The London institution has reopened after four months of coronavirus lockdown but under very different circumstances

Poorly paid and with few employment benefits, freelance museum educators are more likely to be people of colour compared with full-time staff

Only by looking backwards can we start to tackle inequality in the arts sector, says Gus Casely-Hayford, the director of V&A East

Institutions across the country are cautiously welcoming back visitors

Heritage organisations such as the National Trust rely on visitors for most of their income—but they have been staying away

National cultural institutions and English Heritage will receive £100m, making up half the losses caused by the coronavirus pandemic

Cultural institutions from Amsterdam to Utrecht will work together to advance diversity and inclusion in programming, audiences and staff

Telling America’s overlooked stories is fundamental to building a true national identity, says preservationist Brent Leggs

As museums begin to reopen across the UK this month, a new poll by Ipsos Mori suggests many are simply not ready for visiting exhibitions

Plus, art under threat in Putin's Russia and George Shaw on Thomas Jones. Produced in association with Christie's

Parliamentary enquiry will examine how mining giant Rio Tinto obtained legal right to destroy ancient Juukan Gorge site

Goals include a greater role in decision-making at the four Pittsburgh institutions, which reopened Monday

Cuts come as US museums slash costs in response to loss of revenue

Built in the wake of the Second World War, Harlow maintains a remarkable collection with pieces by Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth and Rodin

Conservators will repair paint losses and weatherproof a work that the artist executed “in a sort of frenzy” in 1986

Jean-Luc Martinez believes that capitalising on the museum's permanent collection will be key to recovery

Museums can learn a lot from artists like Mark Bradford, Shan Wallace and Rick Lowe about how to more effectively engage with their communities

Loss of jobs comes amid plunge in revenue from coronavirus shutdown

Heritage group Athar were part of a campaign highlighting the social media giants' “black market in antiquities”

The Washington museum's first female director is breaking down old silos and diversifying the staff, collection and exhibitions

Institution says announcement that it will be run by organisations led by black and indigenous Americans was “a well-done piece of satire”

In a letter to management, they call for minority hiring efforts and an inquiry into the treatment of guest curator

Structural glass replaces missing walls and floors of a 1769 house, exposing indelible links to slavery

Signatories cite “unfair practices”, unequal pay and lack of diversity

The move follows growing frustration after a Zoom meeting among employees and upper management at the New York institution

Arte Povera sculptor hopes that his donations of hundreds of works on paper will start a dialogue

As institutions reopen their doors to a world that has changed significantly, public scrutiny of private money is not going away

We do the sums as the culture sector plans to get back to business

Failure to seize this opportunity to make changes would be a graver error than any breach of etiquette