Preservation
Las Vegas’s Neon Museum set for $45m relocation and expansion
The beloved but cramped attraction will move to sites in the Arts District, near the future site of the Las Vegas Museum of Art
US National Register of Historic Places adds first art environment of an African American artist
The late artist L.V. Hull’s house will be part of the first visual arts centre in the town of Kosciusko, Mississippi
Heavy rains cause partial collapse of ancient pyramid in Mexico
Authorities said that significant precipitation amid a severe drought had undermined the Purépecha structure at Ihuatzio
Second lawsuit to halt development of mega-spa on Toronto Modernist landscape is dismissed
The fate of the landmarked Ontario Science Centre also hangs in the balance of the redevelopment dispute over Ontario Place
Marcel Breuer’s Modernist cottage on Cape Cod sold to local trust, paving way for restoration
The Cape Cod Modern House Trust intends to use the architect's summer home to host residencies for artists, architects and scholars
Renewed efforts to preserve the life and work of two Chicago Imagists
Centres devoted to Roger Brown and Ed Paschke will soon reopen with new plans and ambitions
The 'world's first art amusement park' rides again
With attractions by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Sonia Delaunay, David Hockney, Roy Lichtenstein and others, the resurrected Luna Luna opens in Los Angeles this month
Two artists’ homes listed among most endangered historical sites in the US
The homes of L.V. Hull in Mississippi and Henry Ossawa Tanner in Philadelphia are at risk of irreparable damage or demolition, according to the National Trust for Historic Preservation
Acclaimed sculptural installation, once threatened with demolition, reopens at new site
An installation in Washington, DC by Elyn Zimmerman featuring 450,000-pound boulders has been relocated, with the artist reconfiguring and retitling her work for the new site
High-tech security systems installed on Banksy’s Ukraine murals
Ajax Systems has deployed $13,000 worth of security and monitoring apparatuses at four Banksy murals in and around Kyiv
Heritage protection foundation Aliph expands with office in Saudi Arabia
The Geneva-based International Alliance for the Protection of Heritage in Conflict Areas is to open a second office in 2023 in Riyadh
Home of Henry Ossawa Tanner—one of the first internationally renowned African American artists—faces demolition
A local grassroots group has begun a fundraising campaign to save a piece of local Black history in North Philadelphia
Getty Foundation launches $3.1m programme to preserve Black architects' work
The two-year grant Preserving Black Modernism extends the foundation's larger initiative to protect Modernist architecture
War-ravaged Ukrainian mosaics digitally recreated in London show
Exhibition builds on a project to document Ukraine's monumental and contested public art created during Soviet era
Preservationists urge restrictions on oil and gas exploitation near archaeological sites, parks and monuments in US Southwest
A new report highlights the risks posed by resource extraction near sites that are of sacred to Indigenous groups and have enormous archaeological significance
Centre of Marfa, Texas, including 11 buildings repurposed by Donald Judd, added to US National Register of Historic Places
The designation will aid the Chinati and Judd foundations in preserving their buildings in the West Texas town
Federal agency approves disputed redesign of Hirshhorn Museum’s Modernist sculpture garden
National Capital Planning Commission welcomes revisions to Hiroshi Sugimoto’s proposal for an expanded reflecting pool and stacked stone walls
Artist transforms Gilded Age pool house into an atmospheric soundscape
To evoke a watershed moment in society, Jorge Otero-Pailos has filled an abandoned natatorium with sounds recorded from bodies of water in New York State
Almost 70% of smuggled objects seized in Syria and Lebanon are fakes, antiquities chief says
In a wide-ranging interview, Maamoun Abdulkarim discussed the realities of illegal trafficking, restoration efforts in Palmyra and his concerns over destruction in Aleppo
Art360 initiative lets artists take the long view
Three-year archive programme will focus on Modern British and contemporary artists, starting with three women
Step inside conceptual artist David Ireland’s greatest masterpiece—his home
House on 500 Capp Street in San Francisco will become an arts space, archive and study centre
British Museum’s ivory icons denied US entry for loan show
The US Fish and Wildlife Service blocked the importation of the Byzantine objects before they ever left the UK
High Line co-founder to lead World Monuments Fund
Joshua David will replace long-time president Bonnie Burnham in November
Paris mayor gives city’s decaying churches a Hail Mary—to the tune of €80m
But heritage groups say the funds fall far short of the real cost of restoration
Florida archaeologists launch legal fight against US Department of Transportation
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