“An exhibition with such strong commentary on race cannot be done by all white curators,” says NGA chief Kaywin Feldman

Essays from African American artists such as Glenn Ligon and Trenton Doyle Hancock show that issues were being addressed

Move is deemed “cowardly” and “patronising” after joint statement from host museums including National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC and London’s Tate Modern

Appointment follows an agreement with the Massachusetts attorney general to embrace diversity and adopt an anti-harassment policy

The museum notes that the coronavirus outbreak will continue to affect it “in the long term”

Former Tahitian resident Fabrice Fourmanoir helped The Art Newspaper correctly identify a fake in the Getty Museum's collection earlier this year

From freedom papers on view at the National Museum of African American History and Culture to Issac Julien's film about famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass

Experts embrace a blend of remote monitoring and on-site tours, while marvelling at diminished levels of dust

Agreement with state attorney general calls for museum to set up a $500,000 fund promoting inclusion

How have curators been filling their time while their museums remain closed? Creatively, it turns out

Victoria Reed, the provenance curator at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, has been sharing the history about a work from the collection each day on Twitter while the museum remains locked down

Institutions in New York, Boston and Washington underline the need to control the spread of Covid-19

Treasures of the Golden Pharaoh, which opened in London this weekend, will also tour to Australia, Japan, Canada and South Korea

Museum conducts training sessions, changes procedures and plans a new hire

The loaf, made with yeast extracted from an artefact at the MFA Boston, could provide valuable insight into ancient civilisations

Prime minister takes the unusual step of pledging $200,000 to the US museum

"Experiences like this are literally taking away from academic growth", says principal of students who filed a complaint during a class trip

From gender bending fashion at the MFA, Boston to Joan Jonas's animal treasure hunt at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

Exhibition delves into Western pop culture’s great moments of binary disruption

Shows at the Brooklyn Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts Boston explore the Mexican artist’s love of fashion and “arte popular”

Our pick of the most significant new gifts and purchases to enter museum collections worldwide, from a vintage Hawaiian shirt to an heirloom Chinese art collection

The works, which came from Iturbide's own collection, include gifts from the Mexican artist

There appear to be no winners in what the Arts Council refers to as an “extremely unusual” case

The 100th anniversary of Austrian artist’s death has arrived just in time for the #MeToo movement

We look back at some of most important purchases and donations that entered public collections this year

The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston will be the first place outside of France to have this honour