Museums & Heritage
Collector David Walsh's subterranean Mona museum expanding to house 'dream library'
The new space at the Tasmanian institution will also include other “treasures” according to Walsh's wife, curator and artist Kirsha Kaechele
Intricate Maya nose ornament made of human bone discovered in Mexico
Archaeologists at the pre-Hispanic site of Palenque discovered the finely carved artefact, believed to be at least 1,100 years old
Getty acquires artist Maren Hassinger’s archive
The septuagenarian artist, best known for her large-scale wire rope installations, has experienced a resurgence of attention from institutions and curators in recent years
Race to save Marcel Breuer’s 'magical' retreat on Cape Cod
The architect’s son is selling the Modernist summer house and a trust hopes to raise the funds to buy it
State Tretyakov Gallery employee killed on frontline
Vladislav Polenov first made the news after he was drafted in the partial mobilisation launched by President Vladimir Putin last September
'It's time to publish the British Museum's list of stolen items'
Art publications such as The Art Newspaper could offer to publish free-to-access illustrated lists of the 1,500 or more artefacts, says art adviser Ivan Macquisten
Climate activist smears pink paint on Tom Thomson canvas at National Gallery of Canada
A man was arrested following the action, which was organised by the Canadian activist group On2Ottawa
British Museum thefts: Chinese state newspaper calls for the return of cultural relics
Article in The Global Times also criticises the UK’s ‘bloody, ugly, and shameful colonial history’
'The last remaining argument against restitution has now been lost'
To make the British Museum fit for the 21st century it must create a comprehensive publicly accessible database of its entire collection, argues Dan Hicks, curator at the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford
Gallery of Modern Art in Glasgow shreds box-office record with Banksy exhibition
With his first official solo show in 14 years, Banksy left his tag on the Scottish city, home to the mysterious street artist's favourite work of art in the UK
Parthenon Marbles deal still on the table despite British Museum theft scandal
Other Greek treasures would come to London in exchange for a loan of the contested sculptures
US returns almost 100 stolen pre-Hispanic artefacts to Mexico
They had been smuggled into the US after a 2008 museum heist
New Mexico Museum of Art adds $20.2m contemporary art outpost
The new Vladem Contemporary, which adds exhibition, education and storage space, aims to showcase recent art in a state best-known for its Modernist traditions
Leon Black faces questions from US Senate Finance Committee over Jeffrey Epstein and his $1bn art collection
The committee chairperson has asked for more details by 1 September about the $158m Black allegedly paid Epstein over the years
British Museum director Hartwig Fischer steps down with immediate effect
Fischer, who was set to leave his position next year, made the decision to go now amid the scandal surrounding the theft of objects from the museum's collection
Nigeria doubles down on restitution demands following British Museum thefts
Government official says new claim will be made for Benin Bronzes housed in London
The inside job: what the thefts mean for the British Museum's future plans for the collection
Shock losses will have ramifications for the institution's ambitious masterplan, with sponsorship hanging in the balance
Ornate pre-Hispanic incense burner returned to Mexican officials in Texas ceremony
The clay archaeological marvel, which was recovered thanks to a Texan artist, is believed to be more than 1,300 years old
Shanay Jhaveri—the Barbican Centre’s first non-British head of visual arts—reveals his plans for the London institution
The Indian curator, appointed a year after a racism dispute at the centre, hopes to diversify audiences and expand the presence of art across the Brutalist complex
Paris’s Grand Palais gets a new director
New Rmn-GP chief Didier Fusillier will need to oversee the restoration of the historic venue and work with the Centre Pompidou
British Museum theft: underfunding of UK sector has weakened safeguarding of collections, museums body says
The UK Museums Association also stresses that insider theft is rare—though others disagree
Lacma reaches $750m fundraising goal for new Peter Zumthor-designed building
The museum says its new building, which stretches across Wilshire Boulevard, is now 65% complete
Tibetan Buddhist shrine with more than 200 artefacts donated to the Minneapolis Institute of Art
The shrine comes from Alice S. Kandell, who amassed one of the most significant private collections of Tibetan Buddhist art in North America
British Museum thefts ‘reinforce’ Parthenon restitution claims, according to Greek minister
Meanwhile, Tory MP accuses Greece of "blatant opportunism" over missing items
National Gallery London in 'ongoing police incident' after man scales roof
Police are attempting to "make contact" with a man photographed on the edge of the central London gallery's roof
'More than 1,500' artefacts were stolen from British Museum, internal investigation reportedly reveals
A Unesco antiquities trafficking expert says the theft is "probably the worst case so far"
Home of Harlem Renaissance writer Langston Hughes opens to the public as house museum
The celebrated poet and activist lived in the 19th-century brownstone on East 127th Street for the last 20 years of his life
French general in charge of Notre Dame rebuild dies in a hiking accident
The death of Jean-Louis Georgelin might hamper efforts to reopen the cathedral by the end of 2024
Thefts at the British Museum prompted director’s resignation, say media reports
But Hartwig Fischer stepping down is not linked to the alleged thefts, say fresh sources
Media reports identify objects allegedly stolen from British Museum and posted on eBay
The items include a piece of Roman jewellery—reportedly worth between £25,000 and £50,000—being offered with a minimum price of £40





























