Museums
Hot on the heels of Tate commission, Hew Locke chosen to transform Met museum façade
Guyanese-British artist will create four sculptures that draw on the New York museum's collection
China's Russia problem: will more international exhibitions be cancelled due to the countries' close ties?
Suspension of loans from state-run Musée Matisse le Cateau-Cambrésis for Beijing exhibition shocks Chinese art world
Finland seizes €42m of art en route back to Russia
The works had been on show in museums in Italy and Japan
Hermitage branch in Amsterdam rebrands after cutting ties with Russia
The venue has reopened with an exhibition series focusing on Dutch masterpieces, starting with Vermeer’s Milkmaid
Louvre suspends sale of Chardin's record-breaking strawberries
The French museum is now seeking funds to buy the still-life painting, which was sold last week by Artcurial to a US dealer for €24.3m
Bouncing back: the US museums that have regained the visitors lost to Covid closures
While the pandemic has devastated the visitor numbers of many big-name museums, some medium-sized institutions are already thriving
Visitor Figures 2021: the 100 most popular art museums in the world—but is Covid still taking its toll?
While attendance figures still have some way to go to reach pre-pandemic levels, fewer days of lockdown-related closures coupled with vaccine rollout programmes spelled good news for institutions around the world
Tehran museum director fired after artist plunges into oil pool during acrobatic performance blunder
Yaser Khaseb fell into a 1977 installation by the Japanese artist Noriyuki Haraguchi in the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art
The British Museum says it needs another £1bn to refurbish itself—first it must prove it deserves it
It's time to drag the institution out of its entrenched past and into the 21st century
German museums offer curator jobs to Ukrainian and Russian refugees
Berlin-based Ernst von Siemens Art Foundation is supporting roles for a one-year period
In a world of digital innovation, what if art becomes… boring?
A virtual reality visit to the Sistine Chapel made me realise that museums are going to have to up their game in order to maintain visitors' interest
Milan’s Museo del Novecento could lose 600 works in legal battle with heir
Mario Bertolini’s vast collection of Modern art, amassed over his lifetime and donated to the museum in 2014, is at the centre of a claim seeking to invalidate the acquisition
UK sanctions Russian oligarch behind major Fabergé egg loan to V&A exhibition
Ukrainian-born mining billionaire Viktor Vekselberg lent the first Imperial Easter egg to the London museum through his foundation
Billionaire collector Nicolas Berggruen snaps up his second Venetian palace
Scheduled to open in 2024, Palazzo Diedo will house an exhibition and art residency space
Museum building heavily damaged in Ukraine's battle-ravaged city of Chernihiv
Director has been posting emotional updates on Facebook as Russian forces shell area
With art therapy on the rise, France's museums are beginning to take mental health seriously
Palais de Tokyo is building a “care centre” for art and wellbeing programmes, while new workshops launch at Louvre-Lens
British museums including Tate and V&A not part of UK government's new Saudi culture deal
The partnership, signed in February, will focus on collaborations in the film, museum and heritage sectors between the two nations
Hong Kong's last British governor on how Beijing's crackdown is corroding the city's vibrant cultural scene
The Chinese government is demolishing the freedoms that once made the special administrative region special, says Chris Patten
Museum ethics organisation criticises ‘forced resignation’ of Manchester gallery director
Cimam is demanding "greater clarity" over the reasons for Alistair Hudson’s proposed removal
What will happen to Russia's treasures on loan in London and Paris?
Imperial Fabergé eggs and Impressionist masterpieces are some of the works currently in shows in Europe
Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo '99%' ready as contractor promises 'theatrical' Tutankhamun gallery
Egyptian government officials say the long-awaited antiquities museum near the Pyramids of Giza will probably open in November this year
Ukraine museum reportedly burns down in Russian invasion, destroying 25 works by folk artist Maria Prymachenko
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs says the Museum of Local History in Ivankiv had been set on fire by Russian forces
New €35m Kunsthalle Praha gallery backed by private collectors opens in the Czech capital
Former electric substation converted into contemporary art hub by Pudil Family Foundation
'It’s a time bomb': retirees slam Getty Trust’s decision to terminate their pension plan
Pensioners stand to lose federal protections once the board transfers the $336m plan to an insurer
Storm Eunice damages UK heritage sites and forces museums and galleries to close
Cultural sites turn away visitors while iconic architecture is “shredded to pieces” by storm
Russian guard who doodled on $1m painting speaks out: ‘I’m a fool, what have I done!’
The 63-year-old injured war veteran spoke to Russian news outlet E1, which describes the incident as a tragedy not a comedy
The ‘most important piece of prehistoric art’ found in Britain in a century will go on view at the British Museum
The 5,000-year-old chalk sculpture was discovered on a country estate near the village of Burton Agnes in East Yorkshire
Russian gallery guard charged after drawing eyes on avant-garde painting with ballpoint pen
Work by Anna Leporskaya from the 1930s is undergoing restoration after "lapse in sanity" by museum employee during first day on the job
Are UK museums deterring visitors with Covid booking system for permanent collections?
As restrictions ease, institutions are reconsidering the policy introduced during the pandemic as it could be putting off last-minute visitors
Russian oligarch to open private museum in Riga
Institution will house Petr Aven’s collection of Russian and Latvian fine and decorative art