Museums & Heritage
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
From an indoor forest to a toilet made with seaweed: Design Museum Gent reopens after €20m eco-focused expansion
Museum renovation showcases creative and sustainable design ideas to help transform contemporary life
Museum of the City of New York opens new centre for social activism
The Puffin Foundation Center for New York Activism’s inaugural exhibitions focus on activism in the Big Apple and the living cultures of the Lenape
Phoenix Art Museum receives $5m gift for new Sri Lankan and South Asian art galleries
The local philanthropist Sukumar Nagendran hopes his gift will deepen cultural understanding of the region and elevate its art
How an EU-funded research programme has been future-proofing art conservation
GoGreen has brought together experts from 13 institutions to explore sustainable methods—testing some out on a 1906 Tiffany dish
Behind Turkey’s race to save Gallipoli’s vanishing shipwrecks
A recently launched project called Deep Heritage aims to slow the disintegration of dozens of warships sunk off Turkey's coast during the devastating First World War campaign
Nine Swiss museums to investigate provenance of thousands of objects from Cameroon
The research project has been awarded £91,000 in federal funding for 2027–28
Matronage over patronage: the Prado and Rijksmuseum team up to research women rulers’ impact on art
The collaborative project will explore the women of Habsburg Empire and include an exhibition at the Amsterdam museum in 2029
Strongest El Niño in decades threatens Peru’s adobe heritage
Authorities are scrambling to protect more than 10,000 coastal archaeological sites as experts accuse them of insufficient planning despite warnings
Doubts over financial sustainability of Brussels’s new Kanal museum cloud upcoming opening
The managing director Yves Goldstein will step down immediately after the opening in November due to “a difference of opinion” over the institution‘s future
Inadequate public funding may be the biggest threat facing world heritage, study finds
According to a new study by World Monuments Fund, a lack of government resources continues to be seen as more damaging to cultural sites than climate change
São Paulo’s Museu de Arte Moderna reopens after two-year renovation
Two years after shutting its doors, MAM São Paulo returns to the same pavilion with an exhibition built to push Brazilian art past representation
‘He said the secret to a happy life is attention to the details’: William Morris Gallery reopens after major rehang and restoration
The London institution has rearranged its permanent collection to look more closely at the nuances of Morris’s life and politics, while galleries have been transformed
Toledo Museum of Art acquires landmark 19th-century photographic series
The museum’s director says F. Holland Day's "The Seven Words" (1898), depicting the artist as Jesus on the cross, is “the most important photograph that people don’t know about”
Ukrainian Museum in New York marks 50th anniversary by showing collection to its neighbours
A new project by the artist Molly Gochman features large-scale reproductions of artefacts from the museum’s collection on its glass façade




























