Docents—voluntary educators who are frequently white, of retirement age and middle class—embody the tensions between the status quo and change in US museums

The works by artist Franklyn Rodgers will go on view in the historic firm's Old Library

Many specialised schools are already recruiting in an equitable way

The funds will benefit organisations including Glasgow Women’s Library and Studio Voltaire

“White Balls on Walls” shows how the staff of Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum have tried to implement change amid a shifting social landscape

Data from the Burns Halperin Report 2022, published 13 December, shows the limited purchasing power of museums and how much they rely on donors to shape their collections

Two extensive surveys, led by the Mellon Foundation and the Black Trustee Alliance for Art Museums, suggest mixed results for the cultural field’s diversity efforts

The work of the portrait painter is reviewed within the context of her peers

Projects on disability still remain peripheral in institutional programming—and the pandemic threatens what progress has been made

Senator Patricia Bovey's initiative 'Honouring Canada's Black Artists' bringing works by Black Canadian artists into the Senate building is now in its second iteration

Promoting hot young talent might grab the attention of collectors and the general public, but it disadvantages older artists and especially women, queer and non-binary creators

There’s a campaign against discussions of race in the American education system—and museums have a part to play in fighting that

Freelands Foundation announces funding for residencies and development programmes at leading art institutions to tackle racial inequality

Camera companies pledge to promote more women, LGBTQ and photographers of colour in response to online pro-diversity campaigns

Three co-presidents rather than one will oversee the institution, which has also recruited a more diverse array of board members

Leader oversaw an ambitious series of construction projects but has also contended with reports of midlevel management abuses and equity issues

Appointments follow accusations of “systemic racism” in hiring and programming at the museum

Local professionals continue to be overlooked for highly paid leading roles

Min Jung Kim, who now leads the New Britain Museum of American Art, will succeed 22-year veteran Brent Benjamin

Museum invites three artists to serve as co-authors of collection displays and enlists 10 local experts to help generate inclusive stories

Museum, under pressure to embrace equity while facing revenue losses, says the money will shore up its endowment and operating budget

We asked art institutions around the country about their efforts to diversify their workforces, exhibition programmes, permanent collections and audiences

As the museum commits itself to diversity, E. Carmen Ramos, a curator of Latino art, will be “the principal architect of the visitor experience”

Salvador Salort-Pons says he has been working with a leadership coach to address complaints about staff members feeling undervalued

Institution issues newly written history that discloses its founders’ pro-Confederacy stance and business ties to racist labour practices in the South

Institution announces $1.46m in gifts to finance goals such as pay increases for hourly workers and extended visiting hours

The board has issued an apology and pledged to improve its representation of the local community

Institution edits wording of director’s job opening to eliminate “white” after an outcry

New 15-member body will focus on the capital’s statues, street names and memorials

Appointment of MCA, Chicago curator is seen as a step toward more inclusiveness after accusations of institutional racism