In our series "Dispatches from Afghanistan", we speak to artists about their experiences since the rise of the Taliban. Here, Jahan Ara Rafi calls on the international community to help rescue those still stuck in the country
Recent images show militia taking photographs of artefacts on their mobile phones
Ukraine's PinchukArtCentre awards Aziz Hazara the Future Generation Art Prize 2021 for his five-channel film installation depicting children in Kabul
Non-profit Artists at Risk issue letter to Boris Johnson, Joe Biden and other senior figures urging for better systems for those seeking asylum
In a country that has been at war with others and itself for decades, the danger lies in forgetting how to repair the damage, says archaeologist and cultural heritage specialist Bastien Varoutsikos
In our series "Dispatches from Afghanistan", we speak to artists about their experiences since the rise of the Taliban. Here, Sima shares how fearing for her life is making her physically ill
In our series "Dispatches from Afghanistan", we speak to artists and cultural workers about their experiences since the rise of the Taliban
Abdul Wasi Rahraw Omarzad set up a school for women artists and Afghanistan’s only art journal
As part of our ongoing series "Dispatches from Afghanistan", we have compiled a list of organisations supporting those vulnerable both inside and outside of the country
International trade groups including top British antique dealers vow to oppose trade of Afghan heritage artefacts under Taliban control
Courageous artists confronted extremism from the frontlines. But now, driven underground and fearing for their lives, they feel abandoned
In a new series "Dispatches from Afghanistan", we speak to artists about their experiences since the rise of the Taliban. Here, Mansoor laments the world’s silence over Afghanistan's fate
While many people with links to US military were left behind, State Department had arranged for art collection to leave Afghanistan
In a new series "Dispatches from Afghanistan", we speak to artists about their experiences since the rise of the Taliban. Here, contemporary artist and curator Mina recounts the horrors of her failed escape attempt
Plus, artist Bill Fontana records Notre Dame's bells
Work left inside the British embassy will be protected, vow Taliban insurgents
Cultural heritage workers estimate they have five years to secure the heritage site’s contents before it is destroyed to extract the ore
As the deadline for evacuation looms, the Artistic Freedom Initiative wants the US government to grant refugee status to individuals
In 2015, the Association of Art Museum Directors established a structure under which museums can act to protect cultural property in immanent peril
From the Bamiyan Valley to an ancient spiritual centre of Zoroastrianism and Buddhism, former Unesco senior official Francesco Bandarin looks at the embattled country’s most important landmarks
UK government agrees that new regime must "safeguard the full diversity of Afghan culture"
The music, poetry, traditions and crafts that are kept alive by communities are especially vulnerable under the group’s ultra-conservative rule and the economic chaos of continuing conflict
British Council in Afghanistan among international heritage organisations that have suspended operations during the conflict
In an exclusive interview with The Art Newspaper, a very well-informed anonymous source tells us how museums are protecting their collections as militants sweep the country
British Museum and Art Loss Register collaborate over recovery of ancient bull decoration that was consigned to an online auction
Sites targeted range from a Yemeni palace in ruins to a shrine destroyed by the Islamic State in Iraq
The Minaret of Jam in Afghanistan, Syria’s Raqqa Museum and Mosul libraries all safeguarded
He is creating video and photographic works to document the conflict
Unesco has published a record of the 1,600 objects acquired by the institution between 1931 and 1985
Austria finances the restoration of wooden idols chopped up by the Taliban