Museums & Heritage

At Mexico City’s Laboratorio Arte Alameda, restoration shapes artistic practice

A site-specific project emerges from the conservation of the museum’s 16th-century building

Canadian Museum for Human Rights show on Palestinian displacement offers nuanced, empathetic perspective amid uproar

Met with opposition and outrage from the moment it was announced, the show gathers historical objects and images, poetry, contemporary art and video interviews

What Andy Burnham’s achievements in Manchester tell us about his views on the arts

The UK prime-minister-in-waiting’s legacy is seen as not just about big-hitter projects such as Factory International but also the way culture has been threaded into the city’s infrastructure

Too hot to handle? European heatwave exposes museums' lack of preparedness for climate extremes

While some institutions are serving as "islands of freshness" during this week's scorching temperatures, others are having to reduce opening hours or shut their doors

The Box in Plymouth, ‘a welcoming space’ which ‘reaches beyond its walls’, wins UK Art Fund’s Museum of the Year prize

The museum has been praised for the ambitious way it has shared its collections and for its social outreach

Ireland urged to create national panel to evaluate claims for Nazi-era and colonial loot

The Irish culture minister has said he will put forward a plan to implement recommendations from the Advisory Committee on the Restitution and Repatriation of Cultural Heritage

Misan Harriman to step down as chair of London's Southbank Centre

Harriman, who faced criticism from some UK media outlets over social media posts, says it was always his plan to leave after serving two terms

Tate Britain and Turner Contemporary take their eco-missions beyond the gallery walls

The London museum is building a sustainable garden while the Margate institution has launched a biennial summit exploring our oceans

Far-right candidate's election in Colombia clouds future of long-delayed museum devoted to victims of armed conflict

Plans for Bogotá's Museo de Memoria de Colombia could interfere with president-elect Abelardo de la Espriella’s austerity agenda

Crystal Bridges, fresh off major expansion, hires Courtenay Finn as next chief curator

Finn, previously the chief curator at the Orange County Museum of Art, starts at Crystal Bridges and the Momentary in August

New York City’s oldest library refreshes its historic home

The 272-year-old New York Society Library’s patrons have included the likes of George Washington and Alexander Hamilton

Green tuff, the stone that shaped Oaxaca’s historic centre, receives international heritage designation

Recognition by the International Union of Geological Sciences highlights how stone can reveal and preserve a city's material history

Restoration work is completed at one of Paraguay’s oldest churches

After almost eight years of work, the San Lorenzo Mártir church in Altos is back to its former glory

Fate of historic murals uncertain following Manhattan homeless shelter’s closure

The Bellevue Men’s Shelter was closed earlier this year after falling into disrepair, but efforts to document and preserve at least six Works Progress Administration-era murals in the building have stalled

Smithsonian women’s museum launches augmented reality experience after congressional setback

‘Unhidden Heroines’ pairs important women in US history with monuments on the National Mall commemorating men of their time

Ghananews

The Netherlands and Germany agree to return more than 2,000 cultural artefacts to Ghana

Details on the objects, taken unlawfully during colonial conquests, are yet to be announced

London Museum announces opening date for new Smithfield location

The revamped museum, which focuses on the history of the UK capital, will open to the public on 28 November 2026

Lacma's inaugural art parade celebrates new building and Los Angeles creative community

Artists and performers of all kinds flocked to Wilshire Boulevard for the city's first Art Parade

‘Artists need to be able to advocate for their own work’: new guide advises artists on navigating censorship

The free digital resource, from the National Coalition Against Censorship, comes as artists navigate an increasingly censorious cultural landscape

Guerrilla-style museum tours reveal the history of climate change through art and heritage in Philadelphia

The tours created and led by the artist and curator Aislinn Pentecost-Farren are part of the ArtPhilly 2026 festival

Obama Presidential Center opens, offering an art-filled, hopeful view of US history

The sprawling new campus on Chicago's south side includes a rousing museum and commissions by Mark Bradford, Maya Lin, Richard Hunt, Martin Puryear and many more

Inside Refik Anadol's Dataland, the world’s first AI art museum

An immersive “laboratory of imagination” from Anadol's studio boots up in Downtown Los Angeles

New textile museum in Mexico City celebrates Indigenous artistry

The new Museo de Arte Textil de los Pueblos Indígenas y Afromexicanos frames textiles as living heritage and explores ethical collaboration

Memphis Art Museum reveals opening date and inaugural exhibitions for new building

Entry to the institution’s new Herzog & de Meuron-designed mass timber home along the Mississippi River will be free to local residents in perpetuity

Right-wing politician’s complaint against Masp exhibition dismissed in Brazil

A member of Jair Bolsonaro’s Liberal Party attempted to censor the artist La Chola Poblete’s show, alleging religious offense

New York’s oldest museum votes for democracy with new wing

The New York Historical’s $175m project will house gallery spaces, library stacks, a conservation studio and the forthcoming American LGBTQ+ Museum

Getty launches art-focused meditation podcast

Each episode of Our Museum Mindfulness Meditation (or Ommm) spotlights a different work from the museum’s collection, followed by a guided mindfulness exercise

Mauritshuis able to keep its Rembrandts following legal dispute

A court ruled that the Dutch museum does not need to return a bequest of 25 paintings to a donor's heirs