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The Bath museum, the only surviving example of the reclusive millionaire's architectural achievements, is also showing works from his original art collection

"My Dear Alice" explores, through hundreds of letters written to the unheralded artist, the romantic correspondences of Victorian-era women

State meddling is “annihilating capacity of institutions”, says commissioner of Museum Watch Governance Management Project

Plus, Chris Levine's portrait of Queen Elizabeth II; and a rise in political interference in museum leadership

Aleksandr Shkolnik was added to list of sanctioned individuals by the UK and Australia, and is the first Russian museum director to be targeted

Five years ago President Macron took the museum world by surprise when he announced a then-revolutionary restitution plan. Now the country’s politicians are at odds about how to implement it

"There are people who are destroying the planet, that's why I did it," the vandal said

From Sex Pistols album covers to a tower moat full of flowers, here are the best exhibitions, installations and events to check out over the long bank holiday

The museum will be built on the site of the Rennie Museum in Vancouver, which focuses on contemporary art

The proposed museum replacing the current building has been called a “vanity project”

Exeter museum has held various objects belonging to the 19th-century Blackfoot leader Chief Crowfoot since 1878

A $118m project to expand the Museum of Chinese in America in New York kicks off amid protests centring on plans for a massive new “skyscraper” jail

London museum signs memorandum of understanding with Bayeux city officials to develop curatorial and scientific exchange

Henrietta Howard's Marble Hill is a rare surviving example of such a home, and even rarer as one created by a woman

The head of artist copyright society Dacs will replace Iwona Blazwick, who served as head of the East London institution for 20 years

Bët-bi, planned for 2025, will be designed by architect Mariam Issoufou Kamara

Current director of Gropius Bau will oversee opening of the long-awaited institution in the United Arab Emirates

British Museum and Victoria and Albert Museum now under scrutiny of Cambodian government

As stringent restrictions on art sales return after a pandemic reprieve, American institutions seem more polarised than ever

Institutions in the running include Tŷ Pawb in Wrexham and Horniman Museum and Gardens in London

Eighteen institutions from Aberdeen to St Ives have been granted funds to help with travel and accommodation

Online articles by staff at the National Museum of the History of Ukraine show how items resonate with the war-torn country

Victoria and Albert Museum is last major UK institution to retain the donors' name on its building, despite settlement agreement allowing its removal

Plus, London's new Queer Britain museum and a rediscovered work by Caterina Angela Pierozzi

Queer Britain museum and Queercircle art space, both opening as the UK marks 50 years of Gay Pride marches, will offer free-entry exhibitions and public workshops

The museum—set inside a Buckinghamshire country house—has opened its largest ever gallery, called the Intelligence Factory, this week

As part of the Save Ukraine Art network, essential materials to protect works from bombs, fire and damp are heading to Lviv National Art Gallery

The case of the Birds' Head Haggadah is the first time a museum in Israel has faced a restitution lawsuit for an object allegedly lost in the Holocaust

‘Everybody is happy and nobody is jealous,” the entrepreneur says