Museums & Heritage
Judge orders the Art Institute of Chicago to restitute Nazi-looted Schiele drawing
The latest development in the ongoing dispute over a 1916 portrait believed to have been stolen from Fritz Grünbaum by the Nazis
Antoni Gaudí’s Casa Batlló is reaping the rewards from its continual reinvention
The Barcelona museum's latest revamp has added 2,000 sq. m for immersive exhibitions
Nelson-Atkins Museum picks architect for $160m expansion
The museum in Kansas City has tapped the firm Weiss Manfredi to overhaul its campus
Taiwan's newest art institution taps into a flourishing local scene
The New Taipei City Art Museum, which opens to the public on 25 April, is part of a drive to distinguish the municipality from the neighbouring capital
Swiss Bührle Foundation reaches settlement with heirs of Jewish collector over Manet’s ‘La Sultane’
The settlement with the successor of Max Silberberg, of which details are confidential, allows the painting to remain on display at the Kunsthaus Zurich
Jeremy Deller to close National Gallery's bicentenary celebrations with ‘first of its kind’ parade and party
The event, planned to take place in London's Trafalgar Square on 26 July, will draw folklore and traditions from across the UK
Spencer Finch and Lindsay Adams to create large-scale commissions for Obama Presidential Center
The centre in Chicago will feature a tiled installation by Finch and a bright, abstract composition by Adams
World leaders pay tribute to Pope Francis, spiritual leader of the Catholic church and custodian of the Vatican’s treasures, who has died, aged 88
The election of the new pope will be closely watched by supporters of the Argentinian pontiff’s legacy looking for a successor who will act as a progressive voice, highlighting global climate crisis and the needs of immigrants and the poor
Democratic lawmakers urge J.D. Vance to save the Smithsonian from Trump
Four members of the House of Representatives wrote a letter to the US Vice-President to articular their "great concern over [the Smithsonian's] future"
Canadian art museum gets $36m funding boost for expansion from provincial government
The McMichael Canadian Art Collection, the country’s largest museum devoted to Canadian art, has also received $18m from the federal government toward the renovation and expansion project
Getty Museum acquires painting by Spanish Renaissance master Luis de Morales following extensive conservation
The painting, “Christ Carrying the Cross”, from around 1565, had been enlarged in the 18th century, work the Getty’s conservators had to painstakingly undo
How the Imperial War Museum became the reluctant owner of an official Nazi portrait of Adolf Hitler
The painting by the Nazi artist Heinrich Knirr was originally installed in the German embassy in London in 1937
This art historian is on a quest to ensure the story of Arab art is not lost
Salwa Mikdadi’s Abu Dhabi-based institution is digitising and cataloguing tens of thousands of documents and artefacts
British Museum to loan ‘some of the rarest surviving examples’ of Ice Age art to UK's City of Culture
The objects, including what the museum describes as England's oldest known figurative art work, will head to Bradford for a major exhibition opening this summer
Work honouring anarchist sparks outrage in Milan
Politicians in the city say the “inadequate” display of the mixed-media piece depicting Giuseppe Pinelli, who died after falling out of a police station window, fails to properly confront a dark chapter in the city’s history
Pierre Terjanian named next director of MFA Boston
The longtime curator of arms and armour has served as the museum’s chief of curatorial affairs and conservation since January 2024
For Madrid's Prado museum, the good times just keep rolling
A Veronese show in May is set to be latest in long line of Renaissance Venice crowd-pleasers for the Spanish institution
So long, stag parties: Barcelona banks on art to tempt ‘quality’ tourists
Amid a backlash by locals fed up with party-loving visitors, the city’s tourism authority has teamed up with museums to promote a series of exhibitions
Ten essential Caravaggio paintings to see in Rome
Whether or not you can make it to the blockbuster exhibition on the artist now open at the Palazzo Barberini, here are a selection of his most captivating works to see in the city all year round
The Broad breaks ground on its $100m expansion
If everything goes according to plan, the buildout will open just before the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles
Is Macron's grand vision for the Louvre just a fantasy?
President Macron’s pledge to rescue “jewel of the nation” meets scepticism and derision amid the country's fiscal squeeze
Climate activist found guilty of ‘defacing’ Degas sculpture at US National Gallery of Art
A Trump executive order aimed at cracking down on vandalism in Washington, DC has turned up the heat on climate protests
Patients can be prescribed visits to Emily Carr exhibition under new Vancouver Art Gallery mental health initiative
As part of Canada’s national nature prescription programme, healthcare professionals can send visitors to the gallery in support of their psychological wellbeing
National Gallery of Art marking 250th anniversary of US with loans to ten museums across the country
The initiative, already underway and continuing through May 2026, comes as the Trump administration has pressured arts funders and institutions to prioritise semiquincentennial projects
YouTube sensation MrBeast was given ‘unrestricted access’ to the pyramids—Egyptologists say it’s a good thing
Jimmy Donaldson, who has nearly 400 million followers on the video-streaming platform, shot a viral video in Giza, which may be helping to educate a new audience
Former Tate chief appointed inaugural chair of Gallery Climate Coalition
Frances Morris says she will be regaining a climate advocacy role at a crucial moment
Museum visitor figures, William Morris mania and Marguerite Matisse—podcast
Analysing the highs and lows of our recent attendance survey, plus a tour of a show exploring how the UK’s most famous Victorian designer ”went viral”, and a chat about the ways Henri Matisse’s daughter shaped his life and art
Seoul museums shut their doors as court removes President Yoon
Downtown commercial galleries were also among those to make the decision as police prepared for potential political violence
‘We cannot remain silent’: Museums in Los Angeles brace for Trump’s immigration crackdown
Faced with anti-immigrant policies, institutional leaders are providing “know your rights” guidance
Miami collecting couple gift multi-million pound Joan Mitchell work to Tate
Jorge and Darlene Pérez will also fund curatorial endowment and have pledged to make a donation of African art