Museums & Heritage
Denver Art Museum cut ties with a disgraced donor—but critics say that’s not enough
Benefactor Emma Bunker worked closely with antiquities smuggler Douglas Latchford
Swiss court sentences former museum cashier for embezzling more than $1m
The 54-year-old woman used ticket-sale tricks at the Fondation Beyeler near Basel to fund luxury cars and holidays
Historic Kherson cathedral struck by Russian shelling
Landmark site was the burial place of Prince Grigory Potemkin, whose bones were removed by Russian occupying forces last year
Barbican arts chief Will Gompertz appointed director of London's Sir John Soane’s Museum
In a surprise move, the former BBC arts editor will replace Bruce Boucher who will retire after almost eight years at the eclectic institution
Picketing Picasso: strikes threaten to disrupt Museo Picasso Málaga's 20 year anniversary
Staff will stage protests at the museum over a nine-month long labour dispute which will likely delay the opening of 'The Echo of Picasso', a display of the Spanish artist's work, 50 years after his death
Dallas Museum of Art picks Spanish architecture firm for campus overhaul
Madrid-based Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos was selected from a shortlist of six firms vying to transform the Texan museum
Tomás Saraceno's Serpentine Galleries show takes on new life as a sanctuary for birds, insects and mammals
Honeycomb-like structures by the artist have welcomed a diverse array of wildlife from within Kensington Gardens over the past two months
Planned Centre Pompidou outpost in New Jersey is ‘a circus of waste and excess’, according to Republican report
A Republican state senator is taking Jersey City’s mayor and New Jersey’s governor to task over the delayed museum project
Dallas Center for Photography to close permanently
The organisation was the only non-profit in north Texas devoted to photography
New York’s Guggenheim Museum raises price of admission to $30, keeping pace with Whitney and Met
A standard adult ticket is now on par with other recent entry fee increases across town
New augmented reality app turns objects at the Metropolitan Museum into digital gaming accessories
The app, Replica, is a partnership with Verizon that lets visitors deploy works from the museum’s collection in the popular game Roblox
Statue of Queen Elizabeth II and her corgis to be unveiled in UK
The work pre-empts an official memorial in the pipeline overseen by the Royal Household and the UK government
What took you so long? Unesco will ask for Venice to be added to the Endangered Heritage Sites list
The organisation has repeatedly bowed to pressure from the Italian government not to do so
MoMA trustee Leon Black accused of raping teen with autism at Jeffrey Epstein's mansion in new lawsuit
The new accusations follow Epstein-related rape allegations made against Black last year
Massive Jean Dubuffet sculpture will be moved to the Art Institute of Chicago
It will be on long-term loan from the Illinois State Museum while its current home, the Thompson Center, is converted into Google offices
British Museum director Hartwig Fischer to step down in 2024
The London institution will begin looking for his replacement this autumn, with the new hire having to deal with delicate issues such as the Parthenon Marbles and after-effects of controversial BP sponsorship deal
Ancient ruins of emperor Nero's theatre found in Rome
Objects ranging from the Roman to medieval period were found at the archaeological site, which will now be turned into a Four Seasons hotel
$29m Beeple sculpture goes on display at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
The artwork is being shown in the US for the first time since Swiss venture capitalist Ryan Zurrer bought it at a New York auction 2021
Curator Eva Respini joins Vancouver Art Gallery at transformative moment for the institution
Respini, previously the chief curator at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston, comes to the Vancouver museum as it plans a major building project
Portrait of Omai? What about bringing Henry VIII’s epic tapestry back to the UK, says British businessman
The piece by Pieter Coecke van Aelst remains in Spain but Jonathan Ruffer wants to show it at his new Faith Museum in County Durham
Riddle of the Iron Age warrior buried with a mirror and sword is solved
A new scientific method has been used by archaeologists to determine the sex of the skeletal remains found on the Isles of Scilly
National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC apologises to visitor with a disability who was forcibly removed
Celeste Tooth, a student and artist, was escorted off the museum premises following a disagreement with a guard over their backpack
Brazil’s Inhotim Institute opens dedicated Yayoi Kusama gallery
The permanent pavilion includes two of the Japanese artist’s beloved installations
‘Rare intact Roman burial site’ with more than 125 tombs discovered in the Gaza Strip
The find unearthed by Palestinian archaeology students includes sarcophagi decorated with dolphins and vineyards
Richard M. Barancik, the last living Monuments Man, has died, aged 98
He was part of a group that saved thousands of artworks during the Second World War from destruction and seizure by the Nazis
MoMA trustee Leon Black settles lawsuit with the US Virgin Islands over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein
He will pay $62.5m to exempt him from legal claims related to Epstein’s sex trafficking
Republican lawmakers move to block funding for the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Latino
Under a new bill, the planned museum, which was created by an act of Congress in 2020, would be banned from receiving federal funding
Joe Biden to establish US national monument honouring Emmett Till, whose 1955 murder shocked the nation
The Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument will include sites in Mississippi and Illinois
‘This is about celebrating everyone’: London's V&A opens new Thomas J Price exhibition
The display includes a version of a sculpture that sparked debate in the Netherlands last month
Russian attacks on Odesa damage Orthodox cathedral
The bombing of several buildings including in the historic city centre—a World Heritage Site—has been strongly condemned by Unesco





























