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Hew Locke imagined redecorating the statue of the slave trader Edward Colston more than a decade ago. If only Bristol City Council had let him

Many would-be museum visitors trying digital tours for the first time have found that the experience can be very mixed

We’re all flâneurs now. So what would help us get even more out of walking through our local areas?

Art museums that consider themselves places of reflection should be thinking harder about what they are for and what needs to change

Transporting yourself to house museums is a consolation during lockdown – but they face a precarious future

From online exhibitions on past epidemics to new collecting projects, these institutions bear witness to the unfolding of history

Some artists, such as Ilya Kabakov and Caroline Walker, are finding solace in their work – when not distracted by fears about the post-pandemic future

The hit novel-turned-TV show is a love story, but it’s also a portrait of a young man becoming an artist

An art lawyer considers the implications of deaccessioning works and dipping into endowment funds

The discovery of the world’s oldest known piece of string shows that our Neanderthal cousins were craftier than is sometimes assumed

The director of programme at YSP outlines the unique challenges – and consolations – of shuttering the site

The French writer and politician is widely credited as the inventor of the ‘virtual’ or ‘imaginary’ museum – but what exactly did he have in mind?

Moving-image work seems particularly suited to our increasingly online existences