Museums may need to rethink their content and find new ways to engage with young fans online

The biennial opens its 17th edition with a wide-ranging programme of 17 curators directing the projects of 51 artists across multiple venues

Charity's “Reimagine” programme will fund a variety of initiatives, from developing a new model for provenance research to preserving digital heritage

The cutting-edge institution, which opens tomorrow, fuses museum and library in decommissioned military airport

The Hong Kong entrepreneur also spoke about his love for Monet, Matthew Wong and the Medici family in an interview hosted off the back of the latest K11 Art Foundation Salon

The Uffizi in Florence is restricting selfies, and New York’s Frick Collection bans all photography—but other museums encourage them

In 2023 the Mütter Museum was at the centre of a scandal around the repatriation of Indigenous remains. Now, as the dust begins to settle, a new leadership team is looking to the future

Visitors to Chong's recent show at UCCA Dune in China have accused the artist of “misogyny” after he allegedly reposted images of them to his Instagram account without consent

The Duke of Richmond launches a non-profit 70-acre home to contemporary art on his estate to offer all ages the educational and health benefits of art, in a seasonally shifting plot of South Downs woodland

‘The Herds’ is an expanding throng of life-sized moveable animal sculptures—and it succeeds where many ostensibly green projects fail

The California institution is one of the top five museums for social media growth in the world in the past year. We spoke to the museum's director of digital and social content strategy

Museums must widen the ways in which they serve their audiences to reflect new forms of social interaction

Museums are using mobile technology to engage directly with their audiences and in future may use this data to boost their bottom lines too

Art space in Belo Horizonte found an innovative way to engage with its audience during the pandemic—and now it's here to stay

The event, launched in 2014, is a unique experience freed from “stage-managed dialogue”, its moderator says

Two surveys supported by the National Endowment for the Arts show that in-person art activities remain below pre-Covid levels, while many Americans continue to experience culture virtually

We speak to the museum's social media manager Claire Lanier about her digital engagement strategies in the age of Covid-19

Ed Atkins talks to Ben Luke about his influences—from writers to musicians, film-makers and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped his life and work

Art UK's Curations initiative enables “anyone anywhere with internet access” to create an exhibition using the national image database

New York museum invites online audience to make and own non-fungible tokens communally on the blockchain in 15-person groups

In a sign of how drastically things would change, fewer than half prioritised online offerings in a wide-ranging survey

Visitors to the Museum of Art and Photography in Bangalore can pose questions to a "digital twin" of the late Bombay Progressive Group painter

MoMA is ‘das museum’, German carmaker says, as it expands support to cover digital education, exhibitions and events for the next two years

During the coronavirus crisis, we will continue to bring you breaking news, analysis and helpful resources from the art world

As venues experiment with selling virtual exhibition tours, talks and workshops online, the key to success may be an emphasis on the expert, bespoke and exclusive

Moving on from traditional didacticism and adapting to a new level of modern communication

Research groups have designed new technologies and initiatives for the V&A, Kunsthistorisches Museum and Thyssen-Bornemisza

In a fortunate position of financial security, the institution is finding ways to continue its efforts towards accessibility, social justice and equity

New director of Fine Arts Museums brings experience of running three Frankfurt institutions

Suay Aksoy, president of Icom, says museums closed by Covid-19 lockdowns "need to champion themselves because their survival may depend on it"

After more than a year in his new job, we interview the director about his priorities

New experience produced by Frameless Creative with London museum to launch national and international tour at MediaCity, Salford, in May 2025

Event marking anniversaries of the Emirati museum and New York University Abu Dhabi looked at museum collections, buildings and people, and the impact of coronavirus

Visitor numbers at some of the world’s most popular art venues have nosedived and uncertainty for the future remains

Increasingly, the digital sphere is another frontier where institutions battle it out for the attention of culture-seekers

The latest billboard campaign by For Freedoms follows an alarming rise in attacks and threats against Jewish people and sites

The Covid-19 pandemic has seen the art world renew its engagement with virtual and augmented reality. Now is the time to give this format a critical framework

This Diary's predictions about NFTs, Brexit and Boris Johnson have all come true. But Britain removing image restrictions on art would be the ultimate victory

In the game-changing era of NFTs and AI, the city’s diversified art ecosystem has helped it play catch-up as the medium’s global hub

Grayson Perry is made a knight while Turner prize nominee Ingrid Pollard gets an MBE

As South Korea’s presence in the international art world grows rapidly, we look at what makes it unique and the challenges it faces

Geneva-based RVig, who was awarded the prize for a piece inspired by Baudelaire, is hoping for a more nuanced understanding of what NFTs bring to the art world

Digital art venues are a global phenomenon, attracting massive audiences with radical new forms of immersive experiences. Are they a threat or an opportunity for traditional galleries and museums?

The auction giant’s web address currently redirects to a placeholder page where telephone numbers for its various offices are listed

With lockdown lifted for nail salons and zoos, anger rises over arts institutions’ continued closure, estimated to cost the sector $22m a day

Country’s museums association says institutions must involve Indigenous people in “every element” of their work

Our expert panel of artists and storytellers review extended reality exhibitions and events

Senior social media manager Nell Burnham reports that the @tate account, which serves both Tate Modern and Tate Britain, doubled its video views to 65 million in 2023

Artex, the latest in a slew of new initiatives, is offering shares in a Francis Bacon triptych for as little as $100—but is it a good investment?

