Museums & Heritage
Tate's U-turn on Sacklers
The museum will remove the opioid sellers’ name from multiple locations
First director picked to lead Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Latino
Jorge Zamanillo, currently the executive director and chief executive of HistoryMiami Museum, will lead the new Washington, DC museum through planning and construction
Have archaeologists discovered Captain Cook's ship Endeavour? Experts in the US and Australia fight it out
The director of Sydney’s Australian National Maritime Museum announced that he is "convinced" it is the long-lost vessel, while the director of Rhode Island Marine Archaeology Project says the findings are not conclusive
After years of wrangling, Australia commits $228m to build a landmark centre for Indigenous culture
Ngurra precinct in Canberra will provide a home for returned ancestral remains in the heart of the capital
Why Macron's radical promise to return African treasures has stalled
Four years after a landmark pledge to hand back colonial loot, French government has opposed a new restitution bill backed by the Senate
Museum devoted to George Grosz to open in a former Berlin petrol station
The privately funded museum is to be led by Ralph Jentsch, the managing director of the Grosz estate
State of the unions: why US museum workers are mobilising against their employers
With the arts sector increasingly vulnerable in the wake of the pandemic, a new breed of digitally optimised worker is emerging
Aliph global protection fund raises $90m for next round of heritage projects
Donors include Saudi Arabia, which gave $30m, and private bodies
Accused of 'cancel culture', Dresden museums defend renaming works
The Dresden State Art Collections (SKD) has altered 143 work titles since 2020, a decision that has been met with resistance by Germany's right-wing political parties
Berlin's 'hidden museum' that championed forgotten women artists closes down after almost 40 years
Das Verborgene Museum is passing on its archive and research mission to the Berlinische Galerie
The Seattle NFT Museum wants to mint a new art world
The museum’s founders organised an inaugural exhibition that is acutely aware of its place in history
The next Whitney Biennial’s 63 participating artists and collectives revealed
The exhibition’s 80th iteration, originally scheduled for 2021, will open on 6 April with its own official symbol
A Mexican millionaire is building a museum to house his art collection, and using public funds to do it
Mauricio Fernández Garza first proposed the structure, which is a replica of his mansion in San Pedro Garza García, near Monterrey, when he was mayor of the well-heeled town
German museums may have thousands of looted relics from China’s Imperial Palace, research group believes
Collaborative research by major German institutions may expose huge amounts of Chinese objects taken during Boxer Rebellion
Louvre teams up with Sotheby’s to investigate provenance of works bought during the Second World War
The auction house will help the Parisian institution research the history of items purchased between 1933 and 1945, which "may lead to restitutions"
UK’s first LGBTQ museum to open in London this spring
Queer Britain charity pledges new institution will be free of charge
Into the ether: How a German museum accidentally lost access to two highly valuable NFTs
Copy-and-paste fail or meta commentary on crypto art?
Manicure at the Mauritshuis? Dutch museums turn into beauty parlours in protest over Covid restrictions
Initiative questions why gyms, hair salons and brothels have reopened but culture venues remain closed in the Netherlands
Clare Lilley is named Yorkshire Sculpture Park's director—only the second in its 45-year history
Curator is overseeing a major Robert Indiana show due to launch this spring
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts settles dispute with its former director
Nathalie Bondil, who was fired in 2020, was seeking $1.5m in moral and punitive damages from the museum’s board
For the first time ever, a Korean museum is selling off 'national treasures' at auction
Two bronze Buddha statues are likely to make records for cultural artefacts at auction in Korea
Tate Liverpool plans £30m gallery overhaul—with help from UK government’s ‘level up’ fund
The £10m public grant is part of a new initiative aimed at equalising quality of living between the north and south
Delhi's heritage buildings at risk of being sold to private buyers by right-wing government
The ruling BJP has been accused by a rival party of "selling off Delhi's history" following new licensing around historic structures in the capital
Employees at the Art Institute of Chicago museum and school vote to join union
The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees will now represent 266 employees at the museum and another 249 at the school
Kazakhstan protestors entered leading museum looking for ancient armour
The Central State Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the capital sustained some damage, according to a government statement
Three new non-profit spaces challenge the dominance of real estate and the market in China's contemporary art ecosystem
The Longlati Foundation in Shanghai and the Macalline Art Center and Fen Sonic HQ in Beijing put curation at the forefront
Cameroonian provenance researchers denied visas for Munich conference
The researchers are investigating the origins of 200 artefacts from Cameroon at Munich’s Museum Fünf Kontinente
British Museum banks on Turner NFTs after Hokusai initiative
Prices for Ultra Rare editions start at €4,999 but museum sales percentage remains under wraps
Plans to close pottery museum in Stoke for five months a year and cut full-time positions spark backlash
Gladstone Pottery Museum to be used as a film location under controversial council proposals
American Folk Art Museum gifted major work by itinerant 19th-century portraitist Ammi Phillips
‘Portrait of Frederick A. Gale’ is quintessential of Phillips’s paintings of children, who are the subjects of his most beloved works