Prospective lenders are increasingly nervous that their works will be targeted by attacks or be vulnerable to a lack of security during museum closures

The number of new museums, opera houses and theatres in ambitious and cash-rich Asian and Middle Eastern countries outstrips those in Europe and the US

Nigeria’s art market has exploded in recent years—a newly elected government may now fund and build a museum sector

The new Art Explora 'Mobile Museum' is on a ten-week tour in the north of England to make art more accessible

Since the 1990s, governments have questioned the "value" of culture but policy is still failing the sector, says author and broadcaster John Kampfner

Multiple free-admission policies have been introduced in the Los Angeles area—and early results are looking promising

The Lyon Housemuseum first opened its doors to the public in 2009 and features an array of Australian contemporary works

Formal requirement for government licences may well prove to be yet another obstacle to a loan agreement for the Parthenon Marbles

"I think there is a way forward where the sculptures could be seen both in London and in Athens, and that will be a win-win for Greece and for us,” George Osborne says

AI chatbot software has made waves by creating convincingly human speech and text—could it transform communications in the arts?

Programme is designed to mentor museums in the ways of the decentralised third generation of the Web that is home to blockchain, cryptocurrencies and NFTs

Dramatic extension to the 140-year-old building is inspired by the “Manhattanhenge” illusion

A radical renovation and expansion overseen by director Ann Philbin and architect Michael Maltzan is just weeks from completion

Riot police watched over crowds at the media launch, attended by the Greek prime minister

Popular galleries dedicated to Pre-Raphaelite artists and JMW Turner will also be rehung with new rooms dedicated to John Constable and William Blake

Described as “the first major museum solely dedicated to championing women artists”, the Washington, DC museum is adding 20% more gallery space

Findings about the provenance of two Old Master drawings in the museum’s collection may test the pro-restitution stance recently adopted at US national institutions

The acquisition, the first of its kind by a major French public museum, includes works by Jonas Lund, Robness, Agnieszka Kurant and Sarah Meyohas

From New Mexico's short-lived Transcendental Painting Group to the evolution of America through its quilts

To celebrate 25 years, the institution will add new spaces and programmes, while also rethinking how it can strengthen the local art scene

Aida H Dee’s storytelling event disrupted by fighting outside London museum

A slew of cases of museum directors forced from their positions is a "spectacular moment of crisis,” the Museum Watch Committee chair said at annual museums conference

Zelfira Tregulova, who has headed the State Tretyakov Gallery since 2015, will be replaced by Elena Pronicheva, who has links to Vladimir Putin

Philadelphia Museum of Art and Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art have agreed that the institution in the losing city will send a work to the victorious city #MuseumBowl23

András Szántó spoke to 21 architects about how museum architecture is shaping up, here are some of his findings

Gaziantep Castle has been heavily damaged by quakes that have killed more than 1,000 people

The museum community has leapt to the defence of the former leader of Spain's national museum of 20th-century art after a series of prominent articles accused him of internal rule-breaking and "political propaganda"

Opening in time for the Sharjah Biennial, the Kalba Ice Factory building boasts 20,000 sq. m exhibition space

Reopening this month, the English institution plans to explicitly deal with its links to colonialism and actively support repatriation

While the pandemic held up MAP's construction it made 100 exhibits available online—a strategy that will continue beyond its physical opening