Featurecoronavirus
Significant art emerged from traumas of the past—will the pandemic prove different?
As the coronavirus crisis stretches on, we look at how artists have captured confinement in recent history and what is being done now
NewsSecond World War
The cultural consequences of the Second World War carry into today
From art restitutions to how museum adapted to wartime constraints, we continue to feel the fallout 75 years after the conflict’s end
FeatureSecond World War
What can we learn from museums during the Second World War?
On the 75th anniversary of VE Day, we look back at how art institutions adapted to wartime constraints, from tours without pictures to child's play
NewsConservation & Preservation
Restorers making headway in rehabilitation of Erbil Citadel
After setbacks related to ISIS's offensive, preservationists in northern Iraq report progress
NewsPerformance art
How one artist is using theatre to draw attention to the EU asylum problem
Staging of a refugee trial asking audience to determine the fate of an asylum seeker poses questions about the 'theatrification' of migration issues
InterviewPolitics
Drawing with the ashes of Isis-ravaged buildings: Piers Secunda on the art of destruction
Artist’s works on iconoclasm in Mosul are currently on show at the Imperial War Museum in London
NewsWar & Conflict
Art in the time of airstrikes: Yemeni artists urge international donors for support
Symposium at the British Museum, part of the Shubbak festival of contemporary Arab culture, will include artists from war-torn Yemen and Syria
NewsConservation & Preservation
Aliph global protection fund announces 14 projects across multiple war zones
The Minaret of Jam in Afghanistan, Syria’s Raqqa Museum and Mosul libraries all safeguarded
NewsMonuments
Designs for new D-Day monument in Normandy will go on sale at Masterpiece
David Williams-Ellis' sculpture for the British Normandy Memorial will be unveiled today by May and Macron
ReviewBook Shorts
Book on artists’ opposition to the Vietnam War
Part of the 1960s US anti-war movement, artists then had nothing like the impact they have today
NewsNazi loot
Max Stern: dealer's heirs still fighting for looted art justice
With works from the forced liquidation of his gallery by the Nazis still regularly turning up in Germany, two current restitution claims by his heirs could have major ramifications for all those seeking to recover looted art
NewsSyria
New London gallery shows work by only-known artist to have worked secretly under Islamic State
The Stories Art Gallery champions artists who take a non-political approach in their work to challenge violent stereotypes of Syria
NewsLondon
How the UK has revived its Monuments Men
The CPPU consists of a solitary lieutenant-colonel, but he is recruiting
NewsExhibitions
Art made from Isis bullet hole damage goes on show for first joint UK project between Iraq and Kurdistan
Piers Secunda’s exhibition on destroyed ancient Assyrian objects is part of ongoing attempts to bring peace to a divided region
BlogAdventures with Van Gogh
Starry Night is held by Russian government
Van Gogh drawing had been folded in half in 1945 to fit inside a suitcase
NewsArtists
Artists in conflict zones get a global platform with new Ruya Maps initiative
Programme to launch in October with show by Venezuelan artist Pepe López in London chapel
NewsConservation & Preservation
Aleppo's reconstruction 'deserves international resources'
Aga Khan Trust for Culture calls for condemnation of destruction to be reinforced by help on the ground
NewsConservation & Preservation
Damaged art undergoes intensive care in Berlin’s Bode Museum
The institution is using funds from a private foundation to restore works scarred by war
NewsHeritage
Icom unveils Yemen red list at Metropolitan Museum in bid to halt illegal trade of artefacts
Yemen’s cultural heritage is at serious risk as war and famine ravage the country
NewsOpenings
Wende Museum of Cold War artefacts spills its secrets in California
More than 100,000 Soviet and Eastern European objects find new home in former Armory
NewsWar & Conflict
Letter from Yemen: artist speaks out about his country’s 'forgotten war'
Ahmed Jahaf describes what it is like to live through catastrophic conflict
BlogIn the frame
Here’s looking at the ‘real’ and ‘reel’ Casablanca
NewsVorticist
