Artists struggle to work, museums and galleries close their doors and historic sites are badly damaged

New research has confirmed the site of the giant ancient metropolis, but further archaeological work has been delayed due to issues such as travel restrictions

Ben Luke talks to Sarvy Geranpayeh about the continuing violence in the Middle East, discusses the new Art Basel and UBS Global Art Market Report with its author Clare McAndrew, and speaks to our reporter in Australia, Elizabeth Fortescue, about a new installation at the Sydney Biennale.

Ukraine has requested the extradition of the State Hermitage Museum’s Alexander Butyagin, who seized artefacts including ancient Greek coins

The long-awaited museum has been postponed yet again amid the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran

Artists say conditions are becoming desperate against the backdrop of Israel's ongoing blockade of the strip

Her battalion described her as "smart, hardworking, motivated" and a "true warrior"

The museum, which houses artefacts dating back millennia, has been caught in the crossfire of the civil war raging in the North African country

Dorgham Quraiqi, was working with the UK charity Hope and Play, when the remains of his house were bombed

At least six museums and multiple historic sites have suffered looting or damage as a result of the conflict

HeritageWatch.AI aims to provide real-time data, based on analysis of satellite imagery, to plan and deploy effective disaster management

Local and international experts are filling a government void, and have begun the process of mapping and assessing sites

Artists and cultural activists tell The Art Newspaper what they have found on their return

Censorship and the risk of conscription have forced many artists to flee the country—and face under-representation abroad

Israeli strikes across southern and eastern Lebanon have damaged and threatened several important monuments, while Baalbek remains in peril

As Israel continues its offensive against Hezbollah, ‘art spaces allow people to escape’, says the gallery founder Saleh Barakat

Looting by armed groups has been reported at institutions in Sudan, including the National Museum

The prominent Ukrainian poet Serhiy Zhadan described her as “very young, sincere and gifted," adding: "There is no explanation for this. And there is no forgiveness either”

Emergency repairs at 11th-century fortress offer a ray of hope in country where dozens of historic sites are damaged or destroyed

Pavel Otdelnov's show at the Old Waiting Room in south London aims to “discover the origins of the catastrophe unfolding before our eyes today”

A thought-provoking exhibition of work by the late photojournalist the Imperial War Museum

The war in Gaza has resulted in catastrophic human losses. Behind the statistics lie the lives of individuals who have worked to preserve the exclave’s precious and often ignored heritage sites

The artist-activist defends free speech in a lengthy response, but says that the gallery’s decision is “for his own well-being”

Two artists, Heba Zagout and Muhammed Sami Qariqa, are among the nearly 4,000 Gazans who have died in the escalating conflict

Amid the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, Kyiv’s Saint Sophia Cathedral, the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra and the historic centre of Lviv join Odesa on Unesco’s endangered list

Landmark site was the burial place of Prince Grigory Potemkin, whose bones were removed by Russian occupying forces last year

New report finds that, unlike journalists, artists are often "in the dark" about the organisations they can turn to when their rights are threatened

German government’s visa admissions programme is abruptly suspended, leaving desperate applicants in limbo

Leading artists and museum professionals raise fears as violence erupts in Khartoum

Physical copies of some of the top secret US diplomatic cables leaked by Assange will be on show