The decision has divided members, but there are hopes the work might stay in the Windy City

The disposal of objects from museum collections has been a source of controversy for decades. Did 2020 mark a turning point in the debate?

Turbulent year draws to a close with sector wracked by pandemic lockdowns and Black Lives Matter challenges

Following weeks of controversy, the Baltimore Museum of Art withdrew two paintings just hours before the auction while many other works sold near low estimates

Last-gasp decision after talks with the US museum directors association comes just before a Sotheby’s auction

As works head to market, organisation reminds members that its relaxed rules were not adopted to “incentivise” art sales

Criticism in Israel reached an apex when President Rivlin called for the state to prevent the London auctions

Two artists also step down as board trustees amid turmoil over plans to deaccession three paintings

Plus, the artist Jennifer Packer on a Buddhist mural in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York

Israeli museum professionals fear deaccessioning auction could set a dangerous precedent

The auction house's four-part £90.2m "20th Century: London to Paris" sale saw small bursts of energy for quality lots in the wake of Frieze and Fiac's cancellations

“The greatness of the BMA’s collection does not live within three individual paintings,” she says as the sale of a Warhol, Still and Marden approaches

A flurry of museum pieces is heading to auction, but will there be enough buyers for them?

Letter asks Maryland attorney general and secretary of state to investigate planned deaccessioning of a Warhol, Still and Marden

After netting $4.2m for a Cranach, the museum plans to sell off works by Monet, Dubuffet, Degas, Miró and Matisse

Auction proceeds will go towards diversifying the collection at the Syracuse institution with “inspirational” art

Equity and diversity make history fairer, more accurate and more meaningful in the present, they say

The work carries an estimate of $2.5m to $3.5m and will help the museum cope with its financial struggles amid the Covid-19 pandemic

Dealer offered to buy the Egyptian artefact for £4m and save it for the nation, claims Art & Antiques Appraisals

Sale of three valuable paintings by Warhol, Still and Marden points to a thirst for a $65m windfall, with no curatorial rationale

Acting on relaxed rules, it will use the funds for collection care and salary increases as well as diverse acquisitions

UK museums may deaccession collection objects with curatorial justification and transparency, but it cannot be treated as a quick financial fix

Plus, the curator Legacy Russell talks about her new book Glitch Feminism

Some academicians argue that instead of cutting almost half of the institution's jobs, it should consider selling the Taddei Tondo—worth several hundred million pounds

The institution is deaccessioning its only Cranach and 11 other works to finance care of its collection

Decision to relax rules on selling art exposes chinks in a fortress

While legal hurdles remain, the museum directors’ association will not penalise members who redirect restricted funds to cover operating expenses

The stigma around state museums selling works means that other institutions dare not buy them; and a frank review of the National Gallery's Leonardo exhibition

Art Fund raises concerns about consignment of 152 works to auction by Hertfordshire County Council

For a struggling institution, the price is short of earlier estimates