Decision comes amidst pressure from activist groups for UK museums to end their oil sponsorship deals

Near-forgotten series of striking portraits are part of a 100-strong show of works opening at the London museum this week

More than 680 cultural figures and institutions sign open letter over decision they believe "threatens an impoverished future for British creativity"

An emergency decree means that all museums in the country are on lock down until 3 April

From the Hayward Gallery's expansive group show about trees to the erotic underbelly of the Victorian era at Tate Britain

Radical revelopment of former train station building will make way for more Impressionist works and visitors

Support group, comprising family members of 33 people who died in the 2017 London blaze, say they feel “totally disenfranchised” by the artist's latest project

The biennial's 17th edition will now only run for three months rather than six

The Paris museum held talks with union officials yesterday

Irwen was sentenced in 2016 on charges that included resisting the police at a protest she attended in 2013

Our pick of the latest gifts and purchases to enter international museum collections—from a pot by an African-American slave to the earliest depiction of Highland dress

Austrian patron donates work to Reina Sofia and commissions new piece by Ragnar Kjartansson to be shown at Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza

Italian officials say cultural institutions can open to the public so long as they ensure “visitors respect a distance of at least a metre between each other”

Countries' rush to restitute objects is part of the problem, says Belgian lawyer

Italian patron is looking for an alternative site in the Spanish capital after encountering "structural problems" with Matadero's Nave 9 building

The deputy chairman of the Paris-based auction house Artcurial was suffering from food poisoning

Seafront commission, which references the invasion of Iraq in 2003, is part of England’s Creative Coast: Waterfronts initiative

Hakanto Contemporary, sponsored by the eco-friendly Filatex group, is directed by the artist Joël Andrianomearisoa

Previous highest figure was 540,000 people for the Eugène Delacroix show in 2018

Political upheaval across the region presents challenges—and opportunities—for artists and collectors

Public and private institutions in Venice, Milan and Turin will stay closed for at least a week as more than 200 cases of Covid-2019 are confirmed

Dispute centres on zero-hours contracts, pay devaluation, rising workloads and the gender and ethnicity pay gap

A woman connected to the museum where the painting was found is under investigation by the Italian police

Dissident wants to create a “political porn” website focusing on behaviour of people in power

First cohort of artist fellows includes Nancy Baker Cahill, Agnieszka Kurant and Pierre Huyghe

Louise Bourgeois’s Maman spider sculpture will also return to the Turbine Hall

Selection committee says British Afro-Caribbean artist "has consistently probed one of society’s big questions: how do we live with difference?”

Pro-Israel arts group protested to French culture ministry about her appointment

Streaming services have changed the way we watch television, but while they feature plenty of arts programming, there are few new commissions

Structure is inspired by places where people gather across London including migrant community hubs