Museums & Heritage
New Getty grant initiative supports museums’ accessibility and engagement efforts
The foundation is giving grants to 11 institutions, from Oklahoma to Hong Kong
Toledo Museum of Art launches initiative to donate art books to African libraries
The Ohio institution has given books to the Koyo Kouoh Library at the Gihanga Institute of Contemporary Art in Rwanda, and to the Nubuke Foundation in Ghana
V&A proposing significant cuts to its academy amid financial pressures
The proposals would end many of the UK institution’s in-person adult-learning courses, and come despite the academy’s recent record sales
Museum acquisitions round-up: a Joan Jonas dance performance and a squirrelly readymade
Our pick of the latest gifts and purchases to enter institutional collections worldwide
2,500-year-old solar observatory identified in Mexico
Offerings and obsidian pieces uncovered at the site suggest ancient cultural connections spanning across the region
Students stage protest performance over closure of Chicago's DePaul Art Museum
The museum, located on the DePaul University campus, has been closed to the public since June
Musée du Louvre, Musée d’Orsay and other Paris institutions to close on Saturday due to protests
The Fondation Louis Vuitton, the Musée National Picasso‑Paris and the Maison de Victor Hugo are also shutting their doors as a precautionary measure
Philadelphia Museum of Art receives $20m to establish new education centre
The gift from Lois G. and Julian A. Brodsky will be used to strengthen the museum’s ties with local schools, families and children
What to expect from Centre Pompidou’s vast new conservation-focused site in the Parisian suburbs
Centre Pompidou Francilien – fabrique de l'art is hosting preview weekends this month ahead of its spring 2027 opening
Alison Kuo pays homage to Cantonese opera at the New Museum
This weekend, the New York-based artist celebrates her family history and diaspora communities in the culmination of her museum residency
Québec museum opens $61m pavilion celebrating renowned artist Jean Paul Riopelle
The Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec’s new space will display dozens of works by the province’s most famous Modern artist
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin West closes after visitor killed by wind-blown debris
Rogério Renato Mateucci, the rector of a Brazilian university, died last week on at the architect’s former home and studio in Arizona
Comment | Seabed heritage is facing catastrophic destruction on multiple fronts
From bottom-trawling fishing boats to increased ocean acidity, shipwrecks and other maritime heritage are in peril throughout the world
Hundreds protest far-right government's removal of objects from Colombia's national museum
President Abelardo de la Espriella ordered that dozens of objects related to LGBTQ+ rights and feminism be taken down from displays at the Museo Nacional de Colombia in Bogotá
Sprawling contemporary art centre Large opens on island near Paris
The non-profit, which will open with a show riffing on the island’s automotive history, is focused on promoting the French art scene
Ancient shipwreck found off Turkey may be the world’s oldest
Discovery of remains of 4,500-year-old ship reveal new evidence about Early Bronze Age trade routes
US-Italian curator Francesco Bonami appointed artistic director of Moscow's GES-2 House of Culture
Bonami aims to “catalyse artistic energy” and “search for the best projects” for the institution, which is funded by billionaire Leonid Mikhelson’s V-A-C Foundation
François Pinault to launch permanent display of his collection at Venice’s Palazzo Grassi
The billionaire collector’s decision means the prestigious temporary exhibition programme at the palazzo is coming to an end
British Museum’s chair optimistic on possible alternating display of Parthenon Marbles in Athens and London
The chair of the museum’s board of trustees told a Greek newspaper he would “like to reach an agreement” for a rotating display in Athens and London, but Greek authorities remain opposed
Brazil’s Centre Pompidou outpost delayed until 2029
Originally due to open in 2027, then 2028, the project in the southern state of Paraná, where the government changed in the recent election, has been further delayed
Suspects in Renoir paintings heist were planning separate robbery at Fondation Maeght, police chief says
Investigators have released details about the theft of two works by the French Impressionist after they were recovered from behind a concrete wall
Mexican military retreats from plans to build enormous museum in a popular park
Following widespread opposition, including from Mexico City’s mayor, the plans to build a sprawling military museum in Bosque de Chapultepec are on hold while authorities seek an alternative site
House museum of Spanish ‘master of light’ Joaquín Sorolla reopens in Madrid
The Sorolla Museum launches building's new extension while the original historic building undergoes restoration
Dutch museum returns ancient vase to Sicily after research uncovers ‘problematic’ provenance
Rogier Kalkers from Amsterdam’s Allard Pierson museum says he hopes the restitution will be a “stepping stone towards further collaboration” with Sicilian authorities
Culture wars ramp up in Latin America as governments lurch to the right
Right-wing governments across the region are cutting cultural budgets and recasting the arts around conservative values
Austrian presidential hopeful pledges to return Moctezuma’s headdress to Mexico
With the 2028 election just over the horizon, the economist Gunther Fehlinger-Jahn has put the long-contested Aztec treasure back in the spotlight
The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art makes room—and lots of it—for murals by Banksy, Baca and others
From rare interventions by Banksy to monumental images by JR and Diego Rivera, and preparatory sketches by Judy Baca, the museum frames muralism as public storytelling
Louvre Abu Dhabi appoints Souraya Noujaim as new director
Noujaim previously served as the United Arab Emirates-based museum’s scientific, curatorial and collections management director
Brooklyn Museum’s $48m energy-efficiency retrofit is latest in New York City’s effort to cut emissions
The Department of Citywide Administrative Services has undertaken similar projects at cultural institutions across the five boroughs, including the Museum of the Moving Image and the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Bilbao Fine Arts Museum gains new €45m Norman Foster-designed wing
Renovation expands exhibition spaces and provides new facilities as well as creating better links with its neighbour, the Guggenheim Bilbao





























