Museums & Heritage
Looted archaeological artefacts worth more than $20m returned to Italy
The 60 objects included some that had been on display at the Metropolitan Museum and several that had been bought by billionaire collector Michael Steinhardt
Egon Schiele painting to be restored with €25,000 grant from Tefaf art fair
Once owned by Jewish collectors in Vienna, the landscape was exported to the US on condition it was exhibited in the Austrian pavilion at the 1948 Venice Biennale
Following Basquiat forgery scandal, Orlando Museum of Art placed on probation by US museums group
Loss of American Alliance of Museums accreditation, which the museum has had since 1971, could complicate processes like borrowing works from other institutions
More than 500 museums launch art project to confront mass biodiversity loss across UK
"The Wild Escape" responds to new research from London's Natural History Museum, which finds the UK is one of the most nature depleted countries in the world
'This is a watershed moment for UK museums—their expanded civic role has never been more vital'
With cuts both to creative education in schools and learning departments in museums, its time for institutions to find vital new purposes, says Art Fund UK director Jenny Waldman
Tate may acquire Michael Rakowitz’s Lamassu sculpture—will it convince the British Museum to return the original to Iraq?
The artist says he will share custody of his replicas with an Iraqi institution
Overdue review shakes up Germany's largest cultural institution
World-famous museums overseen by the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation will be given more autonomy and their own budgets
Symbols of Iraqi civilisation unveiled at the Basrah Museum
A new project dubbed the “Garden of Civilization” is bringing replicas of iconic Iraqi heritage to the courtyard of the museum in Basra
National Gallery of Canada reopens after tumultuous end to 2022
From an exhibition celebrating Canadian women artists to a major centennial retrospective of Jean Paul Riopelle, the museum has ambitious plans for 2023
No plans to return Berlin's star museum attractions Nefertiti and Pergamon Altar, German official says
Statement comes after Berlin state secretary for diversity and anti-discrimination spoke out in favour of restituting the artefacts to their countries of origin
The Van Gogh Sunflowers lawsuit: the full story behind the Nazi-loot claim to Tokyo’s $250m painting
Plus, Singapore’s art hub ambitions and Grace Lau's project for Chinese New Year
In dispute over Van Gogh painting, Detroit Institute of Arts is ‘blameless’, judge says
A Brazilian collector had sought to bar the museum from returning the artwork after its blockbuster Van Gogh exhibition closes
UK's oldest toy museum announces closure, sending thousands of antique toys into storage
Pollock's Toy Museum, a historic fixture of London's Fitzrovia district, will remain closed unless "major capital funding" is found
Groups in Guatemala demand return of Maya throne sent to New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art
Guatemalan law prohibits the export of such artefacts for exhibition, local culture organisations say
Former manager at the Art Institute of Chicago accused of stealing $2m from the museum
The former employee faces four federal charges over an alleged fraud scheme that went on for 13 years
'Wage transparency is the way forward for museums'
New York City law now requires information about salary ranges in job descriptions—a welcome change for fellow art workers, say Tom Finkelpearl and Pablo Helguera
Amid national crisis, Beirut builds museum to house hidden art collection
Two years after an explosion caused billions of dollars of damage, the Beirut Museum of Art has broken ground in the Lebanese capital
‘It’s not about wokeness, it’s about doing the right thing’: MoMA director Glenn Lowry on the new political landscape
Culture figurehead says that in the post-pandemic climate, museums should not be places that provide answers
British Museum's hopes of a 'loan arrangement' for the return of the Parthenon Marbles imperilled ahead of Greek elections
The Greek prime minister has pledged to repatriate the 2,500-year-old sculptures if re-elected
Charleston reckons with its role in the international slave trade through its museums
The historic Charleston Museum and the forthcoming International African American Museum will explore the city's painful past
New York's Frick Collection acquires its first-ever Renaissance portrait of a woman
According to the museum, the portrait by Giovanni Battista Moroni is “the most significant Italian Renaissance painting” it has acquired in more than half a century
Vast Pompeii residence unveiled with panel depicting a giant penis
Newly-refurbished home belonged to former slaves who made their wealth in the wine business
US considers rejoining Unesco despite more than $616m membership debt and Israel-Palestine controversies
America left the United Nations heritage organisation in 2019 after its members voted to accept Palestine as a member state
'Lost in limbo': Taliban’s application for Unesco protection of historic Kabul garden still unanswered after a year
United Nations culture organisation has not acknowledged the January 2022 request to add Afghanistan's Bagh-e Babur to the World Heritage List
Conservation of Spanish Armada invasion maps reveals red ink details were added hundreds of years later
Analysis of 16th-century, hand-drawn maps finds that the reds pigments were only available from the late 19th century
Former Musée Guimet chief Sophie Makariou to oversee cultural development of AlUla in Saudi Arabia
French government signed multi-billion dollar deal with Saudi regime in 2018
Genesis of Phil Collins’s collection of Alamo artefacts questioned ahead of museum opening
A new public exhibition hall is mired in controversy over the provenance of the musician’s collection of relics related to the Alamo in Texas
US government returns looted sarcophagus to Egypt
A trafficked coffin that may have belonged to an ancient priest has been returned
Revelations in Cambodia looting scandal name ‘scholar’ at Denver Art Museum as accomplice to disgraced dealer Douglas Latchford
Researcher Emma Bunker aided the notorious looter in sourcing and selling Southeast Asian antiquities
Discovery of 60 mummies in Egyptian city of Luxor points to elaborate burial ground
A Spanish archaeological mission found the tombs late last year





























