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"

A lawsuit claims that the billionaire sexually assaulted a woman in Jeffrey Epstein's New York mansion

Prize worth £110,000 enables Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art to host first UK museum show dedicated to Tanzanian-born artist Everlyn Nicodemus

The Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, known as the KMSKA, is facing a barrage of criticism following its grand reopening in September

For many museums, the offer of works of art can be more of a headache than a blessing, so potential donors are finding they must do some groundwork to ensure their gift will be accepted—and appreciated

The designers behind the New Museum in New York and the Louvre-Lens talk about their latest project in Sydney

As the Sydney museum reopens, we look at its long history of supporting artists, and when it began to collect Indigenous art

The Art Gallery of New South Wales has been expanded with a new building by Japanese architects SANAA, while new displays will push Australia's Indigenous artists to the fore

A once-hidden relic of the Second World War by Sydney's harbour has been turned into an underground exhibition space

The Sydney-based museum has almost 36,000 pieces from across time and from around the world

First floor of London museum to be renamed the "Blavatnik Wing" and will display 100 years of portraiture across nine galleries

Country’s museums association says institutions must involve Indigenous people in “every element” of their work

Here are the shows to visit beyond the Art Basel fair this week

French billionaire Xavier Niel will fund the renovation of Gare des Invalides site

Despite the availability of work by high-profile artists, leading institutions are reticent about confronting a pressing issue

The newly restored galleries will also exhibit loan shows and house collections by Suffolk’s own Cedric Morris and John Constable

Workers are increasingly turning to collective bargaining, industrial action and representation by trade unions

Choosing museums as a backdrop to protests is "a testament of their symbolic power and relevance in the discussions around the climate emergency,” International Council of Museums says

Protesters gathered at Lacma to mark the Zahedan massacre as well as draw attention to the suppression and imprisonment of protesters and activists

"Artemisia UpClose" project at Casa Buonarroti in Florence, Italy, will use state-of-the-art technology to show the original painting

In speech at the annual trustees dinner George Osborne said that "dismantling" the collection "must not become the careless act of a single generation”

Culture minister Gennaro Sangiuliano criticises museum for not opening on the Monday before All Saints Day but director Eike Schmidt says government must step in to find "reinforcements"