The first new film in 30 years by the veteran Armenian director, commissioned by the Fondation Cartier, had its premiere at the NY Film Festival this week

In a new series "Dispatches from Afghanistan", we speak to artists about their experiences since the rise of the Taliban. Here, Mansoor laments the world’s silence over Afghanistan's fate

In the worst flood in Slovenia in nearly two centuries, the capital's most important theatre and Modern art museum have been damaged

In a new series "Dispatches from Afghanistan", we speak to artists about their experiences since the rise of the Taliban. Here, contemporary artist and curator Mina recounts the horrors of her failed escape attempt

Since the annexation in 2014, Russia has been persecuting the Tatar population and appropriating monuments

Deadly rains in central Henan province threatened key Unesco World Heritage sites and hundreds of national relics. Experts warn the disaster may be a taste of future trouble

Plus, artist Bill Fontana records Notre Dame's bells

The Karnofsky Store, a Jewish family’s former tailor shop where the young jazz legend found early encouragement for his musical talent, has been reduced to rubble

In 2015, the Association of Art Museum Directors established a structure under which museums can act to protect cultural property in immanent peril

The Qayqayt First Nation artist has created vivid portraits of the residential school victims whose lives were cut short

UK government agrees that new regime must "safeguard the full diversity of Afghan culture"

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