Museums

Modern art breaks free of the old borders

New generation of curators and patrons expands the canon to encompass the world beyond the US and Europe

Smithsonian expands its folk art holdings with donation of 93 works

The gift comes from the son of the late Margaret Robson, the American patron and advocate for self-taught artists

Wim Delvoye’s poop and potato gun works to be shown at Museum Tinguely during Art Basel

The Belgian artist’s Spud Gun and Cloaca series to be displayed alongside Swiss sculptor’s kinetic machines

Three to see: New York

From the weight of history to light-footed ballerinas

Newly discovered Cubist painting sheds light on friendship between Picasso and Rivera

A work by Rivera in Picasso’s personal collection suggests that the tale of the two artists’ falling-out has been exaggerated

Guggenheim Helsinki plans rejected by city council

Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation says the decision effectively brings the project to a close

After 40 years, the world gets a glimpse of Iran's Modern treasures

Works assembled by the ousted shah and later hidden in a basement will travel to Berlin and Rome

Paris museum agrees to strict terms to secure Post-Impressionist trove

Nashville-based couple's decision to send their 600-strong collection abroad raises eyebrows at home

Does charging help or hurt regional museums?

Attendance declines dramatically at York Art Gallery after admission fee is introduced

Museo del Prado’s director Miguel Zugaza steps down after 15 years

Madrid museum’s great moderniser will return to former position at helm of Bilbao Fine Arts Museum<br> <br>

Miami’s museum-building boom is in full swing

Expanded ICA, Bass Museum and Rubell Family Collection are coming soon

Van Gogh Museum criticises experts for 'easygoing attitude' towards authentication

Amsterdam institution has released another statement condemning sketchbook attributed to Van Gogh

Push for US national Latino museum gathers pace against the clock

Third legislative attempt could pave the way for new Smithsonian institution, but new administration adds extra challenge

The best of Amsterdam Art Weekend

Dustin Yellin's environmental apocalypse and Jordan Wolfson's creepy puppets among highlights of Dutch capital's annual art initiative

Norman Foster to design Prado extension in historic palace

British architect's proposal beat those by Chipperfield and Koolhaas

Tate Modern launches ten-day live art exhibition in the Tanks

Fog sculptures and multisensory "occasions" are on the programme next spring

Three to see: New York

It's your last chance to see Diane Arbus's revelatory show at the Metropolitan Museum

Design Museum aims for ‘Tate effect’ after move to west London

Institution funded by Terence Conran on the South Bank reopens in Kensington next week

Chiara Parisi to step down after five years as arts director of Monnaie de Paris

She will be replaced by Camille Morineau, whose mission will be to present more French and female artists and expand the audience

Tate St Ives announces Anne Barlow as new artistic director

Director of New York’s Art in General gallery will join the museum next spring when it opens after an 18-month closure<br>

Take a peek into Lacma’s future

Peter Zumthor’s ambitious design aims to eliminate traditional hierarchies and evoke “a walk in the woods”

Central America’s first Holocaust museum to open in Guatemala

The building is already hosting temporary exhibitions, while the permanent display will focus on mass murders by shooting in Eastern Europe

Estonian National Museum reopens to religious uproar

Interactive work in inaugural display condemned as an insult to the Virgin Mary

Louvre Abu Dhabi announces Jenny Holzer and Giuseppe Penone commissions as institution edges closer to opening date

Huge installations will be dotted around the museum dome which will be flooded with light <br>

Top social-media jobs in the art world come with six-figure salary

Brush up on your Instagram skills and you could be earning over $100,000

Clark Art Institute reopens its ‘beating heart’, the Manton Research Center

The re-worked building includes the museum’s first gallery for works on paper

Berlin to build temporary exhibition space amid Pergamon Museum delays

New building will host Asisi’s Pergamon panorama and a frieze from the altar

Ewan McGregor, Douglas Gordon and Guggenheim director call for Edinburgh’s Inverleith House to be saved

More than 200 international artists, curators and culture figures protest closure of leading gallery<br> <br>