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

Billionaire art collector, businessman and philanthropist founded the museum that bears his name and helped shore up Disney Concert Hall, Lacma and MOCA

Around 160 institutions hold looted Benin artefacts, but how many are prepared to give them back? We asked museums in five countries for their position on restitution

New exhibition on 5,000 years of Iranian civilisation will feature museum's rarely seen replicas of life-sized friezes from King Darius’s “very excellent” palace

Appointment follows controversy over Black's ties to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein

As Israel and Denmark introduce Covid-19 status certificates, institutions are concerned that government schemes may keep visitors away

National of Gallery of Art also plans to open its West Building in Washington, DC

Her first task at the French institution will be to expand its international programming and partnerships

New research for British Museum exhibition means panels depicting St Thomas Becket's healing miracles will be correctly reassembled after centuries in the wrong order

An exhibition at the National Museum of Finland will celebrate the objects' repatriation to the Sámi Museum and Nature Centre Siida in northern Lapland

Lynda Roscoe Hartigan will head back as director after serving just a year at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists are front and centre in the Art Gallery of New South Wales's expansion plans, writes museum director Michael Brand

Others welcome the change while scrutinising their Covid-19 safety procedures

Former police officer faces up 40 years in prison, but systemic racism must now be addressed, says San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

Curator cites management resistance to diversity effort, and personnel manager describes a “hostile environment”

Planning application for Melbourne businessman Lindsey Hogg’s Rosemaur Gallery has international support but faces local opposition

University-led project prepares artist's home of 65 years and its 8,000 objects for guided tours starting later this year

Historic building in the heart of the capital Vilnius to be split up and turned into restaurants, hotels and other commercial and cultural spaces