Museums

Inside Brussels's €230m Kanal-Centre Pompidou museum—opening in November

Housed in a huge former Citroën garage, the space will be home to modern and contemporary art, including loans from the French museum

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Museum wall texts are an art in their own right—but will they survive the digital age?

With shortened attention spans and constant technological distractions, some museums are getting rid of labels altogether

Tarek Atoui—known for his innovative musical performances—will take over Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall this autumn

The Lebanese artist and composer blends sound, technology and sculpture to reference current social, historical and political realities

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Persistent low attendance and funding cuts are forcing US museums to think local

Institutions are analysing their relationship with audiences during a sobering time for many in the sector

UK government earmarks £1.5bn arts funding until 2030

Many cultural leaders welcome the move, while the UK National Audit Office reports that the culture department is consistently underspending

Joe Hill appointed director of Yorkshire Sculpture Park

For eight years Hill has led the Towner Gallery in Eastbourne, which jointly won Art Fund Museum of the Year and hosted the Turner Prize under his tenure

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Meet the global taskforce working to recover stolen cultural heritage

A reporter for The Art Newspaper has been on the scene with the Heritage Crime Task Force (HCTF), tracking, identifying and repatriating a wide variety of art and antiquities lost to crime and conflict

UK government bans export of £9m rural ‘masterpiece’ by Claude Lorrain

The work is being sold from the collection of the Dukes of Bedford to help fund the refurbishment of Woburn Abbey in Bedfordshire

Why is the French government spending millions on art no one sees?

Two recent reports have raised questions about why the Centre national des arts plastiques has never exhibited a quarter of the works in its care

Philip Tinari appointed as deputy director and head of art at Hong Kong’s Tai Kwun cultural complex

Tinari departs from UCCA Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing after more than 15 years

Vermeer’s ‘Girl with a Pearl Earring’ will head to Japan this summer in rare loan

The famous painting, held in the Mauristhuis museum in The Hague, was banned from travel in 2014

Protest held at Gallerie degli Uffizi after change in ticketing contract leaves temporary staff out of work

More than 100 demonstrators gathered outside the Florence museum demanding an end to “low-paid and precarious work”

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Comment | The dissolution of Antwerp's museum of contemporary art should serve as a warning to all

M HKA played a crucial role in linking emerging and established forms of art

How Australia’s social media ban could affect art institutions

Museums may need to rethink their content and find new ways to engage with young fans online

How UK museums are embracing citizens’ assemblies to help frame their futures

The National Gallery and Imperial War Museum seek the public’s views on purpose and priorities

The most exciting museum openings in 2026

From the idyllic Slovenian countryside to the heart of Los Angeles, here are ten of the biggest new and expanded museums opening this year

Multilevel Anselm Kiefer amphitheatre unveiled at Mona museum in Tasmania

Collector David Walsh says budget for long-awaited extension is more than AUS$100m

Thai pharma dynasty opens doors to 1,000-piece contemporary collection

Dib Bangkok museum boosts Thai capital as burgeoning art destination

A museum packed with once banned art is flourishing in the Uzbek desert

Nukus Museum’s vast cache of Russian avant-garde and national folk art is driving cultural tourism

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Comment | When did US museum design get so boring?

While art-museum architecture remains vibrant across the globe, many US institutions are both uninspiring and unwelcoming

Art Fund awards £1.2m to 29 UK museums to support ‘innovative’ projects

Charity's “Reimagine” programme will fund a variety of initiatives, from developing a new model for provenance research to preserving digital heritage

London's Brutalist Barbican Centre to close for £240m renovation

The building, which houses three gallery spaces, will close for a year from June 2028

The best exhibitions of 2025, as chosen by curators and museum directors

From Wolfgang Tillmans at Centre Pompidou to Linder at the Hayward, these are the shows that stood out this year

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Taichung’s new ‘Museumbrary’ expands Taiwan’s culture credentials

The cutting-edge institution, which opens tomorrow, fuses museum and library in decommissioned military airport

UK police hunt suspects in ‘high-value’ Bristol museum heist

More than 600 objects were stolen from the collection of the British Empire and Commonwealth Museum, which closed in 2008

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Saudi art world questions widespread use of consultancies in shaping culture landscape

As the country's art scene continues to expand, the reliance on external companies such as McKinsey and Boston Consulting Group is raising eyebrows

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We will always love you: museum dedicated to Dolly Parton to open in her Nashville hotel

The singer and actor’s life story will be told through the Dolly’s Life of Many Colours Museum