The portrait has striking similarities to a recent acquisition by the National Gallery in London

The design spans Wilshire Boulevard and replaces four extant buildings

Museums and cultural institutions in the Brazilian state prepare for closures and cancelled programmes

County officials prepare to vote on the $650m project this week, but the museum’s next incarnation could come at too high a cost for culture

An overheated air conditioning unit was the starting point of the inferno that destroyed the building last year

In the second part of a new series, Adrian Ellis examines the issue of post-colonial restitution

In January, the 19 Smithsonian institutions had just 13% of the footfall they had experienced the year before

On the same day, the nearby Neues Museum Weimar will open a new permanent exhibition on early Modernism

With more than a million people through the doors annually since 2015, the museum is a case study in how to expand audiences

Hasso Plattner also plans to put his Impressionist works on permanent display in his Barberini Museum

The historic Southwest Museum, operated by the Autry Museum of the American West, is seeking proposals for reuse

Our pick of the latest gifts and purchases to enter museum collections worldwide, from Van Dyck’s portrait of a princess bride to a rare painting by a Brazilian Modernist

Research by UK startup Vastari delves into hidden economics of museums' special shows

Gerhard Richter, Trisha Donnelly and Steve McQueen will show new commissions

The US artist’s daughter shares memories behind the sculptures and drawings

I.M. Pei’s controversial entrance symbolises the Parisian museum’s spectacular growth

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

The 1965 work, Phalli's Field, was a breakthrough in the artist's career

Jean Nouvel-designed museum opens in Doha with multi-sensory history galleries and contemporary art and film commissions

We speak to the French architect about the search for a national landmark and the hurdles that faced the mammoth project

The museum aims to show the diversity of the region, where art and cultures have mixed for centuries

Legal experts discussed the pressing topics for institutions at a recent conference in Washington, DC

Seaside gallery on England’s south coast will have double the space for exhibitions when it reopens in July

Philanthropic funding assures new training for the next generation of masters to emerge

The move follows similar decisions by London museums

London's National Portrait Gallery director on the way cultural institutions engage audiences and measure success

Plus, Nan Goldin's show at the National Portrait Gallery is expected to go ahead after the trust and London museum decided not to proceed with a £1m grant

Historic vessels set sail again from wet dock at the heart of the Lake District boating museum

The move follows a mutual decision by the National Portrait Gallery and the Sackler Trust to not proceed with a £1m grant

She is “relaxed and very stylish” in the portrait