Museums & Heritage
New York’s Museum of Sex will expand to Miami
The Manhattan institution, which has been exploring the erotic and sensual in art and beyond since 2002, will transform a warehouse in Miami’s Allapattah neighbourhood
Tate Britain's 'racist' colonial mural will go back on show with response from artist Keith Piper
The artist’s commission will bring a ‘new perspective’ to the painting, which has been off view since 2020
Art equity is still a long way off in US institutions, new study reveals
Extensive new research across 31 US museums reveals that works by female artists make up just 11% of acquisitions, while Black American artists of all genders account for only 6.3% of exhibitions
How to turn a flour mill into a world-class museum: architect Alejandro Aravena on his mammoth Qatar project
Chile-based practise Elemental is tasked with turning the former grain plant into an institution fit for Doha’s desert environment
England footballer Raheem Sterling launches art project with National Portrait Gallery
Works on self-identity will be shown at the revamped London gallery next year
The archaeological discovery of the century? What the San Casciano bronzes tell us about Roman and Etruscan life
The deposit of perfectly preserved statues in the heart of Tuscany reveals six centuries of cultural and political evolution
Michigan contemporary art museum will close permanently due to funding shortages exacerbated by the pandemic
The Urban Institute of Contemporary Arts in Grand Rapids, which opened 45 years ago, will shutter for good in February 2023
Maxwell Alexandre forces Inhotim Institute in Brazil to remove his work, citing his ‘embarrassment’ over museum's treatment of Black subject matter
Large-scale paintings were featured without his knowledge in an exhibition at the vast contemporary art venue
First major dig in ancient Iraqi city since Isis destruction unearths ‘significant’ palace door sill
The artefact survived both Nimrud's decimation in 2016 and the fall of the Assyrian empire in the 7th century
Metropolitan Museum show to reunite two Van Gogh masterpieces after 120 years apart
A major exhibition next year will survey the artist’s fascination with the undulating trees
US campaign group sues Smithsonian over return of Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
Restitution Study Group have lost their first legal battle but insist the case is still pending
Is the UK National Trust influenced by a campaign group funded by lobbyists?
Restore Trust presents itself as a grassroots organisation of National Trust members. But senior lawyers are claiming it is funded by powerful, hidden sources
Metropolitan Museum receives $10m donation for ongoing performance art initiative
The philanthropist Adrienne Arsht is a longtime supporter of the museum and performing arts programmes nationwide
Secret talks between British Museum and Greece to return Parthenon Marbles in 'advanced stages'
If a deal is finalised, the contested sculptures are expected to be returned to Greece in early 2023, and will be displayed at the Acropolis Museum in Athens
Little progress is being made in diversifying US museum acquisitions, report preview finds
Data from the Burns Halperin Report 2022, published 13 December, shows the limited purchasing power of museums and how much they rely on donors to shape their collections
MoMA trustee Leon Black accused of rape
A lawsuit claims that the billionaire sexually assaulted a woman in Jeffrey Epstein's New York mansion
Poland says Kandinsky painting sold at Berlin auction house was stolen from the National Museum in Warsaw
Authorities are now taking legal steps to recover the work after it made €387,500 at Grisebach
National Galleries of Scotland in Edinburgh gets annual Freelands Award
Prize worth £110,000 enables Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art to host first UK museum show dedicated to Tanzanian-born artist Everlyn Nicodemus
Recently reopened Antwerp museum accused of 'amateurism, arrogance and awful taste' by Belgian art world
The Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, known as the KMSKA, is facing a barrage of criticism following its grand reopening in September
The last hurrah? Art world excess at Art Basel Miami Beach
Plus, UK culture cuts and Ukrainian Modernism in Madrid
Looted antiquities returned to Turkey and Italy were seized from New York home of Met trustee Shelby White
An ongoing investigation into White's collection expects to see more objects repatriated in the future
National Museum of Scotland to repatriate looted totem pole
The museum will transfer the totem pole to the Nisga’a Nation of British Columbia
My Tennessee museum home: Dolly Parton plots Nashville institution
The country music superstar, already the subject of a museum at her Dollywood theme park, is planning a cultural complex in Nashville
Forthcoming Smithsonian American Women's History Museum receives $1m donation
The donation is the museum’s first corporate gift, from Zurich-based insurance giant Swiss Re
National Portrait Gallery in London has raised half the £50m required to acquire Joshua Reynolds's Omai
The museum has until March 2023 to stop the work leaving the UK
London National Gallery's cancelled partnership with Pushkin Museum revealed
UK museum now seeking loans to save blockbuster show of Modern art, after collaboration with Russia rejected
Unpredictable art critic vs hard right minister: Italy’s senior politicians clash over cultural policy
Issues such as free museums and safeguarding heritage are splitting the opinions of two officials in the Brothers of Italy party which swept to power in September
Forget the World Cup: Qatar kicks off a major museum-building programme
With a slew of institutions set to open by 2030, the country is putting itself on the global cultural map—but on its own terms
In time for Christmas: London's National Gallery unveils newly-restored Piero della Francesca nativity scene
Painstaking restoration of Italian master’s revered painting reveals its full glory once more