As an advertising agency pays Instagram influencers to promote museums, is it really worth shelling out thousands of dollars for added publicity and to reach new audiences?

The Readying the Museum group has created a blueprint to help institutions address inequity within their own walls—and to make the public, rather than trustees, their key priority

In an effort to deepen existing programming and community engagement, some institutions are choosing to stage fewer exhibitions

In a time of increased lawsuits over diversity initiatives, a civil rights organisation aims to make the history and legacy of slavery in the US undeniable through art and first-person narratives

A series of documents from 2018-19, seen by The Art Newspaper, shows that five artists on the dealer’s roster were shortchanged by as much as 54% on some sales

Compensating participants for group exhibitions is an important but taboo subject, as is the fee amount institutions provide

With traditional philanthropic models on the wane, US institutions like the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston and the Andy Warhol Museum are engaging in unconventional partnerships and launching spin-off businesses

As the baby-boomer generation of major donors pulls back or dies off, museums are struggling to attract their heirs’ interest

Higher salaries are a major reason why mid-level museum workers are leaving for commercial gallery jobs, but instability caused by the Covid pandemic is also a factor

In the past few years, unionised employees at more than a dozen US museums have finalised their first contracts with management, but how have their day-to-day lives changed as a result?

Docents—voluntary educators who are frequently white, of retirement age and middle class—embody the tensions between the status quo and change in US museums

Employees in the sector increasingly find their jobs exhausting and unfulfilling—but how can they avoid burnout at work?

Julia Halperin examines the often mysterious recruitment procedure for new museum directors in the US, which has come under increased scrutiny

The gallery, which moved to Tribeca in 2022, will shutter when its current show comes down on 11 August

Curators uncover alternative histories of colonial America through new research

Proprietary screening software will trawl the dark web for fakes and unauthorised copies sold online

Since the arrival of a contemporary fair jolted its local collecting scene, Dallas has gone from outpost to hot spot

Exhibition features ancient objects and Medieval manuscripts, along with contemporary commissions by a Syrian-born artist

Decisive shift away from historic art exhibitions began in mid-2000s

New research reveals that increasing the number of exhibitions pays off for museums

Cultural exchange is easier said than done

The artist’s installation at the home of Hudson River School painter Frederic Edwin Church reminds visitors that stunning painted vistas were also homes to real people

George Goldner, who led the museum’s department of prints and drawings for two decades, says it needs to reassess its priorities

Institutional leaders say such restrictions would have grave consequences on exhibitions, research and the future of cultural exchange

The news comes as the New York museum tackles financial problems, sheds staff, cuts down on shows and postpones a $600m project

Scientific analysis comes to the fore as Sotheby's establishes new department, but some remain doubtful about technology's reliability

“The ban affects all of us” say signatories from across the art world

The museum installs works by artists from Muslim nations in its permanent galleries

New York firm finds niche helping artists and galleries

Archives in the US and the UK are collecting the wittiest and sharpest signs from the protests over the election of US president Trump