Mosaic floor from Caligula’s ship returned to Italy
New York authorities tracked down the object, which was being used as a coffee table by a Manhattan couple, after a photograph appeared in a book on porphyry
World Monuments Fund recognises sites threatened by conflict, climate change and natural disasters
Cultural locations in the Caribbean, the US Gulf coast and Mexico hit by recent hurricanes and earthquakes were a last minute addition to the list
US to pull out of Unesco by 2018
The State Department says the decision was based on concerns over funding and anti-Israel bias in the cultural organisation
Whitney makes the case for David Hammons’s ‘ghost monument’ on the Hudson River
The museum presented its proposal for the public work at a community board meeting Wednesday night—and early reactions were positive
Four things to see during the Chicago Architecture Biennial
From imaginative scale models to a pop-up ‘freak’ show, we pick the must see projects around the city
Rehab and reuse top of agenda at Chicago Architecture Biennial
The second edition promises visionary solutions and a few surprises
Metropolitan Museum of Art finalises job description for director search
Search committee conducted "broad outreach" inside and outside the museum to define future leader’s desired traits
MCA Chicago goes global
A new initiative aims to “embed within the DNA of the museum” a more international view of the art historical canon
Florida museums assess damage and start repairs in Irma’s wake
The region’s arts institutions survived the storm largely intact, with some planning to reopen this week
Miami museums hunker down ahead of Hurricane Irma
Florida declares a state of emergency and Miami Beach residents are urged to evacuate
White House review could shrink protected land around Michael Heizer’s City
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s report on national monuments recommends reductions but no details revealed
Countdown begins for sculpture’s lift-off
Trevor Paglen and Nevada Museum Of Art crowdfund to launch his “purely artistic” satellite
President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities members resign en masse in protest
In a letter sent to the White House today, artists and cultural figures including Chuck Close, Kal Penn, and Jhumpa Lahiri censure President Trump for his “hateful rhetoric”
Charlottesville riot hastens removal of Confederate monuments throughout the US
City and state governments around the country are looking at what to do with the controversial statues
De Kooning painting stolen from Arizona museum was hanging in New Mexico couple’s bedroom
A local newspaper has identified the owners of the estate where the missing painting was found
NEH awards $39m in grants in last round of funding for 2017
The agency, which was targeted for elimination by the Trump administration, supports culture and history projects across the US
The Met might return another ancient vase to Italy
A fourth-century BC terracotta krater was turned over to the DA’s office last week based on evidence it was looted
Will the land surrounding Michael Heizer’s City stay protected?
US Interior Secretary hinted at downsizing after visiting two of Nevada’s national monuments, as part of review ordered by President Trump
Berkshire Museum courts censure from museums groups with plan to sell 40 works
Among the objects to be auctioned for the endowment and refurbishment are two paintings by Norman Rockwell
Images of melting glaciers head to backyard of Trump’s Florida home
Exhibition highlighting effects of climate change to open near Mar-a-Lago
Wolfgang Tillmans: ‘It’s the great album tracks that didn’t become singles’
The artist reveals the ideas behind his solo show at the Fondation Beyeler—the Basel museum’s first photography exhibition
Why artists, even art fair-averse ones, are in Basel this week
Athens, Venice, ARoS, Kassel, Münster—and now in Art Basel
In pictures: the ideal home, at Design Miami/Basel
The fair has a domestic vibe this year, from Jean Prouvé's house for wartime refugees to Max Lamb's metal-sprayed polystyrene furniture
Google partners with 180 institutions to launch art and fashion platform
We Wear Culture presents objects, exhibitions, videos and virtual tours of international collections
When does a photograph lie? Taryn Simon's Innocents series looks at how images can be used to blur truth and fiction
The artist's images of the wrongfully committed go on show this month at the Guild Hall in New York
Organisers of Ghost Ship artist space charged with 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter
The two men were involved in creating unsafe conditions at the converted Oakland warehouse that caught fire last year, prosecutors say
Yale and MoMA team up to resurrect visionary light works
Thomas Wilfred’s 50-page manual came in handy
Sam Durant’s controversial Scaffold to be dismantled and burned
The artist and museum have reached an agreement with Dakota after protests
Walker Art Center postpones opening of sculpture park after Native American protests
Sam Durant’s Scaffold, which includes a recreation of a gallows used to hang 38 Dakota men in 1862, will probably be dismantled