The Audain Prize, given annually to an artist based in British Columbia, comes with a C$100,000 cash prize

The ancient site of Tell es-Sultan in Jericho is one of many archaeological sites in the region whose status has been mired in political and territorial disputes

The celebratory event marked a major milestone in a process begun in 2004; the new building is expected to be complete in 2028

Affected sites include the Tinmel mosque in the High Atlas Mountains, which is feared to have been almost completely destroyed

The work and life partners converted a former furniture showroom into a venue for their complex, large-scale installations

A dig on Vancouver Island has revealed archaeological remnants of a 250-person fishing community

Respini, previously the chief curator at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston, comes to the Vancouver museum as it plans a major building project

The find unearthed by Palestinian archaeology students includes sarcophagi decorated with dolphins and vineyards

Cultural heritage officials are calling for greater protections of historic structures as the Siraji minaret in Basra is torn down for road expansion

Marking the centennial of the Chinese Exclusion Act, the museum’s inaugural exhibition is “the story of the Chinese community’s darkest period in Canada”

While plans for an off-site storage and research building move forward, questions remain about the museum’ aging facilities, its community engagement efforts and who will lead it next

A survey of the 90-year-old activist, artist and documentarian’s tells a parallel story about the shifting relationship between Canada and its First Nations peoples

The painting was one of four Carr works featured in the first Canadian presentation at the Venice Biennale, in 1952

Eight suspects are arrested and more than 1,000 works seized following investigation into forgeries of paintings by the Ojibwe artist Norval Morrisseau

The Royal Ontario Museum returned an ornate saddlebag and ceramic pipe to descendants of Poundmaker

A new project dubbed the “Garden of Civilization” is bringing replicas of iconic Iraqi heritage to the courtyard of the museum in Basra

The artefact survived both Nimrud's decimation in 2016 and the fall of the Assyrian empire in the 7th century

Two activists from the group Stop Fracking Around also glued their hands to the gallery wall to protest the construction of a major gas pipeline in northern British Columbia

The coin was minted 70 years before the first documented arrival of non-Viking Europeans to the region

The institution is scheduled to open in summer 2023 inside the oldest building in Vancouver’s Chinatown

The artist and activist, described as the ‘mother of Arabic revolutionary art’ has work in the collections of the British Museum and the Ashmolean

The seven alabaster reliefs document the military conquests of the Neo-Assyrian King Sennacherib

The Himaya project based in Qatar has been working with Interpol to identify artefacts trafficked to London, Paris and Amsterdam

The Audain Prize, awarded to the province of British Columbia’s most distinguished artists, comes with C$100,000 cash

The resignations mark a major escalation of a long-running power struggle between the gallery’s leadership and its landlord, the Harbourfront Centre

Ashoona, who received a special mention for her work in this year's Venice Biennale, continues to draw attention to a previously underrepresented culture

The Byzantine-era gem has been described as "the most beautiful mosaic floor" found in Palestine

Ken Lum’s bronze statue, completed years ago but never installed, was deaccessioned by Edmonton for fear that it “may cause harm”

Staff at the Chateau Laurier in Ottawa noticed that the frame of the 1941 photograph did not match others in its reading room

The Qattarat al-Imam Ali shrine, a popular pilgrimage destination, collapsed on 20 August after rubble from a landslide struck its roof