The cavern’s entrance had been concealed by a boulder that appears to have pinned an unfortunate person to the spot when it was installed

Minutes from trustee meetings dating back to spring of 2023 chronicle the internal agonising before the energy giant’s sponsorship was ultimately accepted

The controversial ten-year agreement with the oil and gas company will contribute towards the institution's ambitious refurbishment plans

The Florence museum chief has been named director of Naples's Capodimonte with new leaders also appointed in Milan and Rome as part of right-wing government strategy

The rail network connecting archaeological sites and tourist destinations on the Yucatán peninsula is one of president Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s legacy projects

Many of the 30 objects being repatriated are linked to the disgraced dealers Michael Ward and Robin Symes

Joanna Smith faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison and up to a $250,000 fine

The funds to reimagine the museum are part of a wider £17.2m Levelling Up allocation that will help to bolster the district's arts credentials

The museum had been pressured and petitioned for years to return objects tied to smuggler Douglas Latchford

Omitted from the 1920s book, next September the masterpiece will star in a London blockbuster on Vincent’s art of Provence

From the British Museum thefts to the consequences in art and heritage of the Israel-Hamas war

Preserved for centuries in pristine condition, submerged archaeological sites are now being destroyed by quagga mussels

The portrait, showing the influential media personality in a striking purple dress, was painted by Chicago artist Shawn Michael Warren

The jade statuette of an Olmec ruler holding a baby were-jaguar will be exhibited as the centrepiece of the Texas museum's ancient American collection

The dispute was sparked by a decision to cancel Palestine Film Festival events

“We have to increase income and reduce spending,” says Hermann Parzinger, the president of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation

Pair of paintings of a husband and wife were recently formally attributed to the Old Master by the Dutch museum

The action, staged on International Human Rights Day, lasted 64 minutes in observance of the 64 days since the Israel-Hamas war began

The price increase will help to subsidise free entry for some visitors and regulate crowd size

Postponed until January, the Florida outpost of the beloved New York institution will open with wet, wild and scholarly exhibits

The additional staff will programme sound art, film and performance events

The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts cooperated in an investigation that determined each of the 44 objects had been stolen, looted or trafficked

Following the British model, entry will be free for the newly expanded institution

The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office linked one of the works to Kapoor; another had been in the Rubin Museum’s collection

The war in Gaza casts a dark shadow over 2023

From the theft of artefacts at the British Museum to a hammer attack on Velázquez’s “The Rokeby Venus”

A local non-profit is looking into possible sites near Haulover Beach Park, one of the only clothing-optional beaches in Florida

The Royal Collection Trust, which runs the museums in London and Edinburgh, declines to give further details on change of heart

Velázquez masterpiece required 'conservation treatment to minor damage sustained to the painting surface, and the fitting of new glazing' following hammer attack on 6 November

From major solo shows of Sasha Gordon, Nam June Paik and Juan Francisco Elso to exhibitions around themes of food, magic and mystical animals