Comment

Most museums are like icebergs, the vast bulk of their collections are hidden. Does it have to be that way?

What makes a good work of public art? The success of Bill Viola’s ‘Martyrs’ suggests that a sense of sincerity and tradition can win people round to contemporary formats

How can museums make the most of a tool like Twitter? @SignorKentino has some tips

In Apollo’s June issue, Martin Levy discusses the impact of the proposed US ivory ban on the cultural sector

A response to the Jewish Museum shooting; Marina Abramović in trouble over nothing; connoisseurship now; Outsider Art; and Matisse at the cinema

Does David Bailey know any women artists? His selection of artists’ portraits in his latest exhibition suggests not

Paintings by Van Gogh, Degas and Seurat are among the 62 modern works bequeathed by Paul Mellon, to enter the NGA collection recently

Outsider Art is gaining prominence in the UK, but it’s been a slow awakening: we’re still catching up with Europe and the USA

The news of the shooting at the Jewish Museum in Brussels last month was sickening, but Jewish institutions must stay open

Should museums try to preserve traditional notions of ‘good’ taste, or encourage new ways of thinking about art and culture?

Marina Abramović intends to do nothing at the Serpentine Galleries this summer. But nothing has been done before…

This week’s news and comment from the Muse Room: Michael Schmidt, the Glasgow School of Art, auction highlights, and troublesome renovations

A round-up of news and comment from the Muse Room.

Should a museum, purportedly in order to save its head, sell off the jewel in its crown?

But authenticity is hardly Hirst’s own strong point

Does art history have an image problem? A round-up of stories and comment from the Muse Room.

Museums enrich communities around the world; why not take a day to celebrate that fact?

The BBC intends to remake Kenneth Clark’s seminal TV programme ‘Civilisation’. Who should present it?

‘Birth of a Museum’ celebrates new acquisitions for the Louvre Abu Dhabi, but will it win round a critical public?

There’s not a single museum director on The Guardian’s latest list