Italy’s politicians attack the cultural body as “arrogant”, “politicised” and lacking in common sense

By 2100 the water-level will ring rise one metre, and yet it aims to block UNESCO in-danger listing

The organisation has repeatedly bowed to pressure from the Italian government not to do so

At a conference organised by the new Venice Sustainability Foundation in June, major public figures agreed for the first time that sea-level rise is the main problem facing the city now

An archive has opened on the Island of San Giorgio in Venice for Murano glass designs

Working with Visual Commentary on Scripture, London’s National Gallery and Berlin’s Bode Museum and Gemäldegalerie are uniting art and theology

Judy Glickman Lauder's photographs taken around 1990 take on new meaning with the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Plus, Karl Lagerfeld in New York and Marlene Smith’s Good Housekeeping III

On 6 May, the last surviving coronation ceremony in the West takes place in London’s Westminster Abbey

Boycotted Russia resigned as chair of the World Heritage Committee last month

The decision to keep the Venetian lagoon's barriers open and allow more ships into the port had left the church without protection and vulnerable to water

Vast pyramid containing sculptor’s heart has been restored with Venice in Peril funding, but will need continuous care and protection from worsening weather and pollution

A museum director, theatre director and artist describe the lack of hope—and warn that cultural sanctions may cause the intelligentsia to unite against the west

Leaders of the new Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan says it favours the conservation of the tangible heritage—including pre-Islamic monuments—but economic sanctions are getting in the way

A religious court sentenced him to death for blasphemy in 2015. Saudi artist Ahmed Mater says times have changed and this would be unlikely to happen today

From the impact of the global sea level rise to Unesco’s abandonment of the city, the situation is looking bleak. Has anything changed for the better in the past seven years?

Joseph Sywenkyj's series Wounds documents the aftermath of the armed conflict in the Donbas region

The Ludovisi Casino in Rome, with its masterpiece frescoes, is up for auction by the courts, estimate nearly half a billion euro

Scientists, historians and writers are lobbying Mario Draghi to create a new authority to protect the city from rising waters

Plus, Venice's tourism problem and Finnish artist Outi Heiskanen

For the third time, the World Heritage Committee has voted not to add the Serenissima to list of sites at risk

It would support the difficult measures the government will have to enact to save Venice from certain death. But Unesco is toothless

Unesco and citizen action groups have campaigned for the move for years

An exhibition in Split shows that being 1,600 years old does not take you out of politics

Of the 53 sites on the list—which will be reviewed at a committee meeting next month—only four are in the West

Venetians are leaving the city in thousands because rents are unaffordable, while more than 11% of social housing stands empty

The Italian government must intervene against powerful forces opposed to change

Conservation experts and lobby group launch a Green Paper to put Europe’s heritage at the heart of the EU’s greening policy

UAE’s withdrawal from a disastrous and costly war in Yemen means it can refocus on an ambitious cultural agenda including the opening of Zayed National Museum

On 25 March, the city began celebrating 1,600 years of its history—but the date is somewhat fishy