The new contract raises the base hourly wage and reinstates a pre-pandemic retirement programme

The action comes after 27 months of contract negotiations reached an impasse; the museum is working with a third-party security firm to keep the galleries open

The Seattle Art Museum’s gift of more than 45 works from collectors Jon and Kim Shirley makes for a compelling performance

The trove of works from Jon and Kim Shirley includes many mobiles and stabiles, and comes with a commitment to fund ongoing programming on the artist

Museums in Seattle, St Louis and St Petersburg will make purchases at the Chicago fair next year thanks to the Northern Trust Purchase Prize

Museum invites three artists to serve as co-authors of collection displays and enlists 10 local experts to help generate inclusive stories

Museums now appeal for information on three unlocated panels in the artist’s 1950s Struggle series

The Friday Foundation, run by the heirs of collectors Jane Lang Davis and Richard E. Lang, has donated 19 works by artists including Bacon, Rothko, Krasner, Pollock, Frankenthaler, Kline and de Kooning

Institution says announcement that it will be run by organisations led by black and indigenous Americans was “a well-done piece of satire”

National Gallery of Canada cites use of forced labour on royal estates in wartime

Christie's to sell $70m painting once pledged to the Seattle Art Museum

Mellon Foundation grant helps to establish conservation centre at city’s Asian art museum

The gift from 53 local patrons is one of the largest in the history of institutional donations