Museums & Heritage
Art Fund, the charity that helped buy Rokeby Venus for the nation, celebrates 120 years with new campaign
Organisation pledges to back initiatives linking museums with local communities for anniversary project
Law firm sponsor for National Portrait Gallery prize sparks controversy
Herbert Smith Freehills, which runs an "oil and gas" division, replaces BP
Origami cranes and muddy boots: Fifa Museum unveils the memorabilia it acquired from the Women’s World Cup
Japanese markers of gratitude, along with Indigenous symbols of welcome from Australia and New Zealand, will be shown alongside mud-stained footwear, kit and balls in a new exhibition
Pérez Art Museum Miami receives $25m donation from its namesake benefactor
Jorge Pérez, who gave the museum $35m in 2013, is renewing his support
Indian steel tycoons to launch art centre near historic site of Hampi
The billionaire Jindal family will open the exhibition venue and artist residency space in February next year
With a new name and building, Pittsburgh’s Institute for Contemporary Art takes on a more ambitious mandate
Formerly the Miller ICA, Carnegie Mellon University’s contemporary art gallery will more than double its space when new facility opens in 2027
A delightful jumble of faces, limbs and torsos: inside Michelangelo's ‘secret room’
The space, which was discovered in a former coal bunker accessed via a trapdoor, features never-before-seen drawings by the Renaissance master
US National Gallery of Art receives its first works of Haitian art, via two gifts
The 15 works, donated by two collecting couples, will form the core of an exhibition in autumn 2024
Who are the culture warriors? A closer look at the group piling pressure on the National Trust
Restore Trust wants to “knock common sense” into the National Trust—but a look at who is behind the group reveals some familiar figures who have long been pushing a hard-right agenda
On the eve of a planned strike, Brooklyn Museum workers ratify first union contract
After over two years of negotiations, members of the museum’s UAW Local 2110 union voted to ratify their first contract
Guggenheim Museum laces up for year-long collaboration with Converse
A focal point of the partnership between the museum and sports clothing brand will be support for the Guggenheim’s internship programme
Louvre wants to acquire Chardin’s famed strawberries painting—but needs €1.3m
LVMH group donates €16m towards work sold for €24m at auction
How Velázquez's 'Rokeby Venus' became a symbol of public pride—and political protest
This week's attack by climate protesters is the third time that the National Gallery masterpiece has been recruited to articulate contemporary social or cultural concerns
Paper, politics and poetry: why artists’ books from the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia deserve a closer look
British Museum show and book by Venetia Porter tap into rich seam of works by non-Western artists
World Press Photo ‘shocked’ at ousting of Hungarian National Museum director in LGBTQ+ exhibition row
Images of a care home in Manila by Hannah Reyes Morales fell foul of right-wing lawmakers
British Museum releases further details of independent review into thefts
The review team will now liaise with the police for the criminal investigation
Odesa Museum of Fine Arts rocked by Russian missile strike on 124th anniversary
Much of the collection was evacuated when Russia's invasion of Ukraine began last year
US university museum returns five looted antiquities to Italy
Two of the objects will be handed over the Italian authorities, while three will remain on view at the Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University in Atlanta
Artists withdraw work from US National Gallery in protest of ‘government funding of Israel’s military assault’ in Gaza
A collaborative sculpture by Nicholas Galanin and Merritt Johnson was removed from an exhibition at the Washington, DC museum
Protesters calling for ceasefire in Gaza take over base of the Statue of Liberty
Hundreds of protesters affiliated with the group Jewish Voice for Peace staged a sit-in at the National Park Service site
Following protests, Toronto museum reinstates Palestinian artists’ work in exhibition on 'Death'
The Royal Ontario Museum had edited wall text and cropped an image of a painting, which the artist says amounted to “censorship and alteration”
The legacy banking foundation buying up works at Artissima for Turin’s major museums
Fondazione Arte CRT’s new chief wants to bring art to the masses via public art programmes
Cimabue ‘kitchen’ painting placed under export ban ends up at the Louvre
The culture ministry had been given 30 months to raise the funds to purchase the work after its sale at auction in 2019 was halted
Rashid Johnson and Dyani White Hawk make new works for Whitney Museum restaurants
The museum's revamped dining areas include lush installations by Johnson and White Hawk that blend interior and exterior spaces
Museums around the world wonder how—or if—to respond to Israel-Hamas war
Many cultural institutions have remained silent about the ongoing crisis
A new artist-designed ‘chapel’ to grace Kansas City
The artist Summer Wheat will create a space for visitors to “explore their inner world” on the Kansas City Museum campus
Collectors Marilyn and Larry Fields make ‘landmark gift’ of 79 works to MCA Chicago
The gifted works are predominantly by woman-identifying and Bipoc artists, including pieces by Huma Bhabha, Arthur Jafa, Adrian Piper, Jennie C. Jones and Cindy Sherman
Climate activists spray-paint Paris's Louvre pyramid
A member of the Dernière Rénovation group scaled the famous glass monument over the weekend
Egyptian Museum in Turin to undergo €23m renovation with two-storey ‘agora’ at its heart
The mission of the project, designed by OMA architects, is to make the museum more accessible to the public
Dallas Museum of Art lays off 8% of its staff
In the midst of a $150m expansion project, the museum has also cut its public hours to reduce costs