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European commissioners and 22 culture ministers have urged organisers to reconsider allowing Russia to reopen its national pavilion at the 2026 exhibition.

Brooklyn-based curator and arts administrator will lead the Department of Cultural Affairs amid funding pressures and sector contraction

Exit of director for arts and participation follows arrival of new chief executive and recent rollout of five-year artistic plan

Berlin-based artist, known for installations using post-reunification furniture and design to examine far-right violence and East German history, has died aged 41 shortly before presenting at the German Pavilion in Venice.

Labels and maps in several ancient Middle East galleries have been updated after complaints about anachronistic geographic terms.

Authorities launch inquiries after a scroll given to the museum in 1959 appears on the market with an eight-figure estimate

Zhanna Kadyrova’s suspended concrete deer will anchor exhibition examining failed security guarantees and wartime displacement

Discussions about adding multiple images of the president come amid wider tensions between the White House and the Smithsonian Institution

A Lina Ghotmeh–designed museum in northwest Saudi Arabia will focus on landscape, heritage and artist archives as part of wider AlUla cultural development

The Mayfair dealer has appointed administrators and ceased operations, with staff laid off, financial pressures disclosed and fair plans reassigned