With no group student visits, no art-world private view, and limits on public access, the buzz of new exhibitions has potentially been short-circuited

Whitechapel, Whitworth, Mary Rose Trust and Photo London are also among the recipients for long-awaited Covid-19 rescue funds

Hundreds of works will be returned following harassment allegations dating back to 1997

Dealer offered to buy the Egyptian artefact for £4m and save it for the nation, claims Art & Antiques Appraisals

Despite pandemic, Russian and Iranian museum directors met online to discuss future cultural collaborations

Plans include a show about ivory and a “critical approach” to colonial legacies

A trip to the National Gallery was eerie and alien—although a newly restored Van Dyck painting briefly shook off my anxiety

On The Art Newspaper’s anniversary, Donatien Grau reflects on the radical expansion of museums' financial, political and cultural influence

Including: the seven best shows • align your chakras, Frieze Week is getting spiritual • the challenges of making sculpture during a pandemic and more

Clore Duffield Foundation funds are designed to relaunch learning and community programming

Museum says it is in "its worst financial position on record" because of coronavirus

French government also considering option of a seven-year overhaul that would allow the Paris gallery to stay partially open

UK museums may deaccession collection objects with curatorial justification and transparency, but it cannot be treated as a quick financial fix

Some academicians argue that instead of cutting almost half of the institution's jobs, it should consider selling the Taddei Tondo—worth several hundred million pounds

New 3D imagery reveals secrets of the Renaissance masterpieces as space reopens in time for 500th anniversary of Old Master's death

Experts predict that alternative platforms such as Byte App and Dubsmash will now go mainstream and museum's director says it is "ready to jump onto new social media"

Marlborough gallery and a retired Guimet Museum curator are accused of bribery in their promotion of the artist Chu Teh-Chun—but say they broke no rules

Aix-en-Provence city council says that sale fell through after negotiations with artist’s stepdaughter broke down

Michel de la Chenelière is not seeking term renewal as controversy over Nathalie Bondil's departure rumbles on

After cancellation of project for V&A East, the institutions say they still plan to cooperate on an internship programme

The museum, located in Agra, will show art, jewellery and fashion of the Mughal Empire

Investment group behind the project blames Brexit and Covid-19

Culture minister Dario Franceschini reverses trend for appointing foreign leaders for its leading institutions

Exhibiting Tsantsas "reinforced racist and stereotypical thinking that goes against the museum’s core values,” says the Pitt Rivers Museum's director

Defendant was charged with using “threatening, abusive, insulting words or behaviour with intent to cause harassment, alarm or distress” during incident in January

Museum will return loaned works and remove the retired dealer’s name from the building nearly three years after allegations of sexual harassment emerged

After passage in the House, planners try to line up support for an institution that would fill in an incomplete US narrative

Survey by The Art Newspaper also reveals that the Serpentine and Barbican have been left in limbo while the Southbank Centre is already £20m in debt

Human remains in museums have attracted widespread criticism

Institutions including the Tate, V&A and Pompidou are forging partnerships with the country despite terrible human rights abuses