Museums & Heritage

Museum dedicated to Indian Modernist M.F. Husain to open in Qatar

The institution in Doha will featured the celebrated—and sometimes controversial—late artist’s paintings, films, tapestries and more

How growing political interference is eroding the independence of European museums

Many institutions are adopting a practice of “strategic silence” to protect funding and avoid censure

Low morale, fast staff turnover: why the credibility of Louisiana’s ten state museums is at risk

Following years of strife and multiple leadership changes, will these important institutions meet the rigorous standards set by the American Alliance of Museums?

Unesco’s Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Objects goes live

The digital project, which was funded by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, presents looted objects in 3D form

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A Sharjah site which sheds light on the first humans to leave Africa has been listed by Unesco

A global collaboration led by Sharjah has established the Faya Palaeolandscape as a cornerstone in the study of early human migration across the Arabian Peninsula

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University of California, Irvine completes takeover of Orange County Museum of Art

As part of the acquisition, the institution has been renamed the UC Irvine Langson Orange County Museum of Art

Vancouver Art Gallery selects architects for second attempt at new building

After abandoning a costly design by Swiss starchitects, the museum has picked Vancouver-based Formline Architecture and Urbanism and Toronto-based KPMB Architects to take on the project

How nature is helping a rural French arts centre to reduce its carbon footprint

The Centre International d’Art et du Paysage—Île de Vassivière is drawing on both its natural and man-made surroundings for inspiration

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Comment | Cuts to UK church budgets are hastening a heritage timebomb—and placing sites of refuge at risk

Recent changes to the grant regime for listed places of worship are a UK heritage crisis in the making

Peru protests leave hundreds of tourists stranded at Machu Picchu

A labour dispute involving one of the country's major rail routes has left visitors to the famed Unesco World Heritage site in the lurch

New Museum’s longtime director to retire after building expansion opens

Lisa Phillips, who has led the museum through two major construction projects, will step down in April

Museums and ethics, Fra Angelico in Florence, Cornelia Parker’s PsychoBarn—podcast

Unpacking the issues facing cultural institutions today, plus chats about a Renaissance blockbuster and a ”cut-up” architectural installation in Basel

A brush with… Roxana Marcoci, curator, Museum of Modern Art, New York

Art, says the acting chief curator and senior curator of photography at MoMA, is about considering what it means to be human

The ancient city of Carthage is under attack again—and this time the enemy is climate change

Environmental damage is increasingly visible at the ruins of the former trading hub, located in modern-day Tunisia

Outrage over heritage listing of temple in Mexico tied to sex-abuse scandal

La Luz del Mundo’s flagship church in Guadalajara is a unique structure, but should architectural value (and politics) override ethical concerns?

Dog in Rembrandt’s The Night Watch was copied from widely available book, suggests new research

The discovery comes as the masterpiece by the Dutch artist is undergoing a long-term public restoration at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam

Mexico City’s major art museums closed amid union dispute

The two-day closure earlier this month stemmed from a structural crisis in Mexico’s cultural sector

Calder Gardens opens this weekend in Philadelphia

The long-awaited project is not a museum but a contemplative, multi-sensory space—or an underground cathedral

London's Postal Museum launches collaboration with victims of Post Office Horizon scandal

The group of sub-postmasters will work with the museum to tell their own stories, in their own words

Full steam ahead: world’s first rail journey to be re-enacted for 200th anniversary

A newly restored replica of Locomotion No. 1, which was designed in 1825, will run along the first public track later this month

Climate change threatens Indigenous ceramic tradition in Brazil

Local Waurá activists have taken the Brazilian government to task for complacency towards global warming as their ancestral pottery practice becomes harder to maintain

Louvre and Grand Palais among French museums closed due to nationwide strikes

Cultural sites including the Musée Picasso and the Château de Versailles were closed Thursday 18 September due to an action against budget austerity

Uptown and downtown, re-imagined museums in New York prepare to reopen

This autumn, the Studio Museum in Harlem and the New Museum will reopen with ambitious new facilities that reflect renewed commitments to artists and the evolving civic role of contemporary art

Ten essential works of art to see at the Museum of Modern Art, New York

The art historian Matthew Holman makes his personal selection from a collection spanning 200,000 works of modern and contemporary art

Yemen’s National Museum damaged by Israeli strikes, Houthi authorities say

The building’s windows and doors were shattered by the attack on 10 September—while one local professor has expressed concerns that the collection could now be at risk

Alexander Calder finally gets hometown space in Philadelphia

The $70m Calder Gardens is a unique space serving as both a celebration of the artist’s work and a meticulously landscaped oasis on the city’s grandest boulevard

Nicholas Galanin pulls out of Smithsonian event, claiming censorship

The artist claims a symposium this weekend at the Smithsonian American Art Museum was made private, and guests were requested not to record it or post about it on social media

Artists including Jenny Holzer, Alison Saar and Kiki Smith creating commissions for Obama Presidential Center

The nine new works will be made by ten artists—including Nick Cave, Marie Watt and Idris Khan

Artist behind San Francisco's Vaillancourt Fountain sends cease-and-desist letter to halt its destruction

The 96-year-old Armand Vaillancourt continues fighting to rescue his public art project from the wrecking ball