Museums
German museums under threat as cities seek to balance their books
Local authorities are targeting cultural spending as a way of cutting their deficits but are facing vocal opposition
Five art spaces shortlisted for UK's premier museum prize
York Art Gallery, the Victoria & Albert Museum and Bristol's Arnolfini among the contenders for Art Fund prize<br>
Twice the size and seven storeys high: the new San Francisco Museum of Modern Art is ready for lift-off
Galleries filled with blue-chip gifts plus highlights of the Fisher Collection will greet visitors when museum reopens <br>
MoMA offers buyout programme to employees nearing retirement
The surprise news follows the Met's announcement of a restructuring that will probably include staff cuts
Lacma nearly halfway to goal for new building with two pledges totalling $75m
Museum has raised $275m towards $600m Peter Zumthor-designed project—but the donations come with a deadline
François Pinault to realise long-held ambition of opening Paris museum
Billionaire collector strikes deal with city’s mayor to convert historic stock exchange
Shanghai museum dedicated to 20th-century artist reopens in new venue
Liu Haisu Art Museum will also showcase work by emerging artists
Long Museum founders to open third space in just four years
Chinese collectors Wang Wei and Liu Yiqian look beyond Shanghai to vast but lesser-known city of Chongqing
Brooklyn Museum’s rehang of permanent galleries allows collection to shine
New director Anne Pasternak challenges the museum to be more “nimble”, as re-installed Egyptian, American and European displays open to the public
After years of delays, M+ to open first permanent space
New pavilion due to launch with exhibitions this autumn
Museums go Bard: the best Shakespeare exhibitions
We choose the must-see shows that commemorate the 400th anniversary of the playwright’s death
Hollywood producer David Geffen gives $100m to MoMA
The donation will help fund the museum’s expansion, with three floors of the building to be named after the studio executive
Billionaire Leonard Blavatnik donates millions to V&A
Entrance hall of new extension will now be named after the Ukraine-born industrialist
Marion Ackermann named new general director of Dresden State Art Collections
She replaces Hartwig Fischer, who took up his post as director of the British Museum this month
New contemporary art museum takes shape in Beirut
Shortlist of 13 architects announced for the planned institution near the city’s National Museum
New name for the Musée du quai Branly in Paris?
Director wants to re-name the Parisian ethnographic art museum in honour of its founder, Jacques Chirac
Revamped Kunstmuseum Basel to reveal lesser-known Jackson Pollock
Following the opening of its new building this weekend, the Swiss museum will show the abstract artist’s figurative work
New Tate Modern will present a 'fully global' view of art
Museum’s extension, which is due to open in June, will help broaden story of Modernism—but £30m still needs to be raised
Singapore branch of Pinacothèque de Paris shuts too
Founder blames disappointing attendance on closure of Asian branch of for-profit museum
Is the British Museum heading east to London's Olympic park?
Smithsonian trustees due to meet today to decide whether to open satellite in Stratford <br>
Proposal to privatise Tehran’s Modern art museum causes alarm
Director denies that politicians want to transfer collection to private foundation
An interview with Connie Butler: curator and advocate for the overlooked and under-known
As the Hammer Museum secures a donation of important collection of street photography by the Japanese artist Daido Moriyama, its chief curator speaks to us about how she’s working to build the collection and exhibition programme