Museums
London operating theatre—the oldest in Europe—goes under the knife for major restoration
Victorian hospital will re-create the original skylight that aided innovative treatment of “working and deserving” women
Little progress is being made in diversifying US museum acquisitions, report preview finds
Data from the Burns Halperin Report 2022, published 13 December, shows the limited purchasing power of museums and how much they rely on donors to shape their collections
Museum of London to close ahead of relocation to Smithfield Market
Institution will reopen in 2026, with Fabric its first "nightclub in residence"
MoMA trustee Leon Black accused of rape
A lawsuit claims that the billionaire sexually assaulted a woman in Jeffrey Epstein's New York mansion
National Galleries of Scotland in Edinburgh gets annual Freelands Award
Prize worth £110,000 enables Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art to host first UK museum show dedicated to Tanzanian-born artist Everlyn Nicodemus
Recently reopened Antwerp museum accused of 'amateurism, arrogance and awful taste' by Belgian art world
The Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, known as the KMSKA, is facing a barrage of criticism following its grand reopening in September
Collectors recruit new allies to help museums accept the treasures they are offering
For many museums, the offer of works of art can be more of a headache than a blessing, so potential donors are finding they must do some groundwork to ensure their gift will be accepted—and appreciated
'This land has an important history': Pritzker Prize-winning architects SANAA on their design for the Art Gallery of New South Wales
The designers behind the New Museum in New York and the Louvre-Lens talk about their latest project in Sydney
150 years of Australian art: a history of the Art Gallery of New South Wales
As the Sydney museum reopens, we look at its long history of supporting artists, and when it began to collect Indigenous art
Sneak peek: see inside Australia's newest museum expansion, neighbouring Sydney's famous opera house
The Art Gallery of New South Wales has been expanded with a new building by Japanese architects SANAA, while new displays will push Australia's Indigenous artists to the fore
A vast forest of concrete columns: the Art Gallery of New South Wales opens new gallery in a disused oil tank
A once-hidden relic of the Second World War by Sydney's harbour has been turned into an underground exhibition space
This is Australia: Six must-see artworks in the Art Gallery of New South Wales's collection
The Sydney-based museum has almost 36,000 pieces from across time and from around the world
London's National Portrait Gallery receives £10m donation from Leonard Blavatnik
First floor of London museum to be renamed the "Blavatnik Wing" and will display 100 years of portraiture across nine galleries
Canada’s museums urged to overhaul practices to empower Indigenous peoples
Country’s museums association says institutions must involve Indigenous people in “every element” of their work
From photographs submerged underwater to Hervé Télémaque's early paintings: must-see exhibitions in Miami
Here are the shows to visit beyond the Art Basel fair this week
Giacometti Foundation director outlines vision for new museum on Paris’s left bank
French billionaire Xavier Niel will fund the renovation of Gare des Invalides site
Do UK museums ignore violence against women?
Despite the availability of work by high-profile artists, leading institutions are reticent about confronting a pressing issue
Gainsborough’s new home: museum dedicated to artist reopens in 'sweet' English village
The newly restored galleries will also exhibit loan shows and house collections by Suffolk’s own Cedric Morris and John Constable
With the threat of cuts, unions get militant in UK museums—and their membership is growing rapidly
Workers are increasingly turning to collective bargaining, industrial action and representation by trade unions
'Museums are allies': at Cop27, Icom speaks out about climate change protestors attacking art
Choosing museums as a backdrop to protests is "a testament of their symbolic power and relevance in the discussions around the climate emergency,” International Council of Museums says
Mass protest against Iran's human rights abuses staged at Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Protesters gathered at Lacma to mark the Zahedan massacre as well as draw attention to the suppression and imprisonment of protesters and activists
Artemisia Gentileschi's nude for Michelangelo's museum was censored—a new restoration project will reveal the original work
"Artemisia UpClose" project at Casa Buonarroti in Florence, Italy, will use state-of-the-art technology to show the original painting
'Don't expect us to be passive' in the face of restitution: British Museum chair defies return of looted artefacts
In speech at the annual trustees dinner George Osborne said that "dismantling" the collection "must not become the careless act of a single generation”
Italy's Uffizi Galleries forced to stay shut over public holiday due to staff shortage
Culture minister Gennaro Sangiuliano criticises museum for not opening on the Monday before All Saints Day but director Eike Schmidt says government must step in to find "reinforcements"
Brutal cuts to London arts organisations as national funds are moved away from capital
“We’ve had to make invidious choices”, says Arts Council England’s chair, Nicholas Serota, as funding portfolio for 2023-26 announced
We, the original donors, entirely accept the suggested changes to the National Gallery's Sainsbury Wing
Timothy Sainsbury says he disagrees with the view that all of the functional parts of the building should be "preserved in aspic"
American billionaire's Cycladic antiquities collection unveiled in Athens as Greece and Metropolitan Museum of Art reach agreement
The Greek state is now the sole owner of the artefacts but all 161 pieces will be on a 25-year loan to the Met from January 2024
As infrastructure crumbles, British Museum plans to fix Parthenon Marbles gallery next
The decision to prioritise the revamp of the museum’s Greek and Assyrian displays comes amid escalating calls for the permanent return of the Parthenon sculptures to Athens
Roaming climate change museum pops up in New York—and sets sights on a permanent space
Climate Museum’s pop-up exhibition in Manhattan hopes to spur visitors to action, and raise money for a long-term venue
'Move London's National Gallery entrance from Trafalgar Square to a side street? No!'
Architect Edward Jones weighs in on the museum's controversial redevelopment plans