Museums
No oil, no gas—no stopping: Climate activists in Italy glue themselves to ancient Vatican Museums sculpture
The group is funded by the Los Angeles-based Climate Emergency Fund
One of China’s oldest private art museums to close as Covid lockdowns lead to economic slump
The Guangdong Times Museum in Guangzhou will shut its exhibition space on 9 October
How partition divided a centuries-old manuscript between India and Pakistan—and continues to plague the region's heritage
Research on the Chandayan of Mulla Da’ud has suffered ever since 24 folios narrating the love story were split up across the border in 1947
Delhi's delayed Partition Museum set to open this winter
It will be India's second institution dedicated to the mass displacement of 1947
Horniman Museum in London hands over Benin bronzes to Nigeria
Major restitution development coincides with publication of new Arts Council England guidelines
Uffizi Gallery announces €50m project to return Boboli Gardens to its former Medici-era glory
Planned for completion in 2030, the revamp will include redeveloping the neoclassical Pagliere building for temporary exhibitions and storage
Nancy Pelosi's controversial trip to Taiwan puts museum in the spotlight
US Speaker of the House visits National Human Rights Museum amidst tense relations between Taiwan and China
Controversial slave trader painting at National Museum Cardiff—removed in wake of Black Lives Matter—is rehung
The work, depicting the Lieutenant-General Thomas Picton, is now on display as part of an exhibition reframing his legacy
British Museum proposes new ‘Parthenon partnership’ with Greece in bid to end deadlock over Marbles
Officials will loan the ancient sculptures only if they are returned to London
Oxford and Cambridge universities approve returning 213 looted Benin bronzes to Nigeria
Charity Commission could veto the decision to repatriate objects from Ashmolean Museum and Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Museum Association demands that UK government invest in institutions as cost of living and inflation soar
Influential museum organisation calls for a new pay settlement, warning that workers face pay decreases "at the fastest rate for decades"
Sex and the Disparity: 20 years on, are art girls really rising?
Thirty-five years ago the Guerrilla Girls took to the streets to protest gender inequality—now memes are helping to remind us that there is much work still to do
Climate activists glue themselves to Botticelli masterpiece in Italy
Officials at the Gallerie degli Uffizi in Florence say that the 15th-century painting was not damaged thanks to protective glass cover
Hong Kong billionaire to build $1.4bn cultural complex on the coast of China's Shenzhen
Adrian Cheng's newest development K11 ECOAST is scheduled to open in 2024
Alistair Hudson appointed head of Germany’s Zentrums für Kunst und Medien
Whitworth Art Gallery chief stays in post until end of 2022 following exhibition controversy last year
London museums close galleries as temperatures reach record high
Staff union claims it pressured the V&A and British Museum to take special measures
South India's first private art museum to open in December
The Museum of Art and Photography in Bengaluru hopes to “push the needle” in a country where state funding for culture is being cut
The delights of Sussex: the art and museums to visit in the English county
The organisation Sussex Modern brings together the many and varied cultural delights of the area
Cold War era returns as cultural ties are severed between Russia and US
Cultural understanding “cancelled” as Russia withdraws from 1998 memorandum and museums wind down “all direct communications and collaborative work”
Italian government plans to halt digital sales of masterpieces from its major museums
Move follows €240,000 sale of NFT of Michelangelo work, with Uffizi taking a share of the profits
In Bosnia, museum leaders debate how cultural institutions can unify war-torn nations
The new conference will use Sarajevo's museums as case studies for how post-conflict societies can invest in culture to keep the peace
Acquisitions round-up: 900 Japanese cloisonné enamels—including rare commissions for the imperial family—head to Massachusetts museum
Our pick of the latest gifts and purchases to enter institutional collections worldwide
Constable painting rehung at National Gallery after protestors glue themselves to frame
The campaign group, Just Stop Oil, has targeted famous works at Kelvingrove, Courtauld and Manchester Art Gallery
'As visitors return, the UK’s museums have a new sense of purpose'
The five finalists for Museum of the Year 2022 are changing the world around them, says Jenny Waldman, Art Fund director and jury chair for the £100,000 prize
Tŷ Pawb: an eclectic Welsh centre that wants to be a home for all—including a sweet shop and a dog grooming parlour
Built as a multi-storey car park, this redeveloped Wrexham centre has found its focus on textiles, artists and local groups and offers children’s play and workshops
People's History Museum: a place where protests are remembered—and where they begin
This Manchester museum, which has the world’s largest collection of protest banners, is empowering locals
The Story Museum: a gateway to magical worlds for young readers—hidden in an old post office
From digital poohsticks to Mr Tumnus’s snowy footprints, this Oxford space is a place of great adventures
Museum of Making: a hands-on community hub that honours—and revives—Derby's Industrialist past
At this former mill you can learn about manufacturing history and make something new somewhere old
Horniman Museum and Gardens: asking difficult questions about colonialism, race and environmental issues
The south London institution has been examining its complicated history, listening and reaching out to diverse communities