Museums & Heritage
Riddle of ancient Egypt’s ‘impossible’ sculpture is finally solved—in Scotland
Pioneering research by a National Museums of Scotland curator finds statue reflects a village of eminent tomb-makers
Dusseldorf settles with Jewish dealer’s heirs on portrait that hung in mayor's office
Wilhelm von Schadow’s painting 'The Artist’s Children' was once owned by Max Stern, who fled Nazi persecution in the 1930s
Dallas Museum of Art acquires 12 works at Dallas Art Fair with annual gift
The museum spent $100,000 to bolster its collection thanks to funding from the Dallas Art Fair Foundation
Brazil’s Red List gives green light to federal action on heritage smuggling
President Lula’s government has joined forces with Icom in an effort to halt illegal trafficking of the country’s ancient artefacts
Now is the time to honour not censor Russia’s dissident artists
The director of the Zimmerli Art Museum, which is home to the world's foremost collection of Soviet nonconformist art, says recent calls to censor all Russian art in light of the war in Ukraine oversimplify the issue
Back after 2,000 years: the Roman gateway to Britain
The Richborough fort in Kent, the base for the Roman invasion of Britain in 43AD, reopens to the public
Former Art Institute of Chicago employee pleads guilty to embezzling $2m from the museum
Michael Maurello may face up to 20 years in prison for his financial misdeeds at the museum
Santa Fe's Center for Contemporary Arts closes permanently despite last-minute fundraising effort
The New Mexico institution, established in 1979, has shut its doors, seemingly forever
Milan authorities must hire conservationist after struggling to clean statue damaged by climate activists
Italian officials have approved draft bill to bring in tougher sanctions for protestors who target heritage
Florida’s Norton Museum acquires John Singer Sargent portrait of socialite who sponsored Amelia Earhart
Sargent’s painting of Amy Phipps Guest, made at the peak of his success as a society portraitist, was gifted to the West Palm Beach museum by her grandson and his family
Nigeria’s hotly-anticipated Edo Museum of West African Art: newly appointed curator Aindrea Emelife discusses her plans
Scholar discusses restitution issue, saying that "no culture has an absolute view on looking at the world"
San Francisco curator details three previously unattributed Botticelli drawings
Research for a forthcoming exhibition at the Legion of Honor museum has led a curator to add three new entries to Botticelli's oeuvre
British Museum returns Oceanic sculpture to Polynesia—for three years
Admired by Henry Moore and Picasso, A'a has just gone on show at Tahiti's main museum
The Metropolitan Museum’s great hall to be transformed by kaleidoscopic Jacolby Satterwhite video installation
The artist has been commissioned to create a work for the museum’s main entryway that will incorporate 3D scans of more than 100 objects in the Met’s collection
Pro-Putin Hermitage director Mikhail Piotrovsky speaks out again in support of war in Ukraine
The veteran Russian museum chief tells Kremlin newspaper that war is “a means of cultural exchange”
'We need to act fast': experts race to preserve Afghanistan's ancient Buddhist heritage site Mes Aynak from copper mining
Taliban government has backed a new conservation project led by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture and Aliph
Arthur Jafa creating permanent work for Glenstone
The US artist best known for his powerful moving image works has “something very special” in store for the Maryland museum, its co-founder revealed on a recent podcast
The dawn of blockchain? CryptoPunks evangelist Noah Davis on why the Centre Pompidou NFT show is a game-changer
Davis oversaw $69m Beeple NFT sale at Christie’s in 2021
Important portrait painting missing for more than 60 years is returned to Montana university
The Montana Museum of Art and Culture has been reunited with an important Impressionist portrait
Unesco chief vows to help rebuild Ukraine’s heritage and culture—but $6.9bn investment is needed
Audrey Azoulay met President Zelensky and toured sites in Kyiv, Chernihiv and Odesa during an official visit to the country this week
Strike at New York’s Hispanic Society enters second week as museum pushes back long-planned reopening
Unionised workers at the institution in Upper Manhattan have been on strike since 27 March as negotiations over their first contract have stalled
A series of recent lawsuits could change the way UK museums acquire works for their collections
Disputed attribution claims rarely play out in court, but two recent legal cases could provide valuable lessons for acquisitions teams at cultural institutions across the UK
Seattle Art Museum receives 48 Calder works and $10m from former Microsoft president and his wife
The trove of works from Jon and Kim Shirley includes many mobiles and stabiles, and comes with a commitment to fund ongoing programming on the artist
Brutal demand for change: Steve McQueen's Grenfell Tower film at the Serpentine
Weeks after a fire took the lives of 72 people, the British artist, who was born nearby, shot the ruin of the 24-storey tower from a circling helicopter
Bonhams closes gender pay gap by 39%, but Sotheby’s and Christie’s lag behind
UK’s public institutions continue to provide a greater degree of equity—though this is not even across all pay brackets
Italy to open new mafia museum—complete with smells and sounds
The first site in Palermo is scheduled to open this spring
Italy plans high-speed train between Pompeii and Rome to increase tourism to heritage sites
The €35m development will include a new train station adjacent to the Pompeii archaeological site
Antiquities trafficking investigator appointed president of Harvard Law Review—a position once held by Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Barack Obama
Apsara Iyer says looting of Indian temples was a "wake-up call" to understanding how cultural heritage and crime intersect
The late conceptual artist Stanley Brouwn would not want you to read this article
The curators of his first US museum survey will not talk about the show, honouring his wishes not to interpret his artwork
‘You can’t pay rent with prestige’: as contract negotiations drag on, unionised Guggenheim workers rally at exhibition openings
As museum members and supporters waited to enter opening celebrations for Gego and Sarah Sze shows, they were greeted by members of UAW Local 2110