castle and Arts and Industries Building

Museum joins other institutions in assailing protestors' rampage and hate-inspiring imagery as a threat to democracy and equality

The warty pig painting was found in a cave in Indonesia and is thought to be at least 45,500 years old

Critics and city planners question changes to a historic reflecting pool and addition of stacked stone walls in a Modernist environment, while the artist Hiroshi Sugimoto defends his designs but says he is open to negotiating

Leighton House Museum—which was once the home and studio of artist Lord Leighton—is undergoing restoration and will reopen in 2021

Sites of major importance—many in regions already ravaged by conflict—are contending with security problems and funding shortfalls

After years of neglect, ornate Victorian auditorium in northern seaside town of Morecambe is being saved

Luigi Brugnaro's "entrepreneurial" decision violates Venice's historic agreement with Italian state to keep the landmark open to the public

Williamson Art Gallery & Museum in Birkenhead is also under threat of closure as part of cost-cutting measures by local council

The reconstruction of the Central Vista is a significant step in the prime minister's efforts to sever the nation from its colonial past