Museums & Heritage
Climate activists spray-paint Paris's Louvre pyramid
A member of the Dernière Rénovation group scaled the famous glass monument over the weekend
Egyptian Museum in Turin to undergo €23m renovation with two-storey ‘agora’ at its heart
The mission of the project, designed by OMA architects, is to make the museum more accessible to the public
Dallas Museum of Art lays off 8% of its staff
In the midst of a $150m expansion project, the museum has also cut its public hours to reduce costs
How Princeton rediscovered a Rubens in its collection
Layers of earlier well-meaning but overzealous restoration work had obscured the Old Master’s hand—until now
Kunsthaus Zurich advisers quit in conflict over new Bührle exhibition
The experts were hired after a previous iteration of the show was deemed inadequate in addressing the dark legacy of Emil Georg Bührle, who made his fortune selling weapons to Nazi Germany
‘I've never unearthed anything this big in my life’: Assyrian sculpture with rich history dug up in northern Iraq
The 2,700-year-old lamassu—a protective deity—had been excavated previously, in 1992, but was reburied for its protection
Extreme drought in the Amazon reveals ancient rock carvings
The carvings, which resemble expressive human faces, may be up to 2,000 years old
SFMoMA acquires more than 100 works by artists with disabilities
The acquisitions mark a new partnership between the museum and Bay Area non-profit Creative Growth Art Center; the museum also acquired works from Creativity Explored and Nurturing Independence through Artistic Development
UK museum housed in Unesco heritage site suffers significant flood damage
The Museum of Making in Derby, founded in what is regarded as the world’s first modern factory, was breached by a surge of water caused by Storm Babet
Australia's National Library is seeking campaign material from the Indigenous Voice referendum
Items from "all perspectives" about the debate are being sought
Cleveland Museum of Art sues the Manhattan District Attorney to retain ownership of $20m bronze statue
The museum had revised its own prior research in an apparent attempt to keep a headless sculpture believed to depict Marcus Aurelius
Israeli museums publish urgent appeal for International Council of Museums (Icom) to condemn Hamas violence
Representatives of museums including the Israel Museum and the Tel Aviv Museum of Art also call for the organisation to recognise Hamas as a terrorist organisation comparable to the so-called Islamic State
‘One of the great museum directors of her generation’: Ann Philbin to retire after 25 years leading the Hammer Museum
Philbin transformed the University of California, Los Angeles's campus museum (originally built to house an oil magnate's Old Masters) into a world-class contemporary art institution
Andy Warhol Museum to build $45m events venue
The proposed expansion is part of the institution's $60m initiative to turn the North Shore of Pittsburgh into an arts district
Uzbekistan launches ambitious new cultural agenda
The former Soviet state, set to open the largest exhibition space in Central Asia, is also strengthening its international presence
Historic Greek Orthodox church in Gaza hit by deadly missile strikes
Saint Porphyrius, a sanctuary for both Christians and Muslims and believed to be the world's third oldest church, was bombed on Thursday with at least 18 Christian Palestinians reportedly killed
Manchester's £242m Aviva Studios officially opens with Matrix-inspired extravaganza
The performance, a collaboration between the director Danny Boyle, the artist Es Devlin and others, marked the culmination of a process during which costs have spiralled
A new museum dives deep into the history of faith in Britain
The Faith Museum in Bishop Auckland features both historical objects—such as the 13th-century Bodleian Bowl—and contemporary works of art
Dia Art Foundation launches $75,000 art award named for late artist Sam Gilliam
The prize, made possible by a gift from Gilliam’s estate, will be given out annually for ten years starting in 2024
Workers at New York’s Jewish Museum ratify their first union contract
The new contract, approved by an overwhelming majority of members, will see staff wages increase 17.5% over the next three years
Blurred lines: are galleries and museums getting too cosy?
As public institutions are working more with the private sector, there are calls for greater transparency
Looted antiquities worth $19m returned to Italian authorities in New York
Some of the 19 artefacts handed over by the Manhattan District Attorney’s office had ties to notorious traffickers
‘Very short-sighted’: Swiss museum’s decision to sell Cézanne paintings sparks outrage
Three works will be going up for auction at Christie's New York—but with an unusual caveat
How museum guides are being enlisted in the US culture wars
Docents—voluntary educators who are frequently white, of retirement age and middle class—embody the tensions between the status quo and change in US museums
'Like an art world bike hire scheme': how a packaging rental service plans to slash industry emissions
The initiative was created by the UK-based company Roxbox, which has developed a range of reusable shipping crates to tackle waste
Qatar Museums fly Palestinian flag in the aftermath of Hamas attack on Israel
Sheikha Al-Mayassa shared images on social media of the Palestinian flag projected on the façades of the Museum of Islamic Art and the National Museum of Qatar
Almost 2,000 items missing from collection of Wales’s national museums
Coins, crockery and tools are among the objects unaccounted for but museum says "some losses are inevitable"
Trigger warning! Museum of Censored Art in Barcelona to display banned works by Ai Weiwei and Goya
Museu de l’Art Prohibit is founded by the Catalan businessman Tatxo Benet
What will German monasteries do with colonial-era objects in their collections?
Wide-ranging nationwide survey will catalogue artefacts held by monasteries and convents that were collected by missionaries in Africa, Asia and South America