Local politicians block construction on cultural quarter backed by right-wing government, citing “enormous impact on environment”

Saxon government acknowledges “years of disregard for their dignity and importance to their communities of origin”

This is the first time the Florentine museum has formed a long-term partnership with a foreign institution

The future House of Abrahamic religions in Abu Dhabi shows how the UAE differs from Saudi Arabia

The London museum will close between 2020 and 2023, but the announcement was buried in the fourth paragraph of a press release

Launch of revamped government-run museum to go ahead as planned following $119m facelift

Palais de Lomé is the west African country's first major contemporary art centre and is unique on the continent for being financed by the state

After breaking in through a window at the Green Vault, the intruders grabbed three royal jewellery ensembles containing diamonds and pearls

Privately funded Redtory Museum of Contemporary Art says its forced closure follows “a long period of disputation” with the local authorities

Restoration will remove centuries of grime and stabilise the sculpture at the Museo dell’Opera del Duomo

Museum's little known, 6,000-strong Modern and contemporary art collection includes a ball gown made of 2,000 stamps

From studio spaces to museums, a future complex holds the promise of galvanising artists

Members of the climate activist group BP or not BP? blocked entry to the museum's show dressed as statues based on Greek mythology

Pierre Le Guennec and his wife Danièle hoarded 271 works for 40 years

Government says institute is necessary to address “considerable backlog in securing the visual memory of our society”

The €364m budget is “a real pain threshold,” culture minister says

Most cultural institutions open to the public again today

Additions to the collection include a painting by one of the eight artists who threatened to pull their art from display in protest against vice chairman Warren Kanders

Opera sets will evoke the museum’s collection, and soloists will perform at the museum

Two directors left the museum last week, and 126 employees have received a dismissal notice

State Tretyakov Gallery among 23 Russian museums planning to store and show works near former killing field Kommunarka

When it comes to having a historian rummaging in their stores, smaller institutions tend to be more enthusiastic and accommodating

The Rome-born curator will oversee the gallery’s tenth anniversary programme and events

The report made international headlines, recommending the restitution of African artefacts in French museums, but the country has not returned a single item to Africa

Museums officials say that the association with the oil company is at odds with a "responsibility to do all we can to address the climate emergency"

In this 1994 interview, he reveals how he likes art to be displayed, such as natural lighting for Impressionists

As his new book is released, the new secretary of the Smithsonian Institution talks of extending its reach beyond Washington

The 17th-century painting The Finding of Moses was painted in London for Charles I and represented the birth of Charles II

The British cultural historian will take up his role at the Victoria and Albert Museum’s new branch in the spring

The French museum's president on censorship threats and settling the costs of the new project