The competition to find the right director grows as US museum boards look beyond the usual suspects

Museums and the trade want to put an end to the Catch-22 situation with Medici and Becchina

The new Conservative government has so far kept quiet about its plans for the arts but the signs point to a fractious battle for resources between national and local institutions

Assyrian reliefs among the 500 loans earmarked for long stay in Abu Dhabi

The 18th-century work is an early example of racial profiling

Damascene reception room is being restored before making its museum debut in Saudi Arabia in 2016

Globetrotting photojournalist launches photography centre in the West Bund Cultural Corridor

Directors modernising formerly moribund museums are being undermined by Hindu extremists

Retired stockbroker began buying in 1967

Authorities claim that Kapoor organised global trade in stolen Asian antiquities, casting doubt on some of his gifts to international museums

The painting of Venus and Cupid hung in Hitler’s breakfast room

Scott Burton left his estate to the New York museum—but prices for his work have tumbled

Opening marks the completion of a seven-year restoration project

The 1980s art world was devastated by HIV/Aids, but artists made era-defining work even as their peers were dying from the disease. Now, US institutions are recognising the extent of their legacy, with numerous shows planned

Leading directors and curators express support of artists Walid Raad and Ashok Sukumaran <br>

Architectural competition launched to convert flour mill and grain silos into galleries and super store<br>

Venue for socio-political art to open in converted armaments factory in Maubourguet

Promised increase to help run extension made quietly last year as public spending cuts expected elsewhere

German capital’s 1960s urban renewal is explored in new shows

Sony emails reveal museum’s negotiations over actor's painting by Singer Sargent as well as Ann Ziff's collection