Authorities are searching for two unmasked men who bought tickets to the Museum of Applied Arts, smashed a display case, snatched the valuable necklace and walked out

The Museo de Arte Colonial in Antigua closed abruptly last December, and its collection of 287 works has been in limbo ever since

The export bar gives UK museums and galleries until 26 December to raise the funds to keep the painting in the country

Lisa Havilah had stood aside pending “investigations into governance and procurement”, according to New South Wales’ arts minister

"Mississippi Fountain", originally created for an office tower near the river in collaboration with the architect Gordon Bunshaft, will be installed at the museum’s Beaux Arts entrance this autumn

The Casa Nacional de Moneda in Potosí, famous for its silver objects, coining machinery and colonial paintings, will undergo repair of its roofs and stonework

Mackenzie, who was made a peer in July, previously led various performing arts festivals and theatres in the UK and abroad, and was most recently director of arts at the British Council

The Light in Durham—formerly the Durham Light Infantry Museum and Art Gallery—has reopened following £17m redevelopment

The board of regents will discuss opening the institution inside the historic Arts and Industries Building on the National Mall—a move that could circumvent congressional approval, and president Trump

The Indigenous Art Centre has been unable to locate 111 works from its collection of more than 5,000 pieces by First Nations, Métis and Inuit artists

Selma’s long-abandoned Edistone Hotel, witness to 170 years of African American history, was recently saved by a non-profit devoted to protecting Black historical sites

The Colombian ministry of culture has compiled a preliminary report of damage to cultural sites in the seven departments closest to the 10 August earthquake’s epicentre, and in the Unesco-designated “Coffee Cultural Region”

After multiple assaults from Moscow, now the artist community Nahirna22 faces eviction

Works by Marie Bracquemond, Wifredo Lam, T.C. Cannon, Christina Quarles and many others are among the around 190 objects joining the collection

The Chinati Foundation will carefully repair and weatherproof the Judd-modified buildings that house his 100 untitled works in mill aluminium

Murals at Unesco World Heritage Site Zuojiang Huashan in southern China were made using animal blood and blood from childbirth, according to researchers

Five pieces by the Brazilian artist Candido Portinari, taken in the same heist last December, remain missing

Likely reassembled in modern times, the skull was returned by the Netherlands following a grassroots campaign; it will go on display at a community museum in Oaxaca

Issues at the Terracotta Warriors Museum in Xi'an and the Zhejiang Museum have prompted the National Cultural Heritage Administration to put out a notice

The public statement of support follows the international museum body’s recent update of its code of ethics, as well as a similar statement issued by the American Alliance of Museums in July

The High Renaissance master’s “Madonna of St Sebastian” shows off its colours after nearly four years of treatment

The former director of the Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona will follow in the footsteps of the late Koyo Kouoh when she takes up her new role in October

The museum claimed financial hardship, even as it goes ahead with a starchitect-designed revamp

Excavations at the Cerro Mayal site in the north of the country show it was an important production facility for Moche ceramics around the seventh century

Over a four-decade career, the French art critic and curator profoundly influenced contemporary art institutions in Switzerland and France

Immersed in nature, the sustainably designed Lola Mora Cultural Center in San Salvador de Jujuy celebrates the late artist and her practice

The northern French region offers much to see beyond its famous tapestry, ranging from a rare Caravaggio and one of Duchamp’s nudes, to Monet’s garden and a 60th anniversary tribute to the Normandy landings

Archaeologists in Carnac, northwest France, have used aerial drones to identify previously unknown stones buried beneath the surface

A 7.4-magnitude quake caused a tower to collapse at the beloved Manizales Cathedral

“Extraordinary site” could reveal “interesting story about trade routes”, maritime archaeologist David Gibbins says