Move comes just one month before the German art historian was due to take the reins of the prestigious museum

Cultural institutions need to decide what they stand for, says London's ICA director Stefan Kalmár

New offshoot joins Málaga and Brussels in French museum’s burgeoning international network

Over 300,000 visitors had been missed in the financial year 2018/19 because of 'incorrect light levels caused by a broken light fitting'

Institution in Salem, Massachusetts, opens new wing to display maritime and Asian art collection

But return of the objects permanently to Namibia is not the immediate goal, says Hermann Parzinger, president of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation

We discuss the increased scrutiny museums face over their sponsorship policies and the architectural heritage of Chicago

New estimate puts potential cost at €450m versus previous estimate of €200m

New space for Modern and contemporary art from the Arab world will put on five exhibitions a year

Handover from Russian culture ministry is expected to be completed in early 2020

Renovation aims to reflect the demographic diversity of the birthplace of the Black Panthers

Historic culture centre in UAE re-opens after 10 years with survey of trailblazing woman artist Najat Makki

Culture minister Monika Grütters enlists international experts to help create a central institution but critics question necessity and feasibility

Discussion argued for community empowerment, new skillsets, and focus on contemporary colonialism

Decision over the controversial update was made at the general assembly in Kyoto on the weekend

Museum celebrates the German design school in the city most closely associated with founder Walter Gropius

The portrait was allegedly stolen from the home of a menswear magnate in 1984

Visitors undergo a chain of experiences generated by engineers’ algorithms

The former Labour MP sides with Science Museum group's director Ian Blatchford in saying companies such as BP can 'be part of the solution' to climate change

Proposals for Alice Springs and Adelaide have political support but concerns have been raised over competing projects and lack of Indigenous involvement

Work on the battle-scarred 39 sq. m Papal feast scene, housed in a monastery in Vicenza, should be completed by early 2021

We find out how mounting public scrutiny of private money could affect the bottom line of London's National Portrait Gallery, the British Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the National Gallery and the Tate

After a grant enabled conservation on a much-loved painting, researchers at the National Gallery of Ireland are learning more about the artist’s technique

A government grant for works of importance helps to block departure of the painting from the country

E-Werk Luckenwalde will be powered with locally sourced biomass, with excess energy sold back to the grid

The museum director, who manages five Berlin museums in his current role, will not renew his contract which expires in October 2020

The revelation that New South Wales's tourism chief questioned the Sydney MCA's inclusion of a Yoko Ono show crosses a dangerous line

San Jose Museum of Art celebrates visionary female artists

As 50-year-old statement is overhauled, feuds over new description could "seriously weaken" the International Council of Museums