Museums
Tate Modern reopening overshadowed by protests over job cuts
Due to the pandemic, around 300 jobs are at risk at Tate Enterprises, which operates retail, catering and publishing services across all of the Tate sites
Pests run amok as UK museums struggle with lockdown
Limited capacity and undisturbed venues create ‘playground’ for vermin
Five museums will share £200,000 as Art Fund reboots 2020 prize to battle coronavirus crisis
Museum of the Year prize has been changed from £140,000 awards and the shortlist will be announced in October
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts placed on 'concerned status' over sacking of director
Canada Council for the Arts will monitor the crisis following Nathalie Bondil’s dismissal, which could put the museum's public funding at risk
'Museums need to press the reset button and become more radical'
Directors and curators should consider this challenging moment as an opportunity diversify the stories they tell and the staff that tell them
Cultural love-in between Italy and Russia sets ‘soft power’ alarm bells ringing
Growing unease as the special relationship between the two countries gains momentum during the Covid-19 crisis
'Corona-proof plan': Dutch museum launches drive-by art show
Exhibition visitors must drive electric cars through an arena housing major works by artists including Bas Princen, Bruce Nauman and Anselm Kiefer
Staff cuts: are museums protecting their workers?
Plus, curator Emily Butler on Rhea Storr's video art. Produced in association with Christie's
Musée d'Orsay cuts ties with Montreal Museum of Fine Arts over sacking of director Nathalie Bondil
International museum leaders speak out against the treatment of "the best, most dynamic, and most innovative art museum director in North America"
UK museums face far bigger revenue drop than reported
Creative Industries Federation originally estimated a coronavirus fall of only 9%, but now says it will be 45%
London’s Southbank Centre will make up to two thirds of its staff redundant due to Covid-19
But Hayward Gallery is expected to reopen in August
France takes first legal step towards restitutions to Benin and Senegal as cabinet examines new law
Twenty-six objects looted from Abomey Palace to return to Benin, Omar Tall’s sword to be transferred to Senegal
The Metropolitan Museum of Art to reopen five days a week beginning in August
A bellwether for the New York's other museums, the 5th Avenue flagship location will operate at 25% capacity while the Met Cloisters will not open until September
More money, less hierarchy: Germany’s biggest arts employer faces major overhaul
Hermann Parzinger, the president of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, says he hopes the organisation will no longer exist in five years
‘Racist’ gallery in Liverpool museum to be overhauled in light of Black Lives Matter
World Cultures Gallery at the World Museum ‘privileges the actions of white colonial collectors’, says curator
Return of a blockbuster: delayed Artemisia Gentileschi show to open on 3 October at London's National Gallery
Exhibition will include the never previously exhibited transcript of the Rome trial when Artemisia accused a fellow artist of rape
Picasso show sells out before it even reopens—but Royal Academy of Arts is still making a loss
The London institution has reopened after four months of coronavirus lockdown but under very different circumstances
UK museum leaders distance themselves from controversial Creative Industries Federation's report on coronavirus impact
The Art Newspaper questions the federation’s 9% fall in revenue this year, suggesting it is more likely to be around 50%
Panel recommends dissolution of 'dysfunctional' Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation
With 2,000 employees, the foundation is the biggest arts employer in Germany
Musée Rodin in Paris casts new bronzes to offset losses from Covid-19 crisis
With an estimated shortfall of €4.4m in revenue, the museum is looking to "increase the offer and opportunities for sales to new markets"
Turkish government on collision course with Unesco over turning Hagia Sophia into mosque
President Erdogan’s plans to convert the museum have drawn fire from Greece and the US
Half of British public not comfortable visiting museums or exhibitions post-lockdown
As museums begin to reopen across the UK this month, a new poll by Ipsos Mori suggests many are simply not ready for visiting exhibitions
German government seeks to buy Hamburger Bahnhof museum from investor
Move means the venue can continue to operate as Berlin’s main contemporary art museum
National Gallery will be first major London museum to reopen after coronavirus closure
When the gallery reopens on 8 July, visitors will have to book tickets in advance, and will be asked to wear face masks and stay two metres apart
Teenager who threw boy from Tate Modern is given a life sentence with minimum term of 15 years
Jonty Bravery intended to kill, judge says
UK museums can reopen from 4 July—but for some it's too soon
News of the government's latest easing of lockdown measures today has been welcomed by the art world but "huge problems still remain for the sector"
National museum in Stockholm to return stolen 16th-century painting to Poland
Officials in Poland and Sweden piece together provenance of work by School of Lucas Cranach the Elder
'Alarmingly at odds with reality': museum directors attack Creative Industries Federation's report on impact of coronavirus
Report estimates virus is causing 9% drop in revenue, but chairman of the UK National Museum Directors’ Council says 50% loss is more accurate
Beijing art world starts shutting down again amid new coronavirus cluster
M Woods among private museums closing as China reports 137 new infections in wholesale food market