Museums
Italian court sides with Getty Museum in export dispute over Bassano painting
The Council of State dismissed the Italian culture ministry’s belated attempt to repatriate “absolute masterpiece” from the Los Angeles museum
Valongo Wharf—historic hub of Brazil's slave trade—opens following overdue $400,000 renovation
The Rio de Janeiro site, where one million enslaved Africans disembarked, retains its Unesco World Heritage status
Court of Appeal ruling will prevent UK museums from charging reproduction fees—at last
Those © symbols on UK museum websites and catalogues are now redundant if the original work of art is out of copyright
There is no end to the museum exodus
Higher salaries are a major reason why mid-level museum workers are leaving for commercial gallery jobs, but instability caused by the Covid pandemic is also a factor
A change of regime in Poland presents challenges and opportunities for the culture sector
After eight years of the right-wing PiS-led government, breaking down the silos in the country's arts sector will be key
Why all museums need an in-house TikToker
Keen to capitalise on the social media channel's rising profile in the art world, the Peabody Essex Museum hired two dedicated creators in residence
Will Las Vegas finally get an art museum? Collector Elaine Wynn and Lacma back new $150m institution
Council moves forward with plans for 90,000 square-foot Las Vegas Museum of Art in Symphony Park
The big museum openings and expansions of 2024
The Grand Egyptian Museum should open at last, while Masp in São Paulo gets a tower-block extension
New displays at Imperial War Museum come at a crucial time for world peace
The London museum's thematic approach to conflict references current conflicts as well as historic ones
New National Museum of… (fill in the blank) invites contemplation on the role and pervasiveness of US museums
The public art project in Pittsburgh is preparing to launch its second phase, titled the “National Museum of Broken Treaties”
Visitor numbers for UK museums show signs of recovery
Figures for the first half of 2023 show an increase over the year before, although still below their pre-Covid peaks
Controversy swirls around Centre Pompidou ahead of 2025 closure
Talks between trade unions and the French culture ministry stall as workers fear for their future during the Paris museum’s five-year shutdown
American Second World War museum uses AI to tell veterans’ stories
As the generation that served in the war ages, an experiential museum in New Orleans seeks to keep their voices alive
National Gallery of Australia finally unveils controversial £3.5m Jordan Wolfson commission
The provocative robotic piece was first announced more than five years ago
Art Basel in Miami Beach: big sales, little politics
Plus, EMST, the all-women museum in Athens, and Pesellino’s David panels at the National Gallery in London
How does art survive a hurricane? Behind the measures Florida museums are taking to withstand extreme weather
With Florida’s rising sea levels and increasingly severe storms, the art world is waking up to the need to plan for the worst
Nam June Paik exhibition at The Bass reveals his love affair with Miami Beach
A show at The Bass explores how the father of video art was inspired by south Florida, where he spent the last few years of his life
As Cop28 opens in Dubai, museums grapple with net zero
As world leaders gather to attend the United Nations’ climate talks, a new report outlines how the UK government could help cultural venues divest from fossil fuels
'Where Dalí became who he was’: new museum in artist's childhood home offers insight into his earliest years
The house where Dalí was born has been transformed into an immersive cultural experience, featuring intimate family spaces and grand technological installations
Israeli gallery destroyed by Hamas finds new homes
Be’eri Gallery was burned during the 7 October attack, but displays in Jerusalem and beyond are carrying its legacy
Bombing of Gaza has damaged or destroyed more than 100 heritage sites, NGO report reveals
A Byzantine church and a seventh-century mosque are believed to have been obliterated, while scores of other cultural landmarks have been affected
As Iceland braces for the winter, museums lobby for more storage
Fifteen years since Iceland’s banking crisis, funding cuts have left the nation’s art in a state of potential peril
So you work for a museum and you have ratified a union contract… what next?
In the past few years, unionised employees at more than a dozen US museums have finalised their first contracts with management, but how have their day-to-day lives changed as a result?
An insider’s guide to Tokyo: the essential things to see during Art Week Tokyo
From a high-rise museum to an artist’s apartment turned project space, Sam Thorne, director-general of Japan House London, reveals his favourite places to discover art in the megacity and beyond
German parliament approves Berlin centre devoted to Nazi terror in occupied Europe
The new centre is to “include groups of victims who have so far received less attention,” the Bundestag says
Poland's arts community cautiously optimistic as right-wing ruling party fails to win majority
Poles voted in record numbers on the weekend, paving the way for the opposition parties led by Donald Tusk to form a coalition government
How museum guides are being enlisted in the US culture wars
Docents—voluntary educators who are frequently white, of retirement age and middle class—embody the tensions between the status quo and change in US museums
Lacklustre results for highly anticipated auction from Long Museum collection in China—experts weigh in on why
Despite a slew of records set for Western art in Asia, including new highest prices for Modigliani and Mark Bradford, the Hong Kong sale made below its low estimate
Fortnite’s Holocaust museum and how video games incorporate exhibition spaces
A virtual museum in the popular game counteracts players who deny or distort the history of antisemitism