But financing of the project by a now-sanctioned Russian oligarch has been condemned as an "embarrassment"

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

The actor debuted a new performance and installation in the Breuer building, before protestors crashed the party at the Costume Institute’s annual celebrity fundraiser

Museo Nacional del Perú (Muna) boasts a collection of nearly 50,000 Pre- Columbian objects, including repatriated artefacts

Russian museum will look beyond the market hype to address deeper questions about "the specific possibilities of this medium", says contemporary art curator Dimitri Ozerkov

The response in Ottawa “shows people crave experiencing visual arts in person”, director Sasha Suda says

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

Move follows long-running dispute with the Italian ministry of culture over the 13th-century Certosa di Trisulti

Deadly rains in central Henan province threatened key Unesco World Heritage sites and hundreds of national relics. Experts warn the disaster may be a taste of future trouble

The new institution has been founded by the private collector and businessman and Rudy Ciccarello

Plus, artist Bill Fontana records Notre Dame's bells

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

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

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

Cultural heritage workers estimate they have five years to secure the heritage site’s contents before it is destroyed to extract the ore

The stelae, on loan from Guatemala, feature life-sized depictions of ancient Indigenous leaders

Billed as Uruguay's most comprehensive hub for international contemporary art, the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Atchugarry will open in Punta del Este next January

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

Beijing museum unveils plans for fourth location in "one of the most exciting cities in China" and new co-branded U2 exhibition space

"Berkshire House" aims to be a cross-disciplinary creative centre in the region

In 2015, the Association of Art Museum Directors established a structure under which museums can act to protect cultural property in immanent peril

The Lina Bo Bardi-designed museum in Brazil can currently only display 1% of its 11,000-piece collection

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

The site’s “Classic Nudes” series still includes erotic explorations of masterpieces at the Metropolitan Museum in New York, National Gallery in London, and Musée d’Orsay in Paris, as well as several other international institutions

Architect's Modernist masterpiece was “incredibly badly built” and took six years and €140m to restore to its former glory

$50m renovation of California institution improves structural stability and helps to showcase the riches of the collection

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

Ontario museums have been shut for months because of surge in Covid cases this April