More than 40 UK museums and conservators donate personal protective equipment to help NHS fight coronavirus
Conservation departments are sending gloves, masks and Tyvek suits to hospitals and ambulance services
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Author: Museum Ethics
Irish Museum of Modern Art to be used as mortuary to cope with coronavirus pandemic
Museum will house a temporary structure in its grounds as the “country prepares Public Health facilities to deal with Covid-19”
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All eyes on Asia: normality is still a long way off as museums emerge from lockdown
Visitor numbers at some of the world’s most popular art venues have nosedived and uncertainty for the future remains
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Warhol Foundation offers $1.6m in emergency relief grants to artists affected by the coronavirus crisis
Grants will be allocated to artists in 16 US cities through the foundation’s regional regranting partners and can be used to cover expenses like food and rent
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Artists and galleries help raise coronavirus relief funds through print edition sales
Eric Fischl is supplying a limited edition print to benefit the closed New York Academy of Art while other sales are being donated to emergency funds and community organisations
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‘We want to be part of the solution’: UK museum says it is open to discussing fate of Benin bronze after prince demands its return
Bristol Museum & Art Gallery wants to work in tandem with the Benin Dialogue Group, which is made up of institutions that hold the majority of the pieces
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Augmented reality: the artists and museums pushing the limits of technology through Instagram
Sketch London’s app that brings to life David Shrigley’s prints is the latest in a string of developments from institutions like the New Museum and the Tate
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The US Supreme Court’s silence on Nazi art theft fails Holocaust survivors
Last week’s decision to reject an appeal over the ownership of Picasso’s The Actor was a missed opportunity to clarify the limitations of the 2016 HEAR Act
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Museum top brass are losing the oil money plot
Decision by London’s British Museum and Science Museum to continue accepting sponsorship from fossil fuel companies risks alienating the public they serve
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Activism, spirituality and a “prayer wheel made of cum rags” in Sex Workers exhibition in New York
The pop-up show aims to broaden notions around sex workers and the legality of sex work
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