Museums
UK culture war: museum trustees are paying the price for disagreeing with government's policies
Several board members who do not support the "retain and explain" policy championed by the ruling party have recently left or lost their roles within the arts
Home truths: east London's museum of domestic life emerges from lockdown after £18.8m makeover
Museum of the Home reopens on 12 June with double the public space in its 18th-century almshouse buildings
Raphael Cartoons at Victoria and Albert Museum serenaded by live orchestral performance
The London museum’s newly refurbished Raphael Court plays host to a “visual album” of classical pieces on film
Belgian experts frustrated at 'lack of initiative from museums and government' call for restitution of colonial-era acquisitions
New report provides guidelines for the return of artefacts to Africa, where Belgium controlled territory that was 80 times its size
Don’t trash talk museums at this perilous time: we must adapt—not throw away—our cultural heritage
Cultural institutions—like religious buildings—can be spaces of good and harm, we cannot simply denounce their histories as one or the other, says museum director Nicholas Thomas
The David and Goliath of art collections team up—London’s National Gallery loans nine works to Southampton
Maverick museum chief Kenneth Clark helped shape the Southampton City Art Gallery's collection
What it's like to visit museums now—and how Covid-19 has fundamentally changed them long term
Coronavirus restrictions have dramatically altered the visitor experience, but the changes run deeper than mask-wearing and one-way systems
Germany launches African museum exchange programme to discuss returning looted objects
New government initiative MuseumsLab aims to foster more international co-operation and consider topics including decolonisation and restitution
Cuban artists ask Museum of Fine Arts to remove their work from display while Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara remains in government custody
The San Isidro Movement founder was forcibly taken to a Havana hospital in early May eight days into a hunger strike protesting the government's clampdown on artist's rights
Culture professionals react to Tony Hall quitting as National Gallery chair amid BBC Princess Diana scandal
John Kingman, the London museum's deputy chair, will temporarily step into the role
'Art is our spiritual oxygen': new shows to see in London and New York
We discuss Matthew Barney, Igshaan Adams, Eileen Agar and Louise Bourgeois
How a Van Gogh painting was stolen from a Cairo museum—not once, but twice
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
Calling all numismatists! Biggest coin database in German-speaking world to go live today
The new resource provides images and data on 90,000 coins
V&A confirms it will keep its focus on materials—but workforce will be reduced by 15% to cut costs
Following backlash over proposed chronological reorganisation of London museum, specialist departments will now remain
After 21 years and $194m: Pinault opens Bourse museum in Paris
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
Hermitage Amsterdam close to reaching €1m in urgent crowdfunding appeal to survive Covid-19 crisis
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"
Hug a museum: the best exhibitions to see around the UK as restrictions ease
From Rodin's plaster casts and Barbara Hepworth's bronzes, to flower arranging, disco dancing and the notorious Nero
Fuelling culture war, UK government forms new 'retain and explain' board for controversial monuments
"Independence cuts both ways," UK culture secretary Oliver Dowden warns museums and heritage bodies
German museums to receive up to €25,000 for research into their Benin bronzes ahead of restitutions next year
Grants are available for institutions with individual Benin artefacts or small collections
Black Obsidian Sound System: 'Thanks for the Turner Prize nomination, here are our terms'
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”
Crowds flock to revamped Uffizi Galleries
Florence museum unveiled new exhibition space and recent acquisitions
Pinault's Bourse de Commerce plans to finally launch on 22 May as Macron gives French museums the green light to reopen
Health passes to certify visitors are Covid-free will be mandatory at cultural venues
Germany pledges to return Benin bronzes to Nigeria starting in 2022
“We are facing up to our historical and moral responsibility”, says culture minister Monika Grütters
Return to La La Land: art is back in California
Plus, artists' album covers, and Grace Jones in the Work of the Week
Indian museum brings artist M F Husain back from the dead using AI
Visitors to the Museum of Art and Photography in Bangalore can pose questions to a "digital twin" of the late Bombay Progressive Group painter
Korean museums to receive 23,000 works from Samsung estate in $11bn tax settlement
Lee Kun-hee, the Samsung Electronics chairman who died in October, leaves collection worth $2.2bn, including works by Monet, Dali and Chagall
Global survey: where in the world are the Benin bronzes?
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
'We've had a lot of museums reaching out': how Nigeria is getting ready to receive the world’s Benin bronzes
With institutions across the globe rethinking their views on restitution, the African country’s focus is now on making a home for its heritage
Tate Modern neighbours head to Supreme Court over 'relentless' invasion of privacy
Residents next to the London museum continue legal battle after losing case to close viewing platform that allows visitors to see inside their flats
Museums weigh in on the vaccine passport debate, as countries are under pressure to open up their economies
As Israel and Denmark introduce Covid-19 status certificates, institutions are concerned that government schemes may keep visitors away