The artefact survived both Nimrud's decimation in 2016 and the fall of the Assyrian empire in the 7th century

Two activists from the group Stop Fracking Around also glued their hands to the gallery wall to protest the construction of a major gas pipeline in northern British Columbia

The coin was minted 70 years before the first documented arrival of non-Viking Europeans to the region

The institution is scheduled to open in summer 2023 inside the oldest building in Vancouver’s Chinatown

The artist and activist, described as the ‘mother of Arabic revolutionary art’ has work in the collections of the British Museum and the Ashmolean

The seven alabaster reliefs document the military conquests of the Neo-Assyrian King Sennacherib

The Himaya project based in Qatar has been working with Interpol to identify artefacts trafficked to London, Paris and Amsterdam

The Audain Prize, awarded to the province of British Columbia’s most distinguished artists, comes with C$100,000 cash

The resignations mark a major escalation of a long-running power struggle between the gallery’s leadership and its landlord, the Harbourfront Centre

Ashoona, who received a special mention for her work in this year's Venice Biennale, continues to draw attention to a previously underrepresented culture

The Byzantine-era gem has been described as "the most beautiful mosaic floor" found in Palestine

Ken Lum’s bronze statue, completed years ago but never installed, was deaccessioned by Edmonton for fear that it “may cause harm”

Staff at the Chateau Laurier in Ottawa noticed that the frame of the 1941 photograph did not match others in its reading room

The Qattarat al-Imam Ali shrine, a popular pilgrimage destination, collapsed on 20 August after rubble from a landslide struck its roof

The Luminato Festival, a fixture of Toronto’s arts scene since 2007, called off the Um of Water project days before its debut

The move would be especially significant for First Nations artists, who make up an enormous share of Canada’s art market but rarely earn more than subsistence income from sales

Scholar says the new discovery is "significant" as 233 objects are sent to the Iraq Museum

Digital project from the Institute for Palestine Studies in Beirut explores how the Palestinian people have used art to express their social and political history

James Fitton, a 66-year-old retired geologist, had been convicted of antiquities smuggling after taking pottery shards from an ancient site

After years of conflict and sanctions, heritage trips have been taking off in the area. But potential visitors may be wary after geologist Jim Fitton was given a 15-year sentence for taking “a few worthless pieces of broken pottery”

The fresh funding means the gallery has raised C$270m toward the project’s overall cost of C$400m

Kerbel’s new solo exhibition at Catriona Jeffries gallery in Vancouver, the artist is debuting two new performance works

What would have been the most expensive museum project in Canadian history is paused indefinitely due to opposition over its cost

Having survived Islamic State, Assyrian capital is under threat once again

The Iranian-born artist Abbas Akhavan’s installation at the Contemporary Art Gallery in Vancouver re-stages a scene captured at the Iraq Museum in 2003

The province’s enormous expenditure to rebuild the Royal British Columbia Museum should include funding repatriation efforts, the Tseshaht First Nation says

Worsening drought conditions have extended the period when the 3,400-year-old city of Zakhiku is above water, aiding archaeologists’ efforts to study and preserve the site

Many critics of the project remained underwhelmed by the lack of clear vision for the $789m museum

The museum will be built on the site of the Rennie Museum in Vancouver, which focuses on contemporary art

The proposed museum replacing the current building has been called a “vanity project”