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
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
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
Sally Tallant, director of New York’s Queens Museum, to lead London’s Hayward Gallery
Tallant will also direct visual art at the Southbank Centre
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
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
Acquisitions round-up: a rare early Italian portrait of a Black man, a record-breaking Kiddush cup, and a limewood sculpture of the Madonna
Our pick of the latest gifts and purchases to enter institutional collections worldwide
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”
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
Our pick of the shows to see in the world's great art cities in 2026
The exhibitions to visit in London, New York, Tokyo, Paris and Madrid
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
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
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
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
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





























