Museums & Heritage
Denmark's 'Notre Dame moment': passers-by rescue paintings from blazing Boersen building in Copenhagen
The celebrated early 17th-century Dragon Spire is consumed by fire after conflagration takes hold during historic structure's renovation
'Art should have scores like film': Brooklyn Museum appoints first composer-in-residence
Niles Luther began his composing career working with the artist Kehinde Wiley
Artist refuses to open Israel pavilion show at Venice Biennale without a ceasefire
Ruth Patir says that she and the curators will not open exhibition until Israel and Hamas reach “a ceasefire and hostage release agreement"
Thomas Heatherwick’s controversial Vessel public art piece in New York to reopen
The 150ft-tall, $200m outdoor installation at Manhattan’s Hudson Yards development has been closed since 2021 following a series of suicides
Paintings saved from Notre Dame blaze to go on show in Paris
Religious works, restored by conservation experts, will be returned to the historic cathedral on the Seine
A glimpse into New York City's Dutch heritage 400 years later
The few remaining houses that recall New Amsterdam are also reminding visitors of the overlooked histories of local Indigenous and Black communities
UK government should intervene to prevent museum thefts, says expert after reports of missing objects across the country
Art detective Christopher Marinello believes more action is needed after an investigation by the Independent newspaper revealed thefts at the Imperial War Museum, Natural History Museum and others
Venice's new tourist tax launches this month—how will it work?
Day trippers will need to pay €5 to enter on select days in a pilot scheme which starts during the Biennale
Drawn-out strikes threaten to keep museums in Liverpool shut into the summer
Seven sites in the city have been closed for nearly eight weeks over a one-off cost of living payment, and there are suggestions that further action will be announced soon
Alumni’s $10m gift to Carnegie Mellon University will support public art and revamped ICA Pittsburgh
The donors, Tod and Cindy Johnson, met and got married during their time at CMU; they will have a gallery named in their honour
$25m gift puts focus on photography at the Art Institute of Chicago
The museum, whose photography collection began with a donation from Alfred Stieglitz, will soon give the medium pride of place again
US federal judge halts demolition of Land art environment
A temporary restraining order against the Des Moines Art Center after artist Mary Miss sued to block the dismantling of her outdoor work
Gazan art centre destroyed during Israel's raid on Al-Shifa hospital
Shababeek for Contemporary Art, home to around 20,000 works, was hit during the two-week assault on the hospital complex and its surrounding areas
How an art centre in a former power station is harnessing the word ‘no’ to help save the planet
Germany’s E-Werk Luckenwalde, which seeks to be environmentally friendly in all aspects of its work, is hosting a festival that highlights the wide-ranging potential of restraint
Former Uffizi chief Eike Schmidt enters race to become mayor of Florence
The German-born curator will step back from his new role as Capodimonte museum director
UK politician says ‘liberal progressives’ running museums must resist restitution
Conservative Robert Jenrick argues that proposed long term loans of disputed works is a legal fabrication
Cost of Québec City museum’s Jean Paul Riopelle pavilion nearly doubles
The original budget for the Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec’s Espace Riopelle addition was $42.5m, but now as construction begins it has ballooned to $84m
Cancelled Palestinian event at Manchester venue must be reinstated, say artists and curators
The Voices of Resilience project was scrapped following complaints from a local organisation representing a significant part of the Jewish community
Kim Conaty, curator of prints and drawings at the Whitney Museum, promoted to chief curator
She was the curator of the museum's blockbuster Edward Hopper and critically acclaimed Ruth Asawa exhibitions
Portland Art Museum’s $111m expansion will open in late 2025
The institution is more than 86% of the way towards its capital campaign’s fundraising goal
Secrets of Caravaggio’s last masterpiece revealed in new London show
The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula painting will take centre stage in a forthcoming show at the National Gallery
Not-so-new kid on the block: Pinterest moves in on museums
The platform is making use of its reputation as a visual search engine to collaborate with art institutions
Velázquez-inspired sculptures spark outrage in Venice
Local heritage group decries the "biennialisation of the city" after gallery paid a fee to stage the Manolo Valdés installation
Florida museum receives gift of nearly 700 prints, from Rembrandt to Henry Moore
The Norton Museum of Art’s holdings of prints have increased by almost 40% thanks to a massive gift from the real-estate developer Jonathan “Jack” Frost
Art Institute of Chicago fights for possession of Egon Schiele portrait
Civil action for return of looted Schiele painting dismissed but criminal case looms
The Broad museum in Los Angeles reveals $100m expansion plans
The institution has re-enlisted the architecture firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro to create a new wing that will expand its gallery space by 70%
British Museum’s legal action over thefts is ‘locking the stable door after the horse has bolted’, experts say
The museum's former acting head of the Greece and Rome department, Peter Higgs, is facing legal action after being accused of stealing up to 2,000 objects
Swiss dealer Eberhard Kornfeld bequeathed Kirchner, Giacometti works to Bern Kunstmuseum
Kornfeld died last year, shortly before turning 100
A major squawk-ing point: Māori parrot-feather cloak set to be star exhibit at Perth Museum
Following painstaking conservation, the delicate piece will go on show at the Scottish museum in its newly opened building, a £27m conversion of the Edwardian former city hall
Mass Moca employees end three-week strike following dispute over wages
Unionised workers and museum officials have ratified a new deal that raises staff minimum wages to $18 per hour