Museums & Heritage
Israel Museum in Jerusalem sued by Jewish heirs of Holocaust victim over valuable manuscript
The case of the Birds' Head Haggadah is the first time a museum in Israel has faced a restitution lawsuit for an object allegedly lost in the Holocaust
Imperial appointment: former Japanese princess lands job at the Metropolitan Museum
Mako Komuro, a former member of Japan’s imperial family, is reportedly volunteering her time to help with a forthcoming exhibition of hanging scroll paintings
Daskalopoulos’s great giveaway: Greek collector donates 350 works to Tate, Guggenheim, MCA Chicago and EMST in Athens
‘Everybody is happy and nobody is jealous,” the entrepreneur says
Italian culture sector divided on whether museums should impose tougher sanctions on Russia or continue dialogue
Former Uffizi gallery director calls for cultural sanctions against Russia saying it "would be a huge slap in the face [for] the regime"
The smoocher’s guide to repatriation: a Mexican artist is using his tongue to draw attention to looting of his country’s heritage
Following a string of auction sales of ancient artefacts from Mexico, artist Pepx Romero is taking measures into his own lips
Despite €94m discount, Rome villa with Caravaggio's only ceiling painting fails to sell at auction—again
Slashing Ludovisi Casino's asking price by 20% did nothing to entice would-be buyers; the Italian state is being pressured to purchase the property before it is offered a third time
France seeks to protect Russia's Morozov collection from seizure as masterpieces return home
Works were on loan to a blockbuster exhibition at the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris
How do you conserve a sculpture designed to decay?
Neri Oxman’s exhibition at SFMOMA features two versions of a sculpture made with bio-composite materials, one of which will decompose over the course of show
Hot on the heels of Tate commission, Hew Locke chosen to transform Met museum façade
Guyanese-British artist will create four sculptures that draw on the New York museum's collection
New York University provost Katherine Fleming will be the Getty Trust’s next leader
Fleming succeeds the Getty’s longtime leader James Cuno, who is retiring this summer
Cut from its frame in brazen theft and lost for 30 years, restored De Kooning painting will take centre stage in Getty show
Los Angeles museum will unveil the results of an intensive conservation of Woman-Ochre, which was badly damaged when it was stolen in 1985
Light and much more Space: first look at the expanded Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego
La Jolla museum is set to reopen after a $105m renovation and collection revamp, telling the story of contemporary art from a distinctively West Coast perspective
Isolated by Russia boycotts, Hermitage director calls for 'cultural bridges between the nations'
Mikhail Piotrovksy, who has been criticised for his silence on the war in Ukraine, says the museum will continue its international projects outside Europe
Unesco under pressure to pull world heritage meeting from Russia
UK culture minister, Auschwitz Memorial and Europa Nostra call for the June event to be relocated following Russian invasion of Ukraine
Hermitage branch in Amsterdam rebrands after cutting ties with Russia
The venue has reopened with an exhibition series focusing on Dutch masterpieces, starting with Vermeer’s Milkmaid
Massachusetts museum accused of hoarding Indigenous artefacts and human remains for decades
The Barre Museum is said to hold the largest collection of Lakota objects and human remains from the 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre
Versailles restores Royal Tennis Court—where French democracy was founded—to its former glory
Modern-day politicians in France's National Assembly helped to crowdfund the €1.8m restoration at the Château de Versailles
Getty Research Institute acquires booksellers' collection of thousands of catalogues and materials on Black artists
The collection was amassed by Whitney and Lee Kaplan, who own and operate Arcana: Books on the Arts, beginning in the 1980s
William Morris's 'heaven on earth' home in the Cotswolds reopens after restoration
New research has helped to bring back lost objects and features at Kelmscott Manor, where the English Arts and Crafts designer lived for 25 years
Italian court calls for restitution of ancient marble statue from Minneapolis Institute of Art
The two-metre-tall statue, which the museum acquired for $2.5m in 1986, was allegedly excavated illegally in the 1970s
Whitney Museum staff protest against stalled contract negotiations at biennial’s VIP opening
Guests arriving at Tuesday’s reception were handed leaflets explaining the current state of negotiations between the newly formed union and museum administration
After years of emergencies, Italy launches 'unprecedented' plan to protect churches against earthquake damage
Culture ministry earmarks EU pandemic recovery funds to mitigate the impact of future disasters on religious buildings around the country
Glasgow's Burrell Collection reopens after £68m revamp of parkland home
Six-year modernisation creates more space for one of Scotland's finest art collections, amassed by shipping magnate William Burrell
Seven artists’ studios and environments added to US National Trust for Historic Preservation programme
The new additions to the Historic Artists’ Homes and Studios reflect an effort to add greater diversity to the network of sites
Tainted gifts: as British Museum and the Met disavow the Sackler name, museums rethink donation deals
Institutions are increasingly including “morals clauses” in gift agreements to protect themselves if donors fall from grace
Qatar ramps up cultural programme ahead of Fifa World Cup with three new museums
Rem Koolhaas and Herzog & de Meuron selected to design new institutions
Sackler name will be removed from British Museum galleries, rooms and endowments
The removals are the result of a mutual agreement between the museum and the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Foundation
Culture in the crossfire: Ukraine's key monuments and museums at risk of destruction in the war
Museum staff, heritage custodians and volunteers are racing against time to safeguard the country's cultural treasures, many of which, ironically, are connected to Russia
French museums rally to protect art collections in Ukraine with truckload of emergency supplies
A delivery of 15 tonnes of donated packing and conservation materials was organised by Icom France
US institutions celebrate Faith Ringgold
Major acquisitions, complementary showcases plus a New Yorker cover coincide with the artist’s retrospective at the New Museum