Museums & Heritage
Artists Kader Attia and Elizabeth Peyton to have studios on site at the Louvre
The 18-month residencies mark the 230th anniversary of the Parisian museum
Retain and explain guidance on contentious UK heritage is published—at last
Government strategy underscores controversial monuments should stay in place, a move criticised by some culture professionals
London's Courtauld Gallery closes after ‘tragic event’ leads to fatality
Police are not treating the event as suspicious. The gallery will remain closed until Friday 6 October
Metropolitan Museum returns two sculptures to Nepal
The artworks include an 11th-century stone sculpture donated by a relative of a longtime curator of Asian art at the Met
Metropolitan Museum to transform its largest retail space into a gallery
The Met’s main store, just off its great hall, will be relocated to ground level, in part to accommodate the museum’s hugely popular Costume Institute exhibitions
Azerbaijan’s takeover of Nagorno-Karabakh raises fears about the fate of Armenian heritage sites in the region
While the Azerbaijani president has promised to protect cultural and religious sites in the region, others have called for their demolition
Fortnite’s Holocaust museum and how video games incorporate exhibition spaces
A virtual museum in the popular game counteracts players who deny or distort the history of antisemitism
Acquisitions round-up: Paula Rego abortion etchings acquired by New York's MoMA and Metropolitan Museum of Art
Plus, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco gain a major collection of American art and the Rijksmuseum acquires recently restituted silver salt cellars
Federally funded museums in the US brace for government shutdown
The Smithsonian Institution and National Gallery of Art are making plans for continuing operations amid a government shutdown that appears increasingly likely
Former German museum worker sentenced to prison for stealing and selling paintings
He replaced a painting by Franz von Stuck with a forgery and sold the original
Tate Modern launches new commission for experimental artists
The Infinities Commission will support “immersive projects that sit outside conventional artistic categories”, with the inaugural edition launching in performance space The Tanks in spring 2025
San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum sues architect and construction company behind new $38m pavilion
The museum says that Why Architects and Swinerton Builders “failed to meet even the minimum museum-quality standards”
The National Museum of Women in the Arts reopens after $67.5m makeover
The Washington, DC, museum opens on 21 October with an ambitious show of previously unseen large-scale sculptures and immersive installations
Francesco Manacorda appointed director of Castello di Rivoli in Turin
The Italian curator replaces Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, who steps down at the end of this year
Questions raised about role of British Museum trustees as thefts crisis progresses
George Osborne, the museum's chair, and the UK culture department are among those in the spotlight in the wake of Roman and Greek objects being stolen
Exclusive: British Museum launches webpage to recover stolen objects—and announces return of 60 items
The museum has also stated that 300 further items are “due to be returned imminently”, and that it has enlisted an international taskforce
New stained-glass windows by Kerry James Marshall unveiled at Washington, DC's National Cathedral
The new works replace those depicting Confederate generals that were removed in 2017
New building for Memphis Brooks Museum imperilled amid lawsuit over ownership of its riverfront plot
The legal case seeking to block the art museum's new $180m Herzog & de Meuron-designed building is ongoing
New £38.6m galleries at National Galleries Scotland to spotlight nation's art
The new spaces will bring together treasures by some of Scotland's best-loved artists of the 19th and early 20th centuries
‘Breakthrough’ attribution for Artemisia Gentileschi painting stored at England's Hampton Court
Royal Collection curators checked provenance records and pigments, tracing the work to Queen Henrietta Maria
Efforts to restore dilapidated house museum of African American art in Savannah, Georgia get significant boost
The Kiah house will be restored to its former glory, highlighting African American art, and providing housing to local artists
Picking up the pieces of Hawaii’s heritage after the devastating Maui wildfires
All but one of the 14 historic sites the Lahaina Restoration Foundation owned or managed was critically damaged in the deadly fires
California museum returns nearly 1,300 pre-Columbian artefacts to Mexico
The repatriation ceremony at the San Bernardino County Museum was timed to coincide with the beginning of Hispanic Heritage Month in the US and Mexican Independence Day
Deadly Libya floods unearth archaeological remains but leave key heritage sites in peril
Investigations into the extent of the damage to historic buildings and artefacts have begun, while experts warn it is critical to find long-term solutions to counter the rising threat of climate change
What happens when Unesco becomes the enemy?
Plus, remembering Fernando Botero and a pioneering Barkley L. Hendricks portrait
Archaeologists discover ancient Maya necklace made from conch shell
The delicately carved choker necklace was found during excavations for the Maya Train project in the Yucatán Peninsula
The Met and Yemeni government reach agreement for long-term display and care of two ancient sculptures
The artefacts, dating from the third millenium BC, will remain in New York as Yemen’s civil war drags on
Restored Turkish bath reopens to the public as site for art and respite
The Zeyrek Çinili Hamam, which will open in Istanbul in September after a 13-year restoration and excavation, will operate once again as a traditional Turkish bath and also as a contemporary art space
'Non-profit burnout is real': Brooklyn Museum offers funding and specialised training to culture leaders of colour
Eight Brooklyn-based arts non-profits will each receive $25,000 and ten months of workshops and other sessions
After provenance concerns were raised over Greek antiquities in Florida museum's exhibition, its curator was fired
The dismissal of Michael Bennett, a curator at the Museum of Fine Arts in St Petersburg, came after colleagues at another institution raised flags about provenance gaps