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

Museum's director Tristram Hunt says that government help has not been enough to cover all costs incurred by pandemic and admits “curators will be more stretched”

The 165 submissions to Sir John Soane’s Museum show that drawing is far from dead

Luigi Brugnaro's "entrepreneurial" decision violates Venice's historic agreement with Italian state to keep the landmark open to the public

Top Indian sculpture dealer warns against a too rigid interpretation of the 1970 Unesco Convention

From a steam cog railway to the baroque Venetian palazzo abandoned by the Armenians , Europa Nostra chooses candidates for its 2021 Seven Most Endangered Sites list