Out of Storage and Onto Walls, the Uffizi Spreads Its Brand

The gallery in Florence is lending artworks from its depots to smaller towns throughout Tuscany, increasing their appeal and strengthening its ties to the region.

Shahzia Sikander’s Exquisite, Entangled Worlds

Her study of miniature painting set the artist on a path to challenge terms that hem us in: East and West, masculine and feminine, abstraction and figuration.

Why Some People in Chinatown Oppose a Museum Dedicated to Their Culture

In Manhattan’s Chinatown, anti-gentrification protesters are furious over funding granted to a museum that they say doesn’t represent their community.

What Constitutes Art Sales Under Duress? A Dispute Reignites the Question.

A fight over a landscape painting bought for Hitler is focused on the question of whether its sale was voluntary or forced by economic distress the Nazis helped create.

Smithsonian Acquires Rare Photographs From the First African American Studios

Daguerreotypes by James P. Ball, Glenalvin Goodridge and Augustus Washington are the centerpiece of a collection that could rewrite the early history of American photography.

National Endowment for the Humanities Announces New Grants

The second round of funding for the year totals $28.4 million and will support 239 projects across the country.

New York City Mandates Vaccines for Museum Visitors and Staff

The mayor and cultural institutions agree to require vaccinations as coronavirus cases rise with the spread of the Delta variant.

The world's largest museum dedicated to astronomy features in today's Dezeen Weekly newsletter

The latest edition of our Dezeen Weekly newsletter features the world's largest museum dedicated to astronomy, which Ennead Architects has completed in Shanghai.

At MoMA, Love of Cars Can Be Exhausting

“Automania” airlifts nine cars into the sculpture garden and galleries. But it’s harder now to think of cars as objects of beauty.

San Francisco’s Cyclists Cheer a Road Less Traveled. Museums Mourn It.

Though pedestrians and cyclists are rejoicing at a Golden Gate Park ban on cars, rebounding museums fear the detour will keep visitors away.

Push to Return 116,000 Native American Remains Is Long-Awaited

Changes to U.S. regulations would seek to eliminate red tape that has delayed the return of burial remains and sacred objects held by museums and other institutions.

Hiroshi Sugimoto’s Jekyll and Hyde Year

The artist famous for his riddling photos has turned to old-fashioned function and grace in his design for the Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden. So why doesn’t Washington love it?

5 Things to Do This Weekend

Our critics and writers have selected noteworthy cultural events to experience virtually and in person in New York City.

50 Years of Taking Photography Seriously

When the Photographers’ Gallery opened in London in 1971, few saw the medium as suitable for exhibitions. Today, everyone does.

Iraq Reclaims 17,000 Looted Artifacts, Its Biggest-Ever Repatriation

The cuneiform tablets and other objects had been held by the Museum of the Bible, founded by the family that owns the Hobby Lobby craft store chain, and by Cornell University.

Timothy Rub Will Step Down at Philadelphia Museum of Art

As director, he oversaw Frank Gehry’s reimagining of the historic 1928 building and dealt with an institution reeling from reports of abusive behavior on the part of museum managers.

Guggenheim Museum Curators Move to Join a Union

The curators, as well as conservators and other staff, are looking to join a local of the United Auto Workers.

Bust of Klan Leader Removed From Tennessee State Capitol

The busts of Nathan Bedford Forrest, a slave trader and Confederate general, and two U.S. Navy admirals were removed on Friday and installed at the Tennessee State Museum.

Robert Ellison, Ceramics Collector With a Giving Streak, Dies at 89

The more than 600 works he gave to the Met enriched the museum’s collection enormously.

Frankenthaler Foundation Energy Project Is Giving Museums $10 Million

Grants awarded to 79 U.S. visual arts institutions will finance energy-efficiency initiatives and measures for protection from wildfires and earthquakes.