Discussion argued for community empowerment, new skillsets, and focus on contemporary colonialism

Open letter describes the Garrison Church, damaged in the Second World War, as the symbol of an “unholy alliance” between church, military, and state

Two-month conservation effort for the sculptures follows a public appeal to donors

Local figures defend portrayal of the nation’s blemished early history

As many parts of the world record their highest ever temperatures, we look back on three interviews focusing on climate change and the anthropocene.

New partnership will preserve the Birzeit museum’s most ‘at-risk’ objects on paper

The Dorset farmhouse in which she lived with her father, the portrait painter George Spencer Watson, has been recently restored by the Landmark Trust

A deal between the city and the church foundation aims to complete construction work on the architect’s quixotic final project

Pierre Rosenberg has pledged his collection of works by Charles Le Brun and other artists to the new museum

Mark Purcell's study explores 19th-century bibliomania and rejects the notion that books in historic libraries were "bought by the yard"

Kalemegdan served as a military site for the Roman Empire and is a candidate for Unesco World Heritage status

Kunsthalle Rostock, the only museum built under the GDR, remembers Berlin's asbestos-riddled parliament building and culture hub

Medieval sculpture on façade of Unesco World Heritage site in Wittenberg is one of around 30 similar pieces across Europe

Excavation campaigns on the Greek island have raised questions about our knowledge of Cycladic art and culture

A petition has been launched to prevent the Peruvian government from continuing the project

German city launches €85m plan to prevent further decay of infamous rally grounds

Life-size "bodyforms" are positioned amid ancient grottoes, agoras and sculptures

Our pick of highlights from upcoming auctions

Complex conservation issues mean it could easily take a decade or more to rebuild the Medieval cathedral

Crowdfunding campaigns have also launched to support victims and restore heritage sites after deadly blasts

A spire competition is the wrong approach

The Art Newspaper network, which includes the Giornale dell’Arte, The Art Newspaper France, The Art Newspaper Russia, and The Art Newspaper China, has gathered together comments from three continents

The cathedral’s roof, wholly destroyed in the fire, was built of some 1300 great trees

Several charitable and crowdfunding campaigns have launched since the fire

Crown of Thorns and St Louis tunic are among the artefacts to have been saved, while paintings inside the cathedral will be removed and restored

US President proposed water bombing the cathedral but this risks weakening the structure, say experts

The country possesses more than 32,000 churches, 6,000 chapels and 87 cathedrals. Their dual administration has caused serious problems of management and conservation

The Turkish president wants the monument to serve as a place of worship flouting international pressure to retain the site’s current neutral status

Philanthropic funding assures new training for the next generation of masters to emerge

Exhibition at the Pulitzer Arts Foundation explores how Pharaohs and Christians alike went in for vandalising and “killing” icons