Museums & Heritage
Colombia earthquake damaged 40 protected sites and dozens more cultural assets, report finds
The Colombian ministry of culture has compiled a preliminary report of damage to cultural sites in the seven departments closest to the 10 August earthquake’s epicentre, and in the Unesco-designated “Coffee Cultural Region”
Comment | Kyiv must not let bureaucracy destroy the culture that Russian drones have already damaged
After multiple assaults from Moscow, now the artist community Nahirna22 faces eviction
US National Gallery of Art acquires paintings, sculptures and photographs spanning five centuries
Works by Marie Bracquemond, Wifredo Lam, T.C. Cannon, Christina Quarles and many others are among the around 190 objects joining the collection
Donald Judd’s retrofitted Artillery Sheds in Texas to undergo extensive restoration work
The Chinati Foundation will carefully repair and weatherproof the Judd-modified buildings that house his 100 untitled works in mill aluminium
How has a famous group of 2,000 year-old Chinese rock paintings remained so vibrant? Because it was made with blood, new research says
Murals at Unesco World Heritage Site Zuojiang Huashan in southern China were made using animal blood and blood from childbirth, according to researchers
Police recover eight Matisse works stolen in Brazil heist
Five pieces by the Brazilian artist Candido Portinari, taken in the same heist last December, remain missing
Human skull featuring elaborate mosaic ornamentation repatriated to Mexico
Likely reassembled in modern times, the skull was returned by the Netherlands following a grassroots campaign; it will go on display at a community museum in Oaxaca
Chinese museums ordered to strengthen emergency protocols following blackouts and incidents of overcrowding
Issues at the Terracotta Warriors Museum in Xi'an and the Zhejiang Museum have prompted the National Cultural Heritage Administration to put out a notice
Icom defends the Smithsonian amid Trump's attacks
The public statement of support follows the international museum body’s recent update of its code of ethics, as well as a similar statement issued by the American Alliance of Museums in July
Dresden’s star Correggio altarpiece, newly restored, will anchor major exhibition
The High Renaissance master’s “Madonna of St Sebastian” shows off its colours after nearly four years of treatment
Elvira Dyangani Ose appointed artistic director of Cape Town's Zeitz MoCAA
The former director of the Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona will follow in the footsteps of the late Koyo Kouoh when she takes up her new role in October
San Diego Museum of Art lays off 11 employees
The museum claimed financial hardship, even as it goes ahead with a starchitect-designed revamp
Archaeologists uncover ancient, live-work ceramic studios linked to Moche civilisation in Peru
Excavations at the Cerro Mayal site in the north of the country show it was an important production facility for Moche ceramics around the seventh century
Christian Bernard, founding director of Geneva’s Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, dies aged 76
Over a four-decade career, the French art critic and curator profoundly influenced contemporary art institutions in Switzerland and France
New museum in Argentina honours Lola Mora, a pioneering female sculptor
Immersed in nature, the sustainably designed Lola Mora Cultural Center in San Salvador de Jujuy celebrates the late artist and her practice
Ten essential works to see in Normandy while the Bayeux Tapestry is on loan
The northern French region offers much to see beyond its famous tapestry, ranging from a rare Caravaggio and one of Duchamp’s nudes, to Monet’s garden and a 60th anniversary tribute to the Normandy landings
Newly discovered standing stones in France shed light on the ancient megalith builders
Archaeologists in Carnac, northwest France, have used aerial drones to identify previously unknown stones buried beneath the surface
Earthquake damages Colombia’s tallest church
A 7.4-magnitude quake caused a tower to collapse at the beloved Manizales Cathedral
Bottoms up: vast Roman shipwreck filled with ancient wine amphoras discovered near Sicily
“Extraordinary site” could reveal “interesting story about trade routes”, maritime archaeologist David Gibbins says
Remains of colonial hospital and church discovered in Lima’s historic centre
Walls, floors, human burials and 18th-century tiles have been uncovered in what was once the Hospital and Church of the Holy Spirit in Peru
Office block developers fight with heritage campaigners over London’s historic Square Mile
The Liverpool Street railway hub and 1 Silk Street are two of the latest contested developments in the heart of the capital, where new skyscrapers are clamouring to be built
Uffizi Galleries in Florence announce ‘unprecedented’ €50m revamp
The programme will include the redesign of displays, the creation of new exhibition space and the installation of new lighting systems
Comment | What happened to George Lucas’s vision of a museum for ‘the people’?
The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art’s new admission and membership fees are tone-deaf and self-defeating
Raise a glass: long-hidden image of soldier returns to Pieter de Hooch painting
The figure has been painted back onto the work at the Maurithuis after being removed at some stage in its history
Lidar analysis reveals more than 20,000 pre-colonial earthworks under Amazonian rainforest
A new study based on aerial surveys suggests the pre-Columbian Aquiry civilisation had a much more developed and dispersed footprint than previously thought
Seven Smithsonian museums shut down due to cooling system failure
The closure affected a number of the institution’s buildings along the south side of the National Mall in Washington, DC
Louvre to lend Islamic art treasures to the Smithsonian
Upcoming exhibition at the National Museum of Asian Art in Washington, DC, will feature 26 works from the Louvre, some of which have never been shown in the US
Valerie Hillings appointed inaugural director of Guggenheim Abu Dhabi
Currently the director of the North Carolina Museum of Art, Hillings worked on the Abu Dhabi project from 2009 to 2018
The Australian Museum returns remains of Rapa Nui ancestors to Easter Island
The restituted human remains include 17 skulls and one sample of hair, which were taken from the island during a German expedition in 1882
Fra Angelico’s earliest surviving altarpiece returns to Fiesole after restoration reveals hidden throne
The work, created by the young friar-artist and updated later by Lorenzo di Credi, has undergone careful repair and cleaning





























