Museums & Heritage
A Sharjah site which sheds light on the first humans to leave Africa has been listed by Unesco
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
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
Tasmanian museum kept and displayed human remains for decades without families' consent, report finds
Over 170 sets of human remains were held by the museum, with some on display until 2018
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
Ch-ch-changes at V&A as David Bowie Centre opens
The centres opens on 13 September at the V&A East Storehouse, and mines a vast archive to explore the musician’s artistic processes, networks and influences
‘It mirrors who we are today’: 34-hour version of Steve McQueen’s film Occupied City to be screened at Rijksmuseum
The project is the first time the film, which focuses on the stories of more than 2,000 Amsterdam locations during the Second World War and now, is being shown as the full work of art McQueen originally intended
London’s Hayward Gallery director Ralph Rugoff to step down after 20 years in role
Rugoff curated 23 major shows during his tenure, as well as serving as artistic director of the Venice Biennale
Manhattan’s New Museum to collaborate with Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo on artist commissions
Together the institutions will launch a project focused on the production and exhibition of new works by international artists





























