Several institutional construction projects have already opened this year, with more in the pipeline

Exhibitions celebrating Arthur Jafa and Teresa Margolles, examining the legacy of Orientalism, and more are on the itinerary this season

While the swooping building is impressive and easy to navigate, the collection is patchy and the displays are at times “bizarre”

The model—already deployed in San Francisco, Helsinki and London—aims to protect creative communities from rampant real estate speculation and development

Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems often account for 60%-70% of an institution’s energy consumption and lead to large carbon footprints

‘Seated Nymph’ was created in the early 16th century by the Italian sculptor Antico, nicknamed for his Classical-inspired bronzes

More than 1,000 attendees formed a human chain around the Washington, DC, performing arts centre that Trump has taken over, sought to rebrand and threatened to shutter and demolish

The massive burial site containing human remains and rich offerings likely belonged to Chimú elites

Researchers believe that humans may have walked across the sea from Wales during the last Ice Age and made art

The Buenos Aires museum has selected the Mexican architect Frida Escobedo to lead its ambitious build-out

Abdul Latif Hashim and Haneen Al-Amassi have been awarded the $40,000 Unesco/Jikji Memory of the World Prize

The Molino de Aliaga, the Peruvian capital’s earliest colonial structure discovered to date, was built by the Spanish conquistador Jerónimo de Aliaga in the 16th century

The members-only organisation will open during Accra Cultural Week in October

Philippe Bodenmann has gifted his entire collection—including pieces by Joseph Kosuth, Lawrence Weiner and Max Bill—to the Musée des beaux-arts de La Chaux-de-Fonds

Five teams of designers, featuring architects and landscape designers, will compete for the project, expected to be completed by 2030

A installation developed by the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam and a microbes museum in the city’s zoo will depict microbes found in the Old Master painting

There are few controls over how mayors spend the Overnight Visitor Levy income, according to plans announced earlier this week

A painting of Igor Tulchinsky is on display within the museum’s blockbuster Bayeux Tapestry show

The steadfast historian leaves the institution after 38 years, the past couple of them marred by political tensions with the Trump administration

The legendary photographer spent nine months documenting the cleanup in Lower Manhattan to complete his series “Aftermath”, which is currently on view at Florida’s NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale

Institution at the University of Oxford will return 39 pieces of remains, primarily skulls, to the Indigenous Naga people of the Indian subcontinent by the end of the year

The British Museum has agreed to loan two marble fragments to the Liebieghaus exhibition, which recreates the east pediment of the temple for the first time

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

The works—mostly by Greek artists—will go to the National Gallery of Greece in Athens, Momus-Museum of Contemporary Art Thessaloniki, the Museum of Contemporary Art of Crete and National Galleries Scotland in Edinburgh

David Chipperfield has converted Banco Santander’s former headquarters into Faro Santander, a new home for works by artists including Velásquez, Titian, Goya, Picasso and Sorolla

To mark her 45th birthday, the pop music superstar and art collector gave generously to the revered New York City museum

Through the new partnership, the museum is already in the process of returning five artefacts from a private collection to Ethiopian authorities

The National Service for Cultural Heritage financed the project at Casa Mouat in Valparaíso, Chile

Treasure trove comprises 700 10th-century objects and fragments, weighing almost 18.5kg

The work is on loan to the exhibition ‘Rembrandt 1632: The Creation of a Brand’ at the Ducal Museum Gotha