Metropolitan Opera considers selling multi-storey Chagall murals, valued at $55m – The Art Newspaper
Amid mounting financial issues, the Metropolitan Opera, the largest performing arts organisation in the United States, announced on…
Ethiopia’s Africa Hall wins Modernist conservation award – The Art Newspaper
World Monuments Fund and the furniture designer Knoll have announced the winner of their annual prize for the…
San Francisco museum rejects permanent space in favour of site-specific exhibitions – The Art Newspaper
At San Francisco’s Transamerica Pyramid Center—a 1970s landmark and the second-tallest building in the city—a new kind of…
Work by Edgar Degas among £59.7m haul of art donated to UK public collections in exchange for tax benefits – The Art Newspaper
Works by Edgar Degas and Ben Nicholson are among the gifts bestowed to the UK’s public collections as…
Storm over closure of South Africa’s much-loved Irma Stern Museum – The Art Newspaper
A row has erupted over the closure last year of the Irma Stern Museum (ISM), founded in 1971…
The Year Ahead 2026: the big exhibitions and the key museum openings—podcast – The Art Newspaper
In the first episode of 2026 we look ahead at the next 12 months with a guide to…
‘Unrealistic’ €600m Louvre redevelopment plans must be scrapped, say striking workers – The Art Newspaper
Staff at the Musée du Louvre yesterday staged another walk out, citing concerns around working conditions and infrastructure,…
A museum packed with once banned art is flourishing in the Uzbek desert – The Art Newspaper
In a corner of Uzbekistan, close to the cracked, muddy crater that was once the Aral Sea, lies…
Francis Kéré’s design for Las Vegas Museum of Art revealed – The Art Newspaper
The Las Vegas Museum of Art (LVMA) has unveiled renderings of its upcoming 60,000 sq. ft building, designed…
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…
Philadelphia Art Museum’s director ousted following divisive rebrand – The Art Newspaper
Sasha Suda, the director and chief executive of the Philadelphia Art Museum (PAM), was ousted from her role…