Museums
Centre Pompidou to expand and move collections to new satellite venue in southern Paris
The “art factory” will be a conservation, exhibition and storage space and is expected to open in 2025
Emilie Gordenker appointed new general director of Amsterdam's Van Gogh Museum
The current director of the Mauritshuis in The Hague is taking over from Axel Rüger who now leads the Royal Academy of Arts in London
'No chance for art institutions': fears for freedom of speech as populist party set to win Polish elections
Expected victory for ruling Law and Justice party raises concerns that minority voices will be silenced as museums increasingly come under state control
Italy extends Eike Schmidt’s leadership of Uffizi for four years
Sylvain Bellenger is reappointed in Capodimonte, Cristiana Collu remains at Rome Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna
After accusations of racism, MFA, Boston takes steps to become more inclusive
Museum conducts training sessions, changes procedures and plans a new hire
Ikon Gallery wins £125,000 grant to put on 'dream' show of overlooked Renaissance master Carlo Crivelli
Birmingham institution is first recipient of new Ampersand Foundation Award that enables UK museums to realise a major project
National Gallery of Canada presents global pulse of contemporary Indigenous art
The museum plans to acquire many of the works in its survey devoted to Indigenous artists
MoMA will celebrate reopening with six site-specific works in its public spaces
Installations range from Haim Steinbach’s phrases and slogans to Yoko Ono’s blue sky
Tim Marlow leaves Royal Academy of Arts to head London’s Design Museum
Announcement of RA artistic director's new appointment comes after Deyan Sudjic and Alice Black stepped down as co-directors
Staff quit in droves at Russian museum as ‘starvation wages’ bite
Deputy director’s swingeing salary cuts trigger resignations of around 50 employees at Moscow theatre museum
New Museum and union reach agreement on a contract
After a strike threat, a marathon bargaining session results in an average pay increase of 8% for full-time employees
Uffizi’s Eike Schmidt cancels move to Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna
Move comes just one month before the German art historian was due to take the reins of the prestigious museum
'We are in a time of crisis: now is the time to assert our moral and ethical principles'
Cultural institutions need to decide what they stand for, says London's ICA director Stefan Kalmár
Centre Pompidou’s satellite space in Shanghai to open early November
New offshoot joins Málaga and Brussels in French museum’s burgeoning international network
British Museum knocks Tate Modern off top spot as UK's most popular attraction after miscalculation
Over 300,000 visitors had been missed in the financial year 2018/19 because of 'incorrect light levels caused by a broken light fitting'
Peabody Essex Museum's $125m expansion includes new displays shaped by its neuroscience research
Institution in Salem, Massachusetts, opens new wing to display maritime and Asian art collection
Namibian artefacts travel home in Berlin museum research project
But return of the objects permanently to Namibia is not the immediate goal, says Hermann Parzinger, president of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation
Museum ethics. Plus, the Chicago Architecture Biennial
We discuss the increased scrutiny museums face over their sponsorship policies and the architectural heritage of Chicago
Costs soar for Berlin’s planned Museum of the 20th Century
New estimate puts potential cost at €450m versus previous estimate of €200m
Middle East think-tank opens art gallery in Washington, DC
New space for Modern and contemporary art from the Arab world will put on five exhibitions a year
Pushkin State Museum to take control of nine contemporary art centres across Russia
Handover from Russian culture ministry is expected to be completed in early 2020
Oakland’s ‘museum of the people’ launches $85m capital campaign
Renovation aims to reflect the demographic diversity of the birthplace of the Black Panthers
Reem Fadda takes the reins at Abu Dhabi cultural foundation—but where is the emirate's Guggenheim?
Historic culture centre in UAE re-opens after 10 years with survey of trailblazing woman artist Najat Makki
Germany plans photography archive to preserve 'visual memory of our society'
Culture minister Monika Grütters enlists international experts to help create a central institution but critics question necessity and feasibility
Icom Kyoto 2019 conference: key takeaways from the decolonisation and restitution panel
Discussion argued for community empowerment, new skillsets, and focus on contemporary colonialism
Vote on Icom's new museum definition postponed
Decision over the controversial update was made at the general assembly in Kyoto on the weekend
'Black box' dedicated to Bauhaus opens in Dessau
Museum celebrates the German design school in the city most closely associated with founder Walter Gropius
Art Recovery International calls on Icom to step in and investigate 'stolen' Reynolds painting on show in Japan
The portrait was allegedly stolen from the home of a menswear magnate in 1984
Christian Marclay communes with Snapchat in a barrage of sounds and images at Lacma
Visitors undergo a chain of experiences generated by engineers’ algorithms
V&A director Tristram Hunt defends sponsorship from fossil fuel companies
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