Museums & Heritage
Art Institute of Chicago’s first Norman Rockwell acquisition is a home run
The museum has acquired the beloved US illustrator’s ‘The Dugout’, his 1948 painting of Chicago Cubs players
Irreconcilable differences: Canadian cultural tourism to the US experiences a steep decline
A significant number of Canadians are shunning their neighbours to the south, a phenomenon felt most acutely by smaller museums and those along the border
Monumental 37ft-long Indian scroll goes on public view for the first time at Yale Center for British Art
After two years of conservation, the 19th-century Lucknow scroll is on show in New Haven, Connecticut
Canada returns 11 artefacts to Turkey in the first repatriation between the countries
The manuscript pages, prints and calligraphy had been seized by Canadian authorities as they arrived in Vancouver from Istanbul
Smithsonian’s governing body quietly losing members
Two people finished their terms on the institution’s Board of Regents in early March and have yet to be replaced
Santiago museum, set on fire during 2020 protests, reopens
The works of Chile’s most famous folk artist, singer and composer return to the Violeta Parra Museum, which now has enhanced security
Arts organisation enlists celebrities in fight to save Manhattan church
The Center at West Park has been marshalling support from famous actors led by Mark Ruffalo to stop the demolition of West Park Presbyterian Church
Arts and heritage organisations largely exempted from new UK regulations on memberships
Representatives for the Victoria and Albert Museum, the National Trust and the Tate had warned that the legislation could have severely impacted their funding
Unesco grants enhanced protection to 39 Lebanese heritage sites as war escalates
The cultural body has also unlocked more than $100,000 in emergency funding for urgent operations on the ground
National Museum of Korea Seoul sees a surge in visitor numbers
According to our 2025 Visitor Figures survey, the Seoul location of the museum is attracting more international guests
Construction of White House ballroom must stop, federal judge orders
The order by a district court judge for Washington, DC, requires the White House to seek approval from Congress for Donald Trump’s $400m construction project
Mexico’s art community calls for greater transparency in management of treasured collection
More than 300 Mexican cultural professionals are calling for clarity surrounding the Gelman Santander Collection, a trove of works by Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco, María Izquierdo and others
Germany to create council to oversee restitution of colonial-era acquisitions
The new panel is intended to “shape ongoing and future restitution processes more effectively” and coordinate with counterparts in receiving countries
How museum funding in Denmark has become reliant on visitor numbers
Danish government reforms have resulted in increased funds for museums, but some question the equity of grants based on footfall
Exclusive | The world's 100 most visited art museums in 2025: new venues a big hit with visitors
Our annual survey shows that some of the world’s most venerable institutions are still struggling to attract the number of visitors they had before Covid, but there is enthusiasm for new museums, and in regions such as Asia and Latin America
Barn at Henry Moore’s former home redeveloped into exhibition space
Following a £5m refit, the Sheep Field Barn gallery at the sculptor’s farmhouse in Hertfordshire, England, will also house an education centre
Copy of Rembrandt portrait on display in Chicago is by the master himself, scholar claims
The art historian Gary Schwartz argues that the copy of “Old Man with a Gold Chain” currently hanging alongside the original at the Art Institute of Chicago is by Rembrandt himself, not his workshop
New £5m cultural centre in Northampton, UK to pursue model that ‘embeds artists in social and economic fabric of a place’
The Arts Collective complex, five years in the making, will feature galleries, learning spaces and 17 artists’ studios
Comment | Inside the preservation of the largest fortress in the Americas
A trek to Haiti’s Citadelle Laferrière, a Unesco World Heritage site that has been undergoing conservation for 25 years
Contemporary Jewish Museum puts its Libeskind-designed building in San Francisco up for sale
The museum, which has been closed since December 2024, will continue its programming in collaboration with other cultural institutions
Comment | Museums must be the leaders in a moral revolution
Museums are “remarkably unwilling to acknowledge their own status as democratic institutions, the bedrock of civic society and our most important public spaces”
Hirshhorn Museum’s revamped sculpture garden will feature new acquisitions by Mark Grotjahn, Lauren Halsey and more
The Smithsonian’s Modern and contemporary art museum in Washington, DC revealed eight recent acquisitions that will be displayed in the garden when it reopens this autumn
Excavations at Alexander the Great's rediscovered city in Iraq postponed due to war
New research has confirmed the site of the giant ancient metropolis, but further archaeological work has been delayed due to issues such as travel restrictions
Unesco-protected monastery in Lviv damaged by Russian drone strike
The 17th-century Bernardine Monastery was one of several buildings hit in the Ukrainian city’s historic centre, which is a Unesco World Heritage Site
Researchers at Art Gallery of Ontario identify painter and subject of 18th-century portrait of Black woman
Curators at the gallery are now piecing together the transatlantic journeys of Eleonora Susette, an enslaved woman who travelled from present-day Guyana to Amsterdam and back
Art Fund launches new fellowship scheme for global majority curators
The scheme will aim to address imbalances in the cultural sector, explore transcultural perspectives and engage with communities
British Museum did not remove Palestine from labels due to pressure campaign, museum sources say—as backlash continues
Some scholars however have questioned the wording used in the new labels in the Ancient Levant and Egyptian galleries
Comment | Climate change is forcing tough choices—how much heritage can we save before it is too late?
As increasingly extreme weather threatens cultural sites, archaeologists are turning to technology to try and record them before they are lost forever
The new New Museum: now with twice the space
The New York institution opens its $82m expansion with a huge exhibition of works by more than 200 artists, from Salvador Dalí to Precious Okoyomon
Helen Legg appointed artistic director of London's Royal Academy of Arts
Currently director of Tate Liverpool, Legg will be responsible for the RA’s exhibitions, collection and public programme