We asked English institutions to provide figures for the four-week period from 17 May to gauge current demand

Huntington Library in California and Crystal Bridges in Arkansas ascended to the top of our visitor figures list

We asked the people behind the Royal Academy’s Twitter, the Met’s Instagram, the Uffizi’s TikTok and the Van Gogh Museum’s Facebook account what 2020 was like for them

Major UK institutions lost 78% of their visitors due to the pandemic last year, our research reveals

The Art Newspaper's annual survey shows how the pandemic had a devastating impact on museums around the world—but there were some silver linings

As venues experiment with selling virtual exhibition tours, talks and workshops online, the key to success may be an emphasis on the expert, bespoke and exclusive

Spurred on by the pandemic, several institutions are inviting art lovers to choose works for display

Search data from 84 countries last year shows that Leonardo, Van Gogh and Frida Kahlo were among the world's most popular artists

Our global Visitor Figures survey reveals huge growth in followings online as physical doors shut to the public in 2020

Museum’s director notes that it may take until 2025 for tourists to return in force to New York

Despite kicking off 2020 with a record-breaking Leonardo exhibition, like many museums around the world, the Parisian institution was adversely affected by coronavirus lockdowns

After months without income due to coronavirus closures, new survey shows that museums are operating with just 25% of previous visitor numbers

Jean-Luc Martinez believes that capitalising on the museum's permanent collection will be key to recovery

Failure to seize this opportunity to make changes would be a graver error than any breach of etiquette

Tokyo National Museum’s show on Chinese artist Yan Zhenqing ranks 15th in our latest visitor attendance survey despite contentious loan from Taipei museum

Visitor numbers at some of the world’s most popular art venues have nosedived and uncertainty for the future remains

The exhibition on the global phenomenon was the largest ever to be staged outside Japan

Ai Weiwei was a hit in Brazil, records were broken in London and Paris—but is this the final year of museum visitor growth?

Sleep in Hopper’s motel room or dive into Monet’s pond—museums are increasingly going beyond traditional exhibition formats to attract visitors

The cost of producing crowd-pulling shows can outstrip the cash they bring in. Here are some of the downsides of being just too popular

Increasingly, the digital sphere is another frontier where institutions battle it out for the attention of culture-seekers

They might not always draw the crowds that flock to malls and amusement parks, but museums are seen as valuable additions to communities—even by people who have never stepped foot in one

Londoners stuck to the tried-and-tested and New Yorkers showed their patriotic sides, while Parisians were drawn in by golden treasures

Jean-Michel Basquiat brought in big crowds in Paris—but who beat him to claim the top spot?

The hype surrounding major anniversary celebrations saw big turnouts for Bruegel, Leonardo and Rembrandt

Female artists dominated the top ranks of last year's photography shows

Big names such as Munch, Klimt and Van Gogh dominate the rankings, but a couple of lesser-known artists did surprisingly well

Which Impressionist made the biggest impression in this category?

Last year also saw record attendances at both Tate Modern and Tate Britain

Russia has banned Chinese citizens from entering the country, slashing attendance at cultural institutions in Moscow and St Petersburg

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

Multimedia collective's first permanent gallery in Japan was the most popular single-artist museum of 2018, beating Picasso and Van Gogh museums

Reservations will become mandatory at the world's most visited museum by the end of the year

Over 300,000 visitors had been missed in the financial year 2018/19 because of 'incorrect light levels caused by a broken light fitting'

Swiss museum extended the show to accommodate visitors to Europe for Art Basel and the Venice Biennale

The change has been a long-time wish for some leaders at the Los Angeles museum

The Canadian institution aims to double its membership and expand its audience with one-year pilot programme

Exhibitions in Russia of homegrown artists attract proportionally greater numbers than blockbusters in other countries

In January, the 19 Smithsonian institutions had just 13% of the footfall they had experienced the year before

With more than a million people through the doors annually since 2015, the museum is a case study in how to expand audiences

Free exhibition of his installations at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, DC tops our Art's Most Popular survey

The Art Newspaper's exclusive annual survey ranks the world's most visited shows in 2018, looks at the rise of Instagram-friendly exhibitions, and reveals the secrets of getting into a blockbuster

Including Old Masters, Contemporary, Post-Impressionist and Modern, and more

As visitors to exhibitions are increasingly sharing their experiences online, should curators plan shows for maximum hype?

Schemes such as Slow Art Day offer an alternative to life in the fast lane, away from the jostling crowds and selfie-takers

Special exhibitions mean big money—not only for the museums that hold them but for local businesses as well

We asked museums for advice and The Art Newspaper team for their best hacks

Today's directors are focused on figures—and not always for the right reasons

From creating “experiences” to being fashion-friendly, museums are getting savvy at driving visitors to their exhibitions. Here are some tricks of the trade

Taiwanese museum has seen a significant decline in visitors since 2015, our Art's Most Popular research shows

The New York museum's Heavenly Bodies exhibition came first even though curator “never set out to create a hit”

London's National Portrait Gallery director on the way cultural institutions engage audiences and measure success

Fashion continues upward trend in the US, shooting to the top of The Art Newspaper's chart, while the British Museum slips from the top spot in the UK

Leonardo da Vinci’s La Belle Ferronière will remain on loan to the museum for another year

Non-white visitors have jumped from 15% to half of the museum’s attendance in just three years

Our public institutions must hold their nerve and dare to offer audiences varied experiences, even at the expense of popular appeal

Collectors’ private museum, scrutinised by US Senate for limited access, could draw 100,000 people a year

Do falling exhibitor and visitor numbers at La Biennale Paris signal the beginning of the end for this once world-class art fair?

New scheme offering free tickets to some of the city’s most popular museums had thousands of responses

Though not as dire as first thought, visitor figures for the museum's contemporary shows have still been poor