New government initiative MuseumsLab aims to foster more international co-operation and consider topics including decolonisation and restitution

Prolonging the pain will not help the culture sector—a formerly $1bn industry that supported 36,000 full-time jobs—bounce back, leaders say

John Kingman, the London museum's deputy chair, will temporarily step into the role

Victor Arnautoff’s large-scale 1960s mosaics on public buildings in Mariupol are threatened by neglect and a “decommunisation” campaign

Staff labour organisers at the Philadelphia Museum of Art reflect on their accomplishments

We discuss Matthew Barney, Igshaan Adams, Eileen Agar and Louise Bourgeois

The Khalil Museum, with its fabled Impressionists in a mansion by the Nile, has reopened after an 11-year renovation—without Vincent’s flower still-life

Opening exhibition looks back at the global emergence of the Chinese art world at the 2000 Shanghai Biennale

Auction at Sotheby’s yields promising yet mixed results for museum’s drive to fund collections care

Closed for five months longer than planned, the renovated house-museum can finally unveil expanded spaces, restored treasures and new acquisitions

Following backlash over proposed chronological reorganisation of London museum, specialist departments will now remain

The Fontevraud Modern Art Museum, housed in a 12th-century monastery’s former stables, will preserve more than 800 works donated by collectors Martine and Léon Cligman

Job stability and ongoing inequities have become even more pressing during the pandemic, workers say

The privately funded Dutch branch of the State Hermitage Museum has attracted 10,000 donations from the public but director says "we're not done yet"

The $66m project includes expanding galleries, creating research and education spaces and restoring its landmark 1908 building

Experienced divers and casual bathers alike will gain access to ancient marine monuments, which remain where they were found on the seabed

"Independence cuts both ways," UK culture secretary Oliver Dowden warns museums and heritage bodies

Francis I of Brittany had his first wife painted over in a medieval prayer book before giving it to his new spouse, research at Cambridge's Fitzwilliam Museum shows

The museum looks to a “new era” after a difficult history, including long delays in the opening its new home and the termination of two of its directors by the Culture Ministry

As the museum commits itself to diversity, E. Carmen Ramos, a curator of Latino art, will be “the principal architect of the visitor experience”

Museum says the move is intended to promote “truthful narratives” and promote social change

Support comes from the Covid relief fund launched last year by Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, who has visited the Marfa arts centre

Work on the 760m-long Renaissance passageway, which has been closed for safety since 2016, will be completed in May next year

A newly published research paper explains the authentication and repatriation process for a tsantsa once housed in Mercer University’s natural history collection

The funerary piece was illicitly excavated from the ancient city of Cyrene which is under threat from property developers

Archaeologists object to covering the amphitheatre's unique underground space and point to more vital restoration projects in the country

Architect's Core Project expansion creates 90,000 sq. ft of new galleries and reimagined public spaces at heart of 1928 landmark

The self-made billionaire helped shape the Los Angeles art scene, while clashing with most of its prominent museum leaders

Museums Association says government refusal to renew academic Aminul Hoque’s term is “worrying”, and the chair of trustees has resigned over the decision

The two-part exhibition invokes the upheaval of the past year and will be accompanied by an "intimate" gala this September and then a more expansive benefit next May