Years in the making, plans for the department were shelved a decade ago; now it is due to open in 2027

The director of the Museo di Capodimonte plans to restore 21 Renaissance paintings from the collection

Event, which was the first of its kind in the world and now involves more than 20 institutions, is run by museums rather than dealers

The Graffiti-strewn building became a pilgrimage for devotees of the singer when it opened 32 years after his death—but despite healthy ticket sales, the institution has racked up huge debts, with its backers accused of mismanagement

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

The museum has also announced details of the much anticipated David Bowie Centre, due to be housed on the same site

New technologies are helping to protect and preserve the vital eye-witness perspectives of a dwindling but determined community

Pittsburgh’s Andy Warhol Museum has big dreams for its Pop District project—but critics say the institution is putting all its soup cans in one basket

Midshipman Charles Hare's account of his escape from a French prison, alongside the outfit he fled in, can be seen from today at the National Maritime Museum

The gallery will introduce new security measures, stating it has been "forced to act to protect our visitors, staff and collection"

Some of the galleries in the museum near the Giza pyramids are now open to the public

The culture minister is calling for a new, world-class space for the national collection, currently housed in three locations in Reykjavik

Exhibition of 2,500 repatriated objects, including the "Lombok treasure", inaugurates the newly refurbished space

From a canon-reshaping survey of Surrealism to an unearthing of the zombie myth

The Italian Renaissance master’s few remaining large paintings are a conservation headache, but the museum hopes to show its Crossing of the Red Sea for the first time next year

The leaders of the UK's national collections and major regional museums highlight the "enormous stress for colleagues at every level of an organisation" and "visitors who now no longer feel safe" following series of protester attacks on museum works

While travellers rarely stop to sightsee, providing overnight facilities will give historic venues an edge

The workers, who will start the action at the end of this month, say they are treated as “second-class employees”

Curators select works by under-represented groups for Tate, while Art Council Collection purchases focus on early-to mid-career artists

Over 60,000 visitors have flocked to the Museum Reinhard Ernst in Wiesbaden, Germany, in its first 100 days

Stephanie Sparling Williams, curator of American art at the Brooklyn Museum, on how Black feminist practices informed the rehang of the museum’s American art collection

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”

Looting by armed groups has been reported at institutions in Sudan, including the National Museum

The museum is preparing to open a major new building in the heart of the Polish capital

The 'long story short' boards, which summarise each display using less complex language, have so far received a largely positive response

Support includes the evacuation of artefacts, surveys of damage to buildings and training to bolster safeguarding of historical sites

Despite legislative relaxation, little progress has been made in returning art stolen during the Second World War since the 1950s

Israeli airstrikes have led to gallery and museum closures, but artists and gallerists are determined to continue their work

Institutions have a moral duty to better represent the persecuted Kurdish religious minority

Dataland is due to open in 2025 at the Frank Gehry-designed The Grand LA development in Los Angeles's downtown arts district