An exhibition focusing on the artist’s Blue Period came together after high-tech examinations of the work revealed hidden surprises

Splendid royal state apartments of Augustus the Strong are opening to visitors again after a lavish reconstruction

Archaeologists have uncovered more than one million objects on the site

Institution in Salem, Massachusetts, opens new wing to display maritime and Asian art collection

Terms of original bequest are reinterpreted, paving the way for the London museum to stage joint exhibitions in Los Angeles and Vienna

Ancient Palmyra’s painted lady is digitally reconstructed from traces of pigments for new exhibition at Copenhagen’s Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek

The museum’s director James Rondeau on why the institution is bringing Barcelona architects Barozzi Veiga on board to rethink the whole campus

Kistefos's dramatic new exhibition gallery also functions as a panoramic bridge

New estimate puts potential cost at €450m versus previous estimate of €200m

Research project at the Stedelijk Museum sheds light on some of the artist’s techniques

New space for Modern and contemporary art from the Arab world will put on five exhibitions a year

Handover from Russian culture ministry is expected to be completed in early 2020

Renovation aims to reflect the demographic diversity of the birthplace of the Black Panthers

From William Blake at Tate Britain to Gauguin at the National Gallery, London's museums are opening their biggest exhibitions this month—but how much are you really able to enjoy them?

Historic culture centre in UAE re-opens after 10 years with survey of trailblazing woman artist Najat Makki

Since the closure of a basement gallery in 2006 there is little room to store the whole collection

The arts sector must engage in constant dialogue with communities, says the city's commissioner of cultural affairs

Decision over the controversial update was made at the general assembly in Kyoto on the weekend

As the Tate Britain show opens, we reveal the inside story of the Tate’s failure to acquire 19 watercolours from a portfolio that turned up in a Glasgow bookshop

Moving from gallery to gallery like a nomadic traveller, the performance artist-in-residence will morph into a series of personae

Treasury says there will be “over £300m to support the UK’s world-class national museums and galleries” in 2020-21

Proposals for Alice Springs and Adelaide have political support but concerns have been raised over competing projects and lack of Indigenous involvement

Our pick of the latest gifts and purchases to enter museum collections—from a compendium of African American history to the vast archive of an expelled Surrealist

Demands by the emperor's great-great grandson for the return of thousands of works from two German states threatens the future of at least two museums

The Waddesdon Treasury opens at the Buckinghamshire family mansion managed and financed since 1988 by Rothschild—a man who has been an eminence grise of the British art world for the past 30 years

After a grant enabled conservation on a much-loved painting, researchers at the National Gallery of Ireland are learning more about the artist’s technique

Seats on boards offered by major museums are increasingly being used to serve the narrow agendas of the ultra-rich

Daniel Weiss, Adam Weinberg and other museum leaders speak out following the fallout from the resignation of the Whitney’s vice chairman and the ongoing Sackler affair

The Finding of Moses, currently on loan at the London museum, is owned by sofa-billionaire Graham Kirkham

A government grant for works of importance helps to block departure of the painting from the country