Museums
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
Why are top jobs in Chinese museums going to white men?
Local professionals continue to be overlooked for highly paid leading roles
South of France art venues create Covid-united network—and welcome LUMA Arles into the fold
Plein Sud includes 66 venues spanning from the Mediterranean coast to the Alps
Ai Weiwei’s animals feel the heat as conservators treat them to al fresco waxing at Lacma
Sculptures arrived from China ahead of a show of works of Chinese contemporary art
One of us or one of them? A long view of the appointment of George Osborne as chair of the British Museum
The former chancellor's instalment echoes the selection of Lord Armstrong as chair of the V&A, which had serious consequences for the museum
Portuguese collector Joe Berardo—detained for tax fraud—also investigated for other crimes
Businessman behind the Museu Coleção Berardo in Lisbon, one of Portugal's most visited museums, allegedly owes nearly €1bn
Opening of London’s V&A East Museum delayed again because of pandemic
The Victoria and Albert Museum outpost is now due to open in 2025 but its open storage space is still on track for 2024
Gainsborough showstopper The Blue Boy comes home to the UK after 100 years
Picture will go on show at London’s National Gallery a century after it left for California
'Clay made me': Theaster Gates to receive series of major London shows around his love of ceramics
The Chicago-based artist will design the 2022 Serpentine Pavillion
Visitor figures: how many people are actually returning to London museums post-lockdown?
We asked English institutions to provide figures for the four-week period from 17 May to gauge current demand
Centre Pompidou in Paris names new president as Brussels branch backtracks over ‘sexist’ appointment
The Kanal-Centre Pompidou in Belgium has responded to outcry over decision to make Bernard Blistène a co-director alongside Kasia Redzisz
Should the Science Museum stop taking money from oil companies?
Plus, Michael Landy's exhibition at Firstsite and artist Shahzia Sikander on a manuscript miniature
Appointment of former UK Chancellor George Osborne as new British Museum chairman draws criticism
Ex-politician, who presided over austerity cuts to culture, takes up the position on 4 October
A departure, a side move, and a new appointment: Centre Pompidou in flux as leadership shuffle causes controversy
Belgian art world outraged after curator Kasia Redzisz, who won a vote to be appointed director of Brussels outpost, will have to share the job with current director in Paris, Bernard Blistène