Museums
Reopened Duomo’s original façade reconstructed in Florence
Full-scale re-creation is part of ambitious new display of masterpieces at Museo dell’Opera del Duomo
Tehran’s Modern art could travel to the US
Hirshhorn holds preliminary talks but Berlin first in queue to borrow works by artists such as Gauguin, Pollock, Rothko, Picasso and Bacon
Russian museum security will remain despite police cutbacks, says deputy prime minister
Institutions face attacks of vandalism as society becomes more unsettled
Culture workers threaten national action as Italy moves to limit right to strike
Tension is at an all-time high following strikes that shut down the Colosseum and Pompeii
Russia’s private museums defy the economic odds
Institutions are burgeoning in the face of sanctions and currency devaluation
Hong Kong debut for M+ museum’s founding collection
Exhibition from the Sigg Collection of Chinese contemporary art coincides with show in Switzerland
Julia Peyton-Jones to step down from Serpentine Galleries in 2016
During 25 years at the helm she transformed pavilion in London park into venue for international art and architecture
First millennium’s monotheistic mix on show
British Museum's exhibition delves into post-pharaonic Egypt
Bath-based museum needs another £61,000 to acquire rare oil sketch by Thomas Lawrence
Painting’s 19-year-old subject lined up as “poster boy” for the Holburne Museum’s centenary
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