Museums & Heritage
Workers at the Hispanic Society vote overwhelmingly to unionise
Employees at the New York institution join a phalanx of museum workers in the region seeking representation
American Gothic landmark Lyndhurst Mansion opens unrestored pool building as exhibition space
The artist and preservationist Jorge Otero-Pailos has created a site-specific installation that provides a glimpse into the Gilded Age in the Hudson Valley
France enforces vaccine passports for over-18s visiting museums and cultural venues
Controversial “health pass” introduced to fight a fourth wave of Covid-19 infections driven by the Delta variant
No luck getting tickets for immersive Van Gogh show? San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum opens with more cutting-edge projections by teamLab
The pandemic-delayed expansion features an interactive exhibition by the Japanese contemporary art collective that was designed to disorient
From village life to vaccine centre: Museum of the Year 2021 shortlist announced
Centre for Contemporary Art Derry-Londonderry, Experience Barnsley, Firstsite, Thackray Museum of Medicine and Timespan chosen as five finalists for Art Fund's coveted £100,000 prize
Your carriage awaits: Beekman Family Coach undergoes live conservation at the New-York Historical Society
Research on the historic piece of decorative art has revealed some surprising evidence that many of its original materials are intact
Macba in Barcelona dismisses key curatorial staff shortly after appointing new director Elvira Dyangani Ose
Museum's move to sack Tanya Barson and Pablo Martínez prompts art world backlash on social media
England's Freedom Day has arrived—and museums are fighting to keep crowds at bay
Despite lockdown restrictions lifting today, most institutions will maintain capacity limits and distancing rules until at least end of August
Further cuts at SFMoMA end its film programme, art loan gallery and publishing platform
Seven staff will also lose their jobs as tightened budgets and low attendance impact operations
Museum dedicated to man who deciphered the hieroglyphics opens in France—full of Ancient Egyptian treasures
Musée Champollion in the south east of France—once owned by descendants of Egyptologist Jean-François Champollion’s family—is also exhibiting 82 artefacts on loan from the Louvre
Nailed it: Kizhi Pogost church is finally restored on Russian island of remarkable wooden buildings
Newly reopened 18th-century Church of the Transfiguration, topped with 22 domes, is said to have been built without a single nail
Now is the time for Unesco to call Venice's authorities to order
For decades, short-termism and conflicting interests have prevented a sustainable plan for Venice from being developed or enacted
London's National Gallery appoints architect Annabelle Selldorf for its major renovation
First phase of the work is due to be completed by May 2024, in time for the gallery’s 200th anniversary
Rembrandt loan show will finally launch in Ottawa as National Gallery of Canada reopens to the public
Ontario museums have been shut for months because of surge in Covid cases this April
Richard Serra steel work to get its own art cabin in the woods at Glenstone
The artist is collaborating with the architect Thomas Phifer to design the new stand-alone gallery
Even past the pandemic, New York museum directors plan to continue collaborative conversations
During a regular conference call, the heads of the city’s institutions will keep conferring on finances, social justice concerns, and community needs
Influential Singapore arts centre the Substation closes down permanently after 30 years
Venue's board announced closure "with profound sadness" in March after losing sole tenancy of the theatre and gallery space
Hiroshi Sugimoto’s new Hirshhorn sculpture garden will create a more open and artistically inspired future for the museum
The artist’s designs for the sunken sculpture park creating a more inviting space for visitors coming from the National Mall
We tackled Dutch slaving history—the Rijksmuseum's exhibition could serve as a model of its kind
The Netherlands needs to collectively examine how its past has shaped today's society, says the director of the Amsterdam museum
A new ‘winsome wench’ for the Cutty Sark: how London's famed 19th-century ship got a literal face lift
Tea clipper's original figurehead has been replaced with a carving based on the recently rediscovered original drawings
Archaeologists find ruins of vast Medieval Nubian cathedral in Sudan
Polish team used remote sensing techniques to detect the building, the largest of its kind in the region, as well as a possible tomb of an archbishop
Why are top jobs in Chinese museums going to white men?
Local professionals continue to be overlooked for highly paid leading roles
Ageing plastic from Communist East Germany comes under the microscope in Getty research project
Scientists will study how Soviet-era household objects "made to last 30 or 40 years" can be preserved
New-York Historical Society presents plans for $140m expansion, including a home for a new LGBTQ museum
Design envisages over 70,000 sq. ft of space for classrooms, collection study areas and the fledgling museum, as well as underground library storage
Ai Weiwei’s animals feel the heat as conservators treat them to al fresco waxing at Lacma
Sculptures arrived from China ahead of a show of works of Chinese contemporary art
Diego Rivera’s kaleidoscopic Pan American Unity mural takes up residence at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
The monumental work, on loan from a local college and always meant to be mobile, was painstakingly transported across town
James Cuno will retire as mastermind of the Getty Trust’s art endeavours
President and chief executive has led the institution for a decade, bolstering its reputation
Cinematic revival: Hong Kong's post-war landmark State Theatre to be restored by 2026
Billionaire collector and property developer Adrian Cheng is leading the project to reopen the defunct 1950s cinema as a "cultural oasis"
Art Preserve: first museum devoted to America’s homegrown ‘art environments’ opens in Wisconsin
The John Michael Kohler Arts Center has built the new facility to house more than 25,000 "life-specific" works, created over years by untrained artists using found materials
Visitor figures: how many people are actually returning to London museums post-lockdown?
We asked English institutions to provide figures for the four-week period from 17 May to gauge current demand





























