Museums & Heritage

Oxford University exhibition aims to ‘contextualise’ the legacy of British imperialist Cecil Rhodes

A statue of Rhodes at Oriel College in Oxford has previously sparked protests and calls for it to be removed

Lucía Sanromán, la nueva curadora en jefe del Muac de la Ciudad de México, tiene una visión de un museo más socialmente responsable

Sanromán tiene una ambiciosa misión para el Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporáneo que incluye reparar su fracturada relación con la comunidad local

Lucía Sanromán, the new chief curator of Mexico City's Muac, has a vision for a more socially engaged museum

Sanromán has an ambitious agenda for the Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo that includes repairing its fractured relationship with the local community

Sportnews

Museums in Kansas City and Philadelphia wager art loan on Super Bowl's outcome—again

The American football championship game on 9 February pits the Kansas City Chiefs against the Philadelphia Eagles—and museums in each city are offering up a Manet from their collection

Collector removes Boccioni sculpture from major Futurism exhibition citing misleading texts and safety concerns

Roberto Bilotti has removed the piece from Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea in Rome, claiming it was being exhibited in “a dark corner” and was “not valued at all”

Unesco completes restoration of Mosul heritage sites damaged under Isis

The UN body has brought several religious and other buildings in the Iraqi city back to life as part of an $115m programme

Harvard Art Museums receive trove of 64 Edvard Munch works

The works are a bequest from the museums’ late, longtime supporters Philip and Lynn Straus

Palazzo where Byron had lengthy affair opens as a museum

The institution in Ravenna houses objects kept by Countess Teresa Gamba Guicciolo, the noblewoman who had a relationship with Byron in his final years

Egyptologists raise ‘mismanagement’ concerns after worker seen hammering at Great Pyramid of Giza

Viral footage of a worker apparently using a hammer and chisel to chip at the stones of the pyramid has prompted debate across Egypt's heritage sector

Worcester Art Museum returns ancient vessels tied to dealer Robert Hecht to Italy

The two black-figure ceramics will remain on view at the Massachusetts museum for up to eight years as part of a new agreement between the institution and the Italian culture ministry

Scottish culture sector breathes sigh of relief following £200m funding package

251 Scottish arts organisations will receive funding over the next three years

After the collapse of the Assad regime, Syrians are working to preserve their country's heritage

Local and international experts are filling a government void, and have begun the process of mapping and assessing sites

Vancouver Art Gallery invites proposals from Canadian architecture firms as it restarts building project

The gallery recently cancelled a project designed by the Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron after its budget ballooned by 50%

Suspects named after theft of golden objects from Netherlands museum

The objects, on loan from the Romanian National History Museum in Bucharest, belonged to members of the lost Dacian civilisation

New arts centre opens in Brooklyn, housing three non-profits and a public library

The Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts has a large, fresh space at the L10 Arts and Cultural Center

Smithsonian Institution and US National Gallery of Art close diversity offices following President Trump's executive order

A Trump executive order has led the largely government-funded institutions to roll back their diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives

British Museum ‘running as normal’ after alleged IT attack by former employee

Both permanent galleries and temporary exhibitions were closed at the weekend following the suspected sabotage

French president calls for a ‘new renaissance’ of the Louvre

Emmanuel Macron has thrown his weight behind a grandiose €800m renovation plan, including building a subterranean complex around Leonardo's Mona Lisa

‘Unprecedented’ month-long strikes planned at major London museums

Security guards at the Science Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Natural History Museum are urging the public not to visit during the action

Romanian museum considers legal action after ‘priceless’ golden objects stolen in Netherlands heist

The items—which include a helmet discovered by playing children—belonged to members of the lost Dacian civilisation

Louvre seeks €1bn for restoration, unions hit back

The Paris museum’s leadership is hoping to raise money for a grand project involving reimagined exhibition and hospitality spaces and a subterranean tunnel under the museum to connect it all

Comment | In restitution cases, the law is not the only answer

To make progress in returning countries’ heritage taken by previous generations, museums must take a pragmatic, ethical stance

Soviet-era cinema transformed into culture centre in Kazakhstan

The Tselinny Center of Contemporary Culture was designed by British architect Asif Khan

Marrakech’s pioneering museum MACAAL reopens after refurbishment

Morocco’s largest private museum has undergone a redesign and, in the wake of the 2023 earthquake, reinforcements to protect it against any future damage

Artist marks 80th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation by donating works to Unesco

Shelomo Selinger, who endured nine concentration camps, has donated the works ‘Desire for freedom’ and ‘Shoah (Holocaust)’

Judge orders sale of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Price Tower for original price of $1.4m

The Oklahoma skyscraper’s crypto-enthusiast owners had attempted to auction the tower after reneging on an agreement to sell it to a local company that restores historic buildings

Concerns grow over ‘nepotism’ row at London’s National Portrait Gallery

An exhibition of works by photographer Zoë Law, mounted after a donation towards the gallery’s £40m makeover, has raised questions about how matters relating to donors are handled and assessed

Will Mexico’s push for repatriation continue with the country’s new government?

Under former president Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who in October was replaced by Claudia Sheinbaum, 14,000 artefacts were returned over a period of eight years

Restoring a 300-year-old mural in Boston’s historic Old North Church

The cherub paintings that once looked down on Paul Revere will soon be back in all their original glory

Explosive volcanic eruption may have led to growth of ancient city in Bolivia

New study suggests rise of ancient city Tiwanaku coincided with major volcanic event in Lake Titicaca Basin's vicinity