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The Musée d’Orsay hopes the restoration of ‘A Burial at Ornans’—once a Salon scandal, now a pride of the Paris museum—will unlock some of its secrets and reveal the painting to be even bigger and bolder than it appears now

The French culture minister insists the move is “a handover, not a restitution, in that these objects have never been part of French public collections”

Art for Vets initiative at Currier Museum of Art in the US encourages personal expression under the care of a full-time art therapist

An in-depth look at the inner workings of the International Alliance for the Protection of Heritage in Conflict Areas

Newly published research shows just how pervasive mercury—an essential element in the red cinnabar pigment favoured by the Maya—is at the site in Guatemala

Almaty Museum of Arts will house more than 700 works by Kazakh and Central Asian artists, while also presenting an substantial collection of international art

The latest edition of the £25,000 prize, awarded every three years to an artist inspired by Islamic traditions, is themed around moving image and digital media

The items, which include a vessel and bracelet, had been gifted to a US soldier more than 50 years ago

A new building adjacent to the Brazilian museum’s original home will more than double its total space

An Ivorian drum will be returned—though only under a special “deposit agreement”—while a crucial colonial bill has stalled

The dramatic revamp of the Italian institution’s Gallery of the Kings is part of a broader renovation that is due to complete in 2025

Wales may follow cities such as Venice in introducing the controversial levy

Remains from Middle Kingdom era, along with coffins and funerary objects, were found at the bottom of a hidden shaft south of Cairo

Recent episodes of censorship at two of the city’s leading art museums have laid bare the rifts between artists, institutions and their publics

There are over three million orphaned wells across America, most of which were installed before environmental and cultural protection laws were enacted

Donald Zepeda and Jackson Green were also involved in the paint attack on Degas’s ballerina and writing “Honor Them” on a wall last year at the National Gallery of Art

The portrait of Maffeo Barberini was first attributed to Caravaggio 60 years ago, but had not been publicly displayed until now

Gautam Adani—who lends his name to the museum's Adani Green Energy Gallery—was indicted in New York on charges including securities fraud

Droom en Daad foundation funds new collection and renovation of dockside warehouse centred on spectacular new double-helix Tornado

Along with the land transfer, the city of St Louis acknowledged the Osage Nation’s tribal sovereignty and their ancestral rights to the site

The museum’s renamed Centre for Global Asias seeks to “recognise the many Asias that exist, within the geography of Asia itself and in the global diaspora”

National Lottery players raise more than £30m every week and fund over 700,000 projects across the UK—but when it comes to funding the arts, some say the scheme is in need of an overhaul

Following an “extraordinary” meeting, the heritage body has put 34 historic sites on its enhanced protection list

Stephanie Stebich, who had led the institution since 2017, has been reassigned to a senior advisory role

The museum used USD Coin to buy an NFT in a new series by the artist collective Yatreda ያጥሬዳ

With the reopening of the Centro de Arte Moderna Gulbenkian, the Portuguese capital is developing a lively contemporary art landscape. But its “cool” reputation brings challenges as tourism soars

A campaign to give arts and heritage “a seat at the table” for negotiations at the annual summit already has the support of around 40 countries and more than 1,500 civil society organisations

Pennsylvania’s Longwood Gardens unveils its $250m renovation and expansion project on 22 November

The museum, which previously came under scrutiny for possessing the remains of another victim of the MOVE bombing, has been conducting an inventory of its biological anthropology section