More than 500 museums launch art project to confront mass biodiversity loss across UK
"The Wild Escape" responds to new research from London's Natural History Museum, which finds the UK is one of the most nature depleted countries in the world
UK's oldest toy museum announces closure, sending thousands of antique toys into storage
Pollock's Toy Museum, a historic fixture of London's Fitzrovia district, will remain closed unless "major capital funding" is found
British Museum's hopes of a 'loan arrangement' for the return of the Parthenon Marbles imperilled ahead of Greek elections
The Greek prime minister has pledged to repatriate the 2,500-year-old sculptures if re-elected
Acquisitions round-up: two London museums jointly purchase a masterpiece of the Aesthetic movement
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The big museum openings to look out for in 2023
From the reopening of the National Portrait Gallery in London to the major expansion of the Buffalo AKG Art Museum in the US, here is our pick of new museum projects in the coming year
Museums and heritage in 2022: industrial unrest, climate protests and damage to historic artefacts in Ukraine
New and refurbished museums open in Antwerp, Los Angeles and Sydney as Italian archaeologists make the "discovery of a generation" in a hilltop town in Tuscany
The story of Maryan, the Polish Holocaust survivor who expressed his trauma through his art, is told in new show
Survey at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art is one of the first outside the US to examine the artist’s life and work
Secret talks between British Museum and Greece to return Parthenon Marbles in 'advanced stages'
If a deal is finalised, the contested sculptures are expected to be returned to Greece in early 2023, and will be displayed at the Acropolis Museum in Athens
Controversial remodel of National Gallery London's Sainsbury Wing gets green light from city council
Plans to make the Grade I-listed museum wing more accessible and sustainable, described by some leading architects as "ill-judged" and "insensitive", approved by Westminster planning committee
London's Wellcome Collection accused of cultural vandalism after closing 'racist, sexist and ableist' display of artefacts
The institution asks “What’s a museum for?” as it shuts display devoted to objects amassed by its founder
London's National Portrait Gallery receives £10m donation from Leonard Blavatnik
First floor of London museum to be renamed the "Blavatnik Wing" and will display 100 years of portraiture across nine galleries
'Systematically underpaid': arts courses across UK grind to a halt amid nation's biggest university strike in history
Lecturers across the country are protesting university workers’ pay, pensions and working conditions
Former Nottingham Castle chief executive calls for independent investigation as UK heritage site closes to public
Nottinghamshire site central to the Robin Hood legend received £33m in public funding less than a year ago, but is now facing liquidation after being rocked by a series of internal misconduct allegations
London gallery turns Premier League football match into an art installation
Mark Titchner's work was displayed at Tottenham Hotspur's stadium and broadcast to millions of fans
'Don't expect us to be passive' in the face of restitution: British Museum chair defies return of looted artefacts
In speech at the annual trustees dinner George Osborne said that "dismantling" the collection "must not become the careless act of a single generation”
Acquisitions round-up: the first painting by Swiss avant-garde artist Ferdinand Hodler to head to London's National Gallery
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After attempts to save it, the studio of Kurt Schwitters—who escaped Nazi Germany to become one of England’s great Absurdists—is to be sold
The Merz Barn will now likely be sold for commercial development after public funding was refused
Saudi Arabia reportedly building gallery to house Leonardo's Salvator Mundi
The painting has not been seen in public since it was allegedly bought by the Saudi Crown Prince for $450m in 2017—but the art historian Martin Kemp suggests it may soon be brought "into the light"
Protestors at British Museum demand release of writer imprisoned in Egypt
Plight of British-Egyptian Alaa Abd El-Fattah, currently on hunger strike, is focal point of protest as hieroglyphs exhibition opens
‘More serious than the pandemic’: UK museums will struggle to keep doors open without government intervention, top director warns
Director-general of National Galleries of Scotland warns the country's most historic art institutions will face partial closure without support, as energy bills are forecast to double next year
Wildfire on Easter Island causes 'irreparable' damage to ancient moai head statues
The Unesco World Heritage Site is closed while conservators assess the damage to the almost 1,000 ancient statues, while the island's mayor claims the fire was started deliberately
London's Victoria and Albert museum announces it will 'no longer carry the Sackler name'
Institution cuts ties with the family behind the highly addictive drug Oxycontin
A Danny Boyle dance show inspired by The Matrix and an inflatable Kusama room: Manchester's new art space set to open next year
Factory International is over budget and four years late, but will create 1,500 new jobs and inject a projected £1.1bn into the city's economy over the next decade, city council say
Six of the best photographs from Queen Elizabeth II's life in the spotlight
From wartime princess in khaki green to widowed monarch in black, Elizabeth became, through visual media, the most recognised figure in the world
‘Photography gave my existence meaning’: Ukrainian artist Boris Mikhailov on making art in the USSR
As he prepares for a major retrospective in Paris, he reflects on his homeland’s war with Russia and how his art was born from adversity
Michelle Donelan named new UK culture secretary
The former minister for universities has been promoted under the new prime minister, Liz Truss
UK culture secretary Nadine Dorries resigns amid party leadership change
Dorries, the 10th culture secretary in 12 years, was closely aligned with former prime minister Boris Johnson
Susan Sontag's influential 1977 book On Photography is reissued
New version published by The Folio Society includes new insights from curator Mia Fineman who has selected key accompanying images
Acquisitions round-up: Tate gets Indigenous Australian art and Ohio's Toledo Museum swaps Impressionist paintings for a Kerry James Marshall
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Icom condemns Russia's 'deliberate destruction' of Ukrainian heritage and plans stricter code of ethics
The International Council of Museums says revised protocol will allow it to more readily “address conflicts”—and could lead to the expulsion of Russia from the organisation