News

In brief

New Liverpool galleries - Herbert in Shaw initiative - Manchester's Irish centre - Timespan unveils project

Museum workers strike over pensions

Museums in Liverpool, Newcastle, Preston and Inverclyde, and parts of BM, to close

Scottish National Portrait Gallery reopens

New displays follow themes within five key periods

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Leonardo Live screenings to be repeated

National Gallery blockbuster attracts visitors and cinema-goers

New galleries planned at Ashmolean

Third phase of museum development revealed

HLF awards £9m to heritage projects

Funding confirmed for two museum redevelopments and a vintage amusement park in Margate

CAS looks for new home

Contemporary Art Society seeks permanent base in London, director tells awards audience

ACE made “poor judgements” over the Public

ACE report highlights errors with funding of West Bromwich arts centre

Jodi Awards shortlist announced

M Shed shortlisted for work with the visually-impaired

Art Fund Prize judges announced

Former culture minister Chris Smith to chair 2012 prize

Museums could benefit from new legacy campaign

Campaign aims to get 70% of people to leave legacy