Disasters & destruction
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
Iraq war thwarts loans to Louvre for “Babylon” show
Negotiations have lasted five years only to fall through due to security issues
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
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
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
“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
Chapmans raise Hell for François Pinault: Recreating a work lost to flames
The original piece was destroyed in a disastrous 2004 warehouse fire
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
Iraq was turned into the world centre for the destruction and looting of some of humanity’s most ancient symbols of civilisation
And so it came to pass that not a single world renowned site or treasured museum was protected
Artists sue Momart for £20 million
Solicitors say premises were “a disaster waiting to happen”
Samarra mosque's spiral minaret targeted by bombers
Insurgents allegedly staged the attack to prevent US troops using the tower as a vantage point
The destruction of culture in Iraq has been enormous; now conservation must be a priority
We can help by providing training in site management techniques, in museology and in conservation
US base has caused "shocking" damage to Babylon
The American contractor that built the infrastructure for a base adjacent to the ancient site is responsible for much of the destruction, says an independent report
New “anti-terrorist” display case for the Mona Lisa
After 500 years, Leonardo’s fragile portrait is starting to warp
Landslide warning at Macchu Picchu
Geologists have found the land on the steep slope at the back of the fortress is sliding down at a rate of a centimetre a month
Hindu mobs ransack library and attack Sanscrit scholar
An Oxford University Press book on a nationalist hero has been withdrawn from the Indian market
Unchecked looting of archaeological sites continues in midst of Iraqi war
The Art Newspaper takes inventory of the worst casualties
Details of National Museum of Iraq looting emerge
While the Warka Vase has been accounted for, reports suggest that the cylinder seal collection has vanished
Philippe de Montebello on the sack of the Iraq Museum: “Is it sensible for all the eggs to be in one basket?”
The Art Newspaper speaks to the director of the Metropolitan about the historical significance of the Iraq Museum's plunder and how disasters of its kind can be dealt with
International outrage as Iraq's National Museum is sacked by civilians
American army says it was aware of the risks, but did not protect the building as Iraqi nationals overwhelmed staff who attempted to defend the collection