Museums & Heritage
Russia charges Estonian museum director with ‘rehabilitating Nazism’ over Putin-Hitler banner
Maria Smorževskihh-Smirnova of the Narva Museum has been targeted over a poster featuring a composite image of the two men
American Museum of Natural History announces free admission for low-income New Yorkers
The institution joins the city’s MoMA, Frick, Morgan Library and Jewish Museum in providing free admission to people on food stamps
Amy Sherald cancels Smithsonian show over censorship claim
The artist says leaders at the National Portrait Gallery suggested removing her painting of a non-binary transgender person posing as the Statue of Liberty
Introducing Julia Day, the Frick’s new chief conservator
The Frick veteran is particularly excited about all the new conservation spaces, created as part of the museum’s recent Selldorf-designed expansion
National Museum of Korea names new director as part of post-election reshuffle
President Lee Jae Myung’s victory in June has been followed by homecomings for two high-profile arts figures in the country, while the Busan Biennale has also announced its curators for 2026
One of England's oldest human-made structures given protected status by Historic England
The 5,000 year old Yorkshire cairn is thought to be older than Stonehenge
Trump pulls US out of ‘woke’ Unesco
The State Department says that Unesco membership does not square with its “America-first” outlook
700 Years of Tenochtitlan (again): Mexico honours its pre-Hispanic capital
The Mexica city’s founding is celebrated with new commemorations, reinforcing a nationalist focus on Indigenous identity
Sharp drop in value of works saved for the UK this past year, official report reveals
A painting by Antoine Watteau valued at £6m was among those granted an export licence after no museum buyer was found, however items including the Second World War notebooks of Alan Turing were saved
Right royal style: 90 years of Queen Elizabeth II’s fashion to go on show at Buckingham Palace
The late monarch's wedding and coronation dresses will form part of a 200-piece exhibition at the King's Gallery, opening in Spring 2026
San Francisco’s Vaillancourt Fountain may soon meet its end, despite public outcry
At a recent community meeting discussing the future of Embarcadero Plaza, officials’ comments appeared to seal the fate of its historic Brutalist sculpture
A new art foundation in Uruguay highlights Latin American artists and curators
The Fundación Cervieri Monsuárez, located in the ritzy village of José Ignacio, organises exhibitions year round in an effort to transform the area into a hub for Latin America art
Dublin museum pushes back on Derek Jarman film censorship claims
The Irish Museum of Modern Art says it halted a screening of “The Angelic Conversation” to check legislation but will now continue showing it
New York State Museum appoints first woman director in its 200-year history
Jennifer Saunders will begin her new post in September
Palestinian Museum seeks new ways to reach audiences as crisis escalates
The museum in the occupied West Bank is adapting to regional violence by focusing on digital exhibitions, international shows and works by contemporary Gazan artists
US immigration agents show up unannounced at Puerto Rican cultural centre in Chicago
More than a dozen Department of Homeland Security vehicles swarmed the parking lot of the National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture
Football stadium disrupts plans for Tasmanian truth-and-reconciliation art park
The development, which was due to address the genocide waged against Aboriginal Tasmanians by British colonists, has lost out to government-backed sports venue
4,000-year-old ancient city discovered in Peru
Peñico opened to the public earlier this week, following eight years of research led by the archaeologist Ruth Shady
Mexico City’s Museo Dolores Olmedo to reopen in 2026 amid controversy
Questions still linger about the future of the most significant collection of works by Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera
Sicily's new anti-mafia museum honours ‘strength of the vulnerable over fear’
The Museum of the Present examines the legacy of the Italian island’s century-long fight against organised crime
New photography venue to open in Dublin’s gentrifying east docklands
PhotoIreland, the organiser of Ireland’s longest-running photography festival, has set up its first permanent exhibition space
Historic Grand Canyon Lodge destroyed by wildfire
The beloved 1937 complex, which hosted millions of visitors on the National Park’s North Ridge, has fallen victim to the ongoing Dragon Bravo Fire
Cleveland artist turns historic Greyhound bus into museum
Robert Louis Brandon Edwards has been working to convert a vehicle that carried Black Americans north during the Great Migration
Amid crackdowns on dissent, Russia’s private museums are threatened
Staying open can mean coping with security service raids, harassment, verbal attacks by lawmakers and an exodus of staff
Bronx Museum of the Arts appoints Shamim M. Momin as director and chief curator
Momin, who has a long-standing relationship with the Whitney Museum and previously led the Henry Art Gallery in Seattle, will start her role in September
Job cuts at National Trust could pose threat to charity's mission, union says
Up to 550 jobs could be axed at the charity as part of a bid to save £26m, despite rising visitor numbers
Crystal Bridges Museum and Art Bridges receive 90 works of contemporary Indigenous art in landmark acquisition
The gift from the John and Susan Horseman Collection will expand access to Native art across the US
Why ‘devastating’ climate control rules for museum collections need a rethink
Researchers and conservators have found one-size-fits-all standards to be both ineffective and inefficient—and now they're looking for better ways to preserve works
Hoard of stolen documents—including logbook of the ‘saviour of the Netherlands’—recovered by art detective
Arthur Brand worked with police to return the items to the Netherlands’ National Archives after they were found in an attic
France resisted loan of Bayeux Tapestry for ‘decades’, Macron says during British Museum visit
The French president made the comments yesterday at a ceremony attended by UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer