Major new contemporary art space designed by Renzo Piano opens ahead of key elections

The role of art in a time of crisis was the subject of a three-day discussion between leading cultural figures in Florence last week

The Washington, DC, institution wants to better connect with Asian American communities

The recent communal violence which burned down the Azizia Madrasa occurred in the wake of numerous recent laws targeting Muslims

The institutions agreed to collaborate in areas including restitution, digitisation of collections and exhibitions

The strike at the Manhattan museum, which had been on the cusp of reopening after a six-year renovation, has now stretched into its third month

Texas institution opens six new galleries to display its collection of Islamic art, coinciding with its hosting of symposium on the subject

The student, who was visiting a major Cattelan exhibition at the Leeum Museum of Art in Seoul, taped the empty banana peel back to the wall

As workers at US art institutions continue to organise, negotiate and, when necessary, go on strike, the most high-profile museum strike in years, at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, continues to provide insights

The Museum of Broken Windows takes on themes of state-sponsored racial injustice in light of New York mayor Eric Adams's planned municipal budget allocating $11bn to the NYPD

Former Tallahassee Classical School principal Hope Carrasquilla travelled to Italy and met with the Galleria del'Accademia's director

Plus, the AI photography scandal at the Sony World Photography Awards

A man and a woman have daubed red and black paint on the display case containing 'Little Dancer'

Pressing challenges include maintaining visitor numbers and developing the institution's climate response

As the late artist's 100th birthday nears, his foundation is undertaking the largest philanthropic project in its history

Leading artists and museum professionals raise fears as violence erupts in Khartoum

Questions resurface over New York museum’s rationale for consigning works by the artist to auction

Members of the museum’s union, who have been in negotiations with administration over their first contract for more than a year, handed out leaflets to attendees arriving for the annual Artists Ball

Guidelines for returning objects looted from former colonies and during the Nazi period are laid out in a report commissioned by Emmanuel Macron and written by former Louvre director Jean-Luc Martinez

The move may complicate plans to house the works in future museums such as the Edo Museum of West African Art

Josep Renau's vast memorial in Halle-Neustadt is one of the most important surviving public works of art produced in communist East Germany

Art found by chance in Old Dongola shows King David of Makuria kissing the hand of Jesus, a remarkable example of Christian art now threatened by unfolding violence in Sudan

Indiana-based Valparaiso University is reportedly hoping to raise $20m with the sale of works by O’Keeffe, Childe Hassam and Frederic Church from its museum’s collection

The museum’s annual Collectors Committee Weekend provides a major boost to its holdings

Seven dedicated galleries will now exhibit the full range and depth of the museum world’s oldest photography collection

The agency's grants will support a range of arts and heritage initiatives, including major exhibition projects at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, National Building Museum and elsewhere

The Brooklyn Museum maintains two rooftop beehives, and several more New York museums are joining the apiculture craze

The institution will reopen in its historic mansion, which is undergoing a $160m renovation, by the end of 2024

Pioneering research by a National Museums of Scotland curator finds statue reflects a village of eminent tomb-makers

Wilhelm von Schadow’s painting 'The Artist’s Children' was once owned by Max Stern, who fled Nazi persecution in the 1930s