Enrico Tosti-Croce’s father, an Italian naval officer, had taken a piece of the Acropolis during a visit to Athens

The 3,500-year-old stone head was found to have been “stolen and illegally exported from Egypt” after a rare tipoff from a member of the public

A growing emphasis on visitor experience at museums across the world is putting objects at risk, argues a leading security expert

The suspects charged so far do not appear to be linked to any high-level crime networks, according to Laure Beccuau

As Russian attacks continue, art is being made, commissioned—and saved—by citizens and organisations

Jorge and Darlene Pérez have also funded a “multi-million dollar endowment” to support Tate’s curatorial research

Timothy Martin was convicted of conspiracy and injuring government property over a 2023 protest action at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC

Dunbar Cave, home of numerous petroglyphs and pictographs dating back at least 800 years, was submerged by a flood in February—the art was fortunately undamaged, but how can we save it from inevitable future storms?

Museum leaders and investigators believe stolen objects may soon start to turn up at area pawn shops and second-hand stores

Woodmere Art Museum, which includes thousands of works by generations of local artists, opens a second building to show off more of its collection

The arrests come as two men are charged for gang theft and criminal association

The institution has doubled the size of its former space to display more of its collection of 117,000 works, plus newly commissioned sculptures and installations

The terms of the restitution of the two ceramic pots have been cast in the mould of Nazi war-loot agreements

The White House plans to install new Commission of Fine Arts members who “are more aligned with President Trump’s ‘America First’ policies”

Plans to bring the series of 20 paintings to a Thomas Heatherwick-designed space are on the table—however there are obstacles including a lawsuit in the way

The fundraising effort, which coincides with the organisation’s 60th anniversary, was bolstered by a $10m contribution from historian and philanthropist Suzanne Deal Booth

The private institution, funded by Al Futtaim Group, will be built on a jetty

The latest Museums Moving Forward report on museum sector satisfaction found a few bright spots amid persistent low pay, inequity and burnout

The redesign of the Western Range of the British Museum, announced earlier this year, is the latest stage of a 272-year-long history

One group called the sudden demolition “a collective loss” while another expressed concern the $300m ballroom that will replace the East Wing “will overwhelm the White House itself”

The artist is urgently seeking a new home for his sizeable sculpture before the end of Black History Month

A “perfect storm” of fire-retardant paint, humidity and the Covid-19 lockdown caused major damage to Louise Nevelson’s unique environment of nine painted wooden sculptures inside St Peter’s Lutheran Church in Manhattan

The delays to updating the museum’s apparently lacklustre surveillance infrastructure, meanwhile, have been blamed on its ambitious renovation plans

The work was restituted to the descendants of collectors Ludwig and Rosy Fischer earlier this year

According to the Frost Museum of Science next door, the Pamm’s large digital billboard—subject of a previous dispute with the city that was settled last month—violates state laws

The gift, the largest in the museum’s history, will allow it to welcome more local students and families, while partnering with local university education programmes

The McMichael Canadian Art Collection, world’s most important collection of works by the Group of Seven, has picked Hariri Pontarini Architects to expand and modernise its facilities

After 10 years in development, the 40m-wide work will go on display next June at the ARoS Aarhus Art Museum

The museum has reopened today following the heist, although the gallery which housed the objects remains closed

The massive, historic works at the core of “Monuments” were never meant to travel, and moving them has been an enormously complex job