Museums
Guggenheim Helsinki isn’t the only show in town
Amos Anderson Art Museum unveils bold vision for new home
MoCA Shanghai creates shop front for performance art
New space entices passers-by with a mix of art and theatre
Baku aims to keep up with the Gulf
New museums are flourishing in the capital of oil-rich Azerbaijan
Grand designs on Soane’s London home
Visitors can see the architect’s newly restored living quarters for the first time in 160 years
Fear of censorship fuels debate over cash from oil industry
Companies accused of dictating museums’ programmes in return for support
Leonardo’s muse keeps her secrets as portrait returns to Milan
Thinning the painting’s varnish reveals La Belle Ferronnière's fine features, but French experts unable to confirm her identity
Tate puts return of Constable on hold
Appeal after fresh information emerges about possible Nazi loot
America is easier to see, but the whole picture remains elusive: Alexander Alberro on the Whitney’s opening exhibition
Unknown works appear with more familiar ones but a few key pieces have lost impact they once had in Breuer Building
Artistic success in America means wearing the right old school tie
Despite paying lip service to diversity, New York’s major museums, galleries and university programmes are bound tightly together in a system that favours the privileged
Director’s tour of the new Whitney Museum
Adam Weinberg points out his highlights of the building and inaugural show
The end is nigh for New York’s Museum of Biblical Art
Unable to afford Manhattan’s astronomical rents, the small secular museum will close in June with its hit exhibition of Donatello sculptures on loan from the Duomo museum
Miuccia Prada opens new home of her foundation in style
Rich mix of Roman antiquities, contemporary art and a bar designed by Wes Anderson among treats in Rem Koolhaas-converted industrial complex
Mexican artist wants to turn Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall into green space
Abraham Cruzvillegas asks London’s parks to dig for art’s sake
‘MoMA was never founded to be a club’
Glenn Lowry stands by exhibitions that engage with popular culture and take some risks
Tate Modern director is heading to Berlin to run prestigious theatre
Chris Dercon will stay in London until summer 2017 as extension approaches completion
Strikes resume at London's National Gallery
Artist Ryan Gander among supporters of union protesting against museum’s plans to outsource visitor-facing and security jobs
Saved by Jackie O in the 1960s, a restored Renwick Gallery to reopen this autumn
America’s first purpose-built art gallery, located just across from the White House, has undergone a $30m renovation
Excitement builds as public opening of new Whitney approaches
Leading artists among the guests at preview parties at New York museum
Colin Bailey named head of the Morgan Library and Museum
The Renoir scholar comes to the museum after two years in San Francisco
'We are grateful that many Middle Eastern treasures are in international universal museums'
Zaki Nusseibeh of the UAE endorses the role of institutions such as the British Museum during discussion with French cultural leader Jack Lang
Curator leaves M+ to help get Hong Kong Jockey Club's cultural centre up and running
Tobias Berger crosses bay to lead art programme in former Central Police Station
New Whitney and Broad Museum on trend with vast column-free space
Super-sized, flexible spaces are the latest must-have, but curators and budgets can suffer
Boom to bust: Brazil's arts lose out as economy stalls
Funding squeeze causes museums and institutions around the country to postpone or cancel exhibitions