Museums & Heritage
With end of US government shutdown, National Gallery of Art and Smithsonian museums start reopening
Areas of the National Gallery of Art and parts of the Smithsonian were open to the public for the first time in more than a month on Friday
Art sector could collectively cut over five million tonnes of CO₂ a year, report suggests
Gallery Climate Coalition’s inaugural Stocktake Report shows the difference the art sector can make when it comes to the climate—but the next five years are crucial, says chair Frances Morris
Children curate exhibition of Clyfford Still works inspired by their reservation
A hundred students from the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation contributed to Clyfford Still Museum’s new show
Tate workers face in-work poverty, mental and physical health issues, union says—as strikes expected across UK
Following the announcement of week-long strikes at Tate galleries across the country, the Public and Commercial Services union has raised concerns about their members' welfare
Syrian officials issue—then delete—statement identifying ancient Roman statues stolen from Damascus National Museum
The country’s ministry of culture yesterday shared images of six nude sculptures of the goddess Venus via social media—but within hours the post had been removed
Art Gallery of Ontario gets gift of more than 450 works
The lion’s share of the donated pieces, from the late collectors Carol and Morton Rapp, are prints and photographs
A new hope: Lucas Museum of Narrative Art sets September 2026 opening date
The $1bn museum co-founded by the ‘Star Wars’ director George Lucas and his wife, Mellody Hobson, will open its futuristic doors next autumn in Los Angeles
Toronto’s Gardiner Museum, devoted to ceramics, reopens after $11m renovation
The museum now boasts a gallery dedicated to Indigenous ceramics, expanded education facilities and enough space to display around 40% of its collection
Artificial installation: artist hangs own AI-generated work in Welsh museum
The rogue print was on show at National Museum Cardiff for a few hours before it was spotted by staff
Fired director sues Philadelphia Art Museum
Sasha Suda claims in a lawsuit that she was terminated after she “clashed with a small, corrupt and unethical faction” of the museum’s board of trustees
Opening of Museum of West African Art in Nigeria delayed after protests
The official preview weekend for the museum in Benin City was disrupted when a group of protestors broke in
New York’s Studio Museum—known for championing Black artists—reopens in $300m new home
The legendary institution, which took seven years to build, reopens with an exhibition devoted to the works of Tom Lloyd
Peru’s mysterious ‘band of holes’ site may have been bustling marketplace
New analysis of the 1.5km-long site consisting of thousands of holes suggests they may have been used to measure and trade commodities
National Trust rejects pressure group’s claim that its buildings are ‘under-insured’
The UK charity has responded to a resolution put forward by Restore Trust, calling for its historic properties to be protected against ‘any eventuality’
Vatican Museums will return rare Indigenous kayak to Canada
The Vatican is working with the Canadian Catholic Church to return Indigenous artefacts
San Francisco Arts Commission votes to dismantle Vaillancourt Fountain
Decision comes just days after city planning department determined fountain eligible for National Register of Historic Places designation
Louvre’s €666m plans for new entrance ‘financially unsound’—and security should come first—auditor says
The much-anticipated report from the Cour des comptes points to issues with the management of the Paris museum and calls for a rethink of priorities
Comment | As the US’s 250th anniversary approaches, museums must keep pushing the American story forward
The Phillips Collection was founded amid a president’s calls for a return to “normalcy”, and today the museum is addressing a city and a country grappling with a similar dynamic
Inside the Jewish Museum’s $14.5m renovation in New York City
The institution's revamped third and fourth floors present reconfigured galleries, expanded education spaces and a luminous display of more than 100 menorahs from around the world
First Americans may have sailed from north-east Asia, new research suggests
New research comparing stone tools found at sites across the US and on Japan’s northernmost island suggests a different timeline and mode of travel for the first humans to arrive in North America
Opening date for London’s V&A East Museum announced
The institution will join venues for the BBC, Sadler’s Wells East and London College of Fashion in the new East Bank cultural quarter
Philadelphia Art Museum’s director ousted following divisive rebrand
Sasha Suda had been in the role for three years, but board members complained of a lack of transparency around the institution's recent rebranding
Italy condemns ‘shameful’ comments from Russia after medieval tower collapse
A Russian foreign ministry spokesperson linked the caving in of Rome’s Torre dei Conti—which led to the death of a worker—to Italy’s support for Ukraine, sparking backlash
Lacma staff move to unionise as $720m new building nears completion
The union would represent more than 300 workers at the museum across departments including curatorial, education, publications and more
Chilean retiree returns Ancient Greek marble fragment his father took in the 1930s
Enrico Tosti-Croce’s father, an Italian naval officer, had taken a piece of the Acropolis during a visit to Athens
Netherlands will return stolen ancient statue—featured at Tefaf art fair in 2022—to Egypt
The 3,500-year-old stone head was found to have been “stolen and illegally exported from Egypt” after a rare tipoff from a member of the public
Have security guards’ shifting remits left the Louvre vulnerable to a heist?
A growing emphasis on visitor experience at museums across the world is putting objects at risk, argues a leading security expert
Louvre heist the work of ‘petty criminals’, Paris prosecutor says
The suspects charged so far do not appear to be linked to any high-level crime networks, according to Laure Beccuau
‘Proof that life goes on’: meet some of the people working to rescue—and re-energise—Ukrainian culture
As Russian attacks continue, art is being made, commissioned—and saved—by citizens and organisations
Miami collectors donate 36 works by African and diaspora artists to Tate
Jorge and Darlene Pérez have also funded a “multi-million dollar endowment” to support Tate’s curatorial research





























