Art

Former global Frieze director to head up National Portrait Gallery

Victoria Siddall to take up post of director this autumn

Courtauld secures funding for new arts hub

Manton Foundation donates $12m (£9.4m) to support the project

Best in show | Layered Legacies, 2024, by Mani Kambo

Harewood House's artistic director chooses a contemporary piece that draws on the property's revered fine art interiors

United States | National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington

Rebecca Atkinson on a venue dedicated to championing women through the arts

Material world | Weaving textiles into museum programming

Laura Moseley unravels the growth of material craft as a form of political and social expression

Artists criticise Royal Academy for ‘anti-Palestinian censorship’

Row after London institution removed two works from its summer exhibition

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Mela is expanding the definition of what Asian art can be

Sculptor Permindar Kaur on how South Asian festivals are encouraging artists to reclaim their heritage

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Reopening is the first step – now we must fill the void of access to the arts

Henry Moore Institute director Laurence Sillars on the venue’s grander ambitions

Profile | ‘Who were the real voices of Manchester?’

Sook-Kyung Lee, the director of the Whitworth art gallery, on rebalancing the art historical narrative

Turner Contemporary partners with RNIB to promote alt text

Partnership highlights the importance of accessibility

Behind bars | Juvenile In Justice, National Justice Museum, Nottingham

This exhibition explores what life is like behind bars for young offenders, but does it do enough to give them a voice?

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Investing in the arts helps young people flourish

Tate Liverpool director Helen Legg on a project that is taking art out into the community