A Brazilian collector had sought to bar the museum from returning the artwork after its blockbuster Van Gogh exhibition closes

Pollock's Toy Museum, a historic fixture of London's Fitzrovia district, will remain closed unless "major capital funding" is found

Guatemalan law prohibits the export of such artefacts for exhibition, local culture organisations say

The former employee faces four federal charges over an alleged fraud scheme that went on for 13 years

New York City law now requires information about salary ranges in job descriptions—a welcome change for fellow art workers, say Tom Finkelpearl and Pablo Helguera

Two years after an explosion caused billions of dollars of damage, the Beirut Museum of Art has broken ground in the Lebanese capital

Culture figurehead says that in the post-pandemic climate, museums should not be places that provide answers

The Greek prime minister has pledged to repatriate the 2,500-year-old sculptures if re-elected

The historic Charleston Museum and the forthcoming International African American Museum will explore the city's painful past

According to the museum, the portrait by Giovanni Battista Moroni is “the most significant Italian Renaissance painting” it has acquired in more than half a century

Newly-refurbished home belonged to former slaves who made their wealth in the wine business

America left the United Nations heritage organisation in 2019 after its members voted to accept Palestine as a member state

United Nations culture organisation has not acknowledged the January 2022 request to add Afghanistan's Bagh-e Babur to the World Heritage List

Analysis of 16th-century, hand-drawn maps finds that the reds pigments were only available from the late 19th century

French government signed multi-billion dollar deal with Saudi regime in 2018

A new public exhibition hall is mired in controversy over the provenance of the musician’s collection of relics related to the Alamo in Texas

A trafficked coffin that may have belonged to an ancient priest has been returned

Researcher Emma Bunker aided the notorious looter in sourcing and selling Southeast Asian antiquities

A Spanish archaeological mission found the tombs late last year

From Mondrian to Rothko, when it comes to hanging a painting, museums don't always get things right first (or even second) time

Museum in London acquired refurbished ticket kiosk site for £3m with funds from businessman Len Blavatnik

Fans encouraged to send versions of the famous 17th-century painting for 'My Girl with a Pearl' initiative at The Mauritshuis

Olana, the estate of Frederic Edwin Church, will receive a new, carbon-neutral visitor centre under a plan unveiled by New York Governor Kathy Hochul

New and refurbished museums open in Antwerp, Los Angeles and Sydney as Italian archaeologists make the "discovery of a generation" in a hilltop town in Tuscany

Plus, the best books on Vincent and the artist's booming immersive experiences

More than a decade after a previous attempt fizzled out, a new institution is on the prowl for prime real estate in Ottawa

The Geneva-based International Alliance for the Protection of Heritage in Conflict Areas is to open a second office in 2023 in Riyadh

The agreement—signed by the two countries in July—involves the return of 1,100 objects in total

Collaboration between Samdani Art Foundation in Dhaka and Delhi's Kiran Nadar Museum of Art brings the institutions—and the powerful collectors behind them—closer together

The museum says humidity and temperature control issues must be addressed before it can open to the public