Museums & Heritage
Louvre staff vote to strike, citing failures of management and building maintenance
It was yesterday revealed that that a water leak in the museum's Egyptian antiquities department had damaged hundreds of books
Disruption expected at British Library as hundreds of workers strike over pay
The Public and Commercial Service union says library staff face “increased poverty and debt, with a concurrent rise in health issues”
Lima’s historic city centre to be restored after years of earthquake damage and abandonment
The ambitious Lima 2035 project will revitalise the Peruvian capital’s architectural heart, a Unesco World Heritage Site, for its 500th birthday
Ancient Etruscan monster gets new state-of-the-art home in Florence museum
Fearsome 2,400-year-old sculpture of a chimaera has been reinstalled in a dedicated gallery at the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Firenze
Seven bullet holes discovered in Marseille basilica's Madonna and Child
The hidden holes in the gilded copper statue, located on top of the French city's Notre-Dame de la Garde, were inflicted by German troops during the Second World War
London's National Gallery announces £750m fundraising drive towards new wing and expanded collection
The gallery has also revealed the architecture firms shortlisted to design its planned extension
Jorge Pérez donates more than 80 photographs to the Pérez Art Museum Miami
The works by Marina Abramović, Ana Mendieta, Cindy Sherman, Vik Muniz and others are the subject of an ongoing special exhibition
Louvre to raise ticket prices by 45% for most non-EU visitors
The Château de Versailles and the Château de Chambord have also announced new pricing structures
Courtauld launches art history teaching fund amid £82m redevelopment
The announcement follows a new report which revealed a sharp decrease in the numbers of schools teaching art history
Comment | A decolonial wind? Hurricane Melissa decimated western Jamaica’s colonial buildings
Although it spared Kingston, the storm caused $9bn in damage and wiped out most of the heritage buildings and museums in the areas it touched
Where will Labour government’s local reforms leave England’s cash-strapped museums?
Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ planned overhaul of regional councils promises stability, but delivers confusion for the cultural sector
Philadelphia Art Museum accuses fired director of ‘theft’ in court filing
In a petition in response to Sasha Suda’s lawsuit claiming unfair treatment, abuse and more, the museum claims "misappropriated funds”
Vast pre-Maya earthwork in Mexico is a map of the cosmos, archaeological analysis suggests
The 3,000-year-old ceremonial complex of Aguada Fénix in Tabasco was designed as a monumental “cosmogram”, according to new research
Penn Museum opens Native North America Gallery after two-year overhaul
The Philadelphia museum, located on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania, has completely rethought the 2,000-sq.-ft gallery in collaboration with eight Indigenous curators
Philadelphia Art Museum taps former Metropolitan Museum leader after firing previous director
Daniel H. Weiss, who led the Met from 2015 to 2023, will succeed Sasha Suda, who is suing the Philadelphia Art Museum over the circumstances of her firing
British Museum stubs out controversial tobacco sponsorship deal
The move follows a recent report which described the partnership as a key part of the tobacco firm’s lobbying strategy
Collector of Beeple’s $69.3 million NFT work launches space in Singapore
Vignesh Sundaresan, who purchased Everydays: The First 5000 Days in 2021, has unveiled Padimai Art & Tech Studio—which opens with an exhibition made in collaboration with Olafur Eliasson
Rijksmuseum to host study exploring potential benefits of art for people with Parkinson’s
A leading neurologist is working with the Amsterdam museum to see if making or encountering art can help ease symptoms of the degenerative disease
Louvre closes gallery ‘until further notice’ citing structural problems
This latest blow for the Paris museum follows a report on its buildings which highlighted “particular fragility” in its Campana Gallery
Metropolitan Museum workers launch unionising effort
The new organising effort, with the Local 2110 chapter of the United Auto Workers, would create a union representing around 1,000 employees
Climate report from Getty’s PST Art programme urges cultural organisations to confront exhibitions’ impacts
The report is a significant step toward addressing the environmental sustainability of art world activities
Metropolitan Museum's new Condé M. Nast Galleries will put fashion at the forefront
Anna Wintour's efforts to "get out of the basement" have paid off as the Costume Institute prepares to take centre stage
Fast-rising Montana art organisation to take over century-old theatre
Bozeman-based Tinworks Art will start programming at the historic Rialto Theater with screenings of Matthew Barney’s neo-Western film “Redoubt”
Acquisitions round-up: an ‘exceptionally rare’ portrait of an enslaved person and two large-scale donations
Our pick of the latest gifts and purchases to enter institutional collections worldwide, including the enigmatic “Portrait of Frederick”
Portland Art Museum to unveil $116m transformation with Mark Rothko at its heart
After more than a decade of planning, the US state’s largest ever capital investment in the arts opens with a new pavilion named for Rothko and a gallery devoted to Black artists
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