Museums & galleries

After Louvre heist and string of thefts, Europe’s smaller museums are on guard

Paintings by Paul Cezanne, Henri Matisse and Pierre-Auguste Renoir were stolen, then recovered, from the Fondazione Magnani Rocca museum in Mamiano, Italy.

National Gallery Singapore leadership shake-up: Two more high-profile departures in December

National Gallery Singapore’s chief curator Patrick Flores will leave the museum in December 2026.

Mona Lisa off limits as Paris shuts museums over protest fears

The closures came one week after nationwide demonstrations over the cost of living and deteriorating public services.

Singapore scenes shine at London Tate Modern exhibition on birth of art photography

Wu Peng Seng’s Construction (1958) depicts a worker silhouetted against girders at the old Paya Lebar Airport.

French PM calls for curfews as cost-of-living fury rocks France

Students from the Ecole du Louvre block the entrance to Paris’ iconic Louvre Museum, the most visited in the world.

After a year in turmoil, the Louvre faces uncertain future

The beloved Parisian museum, one of the most visited in the world, has spent a year as the subject of police investigations, government reports and parliamentary inquiries.

Weekend Trip

Bandung art: Museums, galleries and studios to visit in the Indonesian city

Murals along Braga street in Bandung. The city has been a member of the UNESCO Creative Cities network since 2015, and plays a key role in shaping Indonesian modern art.

Louvre boss warns of closure risk without major renovations

Visitors taking a photo of the window which was broken during the reopening to the public of the Apollo Gallery, where French crown jewels worth €88 million were stolen in 2025 in a brazen heist, at the Musée du Louvre in Paris on July 22.

Nintendo to open Super Family Restaurant in Kyoto where guests can dine in the world of games

Dishes served at the Super Family Restaurant at the Nintendo Museum in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture.

Stolen Renoir paintings found behind wall in France, says prosecutor

Thieves broke into the museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer and escaped with two works by Renoir, abandoning two others as they fled.

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