It is the 88th known surviving piece of Ru ceramic, one of which sold for $37.7m at Sotheby's in 2017

Although national museums are closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, Perpignan's Musée Rigaud, Casa Pairal, Musée Puig and the museum of natural history are open to the public again

Mixed-media montage by UK artist Endless was donated to the Florence museum

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

Petition against the move claims that management want to ‘orientate the museum to income generation’

With vaccines now being deployed and a return to normality on the horizon, institutions may find they have been shortsighted in letting their employees go

Heirs plan to donate the work to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

New arrangement, to last 15 years, means key works by Gauguin, Monet and Picasso have been saved for the nation

Petition calls for more transparency in planned display of the collection of Emil Georg Bührle, who bought Nazi-looted art with a fortune built on weapons

Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen's gift from collectors Laurens Vancrevel and Frida de Jong “opens up new horizons on surrealist activities”, says expert

London's Science Museum and a West Midlands museum where Peaky Blinders was filmed are just some of the venues doubling up as Covid-19 vaccine hubs

Creators of inflatable effigy hope work serves as a "reminder of the fight against the politics of hate" that took place during Trump's presidency

Former leader of Aspen Art Museum says she was beguiled by the California institution’s history and new building by Morphosis

Museum joins other institutions in assailing protestors' rampage and hate-inspiring imagery as a threat to democracy and equality

Racial equity consultants are helping to roll out strategies and training for museum staff and executives

Leighton House Museum—which was once the home and studio of artist Lord Leighton—is undergoing restoration and will reopen in 2021

Scheduled to reopen this week, cultural institutions must keep their doors shut after an increase in Covid-19 cases

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