Chester Zoo, which was selling tickets to see lions and tigers, says the mistake was a computer error.

A limited number of galleries will be open on Friday and Saturday at the museum's South Kensington site.

In interwar Trieste, two sisters turned their father’s old studio into a hotbed of multiple exposures, female action shots and elaborate make-believe. Their startling wit and invention make for a land...

Wanda and Marion Wulz defied the unbridled patriarchy of fascist Italy by shooting dancers, fencers and other famous women – as well as their cat Mucincina

Art detectives and security experts say the number of museum thefts across Europe is increasing.

Two thieves broke into the museum on Tuesday morning, the local mayor says - they dropped one artwork as they fled, and got away with three.

British and French leaders will be at the British Museum to see the exhibition of the historic Bayeux Tapestry.

The gallery, which has been closed since 1943, will reopen from 16 September.

Thieves steal four Antonello da Messina panels in Sicily, plus a record $40M Ferrari sale, a Patmos gallery show, and more art news.

Workers are forbidden from drinking and carrying water, even during the heatwave

The dinosaur skeleton, which roamed the planet 67 million years ago, was sold by Sotheby's in New York.

Members of the public with a ticket to the palace can see 120 paintings in the Picture Gallery.

The British Museum is celebrating its "single biggest day of ticket sales" for an exhibition in its history, bringing in more than £2.5 million from those

The idea of the beautiful and the damned ugly is a longstanding one, but a problematic one – in art as well as life, writes Hettie Judah

Our chief art critic’s indispensable guide to the greatest art around the country, organised by region

Security experts weigh in on the theft at the Magnani Rocca Foundation in Italy, where $10 million worth of Impressionist works were taken.

Balshaw says a proposed 'tourist tax' would be a better source of revenue for UK museums

China is reported to have opened 382 new museums in 2022 alone. It shows no signs of slowing down.

I may be biased because I teach it, but history of art A-level often feels like the greatest, yet most dismally undervalued, subject in the curriculum. It explores history’s most innovative thinkers, ...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art will acquire an art historically significant painting by Rosso Fiorentino that was once described by Vasari.

The painting, created by the Dutch master in 1633, had disappeared after being sold in 1961.

Christophe Leribault, most recently Versailles director, will be tasked with improving security and ‘restoring climate of trust’

Exit of Devyani Saltzman, described as Barbican’s ‘driving force’, announced a few weeks after arrival of new CEO

Tate Modern has announced an advertising campaign, and that is a very odd thing to announce.

Two Louvre employees and several tour guides have been arrested in a decade-long ticket fraud scheme that allegedly cost the museum more than €10 million.

Dwindling visitor numbers, an industrial dispute and a huge wage bill have put off applicants, say insiders

The world’s most popular museums are bursting at the seams. As visitor numbers stop being the sole metric of success, Arjun Sajip asks if quality is becoming more important than quantity

The art world's leading galleries are turning out for the general strike protesting ICE's lethal occupation of Minneapolis.

Writing exclusively for The Independent, David Hockney fears that the British Museum is taking too much of a risk by moving the fragile tapestry to these shores – and any damage could be irreparable

We look ahead to 20 notable films to watch for in 2026, from Oscar hopefuls to potential blockbusters.

One space has been closed to the public since World War II.

An arrangement Rob and Dianne Parsons thought would last a few days ended up changing their lives.

More than 600 artefacts from the museum's British Empire and Commonwealth collection are taken.

Frank Gehry was acclaimed for his love of jagged angles and use of industrial materials.

Non-E.U. visitors to the Louvre must pay $37 starting in January as the museum raises funds for major infrastructure and security updates.

The two artists, friends, are paired in this joint show that juxtaposes Lucas’s precise and witty sculptures with Hambling’s semi-abstract dollops

Hull Museums and Ferens Art Gallery has announced an "incredibly diverse" programme of events.

Posters displayed on the Tube in the Art Deco era are on display at the London Transport Museum.

The launch of the billion-dollar site sees fresh calls for the return of antiquities held in museums overseas.

A minute-by-minute look at the daring Louvre robbery, using maps, photos and video to unravel how one of the world’s most famous museums was breached.