Independence of museums and heritage bodies is at risk, say Ed Vaizey and Chris Smith, as Johnson’s government pushes ‘anti-woke’ agenda

The Independent art fair has partnered with Los Angeles’s Contemporary Art Library to launch the New York Gallery History Project

Seven years ago Wentworth Woodhouse was in a sorry state, now it turns over £3.5m a year—but how did this palace-sized property achieve such success?

Cultural institutions have an ethical duty to speak out about the crisis, and are uniquely qualified to empower people to live more sustainably, says Horniman Museum director Nick Merriman

As people pay eye-watering crypto-sums for digital art, many see losses as well as gains in this brave new intangible world

While the West continues to grapple with its colonial past, institutions from Togo to Cairo are creating more expansive models to celebrate art

The museum switched off comments on one of its Instagram posts after it was flooded with calls for the restitution of the moai objects

A dream or a marketing campaign? All hype or all-important? The Art Newspaper’s XR panel looks at the ways the metaverse has become a part of the field

As part of the anniversary in July, the museum has launched 200 Creators

With Italy’s historic reform of its museums’ leadership at risk in the courts, what we need is a more collaboration not less

Director Louis Ng insists that the institution—due to open in 2022—will be distinct from its namesake in Beijing's Forbidden City

Labour’s pre-election arts manifesto, Creating Growth, included policies to put the arts back into education and bring museums into line with universities on open data

Digital challenges and the social and economic changes sparked by cultural transformation are among issues aired

Ethical institutional practices such as staff equity and due diligence are essential investments, "not merely a luxury for flush times"

What can museums and heritage institutions do about disinformation powered by artificial intelligence?

Arab art expert Saeb Eigner explores the work of more than 250 Modern and contemporary artists spanning diverse art movements across 22 countries in the Middle East

Burton will run the museum with Klaus Biesenbach, who has been reassigned as artistic director in a restructuring

Museums have a responsibility to the people to protect and share the collection, says the London museum's director Gabriele Finaldi

In the ‘post-internet’ age, digital artists are reassessing their relationship with galleries and collectors.

It takes more than talent for vastly outnumbered female artists to come to the fore

Museum’s director Adam Weinberg explains why exhibition took eight years to realise and why it will be "selfie-central"

Sung's performances and early installations are included in a major survey on experimental art in mid-20th century Korea, currently at the Guggenheim Museum in New York

Developing a global reach is just as important for major cultural institutions as it is for big businesses

Juan Ignacio Vidarte is stepping down from his role after more than 32 years. As he prepares to move on, he tells The Art Newspaper about the “transformative power of culture” and the difficulty of replicating the “Bilbao effect”

Sophisticated technology is helping institutions count people but it also has the capability of tracking demographic data, ensuring people are well behaved and even detecting if visitors are enjoying themselves

The London institution was founded in 1824 to be “free to anyone who applied at the door”. That principle, epitomised by the exhibition "Hockney and Piero: A Longer Look", sits at the heart of the bicentennial celebrations

Former Brexit Party candidate Inaya Folarin Iman joins board of the National Portrait Gallery in London

As Saudi Arabia prepares to host the G20 summit, the kingdom's culture minister argues that culture should be part of the agenda

Concerns about access, expertise and data sourcing have overshadowed the enormous power and potential that AI image generators offer

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

With many of the region’s museums, fairs and festivals under female leadership, we talk to three key decision-makers

Our expert panel of artists and storytellers review extended reality exhibitions and events

Faced with economic uncertainty, turmoil in Hong Kong, Brexit and a shrinking auction market, the art trade has some justifiable anxiety about the coming year

We asked the art world’s movers and shakers what's in store for the next 12 months

Learning and community outreach programmes under threat as Arts Council England funding shift wreaks deep financial damage on institutions

Ai Weiwei was a hit in Brazil, records were broken in London and Paris—but is this the final year of museum visitor growth?

Ngurra precinct in Canberra will provide a home for returned ancestral remains in the heart of the capital

Director spends night inside as the institution’s funders fail to pay salaries

With the ground-breaking Oculus Rift virtual-reality headset hitting the mainstream later this year, a growing number of artists and museums are incorporating this and other new technologies into their work

We asked the people behind the Royal Academy’s Twitter, the Met’s Instagram, the Uffizi’s TikTok and the Van Gogh Museum’s Facebook account what 2020 was like for them

The French academics Bénédicte Savoy and Felwine Sarr urge President Macron to return African artefacts. But does the report go too far, or not far enough?

Workers are increasingly turning to collective bargaining, industrial action and representation by trade unions

Amid the turmoil of the pandemic and the recent elections, US institutions with Tibetan Buddhist holdings respond with mindfulness events

The city's two flagship fairs, Art021 and the West Bund Art & Design Fair, saw a rise in budding collectors interested in younger and more diverse artists

A Don McCullin exhibition at Tate Britain symbolises the shift in photography's significance in British museums

From the reopening of the National Portrait Gallery in London to the major expansion of the Buffalo AKG Art Museum in the US, here is our pick of new museum projects in the coming year

It may be hard to swallow, but the 1990s are history—art history—and it’s a decade ripe for reappraisal

An expert view brought to you by our XR Panel of artists and storytellers

A forthcoming White Paper aims to set out the most far-reaching strategy for 50 years

The presence of AI in every aspect of life has been a fact for the past 20 months. With the publication of the Stanford AI Index, two areas have come into focus. For museums, how to work with industry giants, without having their offering "distanced" by the summarising power of AI. For artists, how to thrive where sources of production are being monetised in Silicon Valley

In the face of turbulent times the public art museum has a difficult, but essential role to hold open an open space for dissenting experiences of art and culture

The Tate director knew Tate Modern would need to expand before it even opened. It has happened sooner than expected