In this week's episode, Ben Luke discusses the UK government’s response to a report about the future of Arts Council England, talks to the curator of a new Raphael exhibition in New York, and takes a look at a work by the multimedia artist Senga Nengudi

According to our 2025 Visitor Figures survey, the Seoul location of the museum is attracting more international guests

Danish government reforms have resulted in increased funds for museums, but some question the equity of grants based on footfall

Our annual survey shows that some of the world’s most venerable institutions are still struggling to attract the number of visitors they had before Covid, but there is enthusiasm for new museums, and in regions such as Asia and Latin America

Following a £5m refit, the Sheep Field Barn gallery at the sculptor’s farmhouse in Hertfordshire, England, will also house an education centre

Museums are “remarkably unwilling to acknowledge their own status as democratic institutions, the bedrock of civic society and our most important public spaces”

The government's favourable response comes three months after the publication of Margaret Hodge's landmark Arts Council England review

The agreements will see an artist-in-residence pilot programme established with the Misk Art Institute in Riyadh and collaborations with Museums Victoria in Australia

Cultural exchanges in both directions have been created via new infrastructure, rail routes and flights, but also organically, through artist and institutional collaborations

Nine of the objects will stay in Switzerland despite the change of ownership

Some scholars however have questioned the wording used in the new labels in the Ancient Levant and Egyptian galleries

Currently director of Tate Liverpool, Legg will be responsible for the RA’s exhibitions, collection and public programme

Balshaw says a proposed 'tourist tax' would be a better source of revenue for UK museums

A once-popular mechanism that allowed collectors to secure an in-demand work if they gifted a second to an institution, market shifts have made "bogos" less viable

It is time to rethink leadership that is framed as a top-down, heroic and deeply individualised pursuit

The snuffboxes, made in 18th-century Berlin, come from the Gilbert Collection, and will go on display in a new gallery space at the V&A in South Kensington

Such income streams are “riskier” according to a new report by the National Audit Office

Cultural sites and museums in Israel have closed and have been instructed to move their collections into bomb shelters

The Giacometti Museum and School will open in 2028 with a vast collection of masterpieces, many of which have never been exhibited

Redevelopment makes Newcastle Art Gallery biggest regional collection in New South Wales

The place where we observe a work of art—and the feelings we have—play a crucial role in our experience

Could the city’s cultural cachet soon match that of New York? A slew of multi-million-dollar projects, from dramatic new museums to major renovations, suggest that it could

Christophe Léribault will replace Laurence des Cars following her resignation and Annick Lemoine will take up the vacant position after the sudden death of Sylvain Amic

Anti-billionaire campaign group Everyone Hates Elon put the photograph up and called for "justice for all Epstein survivors"

A reconstruction of an early YouTube watch page shows the 19-second clip "Me at the zoo" from 2005

Former home of painter Ary Scheffer celebrates the Romantic period through art, music and soundscapes

The institution is offering a “voluntary exit scheme” for all employees and will be reducing its activities

The archaeological museum in northeast Syria—which was out of sight of many local residents until late 2024—is opening 24 years after construction on it began

The post-war arts complex has been Grade II listed but one critic has responded by calling it a “concrete monstrosity”

Hepworth insiders Laura Smith and Olivia Colling have been appointed into new roles as the gallery celebrates its 15th anniversary this year