Museums & Heritage
Art Institute of Chicago to return 12th-century Buddha sculpture to Nepal
The ancient statue, a museum fixture since the 1990s, will return to its rightful home following a voluntary restitution
Tourist admission fees at UK national museums would be ‘ideologically at odds’ with global collections, says new report
The report also describes the idea of charging international visitors as “logistically complex”
University College London’s art museum, housing works by Paula Rego and J.M.W. Turner, secures temporary home after academics protest
The news follows fears that the university’s bicentenary plans would force the museum’s collection into storage—though concerns remain over its long-term future
Turmoil at Italy’s museums as ticketing contracts change hands
The announcement of new providers for services at leading cultural institutions has prompted an outcry from workers and opposition politicians
Northern Sámi artist Máret Ánne Sara —known for highlighting ecological concerns —will take over Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall this autumn
The move reflects an increased focus on Indigenous art practices in museums around the world
A battle for memory is playing out at Russia's Gulag Museum
As the Moscow institution is temporarily closed and its director, Roman Romanov, is dismissed, fears grow that Russia’s past is being glossed over
Art Museum of the Americas cancels shows of Black and LGBTQ+ artists amid Trump’s DEI crackdown
The Washington, DC institution had been due to open exhibitions about queer identity and the African diaspora in the Americas this month
The Grand Egyptian Museum is due to finally open on 3 July, here’s a sneak peek
The Art Newspaper took a tour of this treasure-stuffed colossus and was impressed by its gargantuan scale and coherent layout
‘All about grief and mourning’: Sydney museum repatriates human remains to Papua New Guinea
Amid colourful ceremonies, Chau Chak Wing Museum returned 16 human skulls to the inhabitants of six villages
Lucas Museum of Narrative Art’s director will depart before institution opens
George Lucas, the “Star Wars” film-maker and co-founder of the museum, will take on a programming role following Sandra Jackson-Dumont’s departure
On Parade: Berwick-upon-Tweed communities go up in lights, ten times life size, on historic Hawksmoor building
Matthew Rosier's film "Parade" projects border town's diverse community back to itself as National Heritage Lottery Fund awards £4.5m grant for restoration of Berwick barracks as arts centre
National Gallery launches new learning centre, the first bicentenary capital project to open to the public
The architect Hannah Lawson and the London museum’s education chief Karen Eslea consulted school children, teachers and parents to give the Roden Centre for Creative Learning a welcoming character
British Museum and Science Museum under increasing pressure to scrap BP sponsorship after oil giant drops climate targets
The pair are the last two major cultural institutions taking funding from fossil fuel companies
As Siena’s art takes to the world stage, the Italian city is undergoing a renewal
New York just closed an exhibition on Sienese art and London is about to open another. But there is also plenty of activity in Siena itself, with a museum renovation and research shedding new light on some famous works
Manhattan’s New Museum will reopen this autumn following $82m expansion
The new seven-storey, 61,930 sq. ft building will effectively double the museum’s gallery space
A descendant of people trafficked aboard the slave ship Clotilda on learning from history’s unsung heroes
Jeremy Ellis’s ancestors were among the 110 enslaved people who survived the last known Transatlantic voyage in 1860
Brooklyn Museum workers protest mass layoffs and alleged union-contract breaches
At least 100 people, including local politicians, gathered on Tuesday night to put pressure on museum leadership
Chanel becomes sponsor of Norton Museum of Art’s artist residency programme
Florida’s largest art museum joins forces with the luxury fashion brand to host three artists this year
Metropolitan Museum repatriates ancient bronze griffin head that was stolen from Greek institution
Per the terms of the Met’s agreement with the Greek government, the cast-bronze antiquity will return to New York next year for a special exhibition
Orlando Museum of Art and family of late director fired over Basquiat forgery scandal drop lawsuits
After Aaron De Groft’s death last month, the museum and his family do not find it “prudent or cost effective” to continue litigation
Cattelan's £4.8m gold toilet stolen in five minute raid and split into smaller parts, court hears
The court case of three men charged with the 2019 theft has begun in Oxford, and is expected to last four weeks
Three years on from Russia’s invasion, Ukraine’s art world figures are keeping up the fight for their country’s culture
From an artists’ handbook addressing life under occupation to exhibitions combatting colonial narratives, the examples of resistance are various—despite growing pressure caused by US funding cuts
Archaeologist behind discovery of pharaoh's tomb says he may have found another
Piers Litherland, who led the team which discovered Thutmose II's tomb, believes this latest chamber could contain the ancient king's mummy
‘One night I slept under my desk’: Getty leader Katherine Fleming reflects on solidarity in the wake of the Los Angeles wildfires
The chief executive of the J. Paul Getty Trust shares her experience of the disaster, how the institution is supporting artists in the aftermath and the important capital projects that are on the way
National Trust paint archive promises to bring secrets to light
Thousands of historic paint samples—'miniature cultural assets packed with answers to questions yet to be asked'—will be analysed at Kent facility
Culture and heritage ignite the regeneration fire in Sheffield
The Steel City is excavating its buried medieval castle and building new cultural spaces
Three in five small UK museums and galleries fear closure amid declining revenue, new research suggests
The survey of independent cultural attractions found that three quarters of respondents were concerned for the future of the wider sector
Architect Lina Ghotmeh wins competition to revamp British Museum’s vast Western Range galleries
Ghotmeh beat five architect-led teams to land what the museum has called “one of the biggest cultural renovations undertaken anywhere in the world”
The Netherlands to return 113 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
It is the latest example of a country announcing that it will repatriate a group of these objects, which were looted by the British as part of a punitive expedition in 1897