Museums

Contemporary art returns to new-look Musée Maillol

Museum dedicated to the memory of French sculptor Aristide Maillol reopens with an exhibition of French artist Ben

Scottish government bets big on V&A franchise in Dundee

Costs double but funders keep faith with design museum

In pictures: Sir John Soane’s Museum unveils £7m restoration

Architect's former home now has more exhibition space and is integrated with adjacent buildings

Nicholas Serota to leave Tate after three decades in charge

Director to remain in public service as chair of Arts Council England

Tehran’s Modern art collection to make first stop among Berlin’s Old Masters

Gemäldegalerie to show works by Pollock and Rothko bought before Iranian Revolution

Why a growing number of museum veterans are crossing over to the commercial sector

Boundaries are not what they used to be, as the former director of the Andy Warhol Museum heads to Sotheby’s

Black history takes its place on Washington’s Mall

US president Barack Obama is due to cut the ribbon on the Smithsonian’s newest museum this month

V&A director Martin Roth to leave in the autumn

Under his leadership, the museum attracted a record number of visitors and was crowned Museum of the Year

Bass museum’s Miami Beach expansion delayed

Construction on the landmark Art Deco building pushed back until spring 2017

Galleries chip in to bring contemporary art to Florence

Dealers make shows of work by Koons, Currin and Gormley possible

Hopes are high for new director of Hong Kong’s M+ museum

Suhanya Raffel will take up the challenging role in November, following the departure of Lars Nittve

Detroit invests $3.7m in African-American art

The DIA’s director wants collection to better reflect the city’s population

Billionaires to build Chelsea home for coveted collection

Renaissance bronzes will take pride of place in Tom and Janine Hill’s private museum

An edifice worthy of the pharaohs rises next to the pyramids

The Grand Egyptian Museum aims to lure foreign visitors back to Cairo

Centre Pompidou to unveil major donation of 20th-century Russian art

Collection supported by the Vladimir Potanin Foundation includes Soviet noncomformist works and pays tribute to artists with a French connection

UK museums sponsored by BP not in breach of code of ethics, committee says

Art Not Oil coalition says it is “disappointed” with Museums Association’s findings

A feast for the senses: a new crop of museum restaurants go beyond the gallery walls

Directors share insights into the food revolution close to home—and their favourite dishes

Designnews

Harvard museums bring back the spirit of the Bauhaus

An extensive public database chronicles the university’s rich holdings related to the Weimar art school

New York’s El Museo del Barrio loses another director

Jorge Daniel Veneciano, who organised the museum’s popular Op Art show, leaves at the end of the month