Museums Association says government refusal to renew academic Aminul Hoque’s term is “worrying”, and the chair of trustees has resigned over the decision

The two-part exhibition invokes the upheaval of the past year and will be accompanied by an "intimate" gala this September and then a more expansive benefit next May

The current chief, Edward Dolman, will shift in September to a new role as executive chairman of Phillips’ holding company

The gallery will now represent the shiniest and most expensive living artist worldwide

A major Old Master show will keep a contemporary perspective with new commissions and acquisitions

Curator cites management resistance to diversity effort, and personnel manager describes a “hostile environment”

A secret booklet appears to contradict claims made in a new documentary about the painting's attribution to Leonardo

A feature-length film, screening next week in France, sheds new light on the political machinations surrounding the world's most controversial painting

Qaumajuq centre aims to reframe Winnipeg Art Gallery’s colonial past with displays of more than 10,000 rarely seen Inuit works

Turner prizewinning collective Assemble will lead a project at the £120m creativity showcase

Opening next month, the new space will include a sculpture garden on a roof terrace

As the country's coronavirus cases spike, a new ordinance temporarily stops support for projects in places that have not yet lifted lockdown measures

Evocative surprises await: while its Gilded Age home is closed for renovation and expansion, the Frick displays its masterworks in austere Modernist surroundings on Madison Avenue

Independence of museums and heritage bodies is at risk, say Ed Vaizey and Chris Smith, as Johnson’s government pushes ‘anti-woke’ agenda

The American artist’s sculpture can now no longer be shown in France

One marketplace has already blocked the artist who goes by the name of Pest Supply

With investors such as Elon Musk and Chamath Palihapitiya backing the purely digital art form, the trade is beginning to take notice

Opponents argue that some public statues reinforce racism, chauvinism, sexism and homophobia

Klaus Biesenbach will serve as artistic director once a financial leader is in place

New 15-member body will focus on the capital’s statues, street names and memorials

The Met director Max Hollein pays tribute to the late gallery owner and collector, who also promoted artists from Max Beckmann to Peter Saul

Interest is growing in Non-Fungible Tokens, which represent digital works and proof of ownership

Artistic Freedom Initiative group says the new executive order, overturning Trump's controversial rule, also allows artists to visit home “for the first time in years”

The decision to take down historic William Beckford and John Cass sculptures could go against new UK government policy

Amid Covid-19 pandemic, Italian gallery hopes to "generate smiles" with second outpost in France

Swiss fair was also delayed from June to September in 2020, before being cancelled altogether due to coronavirus

Proposed plans have been criticised as distraction tactics from the state's "lethally failed response to the pandemic and the consequences of a disastrous Brexit"

French fair is a “one-off”, according to its founding director, though a good opportunity to “test the market”

Vote by National Assembly paves the way for the return of 27 colonial-era artefacts to Benin and Senegal within one year, but “will not create a legal precedent”

Deputies rejected senators' proposal for a national council to advise the government on future restitution claims