Museums
London Design Museum’s new venue to open in November
With three times as much space, museum will have a free permanent exhibition for first time
German museum seeks funding to purchase looted Kirchner
“Jewel” in Wilhelm-Hack-Museum’s collection may go back to heir of Alfred Hess after settlement
National Gallery of Art lands $30m grant from Mellon Foundation
Full funding will go to the museum if it raises an additional $45m on its own
British Museum’s collection to go under the microscope
New scientific research department to focus on organic artefacts, ancient human health and diet, and early technologies and materials
Italian police arrest 13 over €15m Verona museum theft
Suspects include museum’s security guard whose car was used as getaway vehicle
Hermitage to strengthen cultural ties with Iran
St Petersburg museum director pledges closer relationship as countries develop tourism links
BP ends 26-year sponsorship deal with Tate
Oil company blames “challenging business environment” rather than protests
Landmark Fabergé loan show scuppered by rising political tensions
Plans to send works from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts' extensive collection to Russia were put on indefinite hold after insurance costs shot up by $1m
Homegrown philanthropy fuels the new Speed Art Museum
Decade of renovation ends with marathon opening for expanded gallery
Football outscores culture as Qatar spending slumps
Museum layoffs and project suspensions gather pace in Qatar as oil revenue collapse continues
Stories of progress and property: on the European galleries at the V&A
The new installation raises important historical questions and brings much joy
Guy Cogeval will continue as the Musée d’Orsay’s director for another year
Contract renewed despite staff challenges to his leadership and ability to continue in the role
Will Elton John donate classic photography works to Tate?
More than 150 modernist images drawn from the musician’s collection will go on show later this year
Secret flight path of the Parthenon statue
Hermitage director reveals "circuitous" route that marble sculpture took from London to St Petersburg to avoid Greek seizure
Marc-Olivier Wahler announced as the next director of Broad MSU
The role has been empty since the death of founding director Michael Rush last year
Bede’s World medieval museum could re-open after funding meltdown
Local charity in talks to take over heritage site dedicated to the venerable religious scholar
Portland Collection opens to public for first time with rarely seen Michelangelo drawing
Harley Gallery in Nottinghamshire will house one of the finest aristocratic collections in England
‘This is living antiquity’: the director of the Hermitage wants to rebuild Palmyra
The Russian institution’s collection of Palmyra artefacts could be used to reconstruct the ancient Syrian city<br>
Full steam ahead for Italy’s museums reform
Increasingly complex reorganisation is ambitious—and far from finished
Who will lead the Musée d’Orsay?
Some staff question president Guy Cogeval's fitness to keep the post
Sneak peek inside the Met Breuer
The New York museum opened to the press on Tuesday with a preview of the opening exhibitions
People of Geneva say ‘non’ to museum extension designed by Jean Nouvel
The proposal for the Musée d’Art et d’Histoire is sent back to the drawing board after 54% vote against it<br>
Wim Pijbes to leave Rijksmuseum for new museum on Dutch coast
Multi-millionaire collector lures director away from Amsterdam to lead contemporary art space
Israel Museum’s longstanding and well-connected director to step aside
In new role US-born James Snyder will continue to foster Jerusalem institution’s global relationships<br>