Washington DC’s Museum of the Bible had acquired the artefacts through its founder Steve Green

New space for Modern and contemporary art from the Arab world will put on five exhibitions a year

Staff members found their keys to the city's Art Bank abruptly deactivated as tensions rose between Mayor Muriel Bowser and the commission

Several high-profile artists including Ai Weiwei have spoken out against the policy

Douriean Fletcher, who made the jewellery for Black Panther, speaks at the National Museum of Women in the Arts

In January, the 19 Smithsonian institutions had just 13% of the footfall they had experienced the year before

One of the longest reform movements in American history, which continues to be an issue today, is explored in the show

The 1965 work, Phalli's Field, was a breakthrough in the artist's career

Legal experts discussed the pressing topics for institutions at a recent conference in Washington, DC

The renovation taps into the spirit of the founding architect, Gordon Bunshaft

Her show Mark My Words is at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, DC—one of the museums still open during the shutdown

The mayor’s plan to curtail the powers of the leading arts funder in the US capital could reduce its vital independence

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

Works made with the funding should not be “lewd, lascivious, vulgar, overtly political, excessively violent, constitutes sexual harassment, or is, in any other way, illegal,” according to the clause

Lawyers for the Prussian Cultural Foundation argued that it was not “genocide” when the objects were sold in 1935

After offering to return a work looted by the Nazis in exchange for his family’s former real estate, Khochinsky was placed under house arrest in New York and faced a 10-year prison sentence in Poland

Early signs of the order’s impact on cultural exchange have artists and curators concerned

Institutions need all hands on deck to redress imbalances in jobs and programming

Court artist had an impressive roster of sitters including Mary Rose Tudor

The former US president and first lady shared some personal connections with the artists, Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald

From erotic photographs to psychedelic quilts, a reappraisal of autodidacticism features more than 80 eclectic artists

Smithsonian institution was inaugurated by President Obama in 2016

Private institution is funded by evangelical Hobby Lobby chairman, Steve Green