Sotheby’s expect First World War painting by Nevinson to make £1m
Last sold 50 years ago, A Dawn depicts French troops marching to trenches through Flanders in 1914
NewsExhibitions
Imperial War Museum explores artists’ responses to war and terror after 9/11
Show of more than 40 artists includes Jenny Holzer, Grayson Perry and Gerhard Richter
NewsWar & Conflict
Iraqi troops in push to recapture old city of Mosul
Heritage bodies face major task in saving historic buildings when Isil extremists are ousted
NewsWar & Conflict
British Museum-trained Iraqi archaeologist assesses Isil destruction of Nimrud
Ancient Assyrian site was almost completely demolished by extremists
ArchiveSyria
The plight of Syria’s artists as the conflict enters its fifth year
Artists carry on, even on the front line, but exiles face an increasingly precarious situation
ArchiveArt market
Colombian art scene rebounds after civil war
Western dealers and curators look to the South
ArchiveExhibitions
Bode museum finally lays bare its war-damaged collection
An exhibition in Berlin surveys the ethical implications of restoring damaged art
ArchiveWar & Conflict
MP Robert Jenrick leads campaign to stop Islamic State funding terror through trafficking
UK and US collaborate to cut off one of group’s top revenue streams
ArchiveWar & Conflict
Curators, art historians and museum directors sought by the US Army to provide expert advice in combat zones
Wanted: a new generation of Monuments Men
ArchiveExhibitions
Artists confront violence across the Middle East in new exhibition opening in Amsterdam
“Fight History” is the second in the "Crisis of History" series on at the Tolhuistuin
ArchiveInstitut du Monde Arabe
Renewal in the Arab world to come from women and the young, says French president
Last month’s conference at the Institut du Monde Arabe acquired special meaning after Charlie Hebdo
ArchiveFakes & copies
Looting in the Middle East encourages fakes and forgeries
Modern art targeted as the originals go missing
ArchiveVictor Pinchuk
Ukraine’s art scene soldiers on despite political crisis
Artists can fight for freedom as the country asserts its independence, says gallery founder Victor Pinchuk
ArchiveComment
Development, tourism and neglect endanger sites as much as conflict and natural disasters
Does Unesco have the power to stop the decline of crucial heritage sites?
ArchiveConservation
Reims repairs its war damage, a century on
Restoration of the cathedral is due to be completed in 2015
ArchiveConservation
Fixing - or not fixing - the works in Berlin's sculpture collections damaged in 1945
Should they be left as a reminder of a dark past or restored to reflect the artists’ intentions?
ArchiveCultural heritage
Iconoclasm reborn with Islamic State fanaticism: The destruction of cultural heritage as propaganda
The extent of the destruction is uncertain in the fog of war
ArchiveFeatures
The British Museum’s battle on the home front during the First World War
The museum’s archive reveals how air raids threatened the collection and George V intervened to stop the building being requisitioned
ArchiveBooks
Parr and Badger's photobook trilogy completed with The Photobook: a History
Martin Parr and Gerry Badger explore propaganda, conflict, sex, and death
ArchiveIran
"Unedited History: Iran 1960-2014" at Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville will emphasise the survival of modernity in Iranian history
The exhibition will contain works by 24 artists, from three pivotal historical moments: 1960-70, the revolutionary era, and the post-war period
ArchiveFocus
In focus: Scythians, Warriors of the steppes
The Scythians' tombs have yielded hundreds of gold and silver objects
ArchiveKiev
Pinchuk pleads for calm amidst Ukraine violence
Billionaire art collector encourages peaceful compromise
ArchiveFocus
Clarity in the fog of war: the drawings of Laura Footes
She bases her drawing partly on her experiences at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, “the largest military hospital in Europe”
ArchiveJerusalem
Negotiations over Jerusalem’s holy sites not just for politicians, say religious officials
Jewish, Muslim and Christian leaders say they must be involved in Israeli-Palestinian peace talks
ArchiveNovember 2013
Tate finds 370-year-old bullet hole in Charles I statue
