John Kingman, the London museum's deputy chair, will temporarily step into the role

We discuss Matthew Barney, Igshaan Adams, Eileen Agar and Louise Bourgeois

The Khalil Museum, with its fabled Impressionists in a mansion by the Nile, has reopened after an 11-year renovation—without Vincent’s flower still-life

The new resource provides images and data on 90,000 coins

Following backlash over proposed chronological reorganisation of London museum, specialist departments will now remain

The French billionaire's long awaited contemporary art space contains works that champion his values of diversity—though many of these have been shown in Venice before

The privately funded Dutch branch of the State Hermitage Museum has attracted 10,000 donations from the public but director says "we're not done yet"

From Rodin's plaster casts and Barbara Hepworth's bronzes, to flower arranging, disco dancing and the notorious Nero

"Independence cuts both ways," UK culture secretary Oliver Dowden warns museums and heritage bodies

Grants are available for institutions with individual Benin artefacts or small collections

Group shortlisted by Tate for the prestigious contemporary art prize is calling out the institution’s hypocrisy and demanding working conditions that are “nurturing and supportive”

Florence museum unveiled new exhibition space and recent acquisitions

Health passes to certify visitors are Covid-free will be mandatory at cultural venues

“We are facing up to our historical and moral responsibility”, says culture minister Monika Grütters

Plus, artists' album covers, and Grace Jones in the Work of the Week

Visitors to the Museum of Art and Photography in Bangalore can pose questions to a "digital twin" of the late Bombay Progressive Group painter

Lee Kun-hee, the Samsung Electronics chairman who died in October, leaves collection worth $2.2bn, including works by Monet, Dali and Chagall

Around 160 institutions hold looted Benin artefacts, but how many are prepared to give them back? We asked museums in five countries for their position on restitution

With institutions across the globe rethinking their views on restitution, the African country’s focus is now on making a home for its heritage

Residents next to the London museum continue legal battle after losing case to close viewing platform that allows visitors to see inside their flats

As Israel and Denmark introduce Covid-19 status certificates, institutions are concerned that government schemes may keep visitors away

An exhibition at the National Museum of Finland will celebrate the objects' repatriation to the Sámi Museum and Nature Centre Siida in northern Lapland

Former police officer faces up 40 years in prison, but systemic racism must now be addressed, says San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

The agreement overturns the Restitution Committee's 2013 rejection of the claim, which argued the painting was worth more to the museum than the heirs

Rob Baker, the director of marketing and creative strategy at the Museum of Modern Art, shares his secrets to Instagram success

Historic building in the heart of the capital Vilnius to be split up and turned into restaurants, hotels and other commercial and cultural spaces

Museum chief is named "interim" director while President Macron decides if he should continue as head of the Paris institution

As restitution momentum builds, director of Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art says it could lead discussions for the return of looted Benin objects in US museum collections

Among the innumerable concerns expressed by international institutions are loss of public funding, threats to the security of collections and a decrease in visitors

A secret booklet appears to contradict claims made in a new documentary about the painting's attribution to Leonardo