Absentee party – the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston turns 150
As the museum passes an important milestone with its doors shut, Glenn Adamson considers what its collection has meant to him over the years
As the museum passes an important milestone with its doors shut, Glenn Adamson considers what its collection has meant to him over the years
A new book of erotica and personal materials gives us an entrée to a circle of mid-century bohemians
Door handles can be the first and only part of a building we touch, but their design is all too often an afterthought
Many would-be museum visitors trying digital tours for the first time have found that the experience can be very mixed
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The museum’s director talks about how the institution can best serve its audience in challenging times
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
A Fang reliquary sculpture with an illustrious history is the first classical African work to be offered in a contemporary evening sale
Providing open access to digitised collections has spurred creativity and research worldwide – so why are the UK’s flagship museums so slow on the uptake?
The Decameron is but one of the historical touchstones that commentators have turned to during the health crisis. But do they really help us orientate ourselves?
Museum MORE has done a great deal to invigorate a genre once seen as hopelessly old-fashioned
The former transport secretary has been appointed as a trustee of the National Portrait Gallery – so he must be a museum fanatic, right?
Transporting yourself to house museums is a consolation during lockdown – but they face a precarious future
When commercial galleries in the UK reopen, they will need to be mindful of social-distancing rules and wary of legal obligations for online sales
A tribute to the American artist, whose haunting canvases ushered in a new wave of expressionism in painting
The museum, which boasts one of the leading encyclopaedic collections in the US, has reopened – months ahead of unveiling a major expansion
As museums around the world prepare to reopen, many do so with a renewed sense of purpose
Peter Sellers gave action painting a new spin in a sketch with Peter Cook and Dudley Moore in 1965
The museum in the south of France has spruced up its galleries dedicated to Ingres and now has an entire floor of sculptures by Bourdelle