With sparse personnel and visitors, some criminals will try to see if the “closed” sign actually means “open”, say K2 Intelligence FIN's art crime experts

Signatories include leaders at Rome's MaXXI Museum and Venice’s civic museums as well as the artist Paola Pivi

Reduced security staff and distracted police forces could lead to a rise in art thefts—but there are measures that can be taken to protect collections

Huge new complex for Egypt's antiquities—which was originally scheduled to open in 2011—will be delayed until 2021

Our pick of the latest gifts and purchases to enter international museum collections—from £1m flower pyramids to an enigmatic portrait of a young black woman

Politically minded figure left helm of Queens Museum amid tensions with its board

Detectives are intensifying their investigation into the latest crime, at Laren’s Singer museum, which was committed this week on the artist’s birthday

The new director of London's Chisenhale Gallery recommends her favourite book, music, and Instagram account

Conservation departments are sending gloves, masks and Tyvek suits to hospitals and ambulance services

After the coronavirus pandemic, we will need our museums' masterpieces as never before

The man was looking for the “blackest black” in Malevich painting but says he fell “into a glitch hole”

Tim Steiner, whose entire back is covered in an ink piece created by Wim Delvoye, will sit in the empty Mona museum until the end of April

Devedjian was leading plans for a museum project in Saint-Cloud, west of Paris, about the reign of Louis XIV

They might not always draw the crowds that flock to malls and amusement parks, but museums are seen as valuable additions to communities—even by people who have never stepped foot in one

Female artists dominated the top ranks of last year's photography shows

What coronavirus is really forcing us to address is the societal function and justification for public culture in the 21st century, says the Victoria and Albert Museum's director

As museums donate protective supplies to medical centres during coronavirus crisis, grassroots efforts to make masks struggle to meet medical standards

Last year also saw record attendances at both Tate Modern and Tate Britain

Curators at French museum plan to launch video game centred on contemporary art while its Shanghai satellite reopens to the public

We have gathered information about grants and loans around the world to help you get through the Covid-19 crisis

The Art Newspaper's founder-editor Anna Somers Cocks on the impact of Covid-19 on Turin, where she is in lockdown

Arts Council England will release a document that addresses the ethical and practical issues around restituting cultural objects, planned for autumn 2020

Art Institute of Chicago and Smithsonian are among institutions that have embraced technology, and more are set to ramp up their efforts

Tate Modern, Tate Britain, Tate St Ives and Tate Liverpool will shut their doors from 18 March

Advocacy group has warned UK government that museums risk permanent closure due to the pandemic's effect on funding streams

Updates on which cultural institutions are temporarily closing to contain the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic

Here are the best digital initiatives to feed your need for art

Culture ministers from the 16 states to meet today to discuss their response to the virus

Shanghai's Power Station of Art and Shanghai Museum welcomed visitors today after China's tough measures helped curb the spread of the disease

We speak to Gabriele Finaldi about the challenges of opening a show at the time of coronavirus and to its curator about this extraordinary series of paintings. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793