The sculpture was famously attacked by Parliamentarians shortly after the outbreak of the English Civil War
ArchiveHague Convention
The UK must affirm its commitment to heritage and ratify the Hague Convention
Convention was created to protect cultural property during war
ArchiveNews
Syrian war’s devastating toll on antiquities
Unesco places major national heritage sites on danger list as ground combat, air strikes and looting reduce ancient settlements to rubble
ArchiveConservation
Conservators save Burden’s war from brink
Breathing new life into the installation that the American artist wanted to destroy
ArchiveFilms
The art of warfare: new documentary on practical applications of art installation during WWII
Rick Beyer’s “The Ghost Army” is the story of the artists who worked to throw the German army off the scent of the real location of Allied troops
ArchiveNews
Cold War spy photos help locate archaeological sites across the globe
Major grant to expand project that uses images from Corona military satellite system to pinpoint archaeological remains
ArchiveExhibitions
Iraq War remembered (but not the dodgy dossier) at Imperial War Museum North
Tony Blair will not feature heavily in this exhibition - rather, those whose lives were shaped and destroyed by the conflict
ArchiveExhibitions
Iraq War remembered
The show largely sidesteps Tony Blair’s controversial role in the conflict
ArchiveLibya
Libyan shrines under attack as militant Islamists target Muslim mausoleums
Protesters demand protection for cultural heritage as clashes turn violent
ArchiveIraq
Iraq refuses to co-operate with US archaeologists unless cache of Jewish manuscripts are given back
However, operations financed by the World Monument in Babylon will not be halted
ArchiveRestitution
Schiele restitution case could damage NY business, say dealers
The ruling in long-standing legal battle may threaten defence that a purchase was made in good faith
ArchiveNews
Germany supports research into Russia’s wartime losses
Archives of the western allies will be searched for clues
ArchiveBooks
Books: A personal reflection on artistic responses to war
Records, celebrations, denunciations
ArchiveMuseums
The stench of war lingers in Dresden's Museum of Military History thanks to Sissel Tolaas
Visitors to the museum can sample the smell of World War I
ArchiveCambodia
As New York prepares to display Cambodian art new and old, we assess the growing recognition of Cambodian contemporary art
An overview of the Cambodian art market, as well as names to look out for, and the legacy of the Khmer Rouge
ArchiveAntiquities & Archaeology
Moscow dig chief mocked over “fake” site
Protestors claim archaeology project is sham to prevent political protests.
ArchiveRestitution
Armenian restitution claims grow
Getty case may be tip of the iceberg
ArchiveWar & Conflict
Another casualty of the culture wars
Damage to the Egyptian Museum is just the latest example of the politicisation of archaeology.
ArchiveWar & Conflict
Shaun Gladwell on life in Afghanistan
The Australian artist’s three-week sojourn with troops will form basis of new work
ArchiveNews
Shaun Gladwell sets off for Afghanistan as Australia’s official war artist
He is creating video and photographic works to document the conflict
ArchiveNational Museum of Iraq
Blast from suicide bombing damage causes chaos at Baghdad's National Museum
Director warns of security risks in the capital
ArchiveIraq
Two artists and an soldier are taking the war in Iraq to the American people
A British conceptual artist, an Iraqi artist, and a US soldier who served in Iraq travelled from New York to Los Angeles with the remains of a car destroyed in a Baghdad bomb attack in tow
ArchiveArt fairs
T.V. Santhosh: remembering victims of violence and war
Visitors to the fair are encouraged to use the space to empathise with victims of violence
ArchiveIraq
Interview with Jeremy Deller on tackling the troubled legacy of Iraq War
Turner prize-winner to take the controversial show on a three-week tour of the US in late March
ArchiveIraq
Body of international experts head to Babylon to determine extent of damage inflicted by US army
Minister wants to reopen Baghdad Museum despite risks
ArchiveWar & Conflict
First evidence of damage to Gaza’s cultural sites emerges
Antiquities museum hit; fears grow for excavated archaeology.
