Museums
Xavier Bray appointed new director of the Wallace Collection
The specialist in Spanish art organised the acclaimed Goya portraits show at London’s National Gallery last year
Bronx Museum to undergo facelift
The project is expected to cost around $25m, but will not include an expansion
Louvre and Cairo museum strike antiquities co-operation deal
Joint exhibitions and sharing of conservation expertise planned
Little museum, big gift: Renaissance Society receives $1.5m in pledged funding for artist commissions and shows
The University of Chicago kunsthalle, content to stay small, focusses on producing new work
Greenpeace protest shuts down British Museum for four hours
The institution was closed for safety reasons after demonstrators scaled the front pillars
‘It’s a bigger story’: Frances Morris outlines her global vision for Tate Modern
A monumental extension and a shake-up of the museum’s displays will see more international names, live art and female artists
Palestinian Museum opens—with no exhibition or collection
The inaugural show is postponed, but a satellite exhibition will go ahead this month in Beirut
Helsinki embraces museum building ‘boom’
City Museum is the latest institution to get an upgrade in the Finnish capital, but will the Guggenheim follow?
Helsinki welcomes time travellers—and offers a glimpse into the heartbreak of others
City Museum re-opens this week with special projects after €13m development
The four major challenges that await the British Museum’s new director
With big boots to fill, Hartwig Fischer has his work cut out at an institution that pulls in nearly seven million visitors each year
From drones to fair use: the hottest topics in museum law
Nationalistic appropriation, brand control in reality TV shows, YouTube take-downs: American Law Institute’s annual course covered it all
Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel makes last-ditch effort to save George Lucas museum
Star Wars creator could see plans thwarted by case brought by local non-profit Friends of the Parks
Mahmoud Hawari appointed new director of long-awaited Palestinian Museum
Archaeologist and cultural heritage expert will take charge of programming and building a collection
Creating value around women artists: the chief curator’s view
Moca’s Helen Molesworth explains why the gender imbalance in museums persists and what can be done to remove it
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