Museums & Heritage
After a decade of delays, Vancouver Art Gallery gets $40m boost for new building
The local philanthropic Chan family has reinvigorated the long-awaited expansion with an “unprecedented” gift
Getty wraps up conservation effort at King Tutankhamen's tomb
Decade-long effort with Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities results in a ventilation and filtration system
National Gallery of Canada director Marc Mayer bids adieu to Ottawa
After ten years at the post, he has plenty of accomplishments, including bringing Indigenous art into the canon, and few regrets
Africa’s pre-colonial ‘crown jewels’ to find a home in new South African museum
Javett Art Centre at University of Pretoria will display 800-year-old gold collection excavated in the 1930s
MacKenzie Art Gallery given 1,000 works by contemporary indigenous artists from Canada and the US
Collectors Thomas Druyan and Alice Ladner were drawn by the Saskatchewan museum’s dedication to indigenous and aboriginal art from around the globe
The Met’s antiquated views of antiquities need updating
The new Greek and Roman curator at New York’s Metropolitan Museum should rejuvenate its displays with honest, better stories
Lush historic gardens bloom once more in Agra, India
The World Monuments Fund announces the completion of a four-year conservation effort
New Museum staff hold rally in support of unionising
Petition to form union was filed with the National Labor Relations Board last week
Is an art Cold War thaw coming? US and Russian museum leaders and diplomats to discuss loan freeze
Public conversation to be held in February will address long impasse on museum loans
Stedelijk Museum issues conciliatory statement insisting that feud with Beatrix Ruf is over
Unusual press release is latest twist in long-running dispute between Amsterdam institution and its former director
Eurocentrism still sets the terms of restitution of African art
A selective view of African cultural heritage continues the colonialist paradigm
Marc-Olivier Wahler steps down as director of MSU Broad Art Museum
The Swiss curator is resigning from the Michigan institution for family reasons
British Museum realises 'vase' is in fact an ancient mace-head displayed upside down
Curators discovered old mistake during research for No Man's Land exhibition
Prado at 200: director Miguel Falomir on the museum's reinvention and the death of the blockbuster
Released from the shackles of state control in 2003, the Madrid institution has reason to celebrate its bicentenary
Delacroix and Beyoncé bring record-breaking Louvre visitor figures
After attendance dips, 10.2 million people flocked to the Paris museum last year
LA stories: Deborah Marrow looks back
The Getty Foundation’s leader, who retired in December, discusses her feminist credentials and the broader challenges in cultural philanthropy
Polish collector Grazyna Kulczyk unveils ‘off-grid’ private museum in Swiss Alps
Muzeum Susch aims to bring a “disruptive outlook” to the historic Engadin valley pilgrimage site
Why a six-ton scholar’s rock is making its way from China to Texas
A low-key request from the San Antonio Museum of Art director resulted in a big gift from Lake Taihu near Wuxi
Mikhail Piotrovsky—Hermitage chief for 26 years—is an Old Master of diplomacy
Russian museum is pursuing global expansion with long-term plans under way for Barcelona and China
Charles Dickens’s great expectations about his attire
The esteemed 19th-century author was also a renowned dandy whose passion for fashion increased with his fame and fortune
What happened to all the art in Mexico’s presidential palace?
A largely emptied Los Pinos opened to the public on 1 December, leaving many in the country wondering where the collection of paintings and decorative objects went
Artist duo Hesselholdt & Mejlvang says Danish museum did not pay them
The artists showed in a group exhibition and delivered two lectures at Aros Aarhus Art Museum
Cai Guo-Qiang’s explosive art, preserved for the ages
Getty scientists explore the artist’s use of gunpowder and other materials for a definitive new book
Herculaneum’s museum of relics finally opens its doors, 44 years on
Inaugural show presents jewels and precious objects excavated in the early 20th century alongside more recent discoveries
Restoration for early Renaissance pulpit will get the big-screen treatment
The 1301 carved pulpit will undergo a two-year intensive monitoring programme
Top ten new museums and major extensions due to open in 2019
A MoMA expansion, the opening of the Humboldt Forum, the unveiling of the National Museum of Qatar and a new Bauhaus Museum are just some of the highlights of the year ahead
After year-long rain check, Rijksmuseum Schiphol prepares to reopen
Airport branch of Amsterdam museum closed in January due to a leaky roof
Moscow residents petition Garage Museum to reject sponsorship from property developer
Activists say PIK Group's high-rise developments are environmentally unsafe and only aimed at making "super profits"
London's National Gallery plans major Artemisia Gentileschi show in 2020
Exhibition of Europe’s greatest female Old Master will include museum's freshly conserved acquisition





























