Former head of Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen takes over at a time of central government cuts to cultural institutions in Paris

The museum’s latest repatriation comes as it ramps up efforts to audit the provenance of objects in its collection

Chief executive warns that institution is facing a deficit of more than £4m

Project opens with four-year backing from AKO Foundation to acquire Sámi and Inuit art from Northern Europe

The Danish specialist Ittai Gradel, who first raised alarm about thefts of antiquities from the London museum, and earlier returned 61 gems bought separately on eBay, approached the Thorvaldsens Museum to help in repatriating a second, larger set of stolen pieces

Four new museums across the country are planned over the next five years and a new cultural quarter is under construction in the biggest city, Cotonou

The group say the institution is allowing the Adani Group—which has ties to coal mining and arms manufacturing—to "greenwash" its reputation via sponsorship

The celebrated early 17th-century Dragon Spire is consumed by fire after conflagration takes hold during historic structure's renovation

Niles Luther began his composing career working with the artist Kehinde Wiley

Ruth Patir says that she and the curators will not open exhibition until Israel and Hamas reach “a ceasefire and hostage release agreement"

The 150ft-tall, $200m outdoor installation at Manhattan’s Hudson Yards development has been closed since 2021 following a series of suicides

Religious works, restored by conservation experts, will be returned to the historic cathedral on the Seine

The few remaining houses that recall New Amsterdam are also reminding visitors of the overlooked histories of local Indigenous and Black communities

Art detective Christopher Marinello believes more action is needed after an investigation by the Independent newspaper revealed thefts at the Imperial War Museum, Natural History Museum and others

Day trippers will need to pay €5 to enter on select days in a pilot scheme which starts during the Biennale

Seven sites in the city have been closed for nearly eight weeks over a one-off cost of living payment, and there are suggestions that further action will be announced soon

The donors, Tod and Cindy Johnson, met and got married during their time at CMU; they will have a gallery named in their honour

The museum, whose photography collection began with a donation from Alfred Stieglitz, will soon give the medium pride of place again

A temporary restraining order against the Des Moines Art Center after artist Mary Miss sued to block the dismantling of her outdoor work

Shababeek for Contemporary Art, home to around 20,000 works, was hit during the two-week assault on the hospital complex and its surrounding areas

Germany’s E-Werk Luckenwalde, which seeks to be environmentally friendly in all aspects of its work, is hosting a festival that highlights the wide-ranging potential of restraint

The German-born curator will step back from his new role as Capodimonte museum director

Conservative Robert Jenrick argues that proposed long term loans of disputed works is a legal fabrication

The original budget for the Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec’s Espace Riopelle addition was $42.5m, but now as construction begins it has ballooned to $84m

The Voices of Resilience project was scrapped following complaints from a local organisation representing a significant part of the Jewish community

She was the curator of the museum's blockbuster Edward Hopper and critically acclaimed Ruth Asawa exhibitions

The institution is more than 86% of the way towards its capital campaign’s fundraising goal

The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula painting will take centre stage in a forthcoming show at the National Gallery

The platform is making use of its reputation as a visual search engine to collaborate with art institutions

Local heritage group decries the "biennialisation of the city" after gallery paid a fee to stage the Manolo Valdés installation