The Smithsonian Institution and National Gallery of Art are making plans for continuing operations amid a government shutdown that appears increasingly likely

He replaced a painting by Franz von Stuck with a forgery and sold the original

The Infinities Commission will support “immersive projects that sit outside conventional artistic categories”, with the inaugural edition launching in performance space The Tanks in spring 2025

The museum says that Why Architects and Swinerton Builders “failed to meet even the minimum museum-quality standards”

The Washington, DC, museum opens on 21 October with an ambitious show of previously unseen large-scale sculptures and immersive installations

The Italian curator replaces Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, who steps down at the end of this year

George Osborne, the museum's chair, and the UK culture department are among those in the spotlight in the wake of Roman and Greek objects being stolen

The museum has also stated that 300 further items are “due to be returned imminently”, and that it has enlisted an international taskforce

The new works replace those depicting Confederate generals that were removed in 2017

The legal case seeking to block the art museum's new $180m Herzog & de Meuron-designed building is ongoing

The new spaces will bring together treasures by some of Scotland's best-loved artists of the 19th and early 20th centuries

Royal Collection curators checked provenance records and pigments, tracing the work to Queen Henrietta Maria

The Kiah house will be restored to its former glory, highlighting African American art, and providing housing to local artists

All but one of the 14 historic sites the Lahaina Restoration Foundation owned or managed was critically damaged in the deadly fires

The repatriation ceremony at the San Bernardino County Museum was timed to coincide with the beginning of Hispanic Heritage Month in the US and Mexican Independence Day

Investigations into the extent of the damage to historic buildings and artefacts have begun, while experts warn it is critical to find long-term solutions to counter the rising threat of climate change

Plus, remembering Fernando Botero and a pioneering Barkley L. Hendricks portrait

The delicately carved choker necklace was found during excavations for the Maya Train project in the Yucatán Peninsula

The artefacts, dating from the third millenium BC, will remain in New York as Yemen’s civil war drags on

The Zeyrek Çinili Hamam, which will open in Istanbul in September after a 13-year restoration and excavation, will operate once again as a traditional Turkish bath and also as a contemporary art space

Eight Brooklyn-based arts non-profits will each receive $25,000 and ten months of workshops and other sessions

The dismissal of Michael Bennett, a curator at the Museum of Fine Arts in St Petersburg, came after colleagues at another institution raised flags about provenance gaps

The UK county faces pressure to find £86m in savings

The UN cultural body is requesting modifications to the controversial scheme, which will see a dual-carriageway tunnel running close to the ancient heritage site by next year

Cooperation agreement follows Vladimir Putin’s foreign policy strategy to forge closer ties with Iran

As the ESMA Museum and Site of Memory in Buenos Aires gains international recognition, the history it seeks to safeguard is under attack by Argentina’s extremist frontrunner in the upcoming presidential election

Glacial progress being made on reopening the magnificent domed space at the heart of the institution

Church walking tours, online talks and light art installations in St Paul's Cathedral are some of the events being held to celebrate the work of Britain's most celebrated architect

The top prize of £110,000 will go to an exhibition that will take place in the next three years, with £30,000 awarded directly to the winning artist

Artists, poets and writers will also respond to statues of William Beckford and Sir John Cass following the introduction of the UK's "retain and explain" policy