Despite kicking off 2020 with a record-breaking Leonardo exhibition, like many museums around the world, the Parisian institution was adversely affected by coronavirus lockdowns

While the West continues to grapple with its colonial past, institutions from Togo to Cairo are creating more expansive models to celebrate art

Luigi Brugnaro's "entrepreneurial" decision violates Venice's historic agreement with Italian state to keep the landmark open to the public

Williamson Art Gallery & Museum in Birkenhead is also under threat of closure as part of cost-cutting measures by local council

Initiative by the Nigerian artist Emeka Ogboh is supported by Dresden’s state museums

Two decades since the billionaire started planning a home for his collection in the French capital, the spectacular space is due to open on 23 January

Institutions act on go-ahead from the city after their second closing in November

New NGV Contemporary building is the latest ambitious construction project planned in the country

From the much-anticipated Grand Egyptian Museum to the Frick’s move to a Brutalist landmark, here are the building projects aiming to change cultural landscapes around the world

Culture minister wants to move the ‘red lines’ in negotiations with Baroness Carmen Cervera

If institutions keep admission limits in place, they’ll come out of the coronavirus crisis in better health, says art critic Blake Gopnik

Museum curators chart the human angle of the crisis, but collecting material on recent events comes with ethical considerations

Our pick of the latest gifts and purchases to enter international museum collections

Collector David Walsh’s celebrated subterranean gallery marks tenth anniversary next month

Though many institutions are suffering from serious reductions in revenue, collections expanded via restricted acquisition funds

Bipartisan effort, decades in the making, permits Smithsonian Institution to move ahead with plans

The museum’s debut, repeatedly postponed, is now anticipated in September of next year

Goals include better pay and benefits, Covid-19 safety and a role in the institutions’ decision-making

Suite of galleries in refurbished Courtauld Gallery will be named after the Ukraine-born industrialist

Museums have a responsibility to the people to protect and share the collection, says the London museum's director Gabriele Finaldi

Alyssa Nitchun hopes to advance New York museum’s role as a queer sanctuary and “provocateur”

Arts organisation Neon are working on the project with the Greek government to mark 200 years since the country’s liberation from the Ottoman Empire

The question of restitution as well as a new order of north-south relations should be top of the agenda, says George Abungu an international adviser to the project

From the building, to the name and the cost, we bring you the Berlin art complex in a nutshell

City hopes the $230m new building will raise its profile as an art destination to match Basel

Three-week delay caused by rising cases of coronavirus in the country

High-risk patients get Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine at Thackray Museum of Medicine

Rem Koolhaas’ Factory arts hub in Manchester—scheduled for completion in 2022—gets £21m grant

Former minister Rachida Dati calls on Emmanuel Macron to authorise the change

The programme includes webinars examining dealers and collectors