An exhibition at the Saint Louis Art Museum will look at how artists incorporated the unique properties of polished stone into their paintings

National Capital Planning Commission welcomes revisions to Hiroshi Sugimoto’s proposal for an expanded reflecting pool and stacked stone walls

A collaboration between the Cleveland Museum of Art and the National Museum of Cambodia revealed that each boy god had been given the other’s limbs during earlier conservation work

So far, the museum has not determined who the boy is, but it has reidentified other figures in the controversial painting, which is about to go back on view

Plus, the rise of private museums and Renaissance portraits at the Rijksmuseum

On the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks, artists reflect on how the event has impacted their work

Nascent museum proclaims a commitment to economic justice and expansion of the art canon

From Dior at the Brooklyn Museum to Shigeko Kubota at MoMA

A turf battle may loom on the National Mall, but secretary Lonnie Bunch hopes to limit the hurdles for institutions devoted to Latino culture and women’s history

In the Presents section, galleries founded within the past ten years present solo or dual-artist shows. Here are some works to look out for this year

Scientific testing reveals that the artist radically changed his depiction of a Paris couple in a landmark 1788 painting

The 26 works, promised by a New York collecting couple, enhance the museum’s current holdings and add new artists to its collection

Investigation recommends a review of Penn Museum practices while clearing the two individuals of unethical conduct

Represented by a UAW local, curators, conservators, educators and others at the New York institution will now seek to negotiate a contract with management

Ranging from actor Lynda Carter and tennis star Billie Jean King to former US commerce secretary Penny Pritzker and television executive Abbe Raven, its members are expected to play a crucial role in fundraising

Mayor’s order will be enforced starting on 13 September after a public education campaign

David E. Little, who heads Amherst College’s museum, has experience in fund-raising, educating and curating at multiple US institutions

Memorial sculpture, valued at $80,000, may have been stolen so the metal could be sold to a scrapyard

Three co-presidents rather than one will oversee the institution, which has also recruited a more diverse array of board members

A United Auto Workers local that represents employees at several other museums files a petition on their behalf for a union vote

Leader oversaw an ambitious series of construction projects but has also contended with reports of midlevel management abuses and equity issues

Stipends, ranging from around $7,000 to $100,000, will help museums jump-start clean energy, climate disaster protection and sustainability projects

New York institution says it lost over $37m when it was forced to shut down, but insurance company caps potential coverage at $200,000

Appointments follow accusations of “systemic racism” in hiring and programming at the museum

Gift includes examples by Horace Pippin, Sister Gertrude Morgan and Bill Traylor

Employees at the New York institution join a phalanx of museum workers in the region seeking representation

Our pick of the latest gifts and purchases to enter institutional collections worldwide

An exhibition at the Colby College Museum of Art probes how the African-American painter defied expectations

From the Met’s survey of women photographers to Wong Ping’s dark films at the New Museum

Plus, Rania Matar's photographic portraits