Museums & Heritage
Prague to get new museum dedicated to Alphonse Mucha
The institution will be housed in the Savarin Palace, close to the city’s historic Old Town Square
A dual social and artistic purpose: London's Whitechapel Gallery to screen films by Jarman Award nominees
Ahead of the announcement of the 2024 Film London Jarman Award winner on 25 November, Whitechapel gallery will show entries by all six shortlisted artists
Goodwood contemporary: Rachel Whiteread to headline new foundation’s first exhibition at Sussex woodland site
The artist’s sculpture and photography will feature at Goodwood Art Foundation, on the ducal estate that once nurtured the work of George Stubbs and Canaletto, alongside semi-permanent installations by Veronica Ryan and Hélio Oiticica
Just a year after opening, Serge Gainsbourg’s house museum hits financial trouble
The Graffiti-strewn building became a pilgrimage for devotees of the singer when it opened 32 years after his death—but despite healthy ticket sales, the institution has racked up huge debts, with its backers accused of mismanagement
Australian museum under fire for acquiring object linked to protesters' attack on well-known painting
Politicians have slammed the museum for ‘glorifying’ the attack on Frederick McCubbin’s ‘Down on his luck’
Former museum curator accuses city in Arizona of censorship in lawsuit
The former chief curator of the Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum is suing the municipality for allegedly ordering the removal of a print from a Shepard Fairey exhibition
Frick Collection to reopen in April with Vermeer exhibition in the works
Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum is returning the favour and lending one of its works after showing the Frick’s Vermeers in its blockbuster exhibition last year
Artist demands Stedelijk Museum remove his work amid row over 'refused' loan request
Ahmet Ogut claims a request to loan ‘Bakunin’s Barricade’ to Gaza protesters was denied by the Amsterdam museum
British Museum still taking money from tobacco firm
Japanese acquisitions have been funded by maker of Benson & Hedges, Winston, Camel and Silk Cut
How a tribute to 'victims of communism' became Canada's most controversial monument
A year after its unveiling was postponed indefinitely, concerns about Ottawa’s Memorial to the Victims of Communism remain
New Zealand art museum reopens with anti-earthquake reinforcement and a new wing
Sarjeant Gallery in Whanganui closed in 2014 after a report found it vulnerable to earthquake damage
Benin City museum opens first part of planned campus
Opening of the Museum of West African Art Institute in the Nigerian city will include a live archaeological dig
Come one, come all: Museum of Sex finally opens in Miami
After postponing for more than a year, the museum’s second location celebrates with a debaucherous Halloween party
Moca Los Angeles announces recipients of new environmental art prize
The artists Cecilia Vicuña and Julian Charrière will each receive $100,000 and exhibit new work at the museum
In a gallery far, far away: new Star Wars-themed museum to bring together 1.5 million objects, including 15ft-long painting
The museum, whose owners are still searching for a building, seeks to merge the four largest current collections of Star Wars props, toys and works of art
Mixed news: the UK's culture sector reacts to Labour's Autumn budget
While a boost in funding for national museums has been welcomed by key figures, concerns remain among regional institutions
Nazi-looted art panel rejects claim from Grosz's heirs
The panel said there is no evidence that the works, which are held in the collection of Bremen Kunsthalle, were lost as a result of Nazi persecution
Maya city with pyramids, plazas and a ballcourt discovered in Mexican jungle
Research team uncovers settlement hidden for centuries using laser mapping technology
New-York Historical Society changes its name and reveals plans for new $175m wing
The museum's new wing dedicated to American democracy will open in 2026, just in time for the US’s semiquincentennial
A new study seeks to establish ethical collecting practices for US museums
The Penn Cultural Heritage Center’s three-year national study amplifies ongoing calls for transparency and will provide a collecting framework
State Tretyakov Gallery accused of making ‘gross and inexcusable mistake’ by restructuring contemporary art department
An open letter signed by hundreds of Russian art professionals claims that the decision to merge several departments into one could lead to the museum losing pioneering recent works as well as specialists
Gift of more than $45m and 331 works for the Clark Art Institute
The gifts, from the foundation of the late trustee Aso O. Tavitian, will allow the Massachusetts museum to build a new wing
Modern Art Oxford gallery gets a £2m revamp
The new space's inaugural show is dedicated to the pioneering Cuban artist Belkis Ayón
Leonora Carrington’s Mexico City home will no longer become a public museum
The house will be a research centre instead, allegedly due to a labour struggle at the university that owns it
Just Stop Oil protestors place high-vis jacket on ancient Greek statue at the British Museum
The campaign group dressed up a sculpture of the goddess Demeter and added a speech bubble beside it reading “just stop famine”
Fate of Frank Lloyd Wright’s only skyscraper remains uncertain amid duelling lawsuits
Oklahoma’s Price Tower is caught in a tug-of-war between its current crypto-enthusiast owners, Wright’s conservancy and a company that restores historic buildings
Old Master forgeries’ second lives as teaching tools
Museums, universities and other art organisations have tapped into the enduring fascination with forgeries for pedagogic purposes
House featuring erotic art unearthed at Pompeii
Frescoes show, among other saucy scenes, a satyr coupled with a naked nymph
Whitney Museum to waive admission fees for 25s and under thanks to gift from Julie Mehretu
The artist, a member of the museum’s board of trustees, gave more than $2m to expand its free admission policy
North Carolina museum receives $5m in art and funding from artist and philanthropist Carol Cole Levin
The Weatherspoon Art Museum at the University of North Carolina in Greensboro will get around 270 works for its collection and funds to renovate its building





























