Museums & Heritage
How a Van Gogh painting was stolen from a Cairo museum—not once, but twice
The Khalil Museum, with its fabled Impressionists in a mansion by the Nile, has reopened after an 11-year renovation—without Vincent’s flower still-life
UCCA Edge: Shanghai outpost of Beijing museum opens to China's 'most engaged and active' contemporary art audience
Opening exhibition looks back at the global emergence of the Chinese art world at the 2000 Shanghai Biennale
Newark Museum of Art’s much-disputed sale of Thomas Cole painting nets $988,000
Auction at Sotheby’s yields promising yet mixed results for museum’s drive to fund collections care
Chez Victor Hugo: author's former Paris home reopens after revamp
Closed for five months longer than planned, the renovated house-museum can finally unveil expanded spaces, restored treasures and new acquisitions
V&A confirms it will keep its focus on materials—but workforce will be reduced by 15% to cut costs
Following backlash over proposed chronological reorganisation of London museum, specialist departments will now remain
As French museums reopen, Loire region unveils Modern art collection in a Medieval abbey
The Fontevraud Modern Art Museum, housed in a 12th-century monastery’s former stables, will preserve more than 800 works donated by collectors Martine and Léon Cligman
Employees at the Whitney and Hispanic Society seek to unionise
Job stability and ongoing inequities have become even more pressing during the pandemic, workers say
Hermitage Amsterdam close to reaching €1m in urgent crowdfunding appeal to survive Covid-19 crisis
The privately funded Dutch branch of the State Hermitage Museum has attracted 10,000 donations from the public but director says "we're not done yet"
National Museum of Women in the Arts will close for two-year renovation
The $66m project includes expanding galleries, creating research and education spaces and restoring its landmark 1908 building
'A vast underwater museum': Greece plans to open shipwrecks and other submerged heritage sites for visitors to explore
Experienced divers and casual bathers alike will gain access to ancient marine monuments, which remain where they were found on the seabed
Fuelling culture war, UK government forms new 'retain and explain' board for controversial monuments
"Independence cuts both ways," UK culture secretary Oliver Dowden warns museums and heritage bodies
Off with her head! Infrared technology shows how a 15th-century French king used a paintbrush to replace one wife with another
Francis I of Brittany had his first wife painted over in a medieval prayer book before giving it to his new spouse, research at Cambridge's Fitzwilliam Museum shows
Katerina Gregos will lead the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Athens as artistic director
The museum looks to a “new era” after a difficult history, including long delays in the opening its new home and the termination of two of its directors by the Culture Ministry
National Gallery of Art recruits the first woman and person of colour to serve as its chief curator
As the museum commits itself to diversity, E. Carmen Ramos, a curator of Latino art, will be “the principal architect of the visitor experience”
The Metropolitan Museum installs a plaque on its façade honouring the Lenape people, driven out of their New York City land
Museum says the move is intended to promote “truthful narratives” and promote social change
Chinati will use $1.25m Start Small grant to restore sites and train young women in preservation skills
Support comes from the Covid relief fund launched last year by Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, who has visited the Marfa arts centre
A fatal Mafia bombing shook Florence in 1993—now the Uffizi is fixing damage to its famous Vasari corridor with memorials of the attack
Work on the 760m-long Renaissance passageway, which has been closed for safety since 2016, will be completed in May next year
How a ceremonial shrunken head, held by a US university for decades, was finally returned to Ecuador
A newly published research paper explains the authentication and repatriation process for a tsantsa once housed in Mercer University’s natural history collection
Looted Libyan sculpture seized at Heathrow Airport heads back home with help from the British Museum
The funerary piece was illicitly excavated from the ancient city of Cyrene which is under threat from property developers
‘The Colosseum is the last thing I would spend money on’: experts angry over plans for €15m floor at Italy’s most famous site
Archaeologists object to covering the amphitheatre's unique underground space and point to more vital restoration projects in the country
'Intelligent design': Frank Gehry's surprisingly subtle $233m makeover of Philadelphia Museum of Art revealed
Architect's Core Project expansion creates 90,000 sq. ft of new galleries and reimagined public spaces at heart of 1928 landmark
Eli Broad, an unexpected—and often unreasonable—arts patron
The self-made billionaire helped shape the Los Angeles art scene, while clashing with most of its prominent museum leaders
UK culture war heats up as arts professionals question veto of trustee appointment at Royal Museums Greenwich
Museums Association says government refusal to renew academic Aminul Hoque’s term is “worrying”, and the chair of trustees has resigned over the decision
Met's next Costume Institute show is an exploration of the emotional hues of American fashion
The two-part exhibition invokes the upheaval of the past year and will be accompanied by an "intimate" gala this September and then a more expansive benefit next May
Eli Broad, who helped reshape the cultural landscape of Los Angeles, has died, aged 87
Billionaire art collector, businessman and philanthropist founded the museum that bears his name and helped shore up Disney Concert Hall, Lacma and MOCA
Global survey: where in the world are the Benin bronzes?
Around 160 institutions hold looted Benin artefacts, but how many are prepared to give them back? We asked museums in five countries for their position on restitution
V&A restores casts of warriors that adorned ancient Iranian palace for once-in-a-lifetime display
New exhibition on 5,000 years of Iranian civilisation will feature museum's rarely seen replicas of life-sized friezes from King Darius’s “very excellent” palace
Philanthropist Marie-Josée Kravis will replace the embattled Leon Black as MoMA’s board chairman
Appointment follows controversy over Black's ties to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein
Museums weigh in on the vaccine passport debate, as countries are under pressure to open up their economies
As Israel and Denmark introduce Covid-19 status certificates, institutions are concerned that government schemes may keep visitors away
Smithsonian will reopen eight museums and other venues in May after more than five-month closures
National of Gallery of Art also plans to open its West Building in Washington, DC