Guatemalan law prohibits the export of such artefacts for exhibition, local culture organisations say

The museum is one of the most prominent to date to acquire a blockchain-backed digital artwork for its permanent collection

Two years after an explosion caused billions of dollars of damage, the Beirut Museum of Art has broken ground in the Lebanese capital

The Greek prime minister has pledged to repatriate the 2,500-year-old sculptures if re-elected

The historic Charleston Museum and the forthcoming International African American Museum will explore the city's painful past

According to the museum, the portrait by Giovanni Battista Moroni is “the most significant Italian Renaissance painting” it has acquired in more than half a century

The Art Newspaper’s books editor Jacqueline Riding selects spring and summer publications to look out for, from the Surrealism of Leonora Carrington to 100 years of Black figuration

The Paris museum has been struggling for years against over-attendance

French government signed multi-billion dollar deal with Saudi regime in 2018

Researcher Emma Bunker aided the notorious looter in sourcing and selling Southeast Asian antiquities

Our pick of the latest gifts and purchases to enter institutional collections worldwide

From the reopening of the National Portrait Gallery in London to the major expansion of the Buffalo AKG Art Museum in the US, here is our pick of new museum projects in the coming year

From Mondrian to Rothko, when it comes to hanging a painting, museums don't always get things right first (or even second) time

Museum in London acquired refurbished ticket kiosk site for £3m with funds from businessman Len Blavatnik

‘Louvre Looks’ videos will be posted weekly on Instagram

Rare work by Baldassare Tommaso Peruzzi, valued at £277,990, will go on show at Ulster Museum

New and refurbished museums open in Antwerp, Los Angeles and Sydney as Italian archaeologists make the "discovery of a generation" in a hilltop town in Tuscany

More than a decade after a previous attempt fizzled out, a new institution is on the prowl for prime real estate in Ottawa

Collaboration between Samdani Art Foundation in Dhaka and Delhi's Kiran Nadar Museum of Art brings the institutions—and the powerful collectors behind them—closer together

Professor Ken Arnold, co-curator of the Medicine Man display that was considered "racist, sexist and ableist", on the recent controversy

The Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum is the latest Western institution to return its collection of artefacts looted from Nigeria in the late-19th century

Announcement was made during the trial of six men which began in January and is due to resume this week

The refurbishment is backed by a raft of sponsors including British-American billionaire Leonard Blavatnik and international law firm Herbert Smith Freehills

The artist’s commission will bring a ‘new perspective’ to the painting, which has been off view since 2020

Extensive new research across 31 US museums reveals that works by female artists make up just 11% of acquisitions, while Black American artists of all genders account for only 6.3% of exhibitions

Chile-based practise Elemental is tasked with turning the former grain plant into an institution fit for Doha’s desert environment

Works on self-identity will be shown at the revamped London gallery next year

Victorian hospital will re-create the original skylight that aided innovative treatment of “working and deserving” women

Data from the Burns Halperin Report 2022, published 13 December, shows the limited purchasing power of museums and how much they rely on donors to shape their collections

Institution will reopen in 2026, with Fabric its first "nightclub in residence"