Museums & Heritage

‘A testament to change’: Arts Council England report details ways in which UK cultural sector is addressing climate challenge

The publication has been released as nations are meeting at the Cop29 climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan

Billionaire collector Ken Griffin gives $10m to Pérez Art Museum Miami

The gift was announced in tandem with the museum’s annual Art of the Party gala, where Griffin and the Colombian artist Delcy Morelos were honoured

Crowd control measures to be introduced at the Trevi Fountain and Pompeii

The introduction of an entrance fee has been proposed at the Rome landmark

Toronto will celebrate Henry Moore Day on 13 November

The municipal observance comes 50 years after the city’s leading art museum launched an art centre devoted to Moore

Prague to get new museum dedicated to Alphonse Mucha

The move comes as the foundation established by members of the artist’s family terminates its relationship with the operator of the city’s pre-existing Mucha Museum

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A dual social and artistic purpose: London's Whitechapel Gallery to screen films by Jarman Award nominees

Ahead of the announcement of the 2024 Film London Jarman Award winner on 25 November, Whitechapel gallery will show entries by all six shortlisted artists

Goodwood contemporary: Rachel Whiteread to headline new foundation’s first exhibition at Sussex woodland site

The artist’s sculpture and photography will feature at Goodwood Art Foundation, the ducal estate that once nurtured the work of George Stubbs and Canaletto, alongside semi-permanent installations by Veronica Ryan and Hélio Oiticica

Just a year after opening, Serge Gainsbourg’s house museum hits financial trouble

The Graffiti-strewn building became a pilgrimage for devotees of the singer when it opened 32 years after his death—but despite healthy ticket sales, the institution has racked up huge debts, with its backers accused of mismanagement

Australian museum under fire for acquiring object linked to protesters' attack on well-known painting

Politicians have slammed the museum for ‘glorifying’ the attack on Frederick McCubbin’s ‘Down on his luck’

Former museum curator accuses city in Arizona of censorship in lawsuit

The former chief curator of the Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum is suing the municipality for allegedly ordering the removal of a print from a Shepard Fairey exhibition

Frick Collection to reopen in April with Vermeer exhibition in the works

Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum is returning the favour and lending one of its works after showing the Frick’s Vermeers in its blockbuster exhibition last year

Artist demands Stedelijk Museum remove his work amid row over 'refused' loan request

Ahmet Ogut claims a request to loan ‘Bakunin’s Barricade’ to Gaza protesters was denied by the Amsterdam museum

British Museum still taking money from tobacco firm

Japanese acquisitions have been funded by maker of Benson & Hedges, Winston, Camel and Silk Cut

How a tribute to 'victims of communism' became Canada's most controversial monument

A year after its unveiling was postponed indefinitely, concerns about Ottawa’s Memorial to the Victims of Communism remain

New Zealand art museum reopens with anti-earthquake reinforcement and a new wing

Sarjeant Gallery in Whanganui closed in 2014 after a report found it vulnerable to earthquake damage

Benin City museum opens first part of planned campus

Opening of the Museum of West African Art Institute in the Nigerian city will include a live archaeological dig

Come one, come all: Museum of Sex finally opens in Miami

After postponing for more than a year, the museum’s second location celebrates with a debaucherous Halloween party

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Moca Los Angeles announces recipients of new environmental art prize

The artists Cecilia Vicuña and Julian Charrière will each receive $100,000 and exhibit new work at the museum

In a gallery far, far away: new Star Wars-themed museum to bring together 1.5 million objects, including 15ft-long painting

The museum, whose owners are still searching for a building, seeks to merge the four largest current collections of Star Wars props, toys and works of art

Mixed news: the UK's culture sector reacts to Labour's Autumn budget

While a boost in funding for national museums has been welcomed by key figures, concerns remain among regional institutions

Gareth Harris. Additional reporting by Joe Ware

Nazi-looted art panel rejects claim from Grosz's heirs

The panel said there is no evidence that the works, which are held in the collection of Bremen Kunsthalle, were lost as a result of Nazi persecution

Maya city with pyramids, plazas and a ballcourt discovered in Mexican jungle

Research team uncovers settlement hidden for centuries using laser mapping technology

New-York Historical Society changes its name and reveals plans for new $175m wing

The museum's new wing dedicated to American democracy will open in 2026, just in time for the US’s semiquincentennial

A new study seeks to establish ethical collecting practices for US museums

The Penn Cultural Heritage Center’s three-year national study amplifies ongoing calls for transparency and will provide a collecting framework

State Tretyakov Gallery accused of making ‘gross and inexcusable mistake’ by restructuring contemporary art department

An open letter signed by hundreds of Russian art professionals claims that the decision to merge several departments into one could lead to the museum losing pioneering recent works as well as specialists

Gift of more than $45m and 331 works for the Clark Art Institute

The gifts, from the foundation of the late trustee Aso O. Tavitian, will allow the Massachusetts museum to build a new wing

Modern Art Oxford gallery gets a £2m revamp

The new space's inaugural show is dedicated to the pioneering Cuban artist Belkis Ayón

Leonora Carrington’s Mexico City home will no longer become a public museum

The house will be a research centre instead, allegedly due to a labour struggle at the university that owns it

Just Stop Oil protestors place high-vis jacket on ancient Greek statue at the British Museum

The campaign group dressed up a sculpture of the goddess Demeter and added a speech bubble beside it reading “just stop famine”

Fate of Frank Lloyd Wright’s only skyscraper remains uncertain amid duelling lawsuits

Oklahoma’s Price Tower is caught in a tug-of-war between its current crypto-enthusiast owners, Wright’s conservancy and a company that restores historic buildings