Aliph finances effort to shore up crumbling Taq Kasra in Iraq, the world’s biggest brick vault
Foundation will direct $700,000 to emergency scaffolding, sensors and the drafting of a longer-term conservation plan
When everything turned upside down: Georg Baselitz donates six pathbreaking paintings to the Met
Portraits date from 1969, a pivotal point for an artist departing from conventional motifs
Its attribution restored, a Rembrandt portrait goes on view in Pennsylvania
A scientific analysis and conservation effort unveiled signature brush strokes and other marks of the master
A year after fire, Museum of Chinese in America launches digital platform with Google to celebrate its historical treasures
Viewers can track the recovery after the blaze and view hundreds of images of the New York museum’s artefacts
At US Capitol, a new president and vice president greet 1859 painting with a rainbow theme
Painting by Black artist was chosen under Jill Biden’s guidance for a gift-giving ceremony
On eve of US inauguration, a chance to visit the president's office
Oval Office replica is a popular element of New-York Historical Society exhibition about the presidency
Guggenheim appoints Naomi Beckwith as deputy director and senior curator
Appointment of MCA, Chicago curator is seen as a step toward more inclusiveness after accusations of institutional racism
Smithsonian downsizes $2bn expansion of its south campus in Washington
The institution unveils planned changes to its historic Castle and Arts and Industries Building
‘Shameful vandalism and desecration’ : Met leaders condemn right-wing crowd's assault on US Capitol
Museum joins other institutions in assailing protestors' rampage and hate-inspiring imagery as a threat to democracy and equality
Hirshhorn Museum is under pressure to reconsider redesign of its sculpture garden
Critics and city planners question changes to a historic reflecting pool and addition of stacked stone walls in a Modernist environment, while the artist Hiroshi Sugimoto defends his designs but says he is open to negotiating
US Capitol’s works of art survive amid right-wing rampage in Washington
The authorities say that cleaning and conservation will be needed, however, after art was damaged by tear gas, pepper spray and fire extinguishers
From lockdowns to looting: how Covid-19 has taken a toll on world's threatened heritage sites
Sites of major importance—many in regions already ravaged by conflict—are contending with security problems and funding shortfalls
Five Philadelphia museums jointly announce that they are reopening this month
Institutions act on go-ahead from the city after their second closing in November
Major museum openings and expansions in 2021
From the much-anticipated Grand Egyptian Museum to the Frick’s move to a Brutalist landmark, here are the building projects aiming to change cultural landscapes around the world
Acquisitions round-up—Fondation Beyeler gets a frosty Fischli/Weiss snowman
Our pick of the latest gifts and purchases to enter international museum collections
'Long overdue': US will build national museums for American Latinos and women's history after Congress approves historic bill
Bipartisan effort, decades in the making, permits Smithsonian Institution to move ahead with plans
Amid Covid-19 adjustments, Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles delays opening by five months
The museum’s debut, repeatedly postponed, is now anticipated in September of next year
Peabody Essex Museum director is resigning after just 17 months
Brian P. Kennedy says he will seek a “new challenge” but offers no further details
Grants multiply as government agencies and foundations seek to rescue US cultural organisations amid pandemic
Latest allocations include $32.8m from the National Endowment for the Humanities and $47.1m from New York’s Department of Cultural Affairs
Peace offering: how museums help in troubled times
Amid the turmoil of the pandemic and the recent elections, US institutions with Tibetan Buddhist holdings respond with mindfulness events
Employees at the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh vote decisively to form a union
Goals include better pay and benefits, Covid-19 safety and a role in the institutions’ decision-making
Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art appoints former nonprofit executive as its new director
Alyssa Nitchun hopes to advance New York museum’s role as a queer sanctuary and “provocateur”
Noguchi lobby installation is carted away from its high-rise New York home, across the street from MoMA
Museum sought to keep the site-specific work in place at 666 Fifth Avenue, but developer decided it had to go during renovation
Lone senator blocks US bills creating museums that would celebrate American Latinos and women
Utah Republican says that such museums would “divide an already divided nation”
Ronald Lauder presents major gift of European arms and armour to the Met
Describing the donation as the most significant to the department in nearly 80 years, museum will rename galleries after the philanthropist
Artist sues Los Angeles and the Chinese American Museum for junking his work
Lawsuit demands that court issue an injunction to prevent future dismantling of works of art without artists’ supervision
After outcry from antiquities trade, Unesco further adjusts ad campaign on looted artefacts
Dealers association challenged the campaign’s claims that two newly pictured objects were stolen
Dia Chelsea plans to reopen in April after connecting three buildings in a $20m project
Inaugural exhibition in New York will feature a film and light sculptures by Lucy Raven
Norton Museum of Art appoints Ghislain d’Humières, former director at the Speed, as its new leader
Director assumes the mantle after an expansion and long coronavirus shutdown
Museums 2020: the year of crashing revenues and anti-racism disputes
Turbulent year draws to a close with sector wracked by pandemic lockdowns and Black Lives Matter challenges