Museums
Museu de Arte de São Paulo plans to tunnel its way through to a new 14-storey building
The Lina Bo Bardi-designed museum in Brazil can currently only display 1% of its 11,000-piece collection
Van Gogh meets Dubai Mall: a look inside the huge immersive digital art space that has opened in the UAE
Infinity des Lumières is the largest centre of its kind in the region
Whitworth Gallery in Manchester U-turns on decision to remove pro-Palestine statement after Forensic Architecture threaten to pull work
Exhibition addressing the use of tear gas in Palestine adjusted to “give voice to different perspectives” following intervention by Israeli legal groups
'Do leopards change their spots?': Taliban threat to heritage in Afghanistan could be worse than in 2001
In an exclusive interview with The Art Newspaper, a very well-informed anonymous source tells us how museums are protecting their collections as militants sweep the country
Is it raining again in the British Museum’s Parthenon gallery?
A leaking roof has delayed the reopening of seven galleries of Greek art
Stefan Kalmár steps down as director of ICA London after five years
Contemporary art venue has been hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic
London's Barbican shakes up staff following racism allegations published in tell-all book
Former BBC culture editor Will Gompertz steps into joint managing director role with Sandeep Dwesar
Period drama: London’s Vagina Museum is being evicted from current premises—and needs your help
A year on from the devastating Beirut blast, the city’s national museum slowly reopens
Louvre specialists worked with Lebanese counterparts to repair the damaged building
Director of slavery memorial in Guadeloupe sacked after reporting €420,000 missing from museum’s budget
Laurella Yssap-Rincon had promised to “correct the mismanagement” of the culture centre when she took the position in 2019
Greta Thunberg says Science Museum ‘killed its reputation’ after it is revealed Shell sponsorship came with gagging order
Culture Unstained activists say contract clause is ‘chilling’ but museum group says cutting ties with energy groups is ‘unproductive’
Moca Los Angeles follows success in halting solar farm near Michael Heizer Earthpiece with announcement of Frankenthaler grant to support solar energy project
The museum plans to use the grant funds to convert Moca Geffen to renewable power sources, the first step in making Moca Los Angeles completely net zero energy
French culture ministry names 39-year-old Xavier Rey director of Centre Pompidou’s national museum of modern art
Current director of Marseille museums will take up coveted post under newly appointed Pompidou president Laurent Le Bon on 1 October
Hermitage museum mints Leonardo, Monet, Van Gogh NFTs to raise funds
The Russian museum had to overcome country's stringent restrictions on cryptocurrencies
The Whitworth gallery in Manchester mints a William Blake NFT in aid of community causes
The museum will track the activity of the crypto work for the next two years for a 2023 exhibition on art economics
France enforces vaccine passports for over-18s visiting museums and cultural venues
Controversial “health pass” introduced to fight a fourth wave of Covid-19 infections driven by the Delta variant
From village life to vaccine centre: Museum of the Year 2021 shortlist announced
Centre for Contemporary Art Derry-Londonderry, Experience Barnsley, Firstsite, Thackray Museum of Medicine and Timespan chosen as five finalists for Art Fund's coveted £100,000 prize
Poland’s right-wing government dismisses director of leading contemporary art museum in latest blow to cultural scene
Over 1,000 leading Polish arts figures have signed a letter in defence of the Zacheta National Gallery of Art in Warsaw's head Hanna Wróblewska
Macba in Barcelona dismisses key curatorial staff shortly after appointing new director Elvira Dyangani Ose
Museum's move to sack Tanya Barson and Pablo Martínez prompts art world backlash on social media
England's Freedom Day has arrived—and museums are fighting to keep crowds at bay
Despite lockdown restrictions lifting today, most institutions will maintain capacity limits and distancing rules until at least end of August
Humboldt Forum opens in Berlin—finally for real
After almost two years of delays, the ambitious museum complex launches its first in-person exhibitions
Museum dedicated to man who deciphered the hieroglyphics opens in France—full of Ancient Egyptian treasures
Musée Champollion in the south east of France—once owned by descendants of Egyptologist Jean-François Champollion’s family—is also exhibiting 82 artefacts on loan from the Louvre
London's National Gallery appoints architect Annabelle Selldorf for its major renovation
First phase of the work is due to be completed by May 2024, in time for the gallery’s 200th anniversary
Siberian city often described as 'most depressing place to live in the world' to receive contemporary art museum
Former mall in Norilsk will provide 8,500 sq. m of space for art
South Korea's rapid rise to global pop cultural dominance will be explored in new Victoria & Albert Museum exhibition
Hallyu! The Korean Wave takes place in 2022 along with Beatrix Potter celebration and showcase of African fashion
When the US was accused of ‘plundering’ Berlin’s museums: new show reveals murky history
An exhibition opening at the Cincinnati Art Museum reveals how 14 major museums found themselves caught up in a “morally dubious” tour of Germany's art treasures after the Second World War
We tackled Dutch slaving history—the Rijksmuseum's exhibition could serve as a model of its kind
The Netherlands needs to collectively examine how its past has shaped today's society, says the director of the Amsterdam museum
Edinburgh's Fruitmarket gallery reopens with new double-height performance space
Following a £4.3m overhaul, the Scottish art space's footprint has doubled
By Art Matters—Hangzhou's new contemporary art museum—announces inaugural programme
Curator Francesco Bonami leads long-awaited Chinese kunsthalle with a Theaster Gates-designed concept store and artist residency