Museums & Heritage
‘Cultural erasure’ in the Caucasus: new satellite imagery shows ongoing destruction of Armenian heritage sites
Images show disappearance of churches and cemeteries in the Nagorno-Karabakh and Nakhchivan regions at the centre of the largely ignored conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan
Home of Henry Ossawa Tanner—one of the first internationally renowned African American artists—faces demolition
A local grassroots group has begun a fundraising campaign to save a piece of local Black history in North Philadelphia
Giacometti Foundation director outlines vision for new museum on Paris’s left bank
French billionaire Xavier Niel will fund the renovation of Gare des Invalides site
New York court dismisses restitution case brought against the Israel Museum
A Holocaust restitution case over the Bird’s Head Haggadah, the oldest manuscript of its kind, has been dismissed by the New York Supreme Court on behalf of the Israel Museum
Portland Museum of Art shortlists four designs for major expansion project
The museum is now soliciting public feedback on the designs—which include proposals from groups including Adjaye Associates and MVRDV—through 11 December
Do UK museums ignore violence against women?
Despite the availability of work by high-profile artists, leading institutions are reticent about confronting a pressing issue
Former Nottingham Castle chief executive calls for independent investigation as UK heritage site closes to public
Nottinghamshire site central to the Robin Hood legend received £33m in public funding less than a year ago, but is now facing liquidation after being rocked by a series of internal misconduct allegations
Notre Dame's fresh interior—cleaned with controversial latex paste—will deliver a 'shock', restoration chief promises
Conservationists raise concerns that by cleaning the Paris cathedral's fire-damaged interior stonework it will become "artificially bright"
Canada's National Gallery abruptly lays off four senior staff, including chief curator and Indigenous art curator
In an internal memo to staff, the museum's interim director wrote that the sudden changes were made "to better align the gallery’s leadership team with the organisation’s new strategic plan"
Gainsborough’s new home: museum dedicated to artist reopens in 'sweet' English village
The newly restored galleries will also exhibit loan shows and house collections by Suffolk’s own Cedric Morris and John Constable
Climate activists target billionaire François Pinault's private collection in Paris
Demonstrators poured orange paint over the US artist Charles Ray's Horse and Rider
Jill Biden presides over groundbreaking party for Hirshhorn Museum’s controversial sculpture garden revamp
The project’s architect, artist Hiroshi Sugimoto, told attendees at the celebratory event that he repeatedly thought the project would be abandoned due to opposition
Enticing still life by 17th-century painter Louise Moillon acquired by the Kimbell Art Museum
The museum has put the newly acquired still life, which set an auction record for Moillon’s work in March, on display
Washington, DC’s National Gallery of Art acquires Leonardo da Vinci drawing that helped inspire centuries of caricature artists
The drawing, Grotesque Head of an Old Woman (1489-90), was last displayed at the museum in 2017 and is now available for study
Massachusetts museum repatriates Wounded Knee Massacre artefacts to Lakota and Sioux nations
The Founders Museum, a small institution housed in a library, returned a variety of tribal objects to their rightful owners in South Dakota
With the threat of cuts, unions get militant in UK museums—and their membership is growing rapidly
Workers are increasingly turning to collective bargaining, industrial action and representation by trade unions
Historic London foundry that made Big Ben's bells could be saved from hotel development
The digital heritage preservation company Factum Foundation and conservation group Re-Form Heritage plan to buy the site and hold it in perpetuity as a working foundry
Are US museums becoming more inclusive? New surveys of workers and trustees provide modest hope
Two extensive surveys, led by the Mellon Foundation and the Black Trustee Alliance for Art Museums, suggest mixed results for the cultural field’s diversity efforts
'Museums are allies': at Cop27, Icom speaks out about climate change protestors attacking art
Choosing museums as a backdrop to protests is "a testament of their symbolic power and relevance in the discussions around the climate emergency,” International Council of Museums says
Climate activists in Vienna pour 'oil' over Gustav Klimt painting
Curators at Leopold Museum say that Letzte Generation's protest against fossil fuel projects left no damage to either the picture or the original frame
Workers at New York’s Storm King Art Center seek to form a union amid $45m campus revamp
Employees of the non-profit it are seeking union representation, but administrators have opted not to voluntarily recognise the unions
Mass protest against Iran's human rights abuses staged at Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Protesters gathered at Lacma to mark the Zahedan massacre as well as draw attention to the suppression and imprisonment of protesters and activists
Third of UK archaeologists in financial crisis, report finds
Survey by British Archaeological Jobs Resource says the average net income within the field is £21,820
Activists 'severely underestimate the fragility' of objects: 92 museum directors speak out against climate protests
The signatories of the open letter include the directors of the Musée du Louvre and New York's Museum of Modern Art
Artemisia Gentileschi's nude for Michelangelo's museum was censored—a new restoration project will reveal the original work
"Artemisia UpClose" project at Casa Buonarroti in Florence, Italy, will use state-of-the-art technology to show the original painting
Miami Beach’s Bass museum receives $20.1m municipal bond to build new wing
The funds are part of a $159m bond local voters approved in the 8 November US midterm election to benefit local cultural organisations
San Francisco museums will waive admissions for a weekend thanks to anonymous donation
Twenty-one museums across the city will be free during the inaugural San Francisco Free Museum Weekend on 3-4 December
'A discovery that will rewrite history': 24 exceptionally well preserved bronzes unearthed by archaeologists in Tuscany
The artefacts, found at ancient Roman baths, are among the most “significant bronzes ever produced in the history of the ancient Mediterranean”
'Don't expect us to be passive' in the face of restitution: British Museum chair defies return of looted artefacts
In speech at the annual trustees dinner George Osborne said that "dismantling" the collection "must not become the careless act of a single generation”
Antiquities trafficking charges against former Louvre director Jean-Luc Martinez and curator Jean-François Charnier could be dropped
The ruling of the examining chamber, expected next year, could overturn the investigation against both curators in a case implicating the Louvre Abu Dhabi and the Metropolitan Museum