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Brexit vote prompts ICA to move online home

UK museum is an early adopter of .art domain

Centre Pompidou could pop up in Shanghai, in city’s West Bund ‘cultural corridor’

Paris contemporary art centre in negotiations to open space after setback ten years ago

Beirut bets big on museums

As Lebanon’s political situation improves, the city develops plans for a museum mile—but will it pay off?

European cobalt blue imported to China from early 18th century

Scientific tests reveal Qing-dynasty artisans used it to produce famille rose porcelain

Philadelphia Museum of Art breaks ground on Frank Gehry-designed core renovation

While the museum’s building is classical, the project is not "classic Frank Gehry"

Contemporary art dominates US museums, our visitor surveys confirm

Decisive shift away from historic art exhibitions began in mid-2000s

Another Tate Modern? Former power station to be converted by Herzog & de Meuron into art hub

New York building known as the Batcave has been occupied by graffiti artists and squatters

Egyptian pharaoh rescued from watery Cairo grave—but which one does it depict?

Early reports identified it as a statue of Ramses II, but now scholars think it may be a later king

Tate St Ives offers first glimpse of £20m refurbishment

The Tate’s Cornish satellite, which reopens this week, is preparing its first semi-permanent display on the St Ives School

Thieves steal giant gold coin worth €3.7m from Berlin’s Bode Museum

Canadian “Big Maple Leaf”, weighing 100kg, is the largest and purest gold coin in the world

China show signals Met’s expanding global role

Outgoing director Thomas Campbell built bridges with museums in Asia and Latin America

Studio Swine joins stable of high-tech art organisation Future\Pace

Husband-and-wife design duo will join roster that already includes Random International and teamLab

New professorial position at UK university dedicated to contemporary art and culture of the Middle East

Editor and academic Anthony Downey will establish a postgraduate programme in partnership with organisations in the region

BMW Art Journey shortlist announced

The artists Lin Ke, Julian Charrière and Astha Butail will submit proposals for the Art Basel-backed project

New consortium seeks to promote Indian art in New York and beyond

Sotheby’s is among the partners in the initiative led by the India Center Foundation

Rodin's mistress Camille Claudel steps out of sculptor’s shadow with a museum of her own

French artist’s former home displays the rare works she did not destroy after their tragic affair ended

Tate Modern opens first 'live' show with mist, plants and a rave

Series of exhibitions dedicated to live art will be annual with BMW's support

Controversy over Emmett Till painting at Whitney Biennial goes beyond art world

Open letter calling for work by Dana Schutz to be “destroyed” has even been discussed on US talk show

A hidden treasure trove of Outsider art in the Midwest turns 50 this year

The John Michael Kohler Arts Centre in Sheboygan, Wisconsin aims to raise its profile as the country’s leading preserve of vernacular art

Albers Foundation celebrates second anniversary of Senegal project

The foundation's centre hosts cultural and agricultural efforts in a small village

Emergency repair work to Buckingham Palace’s State Dining Room nears completion

Reopening set for summer but complete overhaul of palace costing £369m will take a decade

Interest in Middle Eastern art is on the rise in China

Guggenheim show in Shanghai was abruptly cancelled but curiosity about the region continues to grow