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Galleries on high alert as climate protesters target famous paintings

Activists have glued themselves to works at four institutions, including Royal Academy and National Gallery

Diane Lees to step down as director-general of IWM

Institution’s first female head will leave in 2023 after 15 years

Nigerian delegation visits Glasgow for repatriation talks

Meeting is latest step in plans for largest ever repatriation from a Scottish collection

Science Museum pays tribute to cancer activist Deborah James

James, who died this week, was a key adviser on the Cancer Revolution exhibition

Hayward Gallery show addresses racial injustice

In the Black Fantastic features the work of 11 artists

National Museum of the Royal Navy Hartlepool spearheads town’s regeneration

Museum’s three-acre expansion plans welcomed by council

Museum governance ‘synonymous with privileges for politicians’

Report finds alarming levels of political interference in many European museums

Call to make 75th Windrush anniversary a ‘major national moment’

Letter urges government to raise profile of Windrush Day 2023 as new monuments are unveiled

National Museums Liverpool consults on ship disposal

De Wadden is a 1917 three-masted schooner built in the Netherlands

Museums Worcester uses collections to support Ukrainian refugees

Service is hosting welfare sessions and using objects to aid cultural integration

Museum staff picket Tory summer ball at V&A

Protesters demand better pay as event is criticised as breach of museum's impartiality

Marsh volunteer award opens for nominations

Regional winners receive a £500 prize with a further £2,000 for the overall winner