The popular space is due to get a $45,000 facelift in time for Sacred Spaces exhibition

In an unprecedented move, the department for culture has extended initial deferral deadline for Egyptian sculpture's export license

The general director of St Petersburg’s State Hermitage Museum has warned “our society is sick” and cultural institutions cannot rely on police protection

The partnership will bring Israeli national treasures to Washington, DC

Major institutions including the Uffizi will be led by foreigners for the first time in country’s history

First phase of women-led project includes children’s and orientation galleries

Two new curators will commission work for 2016 group show

Sarah Munro joins Baltic in northeast England fresh from the success of securing the Turner Prize exhibition in Scotland

A survey released by the Mellon Foundation found that 84% of top staff at the average institution is white

Grand rehang begins as director resolves to give permanent displays a "complete makeover"

Bjorn Geldhof will continue to run programmes at Kiev’s Pinchuk Art Centre until the end of the year

New director will arrive as trade union steps up campaign to oppose privatisation of security staff

The “unpredictable, dramatic and spectacular” exhibition drew crowds and celebrities during its extended run in London

Poor conditions persist, says new report from the activist group, but underpayment is the real issue for migrant workers

Los Carpinteros installation to be shown alongside objects made for Marie Antoinette and Napoleon.

The appointment of Alex Farquharson, director of Nottingham Contemporary, is welcomed by artists and critics

Outgoing head takes tough decision to introduce charging after funding cut

More than six million people flocked to the New York institution, with Chinese fashion show a ‘sleeper’ hit

The late Indian artist’s vibrant homoerotic canvases will hang in Tate Modern next summer

Zak Ové’s sculptures will be unveiled in the Great Court this week, before going on display in the African galleries

Richard Wilson’s 20:50 work will leave the Saatchi Gallery in London, and head for David Walsh’s museum in Tasmania—but may go on a world tour first

But why the reluctance to call the nine-minute piece a “music video”?

Macba contemporary art space appoints Ferran Barenblit after censorship row

The fear of public opinion or the hint of legal action can cause nervous curators and directors to cancel shows when they might not need to