Quai Branly to send fragment of feather belt worn by first King of Tahiti back to Polynesia
Rediscovered maro ‘ura will go on show at Museum of Tahiti and the Islands on long-term loan from 2021
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Author: Museum Ethics
UN condemns threats against Kyrgyz museum director who staged feminist art exhibition
Government fired director whose museum hosted a ‘Feminnale’ that included performance work highlighting plight of sex workers
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South American galleries face down turmoil
Civil unrest and economic shifts have Latin American dealers doubling down on Miami’s international market
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Yuz Museum and Lacma confident they can show Middle Eastern art in China—despite crackdown on Islam
Joint exhibition programme under way between Shanghai and Los Angeles will soon involve Qatar Museums
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Why museum partnerships between China and the West are booming
Cultural institutions have embraced mutual benefits of collaboration, despite challenges of communication and censorship
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Art activists anger Holocaust survivors with Berlin monument containing ashes
Centre for Political Beauty says action targets conservatives open to allying with far right
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Michael Rakowitz wants to pause his video work at MoMA PS1 as a protest against museum’s ties to ‘toxic philanthropy’
‘It’s censorship’, the artist says of curators’ denials to suspend work that is part of show on the artistic legacy of the Gulf War
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‘A major step forward for Britain’s colonial museums’: Manchester Museum returns objects to Indigenous Australians
Move might pave the way for repatriation of sacred artefacts from other UK institutions
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Rio Art Museum could close due to lack of federal funding
Two directors left the museum last week, and 126 employees have received a dismissal notice
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Moving to the suburbs: vast museum collections centre destined for ‘New Moscow’
State Tretyakov Gallery among 23 Russian museums planning to store and show works near former killing field Kommunarka
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