More than 600 objects were stolen from the collection of the British Empire and Commonwealth Museum, which closed in 2008

The gifted works, by 78 artists, date from the 1950s to today and will be featured in an exhibition in 2027

Archaeologists discovered Palaeolithic fire-making tools in a field in the east of England

From 1 January 2026 onward, MoMA PS1 will be the largest admission-free museum in New York City, thanks to a gift by philanthropist Sonya Yu

The museum's upcoming “Palestine Uprooted: Nakba, Past and Present” has the support of Canadian Palestinian organisations and some Jewish groups, but has been denounced by others who fear it “will ignore key issues”

Stained-glass works by the French artist Claire Tabouret will replace the original windows, which suffered no damage in the fire that destroyed the cathedral’s spire

The 13 works, stolen from the Mário de Andrade Library, were part of a show organised in collaboration with the Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo

Officially known as Pole Bitvy (Battlefield), Russian state media has described the space as an “interactive art facility”

It was yesterday revealed that that a water leak in the museum's Egyptian antiquities department had damaged hundreds of books

The Public and Commercial Service union says library staff face “increased poverty and debt, with a concurrent rise in health issues”

The ambitious Lima 2035 project will revitalise the Peruvian capital’s architectural heart, a Unesco World Heritage Site, for its 500th birthday

Fearsome 2,400-year-old sculpture of a chimaera has been reinstalled in a dedicated gallery at the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Firenze

The Realist masterpiece ‘Le Désespéré’ is on long-term loan to Musée d’Orsay

The hidden holes in the gilded copper statue, located on top of the French city's Notre-Dame de la Garde, were inflicted by German troops during the Second World War

The gallery has also revealed the architecture firms shortlisted to design its planned extension

The works by Marina Abramović, Ana Mendieta, Cindy Sherman, Vik Muniz and others are the subject of an ongoing special exhibition

The Château de Versailles and the Château de Chambord have also announced new pricing structures

The announcement follows a new report which revealed a sharp decrease in the numbers of schools teaching art history

Although it spared Kingston, the storm caused $9bn in damage and wiped out most of the heritage buildings and museums in the areas it touched

Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ planned overhaul of regional councils promises stability, but delivers confusion for the cultural sector

In a petition in response to Sasha Suda’s lawsuit claiming unfair treatment, abuse and more, the museum claims "misappropriated funds”

The 3,000-year-old ceremonial complex of Aguada Fénix in Tabasco was designed as a monumental “cosmogram”, according to new research

The Philadelphia museum, located on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania, has completely rethought the 2,000-sq.-ft gallery in collaboration with eight Indigenous curators

Daniel H. Weiss, who led the Met from 2015 to 2023, will succeed Sasha Suda, who is suing the Philadelphia Art Museum over the circumstances of her firing

The move follows a recent report which described the partnership as a key part of the tobacco firm’s lobbying strategy

Vignesh Sundaresan, who purchased Everydays: The First 5000 Days in 2021, has unveiled Padimai Art & Tech Studio—which opens with an exhibition made in collaboration with Olafur Eliasson

A leading neurologist is working with the Amsterdam museum to see if making or encountering art can help ease symptoms of the degenerative disease

This latest blow for the Paris museum follows a report on its buildings which highlighted “particular fragility” in its Campana Gallery

The new organising effort, with the Local 2110 chapter of the United Auto Workers, would create a union representing around 1,000 employees

The report is a significant step toward addressing the environmental sustainability of art world activities