Museums & Heritage

Pussy Riot co-founder starts Los Angeles prison performance with existential scream

Nadya Tolokonnikova calls the two-week residency at the Museum of Contemporary Art her first durational performance

Mexico’s most popular museum reopens after lack of security guards caused it to shutter

It took the intervention of President Claudia Sheinbaum to open the doors again at the Museo Nacional de Antropología in Mexico City

Leader of Toronto’s Royal Ontario Museum to depart after a decade at the helm

As director and chief executive, Josh Basseches has overseen far-reaching changes at the institution

Show at Civil War-era fort spotlights California’s Black history from the 19th century to today

A new exhibition at Fort Point in San Francisco, organised by the non-profit For-Site, features works by 16 artists and a collective

Pompeii visits being spoiled by soaring visitor numbers, tour guides say

New admissions systems and outdated ticketing software have been blamed for long queues and bottlenecks at the Unesco site

Chinese museum visitors accuse artist Heman Chong of ‘cyber harassment’

Visitors to Chong's recent show at UCCA Dune in China have accused the artist of “misogyny” after he allegedly reposted images of them to his Instagram account without consent

Whitney Museum pauses Independent Study Program amid accusations of censorship

The cancellation of a performance addressing the ongoing war and humanitarian crisis in Gaza has also sparked an open letter by alumni of the programme

UK national museums back call for end to ‘relentless negativity’ around corporate arts sponsorship

The British Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum and The National Gallery have signed a public letter authored by the co-chief executives of Sadler’s Wells

Wereldmuseum Amsterdam ponders space to ‘respectfully’ house human remains

The museum's director of content has suggested that spaces “where people can come and be with their ancestors” could provide an interim solution to the ethically fraught issue

Seven years after brutal fire, National Museum of Brazil to partially reopen

Three rooms at the Rio de Janeiro museum will reopen to the public soon, offering a glimpse at recently donated artefacts and conservators’ ongoing efforts

‘The pain has become unbearable’: Tel Aviv Museum of Art workers stage daily protest outside the institution

A group of employees, representing a range of stances on the ongoing war, has protested outside the museum every workday for nearly two months

British Museum faces internal criticism over private Israel independence day event

Current and former employees have expressed shock that the museum hosted the event—which marks a day associated with the mass displacement of Palestinians—during one of the most violent weeks of the Israel-Hamas conflict

Berlin museums’ first woman leader plans to tackle reforms and construction

The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, now led by Marion Ackermann, is currently undergoing major structural changes

China’s terracotta army reportedly ‘damaged’ by museum visitor

A 30-year-old man reportedly “climbed over the guardrail” that protects the 2,000-year-old statues

The Wallace Collection appoints Selldorf Architects to lead masterplan to transform its historic London home

The New York firm led by Annabelle Selldorf will collaborate with the UK practices Purcell and Lawson Ward Studio to improve access, sustainability and visitor experience at Hertford House

New videos of African cultural sites add contemporary context to Rockefeller Wing’s historical artefacts at the Met

The Ethiopian American film-maker Sosena Solomon spent two years making short documentaries about specific heritage sites for the newly reopened wing

Trump claims he has fired director of US National Portrait Gallery

It is not clear the president has the authority to make staffing decisions for the gallery, which is part of the Smithsonian Institution

One of New York City’s oldest houses to open as its neighbourhood’s first museum

The Hendrick I. Lott House in southeast Brooklyn—former home to a family of enslavers who later made it a stop on the Underground Railroad—will undergo a major preservation and renovation project next year

Louvre to return 258 works to Fondation des Artistes

Items from Adèle de Rothschild's cabinet of curiosities will be returned to the foundation after they erroneously ended up in the collection of the Paris museum

Three tombs dating back more than 3,000 years uncovered close to Egypt's Valley of the Kings

Painted scenes and a number of objects were found inside the structures, which were built for Ancient Egyptian officials

How UK museums are rallying to support trans communities following supreme court ruling on biological sex

The Arts Council England urges “sensitivity and care”, while museum academics says the ruling does not impact work towards trans-inclusive practice

Pompidou to launch outpost near Unesco heritage site of Iguaçu falls in Brazil

The new museum on the border with Argentina and Paraguay is due to open in November 2027

What can a ‘poorly-made’ Stalin sculpture tell us about Putin's Russia?

The newly reinstated work in Moscow’s Taganskaya metro station is one of around 110 monuments to Stalin around the country—95 of which were installed under the president's rule

Troy, ancient site in western Turkey, hosts expansive contemporary art exhibition

The site's archaeological museum is showing the work of the artist Vuslat among its artefacts to build a bridge between contemporary art and the past

More than 100 archaeological structures discovered in the Peruvian Andes

Built by the Chachapoya civilisation, known as the “people of the cloud forest”, the structures are located within a Unesco Mixed World Heritage site 500km north of Lima

After a close call, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Hollyhock House keeps its Unesco status

Fears have been dispelled that city budget cuts in Los Angeles would impact the architectural landmark's distinction

Kimbell Art Museum acquires Chardin still life after record-breaking auction sale falls through

The Texas museum was the underbidder on “The Cut Melon” last June at Christie's, but was ultimately able to acquire it directly from the consignor

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‘It is not good or bad’: in a frantic age, Beeple seeks a more nuanced take on technology

The media artist Beeple (Mike Winkelmann) increasingly sees his interactive video sculptures—one of which goes on show this month at the SXSW London festival and another at The Shed in New York—and social media posts as public art

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Remembering Koyo Kouoh, one of the most influential curators in the global art world, and one of its most original thought leaders

The executive director of Zeitz Mocaa, Cape Town, had been due to announce her plans as curator of the international exhibition at the 2026 Venice Biennale