Museums

The Met embraces the experimental for move into Breuer building

The museum launches its residency in the Whitney’s former home with a series of TED talks and performances

Philadelphia institutions offer up sacred spread in lead-up to Pope’s visit

Among the displays is Robert Indiana’s AMOR sculpture installed on the Philadelphia Museum of Art East Terrace, overlooking the Papal mass

Miuccia Prada plays key role in Italy-Iran cultural diplomacy

Ancient sculpture from Italian museums to go on show in Tehran after Iran lends Greek statue to Fondazione Prada

Nuclear deal paves way for cultural diplomacy with Iran

Overtures include Louvre director’s planned visit to Tehran, while Italy lends classical sculpture

Miami U-turns on hedge funder’s private museum after media savaging

City promises to clear any hurdles to allow Florida collector Bruce Berkowitz to share his art with the public

Palestinian Museum draws diaspora together

Collection, which launches on Nakba Day, focuses on personal memories

Moscow’s Jewish Museum to show Steven Spielberg’s Holocaust survivor videos

Expansion plans include a new exhibitions pavilion at former bus garage and avant-garde art centre

Rubin Museum turns to crowdfunding to expand Buddhist shrine room

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

Is a UK buyer matching the price of Northampton’s Sekhemka statue?

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

Russian museums urged to learn ‘self-defence’ after fundamentalist attacks

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

Museum of the Bible signs multi-year agreement with Israeli Antiquities Authority

The partnership will bring Israeli national treasures to Washington, DC

Italy appoints 20 new museum directors

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

Ground-breaking Bihar Museum opens in east India

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

UK’s largest contemporary art institution appoints first female director

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

Women take the lead in US museum jobs, but minorities are still under-represented

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

Louvre freshens up galleries of French paintings first

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

Azeri non-profit Yarat gets a new artistic director

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

Latest strike at National Gallery results in 'substantial closures'

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

Nearly half a million visitors turned out for V&A’s McQueen blockbuster

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

Abu Dhabi museums face further scrutiny by Gulf Labor

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

V&A’s new Europe 1600-1815 galleries to open this winter with contemporary commission

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

Tate Britain gets a new director

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

York Art Gallery expansion reveals collection's quality and building's long-hidden spaces

Outgoing head takes tough decision to introduce charging after funding cut

Metropolitan Museum of Art breaks attendance record

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