Museums & Heritage

Indigenous artists transform works at Metropolitan Museum in unsanctioned augmented reality project

The digital interventions by 17 Native artists, launched on Indigenous Peoples’ Day, put pointed twists on works in the museum’s American wing

From silk murals to jade inlays: Forbidden City’s Qianlong Garden reopens after 25-year conservation project

Four structures within the 18th-century complex have been restored as part of a partnership with the World Monuments Fund

Louvre acquires first-ever video work

The work, ‘Les 4 temps’, by the Algeria-born artist Mohamed Bourouissa, will go on display later this month

Smithsonian museums in Washington and New York close as US government shutdown drags on

The 21 museums, 14 research and education complexes, and one zoo overseen by the Smithsonian closed on Sunday

With Ruth Asawa, MoMA is set to open its biggest show ever by a woman artist

But the museum is not promoting the show that way—and might not even have registered its record-breaking size

Comment | The anniversary exhibition industrial complex

Two years ago, museums fell over themselves marking 150 years since Pablo Picasso’s death. This year, they are doing the same for Robert Rauschenberg’s 100th birthday. But who is it all for?

Amid government intervention, Slovak artists and curators call for EU law to protect freedoms

The Slovak National Gallery, thrown into turmoil by dismissals and resignations, has become a focal point for protests by artists and NGOs

Discovery of 11,000-year-old carved face in Turkey offers new insight into early human expression

A pillar featuring detailed facial features was unearthed in Karahan Tepe near the Syrian border

Flemish government announces plans to dissolve Antwerp's Museum of Contemporary Art

The move has been met with protests and petitions in support of the museum

Limestone relief disappears from Egypt’s Saqqara necropolis

The work, taken from the tomb of a vizier called Khentika, features a motif that is extremely rare in Ancient Egyptian art

Two charged following theft of Bronze Age jewellery from Welsh museum

The objects were taken from a display case at St Fagans National Museum of History in Cardiff

Every buck you make: are endowment funds, with help from the likes of Sting, the future for museums?

In an era of stretched public coffers and cuts, endowments can offer financial resilience and independence. But they are likely to prove out of reach for smaller museums, which may find it hard to accrue donations for longer-term projects

National Gallery of Art closes as US government shutdown continues

The Smithsonian’s museums in Washington, DC, and New York City will remain open for now

Victoria & Albert Museum to expand Gilbert Galleries to explore looting and provenance

Opening next March, the revamp will increase the number of galleries from four to seven as part of the museum's Future Plan development programme

Seattle's Bellevue Arts Museum building sold to local children’s museum

The news comes a year after the suburban art museum closed, following years of financial problems

BTS member’s art collection will go on show at SFMoMA

The museum will display around 200 works from RM’s personal collection and the museum’s holdings

From dangerous erotica to secret smoking canteens: ten things you didn't know about The British Museum

Behind its ordered, Neo-Classical façade, the London institution has been home to plenty of intrigue and eccentricity

London's Royal Academy announces plans to close Collection Gallery until 2027

The gallery will be redeveloped by David Chipperfield Architects, who will add a 12-metre-high space with a mezzanine

Former MoMA chief voices concern for future of non-profit US museums

Speaking to ‘The Art World: What If…?!’ podcast, Glenn Lowry also discussed plans for a new museum directors leadership initiative, and delivered his verdict on his successor

New Frida Kahlo museum, focused on the artist's youth and family life, opens in Mexico City

Museo Casa Kahlo is located a short walk from the popular Casa Azul museum in the Coyoacán neighbourhood, in a home long owned by members of the Kahlo family

Possible medieval artefacts, discovered at Canadian thrift store, will form basis of university archaeology class

Students at a Vancouver university will analyse the designs and materials with a view to identifying where and when the items originate from

Historic architecture is celebrated in new Onera Foundation venue in Connecticut

The first show at the new space, opening on 1 October, is inspired by the Eero Saarinen-designed US Embassy in Oslo

Museum dedicated to Indian Modernist M.F. Husain to open in Qatar

The institution in Doha will featured the celebrated—and sometimes controversial—late artist’s paintings, films, tapestries and more

How growing political interference is eroding the independence of European museums

Many institutions are adopting a practice of “strategic silence” to protect funding and avoid censure

Low morale, fast staff turnover: why the credibility of Louisiana’s ten state museums is at risk

Following years of strife and multiple leadership changes, will these important institutions meet the rigorous standards set by the American Alliance of Museums?

Unesco’s Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Objects goes live

The digital project, which was funded by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, presents looted objects in 3D form

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A Sharjah site which sheds light on the first humans to leave Africa has been listed by Unesco

A global collaboration led by Sharjah has established the Faya Palaeolandscape as a cornerstone in the study of early human migration across the Arabian Peninsula

In partnership withSharjah Archaeology Authority

University of California, Irvine completes takeover of Orange County Museum of Art

As part of the acquisition, the institution has been renamed the UC Irvine Langson Orange County Museum of Art

Vancouver Art Gallery selects architects for second attempt at new building

After abandoning a costly design by Swiss starchitects, the museum has picked Vancouver-based Formline Architecture and Urbanism and Toronto-based KPMB Architects to take on the project

How nature is helping a rural French arts centre to reduce its carbon footprint

The Centre International d’Art et du Paysage—Île de Vassivière is drawing on both its natural and man-made surroundings for inspiration