ArchiveIraq
Ex-head of Iraq's board of antiquities estimates 10 years of restoration for Babylon
The integrity of the historic site did not factor into US strategy, proven by the construction of an adjacent military base
ArchiveUnited Kingdom
British Army to help Iraq turn Saddam Hussein’s Lakeside Palace into a museum
British Museum also offers to assist Iraqis to present antiquities
ArchiveCooper Union
Cooper Union accused of censorship as Stalin banner is removed
The controversial image was removed after protests from local community, many of whom were Ukrainian
ArchiveFilms
Art in the media: Light and dark after the war at the Ferus Gallery and in the art of Georg Baselitz
Ostensibly disparate films illuminate art after the end of World War II
ArchiveNews
Georgia and Russia rattle their sabres over war damage
Both sides claim the other damaged historic buildings
ArchiveBenin Bronzes
Lehman gift of Benin treasures to Museum of Fine Arts angers Nigeria
Works looted by the British and reassembled by banking heir find permanent home in Boston
ArchiveFilms
Art on the big screen: The art of war and sex
A look at 'Guernica: Portrait of War' and 'Love You More'
ArchiveNational Museum of Iraq
Two books survey the deterioration of Iraq's cultural heritage fives years after war took hold
Sorry tales of devastation and waste, with little hope on the horizon
ArchiveNews
Iraq war thwarts loans to Louvre for “Babylon” show
Negotiations have lasted five years only to fall through due to security issues
ArchiveIraq
The Iraq war in watercolour: Interview with Steve Mumford
The artist has visited Iraq five times, and has no qualms about placing himself in the line of fire to document the conflict
ArchiveIraq
International backing secured for the recuperation of Babylon after disturbances by US military bases
The World Monuments Fund will educate Iraqi experts tasked with keeping the ruins in good condition
ArchiveIraq
5 years after the Baghdad Museum's looting, a little optimism is finally appropriate: Interview with the British Museum's John Curtis
The situation at the Baghdad Museum remains bleak but thieves are less of a problem at archaeological sites
ArchiveArt market
Insurance for war loot claims on the rise
Increasing numbers of private collectors, dealers, museums, and banks have been buying policies to protect their assets
ArchiveUnesco
Samarra shrine must be rebuilt: Unesco says reconstruction will help unite warring factions
The site is considered one of the holiest in Iraq, containing the remains of two of the Prophet's descendants
ArchiveUnesco
Samarra mosque at risk from new police barracks
There are fears that the new station will be a target for insurgents; Unesco powerless to protect the World Heritage site
ArchiveMuseums
Pakistan’s contemporary museum launches with anti-war art
President Musharraf has encouraged artists to promote a “peaceful and tolerant” image of their country through their work
ArchiveAntiquities & Archaeology
Iraqi Prime Minister pushes for Samarra rebuild after mosque loses final minarets in second attack
At least 18 shrines have been attacked since last February, says antiquities head
ArchiveRestitution
Germans call for return of paintings in the National Maritime Museum seized by British troops
The London museum has turned down two previous requests for restitution
ArchiveUnesco
“Catalogue of the National Museum of Afghanistan”: recording and illustrating key objects in the Kabul Museum
Unesco has published a record of the 1,600 objects acquired by the institution between 1931 and 1985
ArchiveFeatures
US army collection: Looking at the art of the Iraq war
A collection of paintings is stored in a basement in Washington, DC. The artists are serving—or have served—in the US Army
ArchiveTate
Brian Haw's art of protest
The artist explains his anti-war installation
ArchiveArt fairs
Allora & Calzadilla: sonic warfare for Moore Space project
The artists have installed a concrete-grey fortification inside the gallery as an anti-war statement
ArchiveLooted art
Revealed: National Gallery’s Cranach is war loot
The painting was taken from Germany at the end of World War II
ArchiveSecond World War
The Bode Museum reborn in Berlin
Works removed on the outbreak of World War II are now back on view in the newly-restored building
ArchiveRestitution
Restitution pledge by US museums remains unfulfilled six years on
Results of survey lay bare how the US fell short
ArchiveJuly 2006
France promised Mona Lisa to Mussolini to avert war: The untold story of Leonardo's 1939 Milan retrospective
King George VI loaned 19 of his best Leonardo drawings to Milan for the most important exhibition on the artist ever held
ArchiveIraq
Minaret of Ana likely the "obelisk" said to have been lost in Iraq bombings
Professor Alistair Northedge asserts that the minaret is the only structure that fits a description provided by US marines
ArchiveIran
Victims of Hamas suicide bombers demand Iranian antiquities from US museums in compensation for injuries
Terrorist attacks in Jerusalem which killed five and injured hundreds were executed with funding from Iran—say plaintiffs in several lawsuits