The museum is “eager to work with the relevant parties in Nigeria” to restitute the sculpture

Can another museum with a commitment to broaden Americans’ exposure to great art, including pre-contemporary works, take up the show?

Chronicling the work of female photographers from the 1920s to the 1950s, a show organised with the National Gallery of Art breaks significant ground

Stephen G. Stein’s donation includes notable examples of images by Gustave Le Gray, William Eggleston, Brassaï, Robert Frank, Sally Mann and others

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

As the museum commits itself to diversity, E. Carmen Ramos, a curator of Latino art, will be “the principal architect of the visitor experience”

National of Gallery of Art also plans to open its West Building in Washington, DC

Works were purchased from Souls Grown Deep Foundation in a move that could ‘alter the canon of American art'

Woodland scene by Jan Brueghel the Elder heads to Washington DC; London’s National Portrait Gallery gets a Gainsborough via acceptance in lieu

Move by Washington, DC museums comes amid a wave of new US closures

Citing “unease and anxiety” about the show, the director of MFA, Boston predicts it will spur “in-depth discussions about great art”

Revelations in new book about an attic discovery throw fresh light on Vincent’s decision to become an artist

“An exhibition with such strong commentary on race cannot be done by all white curators,” says NGA chief Kaywin Feldman

Essays from African American artists such as Glenn Ligon and Trenton Doyle Hancock show that issues were being addressed

Move is deemed “cowardly” and “patronising” after joint statement from host museums including National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC and London’s Tate Modern

Former Tahitian resident Fabrice Fourmanoir helped The Art Newspaper correctly identify a fake in the Getty Museum's collection earlier this year

The Washington museum's first female director is breaking down old silos and diversifying the staff, collection and exhibitions

Experts embrace a blend of remote monitoring and on-site tours, while marvelling at diminished levels of dust

National Gallery of Canada cites use of forced labour on royal estates in wartime

Attempted robbery was thwarted by police

He was the National Gallery of Art’s founding curator of 20th-century art and led the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth and Memphis Brooks Museum of Art

The artist is best known as Leonardo’s teacher, but an exhibition at the National Gallery of Art in Washington aims to highlight his own technical accomplishment and inventiveness

Exhibitions and events at museums and galleries worldwide proves we are still looney for the Moon 50 years after setting foot on it

Landscapes on view at the National Gallery contain hidden historical clues

During her first week on the job, the new director reveals her aspirations for the museum

The shutdown dealt a blow to federally-funded museums, with disappointed visitors, furloughed staff, disrupted exhibitions and lost revenue that “can never be regained”

Kaywin Feldman, to begin in March, currently leads the Minneapolis Institute of Art

Scientists and artists replicated the Renaissance design, inking and printing process

Structural engineers and architects were among those restoring the room-sized cast at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC