Museums & Heritage
Jonathan Fine is named director general of Vienna’s Kunsthistorisches Museum
Currently director of the Weltmuseum in Vienna, Fine succeeds Sabine Haag in 2025
Warhol and Pollock works stolen by American crime ring may not have been destroyed, authorities reveal
Statements by one member of a crime ring that struck 20 different institutions over two decades have restored hope that not all the loot was destroyed
Tristram Hunt: The Young V&A embraces Generation Alpha
The new Young V&A, opening 1 July, will "build cultural confidence in the capital’s most disadvantaged borough", writes the director of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London
Climate activists, protesting against federal charges against their colleagues, rally at the Metropolitan Museum
Joanna Smith and Tim Martin face up to five years in prison after smearing paint on the case and pedestal of a Degas sculpture at the National Gallery of Art
Hermitage Amsterdam gets new name and three new museum partners
The museum, which broke ties with the St Petersburg museum after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, will now be known as H’art
Spain’s most ambitious museum project in decades unites royal collection in Madrid
Some are concerned that the new Royal Collections Gallery will be a blow to cultural tourism in the regions where a number of the works previously resided
Ireland sets up panel to advise on return of contested cultural heritage
The committee is led by Donnell Deeny, chairman of the UK government’s Spoliation Advisory Committee
Baltimore Museum of Art acquires LaToya Ruby Frazier installation honouring community healthcare workers
The installation spotlights health workers that helped underserved communities in Baltimore at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic
After leader’s resignation, Canada’s Royal British Columbia Museum faces uncertain future
While plans for an off-site storage and research building move forward, questions remain about the museum’ aging facilities, its community engagement efforts and who will lead it next
Diaries of the UK's first female professional astronomer acquired by Bath's Herschel Museum
The revealing handwritten memoirs of Caroline Herschel, the first woman to receive payment from King George III for her interstellar discoveries, has been acquired by the museum that was once her home
Museum in Philadelphia under fire for hosting far-right group's event
The Museum of the American Revolution is facing pushback for its decision to rent some of its spaces to Moms For Liberty, an ultra-conservative non-profit
Amid record visitation, Harvard Art Museums do away with entry fees
The university’s three art institutions—the Fogg, Busch-Reisinger and Arthur M. Sackler museums—are now free for all visitors
London's National Portrait Gallery's revamp: the review
Plus, William Edmondson in Philadelphia and Zinzi Minott's Windrush 75 film in London
British Museum accused of using translator’s work without permission
Vancouver-based Yilin Wang says the London institution included their translations of Chinese poet Qiu Jin’s poems in its latest show—but did not credit her
Louvre interrupts sale of €2.6m record-breaking terracotta sculpture
Under patrimony laws the museum cannot intervene during the auction but can buy up works at the final price
Austrian government to propose law on returning museum objects acquired in a colonial context
Calling out the injustice of colonialism and following it up with "serious debate and concrete actions" is Austria’s responsibility, says culture secretary
A maritime museum shifts its focus to ocean health
The Mystic Seaport Museum in Connecticut is foregrounding ocean ecology in its first contemporary art exhibition, with new commissions by American painter Alexis Rockman
Gender balance redressed as Tracey Emin creates new 'every woman' front doors for the National Portrait Gallery
The 45 portraits, cast in bronze, have been installed on the entrance to the newly restored London museum
How New York's Hispanic Society is reinventing itself
As the Hispanic Society Museum & Library reopens after a six-year renovation—and two-month strike—its leaders are re-imagining its founder's legacy
Elena Filipovic announced as the new director of the Kunstmuseum Basel
Filipovic joins from the Kunsthalle Basel and will replace Josef Helfenstein
A director's tour of the newly renovated National Portrait Gallery in London
Nicholas Cullinan shows us around the new-look museum after its three-year closure
SFMoMA acquires architectural capsule from Tokyo's famed Metabolist tower
Architect Kisho Kurokawa's Nakagin Capsule Tower was demolished last year, but 23 of its distinctive pods were preserved
MFA Boston settles ownership dispute with Jewish dealers’ heirs over a painting Hitler wanted for his Führermuseum
"Customers Conversing in a Tavern" (1671) by Dutch Golden Age painter Adriaen van Ostade is up on display after a six years of research and negotiations
Metropolitan Museum to open interactive learning centre for children in September
The new facility will bring science-based material exploration, art activities and countless forms of play to the museum's youngest patrons
How to see every painting by Johannes Vermeer
Missed the blockbuster show at the Rijksmuseum? Fear not, we present an insider’s guide to seeing all his 36 paintings across the globe, from London and New York, to Braunschweig and Tokyo
Germany has the most private contemporary art museums in the world, new report reveals
According to the art collector data company Larry's List, the burgeoning private museums sector now comprises 446 institutions worldwide, 111 of which have opened since 2016
Largest museum union in the US ratifies its first contract
More than 500 workers at the Carnegie Museums in Pittsburgh voted to ratify their first contract after 18 months of negotiations
Pop-up museum commemorating Tiananmen Square Massacre opens in New York
A similar institution in Hong Kong was forcibly shuttered in 2021 following the passage of the city’s restrictive security law
German city restitutes a Renoir to the heirs of a Jewish banker and buys it back
View of the Sea from Haut Cagnes will in future be displayed with information about its former owner, Jakob Goldschmidt
‘We charge you with ecocide’: climate protesters call for ouster of Museum of Modern Art board chair at gala
Activists urged the New York museum to distance itself from board chair Marie-Josée Kravis and her husband Henry Kravis due to their ties to the fossil fuel industry