The initiative funds institutions to process, digitise, preserve and activate archival collections related to Black art in the US

Construction next door to the Merchant’s House Museum in Manhattan could damage its historic secret hiding place

The British artist's playful riff on a reclining nude will hold court at Bowery and Prince Street for two years

Featuring nearly 400 objects ranging from gowns to ancient Greek armour and vases, “Costume Art” argues the dressed body is the only form of artistic expression that connects each of the museum’s collecting areas

More than 150 guns and an iron cannon were recently documented at the Síis Já cenote in Yucatán

Showing off its upgrades after being closed for almost a year, the Midwestern kunsthalle hopes to inspire dialogue in its galleries using a method called Visual Thinking Strategies

The controversial San Francisco landmark has met its end after a contentious fight to save it failed

In a National Capital Planning Commission meeting, one public commenter compared the project to the ending of ‘Death Becomes Her’

The artist’s year-long residency at the Driehaus Museum centres on a recurring dance piece in the recently renovated Murphy Auditorium

The gift, from the foundation of Jennifer Rubio and Stewart Butterfield, is the latest example of donors offering targeted support that goes beyond funding institutional acquisitions

Located just off of Copacabana Beach, the new museum celebrates the artists and musicians that helped make the city a global cultural destination

A survey by the federal Government Accountability Office shows that a majority of the nation’s museums lack the resources to maintain their buildings, putting collections at risk

La Casa, the new home of Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción, will be a hub for civic engagement, education and artistic expression

The Pennsylvania museum and land trust plans an ambitious overhaul of its campus, which will connect gallery buildings to the original studios of N.C. Wyeth and Andrew Wyeth

A contractor for the Department of Homeland Security destroyed a 1,000-year-old etching in the sand of the Sonoran Desert

Amy Sherald, Tschabalala Self and Jordan Roth turned heads at the annual benefit for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute

Mexican cultural figures say the Olmec-inspired sculpture reprises a work that was previously rejected in Mexico City

The varnish layer of the work, which is held in Berlin's Gemäldegalerie, is degrading the tempera paint

Our pick of the latest gifts and purchases to enter institutional collections worldwide

Legal proceedings—begun by the museum to demand more public funding for a renovation—have now been postponed

The Quattrocento Renaissance painting will be on loan to the Ashmolean Museum for three years

Martha Ortiz is out only two months after the sudden dismissal of artistic director Eugenio Viola

The donation, from the foundation of the collector and NGA trustee Mitchell P. Rales, is the largest programming gift in the gallery’s history

The Caral civilisation used the structure thousands of years ago to track the sun, moon and stars to determine conditions for fishing and gathering shellfish

George Lucas is curating 18 thematic exhibitions that will fill 100,000 sq. ft of the $1bn museum he and his wife Mellody Hobson are building in Los Angeles

The objects, acquired by English reverend William Charles Willoughby in the 19th century, will now form part of a permanent display in Serowe

During Janne Sirén’s tenure at the Western New York institution, its global influence and physical footprint expanded significantly

New technologies used in archaeological research provide insights into how climate change has long-changed empires and societies

Designed by Adjaye Associates and first announced in 2021, work on the Barbados Heritage District continues with an expanded scope—but a completion date has yet to be announced

At the Oakland Museum of California we often say: “Keep doing the good work.” We need to be clearer about what the work is and how we commit to it