Meanwhile, Americans of all political stripes disapprove of the president’s cultural takeover while Max Hollein says Trump’s new anti-DEI rules “do not apply” to the Met

Other cultural sites have also been steadily shutting down to visitors as the Vatican marks the death of Pope Francis

The small but mighty museum for outsider art is reopening after a two-year overhaul

The Roman-style work completes the Wild Eye art and nature trail, which connects five other artist commissions along the coast

For over 600 years carpets from Anatolia, Turkey and Persia have been used in Catholic ceremony and religious paintings by artists including Andrea del Verrochio to indicate a carefully defined, sacred space

The election of the new pope will be closely watched by supporters of the Argentinian pontiff’s legacy looking for a successor who will act as a progressive voice, highlighting global climate crisis and the needs of immigrants and the poor

Antonio Paolucci discusses the role of the Vatican's museums as custodians of sacred and profane art after the city state makes its underground necropolis accessible during Francis's first year as spiritual leader of the world's catholics

The pope’s decision to give the Vatican’s three Parthenon marbles to the head of the Greek Orthodox Church comes amid mounting pressure on the British Museum to repatriate its marbles to Greece

Auction sales for contemporary and Modern African art have declined—but African art fairs are still going strong

The event saw 32 galleries take part to test out Saudi Arabia's growing art market—but organisers maintain it was a non-commercial venture

For its second edition under Frieze’s ownership, the Windy City’s art fair aims to extend its international impact, including deepening ties with Korean galleries

The New York- and Geneva-based gallery says it will appeal the ruling in the case brought by Sheikh Hamad Bin Abdullah al-Thani

The latest development in the ongoing dispute over a 1916 portrait believed to have been stolen from Fritz Grünbaum by the Nazis

The mid-17th-century painting, titled 'Confirmation', is a key work from the vast collection of the emirate's Department of Culture and Tourism, which is now being made public

Research on ‘Wise and Foolish Virgins’, which is going back on display at the National Trust’s Upton House in Warwickshire, has revealed alterations made by the Venetian artist and others over time

The museum in Kansas City has tapped the firm Weiss Manfredi to overhaul its campus

The late artist’s first retrospective, at a pop-up space in Manhattan, offers an idealised, futuristic take on the 21st century

The exhibition at the Fondation H in Antananarivo includes the British Nigerian artist’s 6,000-book installation The African Library

The career survey of the Portuguese abstract painter starts in Venice before moving to Bilbao

The artist’s largest ever show—at Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris—requires patience at times, but is overall a triumphant celebration of his inexhaustible eye

Visitors have streamed back after Covid-19, but the influx has been a double-edged sword, forcing some institutions to consider their long-term sustainability

Some institutions have ditched their accounts in protest, while others have chosen to “quiet quit” and stopped posting on the Elon Musk-owned platform

Damage and destruction decimated visitor numbers to cultural events and institutions last year but optimism is high they will return in 2025

As art institutions—particularly in Washington, DC—succumb to the White House’s anti-diversity directives, a veteran of the museum world warns of the dangers of giving in to the whims of the Trump administration

There are alarming echoes of the notorious Nazi-organised exhibition in America today—but we also need to acknowledge the differences between the world today and 1930s Europe

While many jurisdictions are making it increasingly hard for Palestinian artists, Scotland's hospitality has been heartwarming, says the Connecticut-based institution's director

The cost—financially and environmentally—of preserving works of art can be huge. Perhaps it is time to rethink how we look after them

The choreographer’s formal gestures and patterns make him crucial to contemporary performance art

The California institution is one of the top five museums for social media growth in the world in the past year. We spoke to the museum's director of digital and social content strategy

Analysis of aerial and satellite images has rapidly identified ancient sites, but human expertise is still essential in refining the outcomes

With “Le Monde Selon L’IA”, the Paris media art centre takes a broad look at work made using both analytical AI and generative AI

Some institutions have ditched their accounts in protest, while others have chosen to “quiet quit” and stopped posting on the Elon Musk-owned platform

Our round-up of the latest art publications

The Arab art specialist Saeb Eigner talks about his comprehensive new biography spanning from 1900 to today

This journey through the UK’s publicly funded arts carefully averts its eyes from the many signs of crisis

The publication about the Guyanese-born artist includes diary entries and several works that have been photographed for the first time

Nicholas Olsberg’s publication offers a learned analysis of the architect’s work, which includes Oxford’s Keble College and central London’s All Saints church

This “alternative” history navigates the medium through artists on the margins, as well as established practitioners

The Gateshead sculpture was dressed up in a Newcastle United football shirt for the Carabao Cup final at Wembley, drawing fans to the site when the team won 2-1 against Liverpool

The monarch will unveil one of his own drawings in a special exhibition marking the 25th anniversary of the Royal Drawing School

Sales of Joe Biden’s son’s artworks have nosedived since his father left office

Maurizio Cattelan was among those papped—all for charity

The Belgian businessman co-founded Beijing’s Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA) in 2007 with his wife Myriam Ullens

During her 19-year tenure as its director, she turned a sedate institution into a vibrant tribute to the culture of 18th-century France

The sale of “The Singing Butler” at Sotheby’s in 2004, for a record price for a painting by a Scottish artist, caused a sensation and turned attention on Vettriano's critical and institutional neglect

The Centre Pompidou extended its international reach during Lasvignes's tenure