Museums & Heritage
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
Babylon is coming back to life, with its famed Ishtar Gate to be restored by this summer
A new World Monuments Fund project in conjunction with the US embassy in Baghdad aims to repair Iraqi cultural heritage as part of the Future of Babylon project
Mariupol museum dedicated to 19th-century artist Arkhip Kuindzhi destroyed by airstrike, according to local media
Ukrainian port city has been under constant bombardment since the outbreak of the war with Russia in February
Venetian renaissance: palazzo and studio of Mariano Fortuny reopens as house-museum after flood damage
The Museo Fortuny has now been restored as a permanent venue celebrating the polymath designer's life and work
Smithsonian lists potential sites for new Latino and women’s museums—including the FBI headquarters
The long list of possible locations also includes the Smithsonian’s Arts and Industries Building
How Poland's museum community is stepping up to support Ukrainian colleagues
Cultural institutions in the neighbouring country are sending emergency aid and housing refugees
The British Museum says it needs another £1bn to refurbish itself—first it must prove it deserves it
It's time to drag the institution out of its entrenched past and into the 21st century
Medieval Jewish codex to be shown in New York before conservation
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston will begin conservation efforts later this year with a $27,600 grant from The European Fine Art Foundation
Budi Tek, art collector, museum founder and tireless champion of Chinese art, has died aged 65
Tributes pour in for the Indonesian-Chinese businessman who founded the Yuz Museum Shanghai in 2014
German museums offer curator jobs to Ukrainian and Russian refugees
Berlin-based Ernst von Siemens Art Foundation is supporting roles for a one-year period
Milan’s Museo del Novecento could lose 600 works in legal battle with heir
Mario Bertolini’s vast collection of Modern art, amassed over his lifetime and donated to the museum in 2014, is at the centre of a claim seeking to invalidate the acquisition
Ceremonial starfish offerings unearthed at Aztec temple in Mexico City
The ‘precious relics’ discovered at Templo Mayor link Aztec cosmology to the sea
Former Metropolitan Museum curator leads reimagining of Penn State’s anthropology museum
A $100m campus expansion will give the informally-established anthropology museum a greater presence
Rising sea levels imperil French church that inspired the Impressionists, including Monet
Coastal erosion in Normandy means that the Saint-Valery church in Varengeville-sur-Mer may soon disappear
Billionaire collector Nicolas Berggruen snaps up his second Venetian palace
Scheduled to open in 2024, Palazzo Diedo will house an exhibition and art residency space
Can New York's imminent salary transparency law pierce the art world's smokescreen?
City council's move to enforce wage disclosures in job adverts could usher in a sea change at major US cultural institutions—challenging persistent pay inequality in the sector
Suspect in Museum of Modern Art stabbings arrested in Philadelphia
The man suspected of stabbing two front desk workers at MoMA was apprehended in a bus station in Philadelphia after a days-long manhunt