Art Fund awards £1.2m to 29 UK museums to support ‘innovative’ projects – The Art Newspaper
Art Fund, the UK’s national charity for art, is giving a total of over £1.2m to 29 museums…
London’s Brutalist Barbican Centre to close for £240m renovation – The Art Newspaper
The Barbican Centre in London, a Brutalist landmark which houses three gallery spaces, will close for a year…
Vancouver Art Gallery gifted 131-work private collection from Hong Kong – The Art Newspaper
The Vancouver Art Gallery (VAG) has received a landmark donation from an anonymous Hong Kong-based collector of 131 works…
Taichung’s new ‘Museumbrary’ expands Taiwan’s culture credentials – The Art Newspaper
A new art museum fused with a library is scheduled to open tomorrow in Taichung, the biggest city…
Maria Balshaw, director of Tate since 2017, to step down – The Art Newspaper
Maria Balshaw, the director of Tate, will step down from her post in spring 2026, the institution announced…
Louvre staff vote to strike, citing failures of management and building maintenance – The Art Newspaper
Staff at the Louvre Museum in Paris today voted in favour of strike action, with rolling walk outs…
Louvre to raise ticket prices by 45% for most non-EU visitors – The Art Newspaper
The Louvre will raise ticket prices for non-European Union (EU) visitors by 45% from 14 January 2026, the…
Courtauld launches art history teaching fund amid £82m redevelopment – The Art Newspaper
The Courtauld Institute in London has today launched a new fund aimed at widening access to art history,…
Philadelphia Art Museum taps former Metropolitan Museum leader after firing previous director – The Art Newspaper
Less than three weeks after the board of the Philadelphia Art Museum (PAM) fired its director and chief…
Metropolitan Museum’s new Condé M. Nast Galleries will put fashion at the forefront – The Art Newspaper
Fashion will soon be front-and-centre at the Metropolitan Museum of Art as the institution gets ready to unveil…
Opening of Museum of West African Art in Nigeria delayed after protests – The Art Newspaper
The official launch and preview weekend of the highly anticipated Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) in Benin…
Opening date for London’s V&A East Museum announced – The Art Newspaper
The long-awaited V&A East Museum will open on 18 April 2026 in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, completing the…