After €13m expansion, French museum brings together works by painter Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres and sculptor Emile-Antoine Bourdelle

The Hermitage has opened a branch in Siberia, the Pushkin is renovating a Constructivist landmark in Samara and more agreements are in the works

We look back at the biggest stories of the year

The contemporary artist is among four new trustees elected

Conservators discover that the 1566 painting was once bluer and revisit the exposure of the notorious codpieces

Bronze sculpture gets new wings in a collaboration with Berlin’s Antikensammlung

Research groups have designed new technologies and initiatives for the V&A, Kunsthistorisches Museum and Thyssen-Bornemisza

More of the startling objects collected by George IV will return from Buckingham Palace in early 2020

And Mickalene Thomas goes Pop in NYC

Hundreds gather as the Getty convenes the first major international conference on the issue in 45 years

Hesse McGraw has served at San Francisco and Nebraska art institutions

“Museum” features reproductions, artefacts and even Salvator Mundi pasta sauce

Museum officials say the decision is unrelated to protests over the Sackler family's ties to Purdue Pharma

Museum is in discussion with trade union after 'final offer' 1.5% salary increase was deemed too low

Rediscovered maro 'ura will go on show at Museum of Tahiti and the Islands on long-term loan from 2021

“Bon vivant” took over at the museum's villa and expanded its mission after J. Paul Getty died in 1976

A survey of 500 art world professionals conducted by the Arts Funders Forum could help museums stay relevant to new patrons

Cultural institutions have embraced mutual benefits of collaboration, despite challenges of communication and censorship

Founders of museum of Latin American art believe they may also have a work by Raphael

The opening exhibition of the Kulturstiftung Basel H. Geiger, during next year's Art Basel fair, will focus on Caribbean artists

Decision that Kariye Museum must become a Muslim house of worship again could imperil its Byzantine art and have repercussions for other early Christian monuments

"It's censorship", the artist says of curators' denials to suspend work that is part of show on the artistic legacy of the Gulf War

Local politicians block construction on cultural quarter backed by right-wing government, citing “enormous impact on environment”

Reappearance of a Josep Renau mural hints at a greater acceptance of East German public art

This is the first time the Florentine museum has formed a long-term partnership with a foreign institution

Statue of a cockerel was looted by the British in 1897 from the Court of Benin

Online trove includes 60,000 photographs, manuscripts, records and drawings and an updated catalogue raisonné

Launch of revamped government-run museum to go ahead as planned following $119m facelift

Building was considered an audacious architectural experiment when it was built in 1797

After breaking in through a window at the Green Vault, the intruders grabbed three royal jewellery ensembles containing diamonds and pearls