Why the new EU law aimed at stopping antiquities trafficking may hamper museum loans
A sweeping EU law designed to prevent the trafficking of looted antiquities that takes effect on 28 June…
Glasgow art centre shuts after police called over planned pro-Palestinian take-over
Glasgow’s Centre for Contemporary Art (CCA) is temporarily closed after police have been called to remove pro-Palestinian protestors…
Uffizi director to ‘limit’ selfies after posing visitor damages 18th-century painting
Restrictions will be placed on visitors taking selfies at the Uffizi Galleries in Florence after a tourist damaged…
Newly opened Photography Museum of Seoul plans to become a ‘cultural anchor’ for the region
The Seoul Museum of Art (SeMA) has opened a new branch dedicated to photography in South Korea’s Dobong-gu…
New Frida Kahlo museum to open in Mexico City
Frida Kahlo’s family has announced the 27 September opening of a new museum near the famed Casa Azul…
UK national museums back call for end to ‘relentless negativity’ around corporate arts sponsorship
The British Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum and The National Gallery have backed a letter calling for…
Tel Aviv Museum of Art workers stage daily protest outside the institution
A group of Tel Aviv Museum of Art employees has been lining up outside the museum’s two public…
The Wallace Collection appoints Selldorf Architects to lead masterplan to transform its historic London home
Selldorf Architects, the New York practice led by Annabelle Selldorf, has been appointed by the Wallace Collection to…
Louvre to return 258 works to Fondation des Artistes
The Louvre in Paris is due to return 258 objects from the bequest of the German-born arts patron…
Artist couple open north London not-for-profit in former Zabludowicz gallery
A new art space has launched in north London in the former Methodist church initially transformed into a…