Artist's huge sculpture at Benesse Art Site Naoshima was "severely damaged" when it was washed out to sea during stormy weather earlier this week

The birthplace of the Olympic Games is one of the many ancient sites at risk as record temperatures scorch country

Louvre specialists worked with Lebanese counterparts to repair the damaged building

Lawsuit was filed against the Brazilian government earlier this month citing the imminent risk of a blaze

Eight vessels from the Archaeological Museum of the American University of Beirut will undergo conservation thanks to €25,000 grant from Tefaf fund

The gallerist was ill at home in Bad Münstereifel, one of the worst-hit towns

A team from the Cologne City Archive has sent emergency aid to Stolberg

A newsletter issued by the cultural facility, founded by sisters Emily and Annemarie Jacir, says its office was ransacked and equipment was stolen

Bombings have halted classes in the city’s only accredited arts academy, but its founder keeps hope alive

Work on the 760m-long Renaissance passageway, which has been closed for safety since 2016, will be completed in May next year

Blaze has ripped through the Reading Room of the Jagger Library at the University of Cape Town

French aid will restore the stained-glass windows and Arab salon of the historic villa, which was severely damaged in port explosions last August

Art historian who knew the building best says the Indigenous community who worshipped in the unique 16th-century church should decide what will replace it

Eyewitnesses say Eritrean military stormed an Ethiopian Orthodox Church in Axum, killing hundreds

Viewers can track the recovery after the blaze and view hundreds of images of the New York museum’s artefacts

Deal between the Syrian government and Russian masonry body builds on country’s research into state of archaeological site

Huge operation to hoist the instrument out of the fire-ravaged building has taken four months

New organisation, Our World Heritage, is putting Unesco's feet to the fire

Researchers have identified nine buildings that require a “quick response” and a further 57 places of worship that could suffer from future cavity collapses

Sixty-three objects were sprayed with an oily liquid on 3 October at the Pergamon, Neues Museum and Alte Nationalgalerie

Entries on Historic England Heritage at Risk list, published today, have risen to 5,097

While its physical location was closed by the combined impact of government reprisals and the global pandemic, the museum lives on as a digital space

A note was left at the scene by the perpetrators saying they “did not accept” that the saint should be “represented in such a way”

A coalition of international museums and heritage organisations are working to provide expertise to Lebanese institutions

Contemporary art outpost of Rome museum will be housed in an 18th-century palace rebuilt with Russian government funds

With homes, galleries and studios entirely destroyed, Lebanese artists respond in the aftermath of Tuesday’s carnage

Italian court may press charges after three toes on the statue were broken

Several galleries and museums have been destroyed or severely damaged following the blast and fire that shook the Lebanese capital on Tuesday

Concerns raised about how the visitor gained access to the Paolina Bonaparte cast

Maintenance was under par at Museum of Natural History and Botanical Gardens of the University of Minas Gerais