Museums
Bible museum founders may have illicit antiquities from Iraq
Federal investigators have seized more than 200 cuneiform tablets imported from Israel by the Green family
Shop 'til you Pop art: Lebanese retail tycoon opens museum-mall in Beirut
At Tony Salamé’s $100m Aishti Foundation, visitors can see a major show of abstract works or shop in a string of luxury boutiques
UK museums on heightened alert against attacks
Arts Council England and the Scottish Council on Archives warn of increased theft danger
Picasso Museum reborn—again
After a troubled renovation, Paris museum unveils rehang and new exhibition programme with a contemporary twist
Three years late but with the entire human story in its sights
Revamp of Musée de l’Homme will chart humanity’s story from prehistory to the present—and future
Charity begins at home: National Gallery of Art acquires Ochtervelt genre painting
The Dutch picture depicts a wealthy burgher’s child dispensing alms to a beggar boy and sold for a record $4.4m at auction last year
UK debut for Calder's most complex mobile
The 12-foot sculpture has not left Brazil since Calder gave it to the Instituto de Arquitetos do Brasil in São Paulo, in 1948
Palace Museum puts 2,500 on blacklist for ticket scalping and unlicensed tours
But without adequate camera surveillance, the site’s historic objects are still at risk of vandalism
National Portrait Gallery plans Cézanne show to follow Alberto Giacometti
New director Nicholas Cullinan says expect to see the gallery "trying out a few new things"
Tate seeks new sponsor for Frieze purchase fund
Outset bows out after acquiring 100 works
China show for Vuitton museum
Beijing's Ullens Center to help co-organise Paris exhibition
Art is a weapon as Russia and US fight cultural war
Relations worse than ever after federal US judge imposes $43.7m fine over Jewish Orthodox library
Top London shows during Frieze week
Our pick of the city's must-see exhibitions—just the tonic to avoid art-fair fatigue
New art prize and public garden to mark Hepworth Wakefield’s fifth birthday
The collector David Roberts is backing the £30,000 biennial award for contributions to sculpture
The slow death of regional museums in Europe
In the face of radically reduced state support, museums must embrace a new model of funding for the future
Private fortunes drive Beirut’s museum boom
Zaha Hadid, Renzo Piano and David Adjaye get involved as donors step in to fill the funding gap
London's National Gallery fully reopens after 111-day strike
Union members reached agreement with gallery over work conditions
Lars Nittve to leave M+ just as building work in Hong Kong begins
Swedish director steps down having laid firm foundations for museum in West Kowloon
Centre Pompidou president promises pop-ups in Korea and China
Exhibitions on the Beat Generation, Beirut and Arte Povera also in the pipeline
Dia foundation names James Meyer as deputy director and chief curator
Scholar and curator will take up new post in January
Celebrating the civilisations Isil seeks to destroy
Detroit Institute of Arts unveils new gallery devoted to the Ancient Middle East
The Broad: as big as its founders’ influence
The art in Los Angeles’ new private museum is as titanic as the funding
Tate Modern’s extension due to open in June 2016
The gallery still needs to raise £30m
Getty brings ancient athletes face to face
Intimately related bronze figures are on show together for the first time
Colchester’s flagship arts centre on the brink
The £27m, Viñoly-designed Firstsite gallery faces closure without regular government funding
Agents of change: how dynamic directors have transformed the UK’s regional scene
Funding cuts spell trouble for the UK’s smaller museums and galleries, but their directors are making great strides through imaginative programming, striking buildings and links with their national peers<br>