Oddur Eysteinn Friðriksson’s spoof of the Samherji Group’s website featured a prominent apology, seemingly acknowledging its alleged role in the Namibian fishing scandal

With first leg of controversial $20bn Maya Train project set to begin operation, authorities have stepped up excavation and development of archaeological destinations

Archaeologists believe the pre-Columbian wall drawing of a god wearing a feathered headdress likely depicts Tepoztēcatl, the god of pulque

Ravilious was the first artist to be killed on active service during the Second World War

La Colección Banamex, which numbers more than 6,000 works including pieces by Frida Kahlo and Clemente Orozco, belongs to a bank that Citigroup is offloading

Best known for her ceramic pieces characterised by bold outlines and a vivid colour palette, Cliff was initially derided by the men who dominated her industry

Police unit dedicated to repatriation of looted art and antiquities to be founded, Mexico president says

The historic works were taken from the National Archives over the years in what its new director calls a “wholesale pillaging”

Ambassadors from eight countries—Mexico, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Panama and Peru—whose heritage was included in the sale launched a united front against it, with calls for Unesco to intervene

More than 70 works designated as national heritage are due to be sold in Munich on 21 September

Legendary musician Tino Contreras says he looks forward to setting up his drum kit among pre-Colombian sculptures in the patio garden for live-streamed event

After causing a sensation early in his career in the 1960s, the sculptor and visual artist retreated from the gallery scene, and was only recently re-acknowledged

The painter, sculpture and graphic designer helped define the Modern style for a generation

Art historian who knew the building best says the Indigenous community who worshipped in the unique 16th-century church should decide what will replace it

The ministry of culture has lost 75% of its funding, threatening the long-term survival of the country’s publicly funded museums and heritage sites

While local activists have long resisted the $440m project, especially at a time when the country’s existing museums are in crisis, the city’s governor recently rejected a design for ambitious pedestrian bridge that did not meet technical criteria

Director spends night inside as the institution’s funders fail to pay salaries

The artist broke with tradition in the post-war years and was an early pioneer of film and digital art,

Known for powerful imagery rooted in his native Oaxaca, he was also a cultural benefactor

Suspicion aired that the 27-year-old artist may have been killed, along with his father and brother, because of his environmental activism