Museums & Heritage
British Museum's chairman suggests 'hybrid' deal with Greece over Parthenon Marbles
"I think there is a way forward where the sculptures could be seen both in London and in Athens, and that will be a win-win for Greece and for us,” George Osborne says
Museum of Natural History’s new science and nature centre to open to New York public this spring
Dramatic extension to the 140-year-old building is inspired by the “Manhattanhenge” illusion
Goodbye pink marble, farewell 1980s office vibe: inside the Hammer Museum’s 24-year transformation
A radical renovation and expansion overseen by director Ann Philbin and architect Michael Maltzan is just weeks from completion
Protests erupt outside Archaeological Museum in Athens as David Chipperfield revamp announced
Riot police watched over crowds at the media launch, attended by the Greek prime minister
Women artists gain wall space at Tate Britain as museum rehangs collection
Popular galleries dedicated to Pre-Raphaelite artists and JMW Turner will also be rehung with new rooms dedicated to John Constable and William Blake
Princeton University Art Museum acquires historic, record-breaking Native American basket
The large, woven basket by the the Mono Lake Paiute artist Wutoni won first prize at a 1929 competition and, in 2005, set an auction record for a Native American basket
US National Museum of Women in the Arts to reopen in October following $67.5m renovation
Described as “the first major museum solely dedicated to championing women artists”, the Washington, DC museum is adding 20% more gallery space
Art from persecuted Jewish dealer draws scrutiny at National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC
Findings about the provenance of two Old Master drawings in the museum’s collection may test the pro-restitution stance recently adopted at US national institutions
Paris's Centre Pompidou breaks new ground by acquiring 18 NFTs
The acquisition, the first of its kind by a major French public museum, includes works by Jonas Lund, Robness, Agnieszka Kurant and Sarah Meyohas
Mysterious NFT collector—who may actually be the rapper Snoop Dogg—gifts 22 blockchain works to Lacma
Pseudonymous NFT collector Cozomo de’ Medici gives Los Angeles County Museum of Art "largest collection of its kind in a US museum"
Panama Canal Museum to undergo major anniversary expansion—and bring to light troubling national histories
To celebrate 25 years, the institution will add new spaces and programmes, while also rethinking how it can strengthen the local art scene
Drag queen event at Tate Britain sparks protests between trans-rights activists and right-wing groups
Aida H Dee’s storytelling event disrupted by fighting outside London museum
Appeals court upholds antiquities trafficking charges against former Louvre director Jean-Luc Martinez and curator Jean-François Charnier
The appellate court judges’ decision came as a surprise, as the general prosecutor had asked for the charges—which relate to the acquisition of Egyptian antiquities by the Louvre Abu Dhabi—to be dropped
Museum community must agree on binding protocols to counter 'increasing political interference' across Europe, leading directors say
A slew of cases of museum directors forced from their positions is a "spectacular moment of crisis,” the Museum Watch Committee chair said at annual museums conference
The Smithsonian and MTV are launching a reality television art competition
The winner of “The Exhibit” will receive $100,000 and a solo exhibition at the Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum
Moscow museum director removed after complaint against institution’s lack of ‘traditional Russian spiritual and moral values’
Zelfira Tregulova, who has headed the State Tretyakov Gallery since 2015, will be replaced by Elena Pronicheva, who has links to Vladimir Putin
An art bet for the big game: US museums wager loan of painting on outcome of Super Bowl
Philadelphia Museum of Art and Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art have agreed that the institution in the losing city will send a work to the victorious city #MuseumBowl23
France makes art inroads in Saudi Arabia with Centre Pompidou project allegedly on the horizon
The outpost would be the gallery's latest international satellite and the latest of many France-driven arts initiative in the Middle Eastern country
UK culture ministry shake up: Lucy Frazer named secretary for 'refocussed' department
Prime minister Rishi Sunak has overhauled the country's Department for Culture, Media and Sport Digital, dropping "digital" from its mandate
Art damaged in Brazil's revolt could become part of a memorial
Attack by far-right supporters of former president Jair Bolsonaro has left some works of art beyond repair
Huge earthquakes in Turkey and Syria devastate heritage sites including 2,000-year-old castle
Gaziantep Castle has been heavily damaged by quakes that have killed more than 1,000 people
Ancient Pompeii site installs 'invisible' solar panels that look like Roman terracotta tiles
New invisible technology is being used to generate electricity at the archaeological site—and will also be used for other historic buildings in Italy, Portugal and Croatia
Artefacts in Swiss museums were looted from the Kingdom of Benin, new report says
Many of the works investigated show a direct link to the violent 1897 raid by British forces, and may lead to the transfer of objects to Nigeria
'A long overdue recognition': Paris's Arab World Institute to turn part of its building into an art museum
The new space, spanning all seven levels of the Institute's Jean Nouvel-designed building, was made possible in part thanks to a major donation of 1,677 works
Previously declared at risk, the UK's ‘Stonehenge of the North’ is now open to the public
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak welcomes the project which tells ‘the story of ancient Britain’
Derelict ice factory in the desert transformed into UAE's newest contemporary art venue
Opening in time for the Sharjah Biennial, the Kalba Ice Factory building boasts 20,000 sq. m exhibition space
Manchester Museum gets £15m revamp—and hires UK's first curator focused on Indigenous perspectives
Reopening this month, the English institution plans to explicitly deal with its links to colonialism and actively support repatriation
Bangalore's new Museum of Art & Photography looks to attract India's digital generation
While the pandemic held up MAP's construction it made 100 exhibits available online—a strategy that will continue beyond its physical opening
'Like being on display in a zoo': judges rule in favour of luxury flat owners living next to Tate Modern in battle over privacy
Landmark Supreme Court ruling finds Tate Modern's viewing platform as private nuisance to luxury flat owners it overlooks