Museums
Looted African works that France has promised to return to Benin will be shown in Paris museum for one last time
The exhibition Benin: the Restitution of 26 Works from the Royal Treasures of Abomey at Musée du quai Branly–Jacques Chirac will be on view for five days in October
Klaus Biesenbach named director of Berlin’s Neue Nationalgalerie
Hamburger Bahnhof contemporary museum is to be led by Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath
Brussels doctors prescribe museum visits to treat Covid-19 stress
Research “has proven that art can be beneficial for health, both mental and physical,” the city’s head of culture tells a Belgian newspaper
UCCA Center for Contemporary Art sets sights on Chengdu and a side hustle in a Beijing shopping mall
Beijing museum unveils plans for fourth location in "one of the most exciting cities in China" and new co-branded U2 exhibition space
Museu de Arte de São Paulo plans to tunnel its way through to a new 14-storey building
The Lina Bo Bardi-designed museum in Brazil can currently only display 1% of its 11,000-piece collection
Whitworth Gallery in Manchester U-turns on decision to remove pro-Palestine statement after Forensic Architecture threaten to pull work
Exhibition addressing the use of tear gas in Palestine adjusted to “give voice to different perspectives” following intervention by Israeli legal groups
'Do leopards change their spots?': Taliban threat to heritage in Afghanistan could be worse than in 2001
In an exclusive interview with The Art Newspaper, a very well-informed anonymous source tells us how museums are protecting their collections as militants sweep the country
Hermitage museum mints Leonardo, Monet, Van Gogh NFTs to raise funds
The Russian museum had to overcome country's stringent restrictions on cryptocurrencies
UK culture war: museum trustees are paying the price for disagreeing with government's policies
Several board members who do not support the "retain and explain" policy championed by the ruling party have recently left or lost their roles within the arts
What the Louvre’s scientific examinations of the Salvator Mundi really revealed—according to the museum’s own book
A secret booklet appears to contradict claims made in a new documentary about the painting's attribution to Leonardo
World's biggest Inuit art collection revealed at Winnipeg's new museum within a museum
Qaumajuq centre aims to reframe Winnipeg Art Gallery’s colonial past with displays of more than 10,000 rarely seen Inuit works
Old Masters meet Brutalism: inside Frick Madison in New York
Plus, the story of a notorious forger and artist Collier Schorr on August Sander
UK's £120m post-Brexit festival selects teams—including art organisations—for next step of controversial initiative
Serpentine Galleries, Tate and historian David Olusoga are on the shortlist for £3m research and development funding
National Gallery will be first major London museum to reopen after coronavirus closure
When the gallery reopens on 8 July, visitors will have to book tickets in advance, and will be asked to wear face masks and stay two metres apart
Must London always win? National Gallery of Scotland cancels Titian show for all the wrong reasons
By bowing out of the Renaissance blockbuster tour, the Edinburgh museum has not only let down the Scottish public but shown its priorities are misplaced
London's National Gallery extends Titian and delays Raphael blockbusters amid Covid-19 crisis
The museum is expected to reopen in July or August
Use £120m Brexit festival money to help UK institutions in coronavirus crisis, Museums Association demands
Advocacy group has warned UK government that museums risk permanent closure due to the pandemic's effect on funding streams
China, South Korea and Japan start to reopen museums after strict coronavirus lockdown
Shanghai's Power Station of Art and Shanghai Museum welcomed visitors today after China's tough measures helped curb the spread of the disease
Titian’s poesie: an in-depth tour of 'the most beautiful pictures in the world'
We speak to Gabriele Finaldi about the challenges of opening a show at the time of coronavirus and to its curator about this extraordinary series of paintings. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793
Coronavirus in Spain: Madrid museums including Prado shut but Guggenheim Bilbao remains open
There are currently more than 2,770 coronavirus cases reported in Spain with 64 deaths
Opening of Oslo's new Munch Museum delayed until autumn
Tracey Emin says she is now “working out the logistics” for the inaugural exhibition which pairs her work with that of Munch
Coronavirus crisis: Hong Kong follows China in shutting museums
Special administrative region has also limited travel to the mainland to lower transmission risk
Hong Kong Museum of Art to reopen in spite of escalating violence of pro-democracy protests
Launch of revamped government-run museum to go ahead as planned following $119m facelift
One year after the Sarr-Savoy report, France has lost its momentum in the restitution debate
The report made international headlines, recommending the restitution of African artefacts in French museums, but the country has not returned a single item to Africa
Employees at the Guggenheim seek to unionise
Labour representative says the organisation is engaged in “union-busting” tactics
Herzog & de Meuron wins competition to build Berlin’s Museum of the 20th Century
Winning design is compared to a station, an indoor riding school, a temple and a marquee
Sneak peek inside the Met Breuer
The New York museum opened to the press on Tuesday with a preview of the opening exhibitions
Vienna museum director calls for time limit on Nazi-loot restitution claims
But critics say the focus should be on how provenance research can be carried out efficiently and rapidly