Joe Ware

London's Royal Academy announces plans to close Collection Gallery until 2027

The gallery will be redeveloped by David Chipperfield Architects, who will add a 12-metre-high space with a mezzanine

The new chief curator of Uzbekistan’s Centre for Contemporary Art is bringing insights from London to the youth of Tashkent

Sara Raza, who is also the space's first artistic director, has big plans to reach young people, inspired by her time at South London Gallery

Frieze to launch climate change fundraising initiative at its London fairs

Participating galleries have signed up to pledge 10% of the sale price of selected works to fund the Gallery Climate Coalition

The ancient city of Carthage is under attack again—and this time the enemy is climate change

Environmental damage is increasingly visible at the ruins of the former trading hub, located in modern-day Tunisia

Full steam ahead: world’s first rail journey to be re-enacted for 200th anniversary

A newly restored replica of Locomotion No. 1, which was designed in 1825, will run along the first public track later this month

London’s Hayward Gallery director Ralph Rugoff to step down after 20 years in role

Rugoff curated 23 major shows during his tenure, as well as serving as artistic director of the Venice Biennale

Lina Ghotmeh to transform historic Uzbek scholar’s house into Jadids’ Legacy Museum

The space, due to open in 2027, will be dedicated to the ideas and enduring influence of Jadidism

New draft guidance for UK museums calls for ‘transition away’ from fossil fuels sponsorship

The draft “Code of Ethics” was published by the Museums Association earlier this week

Climate protestors install Anish Kapoor work on North Sea gas platform

The action by Greenpeace makes “BUTCHERED” the first artwork to be exhibited in such a location

Glasgow art centre to reopen under new leadership after pro-Palestinian protest incident

The Scottish organisation, which has been closed since police were called to stop a planned takeover in June, has issued an apology to its community

One of England's oldest human-made structures given protected status by Historic England

The 5,000 year old Yorkshire cairn is thought to be older than Stonehenge

Job cuts at National Trust could pose threat to charity's mission, union says

Up to 550 jobs could be axed at the charity as part of a bid to save £26m, despite rising visitor numbers

‘An act of solidarity’: exhibitions raising funds and awareness for Palestinians open in London

One show presents works by over 200 artists, while another focuses on protests across the UK

Ban on fossil fuel advertising and sponsorship to be debated by UK parliament

Campaigners behind a petition that has garnered more than 100,000 signatures are seeking to end the kind of deals struck by the British Museum and Science Museum

‘Our biggest heritage crisis’: why Britain’s churches are in danger

The government has this year cut back a funding lifeline for listed churches, putting historic buildings and the art they house at risk

Glasgow art centre shuts after police called over planned pro-Palestinian take-over

Art Workers for Palestine Scotland had arrived to host an unofficial week-long programme of events before officers arrived and, the group claim, “violently escalated”

Gaudi’s original vision for Casa Batlló has been restored

One of the most famous sites in Barcelona has been given a €3.5m makeover

Education union calls on schools to boycott London's Science Museum over ‘image-laundering’ sponsorship deals

Groups representing scientists, teachers and culture workers held a protest outside the institution on Sunday over its deals with oil company BP and Adani Green Energy

John Singer Sargent exhibition in London shines a light on the lives of the ‘dollar princesses’

The show at Kenwood House features 18 portraits of American heiresses who came over to the UK to marry into aristocracy—with many of them going on to make a considerable mark on British society

Public mosaic by Jeremy Deller and Coralie Turpin explores the history and nature of Scarborough

The Roman-style work completes the Wild Eye art and nature trail, which connects five other artist commissions along the coast

Catholic artists celebrate Antoni Gaudí’s place on the path to sainthood

Known as “God’s architect”, Gaudí was earlier this week declared “venerable” by the Vatican

‘I am glad you are recording what they have done to me’: portraits from Belsen concentration camp among exhibits in London anniversary show

An exhibition marking 80 years since the camp was liberated “takes a fresh look at a subject that many of us think we are familiar with”, says the director of the Wiener Holocaust Library

Paintings safe from soup as Just Stop Oil ‘hangs up the high viz’

The controversial climate campaign group, whose protests have included throwing orange cornflour at Stonehenge and supergluing themselves to various works of art, says its final action will take place in April

‘Ravaging shared heritage’: South Korea wildfires destroy ancient temple and threaten Unesco site

At least 28 people have died in the fires, which are now the country's worst ever natural fire disaster

Revelation over last surviving portrait of England’s ‘nine day queen’ was made 20 years ago, art historian says

English Heritage has published new research into the picture, supporting the fact it may depict Lady Jane Grey, but its sitter was also proposed in a 2007 exhibition

British Museum and Science Museum under increasing pressure to scrap BP sponsorship after oil giant drops climate targets

The pair are the last two major cultural institutions taking funding from fossil fuel companies

Culture and heritage ignite the regeneration fire in Sheffield

The Steel City is excavating its buried medieval castle and building new cultural spaces

Three in five small UK museums and galleries fear closure amid declining revenue, new research suggests

The survey of independent cultural attractions found that three quarters of respondents were concerned for the future of the wider sector

Cartier brooches—once owned by the unconventional arts patron Virginia Courtauld—go on display in London

The diamond-encrusted pieces of jewellery can now be seen in Eltham Palace, Courtauld’s former home