Disasters & destruction
Islamic State seizes control of Palmyra
Syrian government forces withdraw leaving archaeological site under serious threat
‘I don’t believe that political art can change anything’: Syrian artist Sara Shamma on the role of the artist in times of war
The Art Newspaper speaks to the artist at her new show in London
Yemen’s historic sites damaged in airstrikes after ceasefire fails
Unesco chief condemns attacks, urges all side to keep heritage out of the conflict
Fears as Islamic State militia approach ancient city of Palmyra
Syria’s greatest archaeological site is under threat—again
Nepal’s cultural heritage celebrated in New York
The Rubin Museum of Art is showing art, organising tours and hosting events to help support the earthquake ravaged country
Louvre president shows solidarity with Iraq and Tunisia
Jean-Luc Martinez says attacks on cultural heritage marks "turning point" for universal museums
Chaos in the courts as insurers fight to recover Superstorm Sandy losses
Three lawsuits allege that a storage facility company, a subsidiary of Christie’s, failed to take proper precautions, despite urgent warnings
Museums in Europe and US draw up rescue plans for ravaged sites in Iraq
France takes the lead as calls grow for co-ordinated response after attacks by fanatics on Assyrian royal cities
Islamic State brings in bulldozers and explosives to reduce Nimrud to rubble
Assault on the seat of Assyrian King Ashurnasirpal II could be the worst case of deliberate destruction of an archaeological site in living memory
Clandon Park, a historic house in south of England, suffers devastating blaze
National Trust staff and firefighters salvage paintings and furniture but much is feared lost
Nepal’s most important heritage feared destroyed by catastrophic earthquake
Unesco assesses damage to Kathmandu Valley’s World Heritage Sites and Italy offers expert help
Islamic State video shows blowing up of Ashurnasirpal’s palace
This would be the greatest cultural loss since the Second World War
Cultural heritage at heart of propaganda battle in Iraq
Following vandalism at Mosul museum and Nergal Gate, Iraqi government says IS has destroyed ancient sites at Nimrud, Hatra and Khorsabad
Lost libraries and broken Buddhas: war, iconoclasm and social media
The history of cultural destruction as a propaganda tool
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?
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
How to put Monet back together again: restoration after vandalism
Tiny paint flakes from damaged work give clues to artist’s technique
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
The UK must affirm its commitment to heritage and ratify the Hague Convention
Convention was created to protect cultural property during war
Purposeful destruction: Smashing art at the Tate Britain
Tate Britain traces the driving forces and ideologies behind a 500-year history of iconoclasm
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
Art and the appetite for destruction: Histories of British Iconoclasm on now at Tate Britain
Tate Britain examines the history of those who have targeted art, from Henry VIII to the present
Heritage caught in the crossfire in wake of Arab Spring
From Macedonia to Mali, the culture of the Islamic world is in an ideological and territorial struggle
Germany supports research into Russia’s wartime losses
Archives of the western allies will be searched for clues
Another casualty of the culture wars
Damage to the Egyptian Museum is just the latest example of the politicisation of archaeology.
Terracotta warriors survive Chile earthquake
A group of the soldiers were on loan to the La Moneda Palace in Santiago
How the Mona Lisa almost came to a watery end at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Faulty fire sprinkler “rained on” Leonardo’s portrait, reveals former director
First evidence of damage to Gaza’s cultural sites emerges
Antiquities museum hit; fears grow for excavated archaeology.
Terrorism exhibition cancelled at Chelsea Art Museum
Museum curator resigns over claims of censorship