Museums & Heritage

Vancouver Art Gallery expands Asian art programme with $1.1m gift

The museum’s renamed Centre for Global Asias seeks to “recognise the many Asias that exist, within the geography of Asia itself and in the global diaspora”

UK's National Lottery at 30: who are the culture sector's winners and losers?

National Lottery players raise more than £30m every week and fund over 700,000 projects across the UK—but when it comes to funding the arts, some say the scheme is in need of an overhaul

Unesco steps in to protect Lebanese heritage sites

Following an “extraordinary” meeting, the heritage body has put 34 historic sites on its enhanced protection list

Smithsonian American Art Museum’s director removed following staff complaints

Stephanie Stebich, who had led the institution since 2017, has been reassigned to a senior advisory role

Toledo Museum of Art uses cryptocurrency to acquire digital art piece

The museum used USD Coin to buy an NFT in a new series by the artist collective Yatreda ያጥሬዳ

Lisbon’s museum scene booms as new and revamped institutions are unveiled

With the reopening of the Centro de Arte Moderna Gulbenkian, the Portuguese capital is developing a lively contemporary art landscape. But its “cool” reputation brings challenges as tourism soars

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‘The forgotten factor’: nations at Cop29 call for official recognition of role culture can play in climate recovery

A campaign to give arts and heritage “a seat at the table” for negotiations at the annual summit already has the support of around 40 countries and more than 1,500 civil society organisations

Garden party: one of the largest and most historic gardens in the US reveals its transformation

Pennsylvania’s Longwood Gardens unveils its $250m renovation and expansion project on 22 November

Remains of second victim of 1985 Philadelphia police bombing discovered at Penn Museum

The museum, which previously came under scrutiny for possessing the remains of another victim of the MOVE bombing, has been conducting an inventory of its biological anthropology section

Episode 300! British Museum, Tate Modern and V&A East directors in discussion

A special roundtable conversation touching on some of the biggest issues facing museums: from the need to address colonial histories to sponsorship and AI

Roman knife handle discovered in the UK is testament to gladiators’ celebrity status

As gladiators return to the big screen, English Heritage announces plans to show the artefact at Hadrian’s Wall

Sponsorship, sustainability and security: what’s the future for UK museums?

The directors of the British Museum, V&A East and Tate Modern talked activism, funding, empire and more in a wide-ranging discussion on The Art Newspaper’s Week in Art podcast

San Francisco’s Contemporary Jewish Museum to close indefinitely

Museum leaders cited persistently low attendance and support coming out of the Covid-19 pandemic as the main reasons for the “reimagining and rebuilding”

British Museum receives ‘highest value object donation in UK museum history’

A private collection of 1,700 ceramic items was given by the Sir Percival David Foundation

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'It could have been more serious, even fatal': lead poisoning claim by Versailles restoration workers reaches court

Six stand accused of negligence causing involuntary harm, including the culture ministry’s heritage operator, for its role in overseeing the restoration of the Château de Versailles

Guggenheim Bilbao appoints Miren Arzalluz as director

Currently the director of the Paris Fashion Museum-Palais Galliera, she will take over from Juan Ignacio Vidarte in April 2025

‘A testament to change’: Arts Council England report details ways in which UK cultural sector is addressing climate challenge

The publication has been released as nations are meeting at the Cop29 climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan

Billionaire collector Ken Griffin gives $10m to Pérez Art Museum Miami

The gift was announced in tandem with the museum’s annual Art of the Party gala, where Griffin and the Colombian artist Delcy Morelos were honoured

Crowd control measures to be introduced at the Trevi Fountain and Pompeii

The introduction of an entrance fee has been proposed at the Rome landmark

Toronto will celebrate Henry Moore Day on 13 November

The municipal observance comes 50 years after the city’s leading art museum launched an art centre devoted to Moore

Prague to get new museum dedicated to Alphonse Mucha

The foundation established by members of the artist’s family terminates its relationship with the operator of the city’s pre-existing Mucha Museum

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A dual social and artistic purpose: London's Whitechapel Gallery to screen films by Jarman Award nominees

Ahead of the announcement of the 2024 Film London Jarman Award winner on 25 November, Whitechapel gallery will show entries by all six shortlisted artists

Goodwood contemporary: Rachel Whiteread to headline new foundation’s first exhibition at Sussex woodland site

The artist’s sculpture and photography will feature at Goodwood Art Foundation, the ducal estate that once nurtured the work of George Stubbs and Canaletto, alongside semi-permanent installations by Veronica Ryan and Hélio Oiticica

Just a year after opening, Serge Gainsbourg’s house museum hits financial trouble

The Graffiti-strewn building became a pilgrimage for devotees of the singer when it opened 32 years after his death—but despite healthy ticket sales, the institution has racked up huge debts, with its backers accused of mismanagement

Australian museum under fire for acquiring object linked to protesters' attack on well-known painting

Politicians have slammed the museum for ‘glorifying’ the attack on Frederick McCubbin’s ‘Down on his luck’

Former museum curator accuses city in Arizona of censorship in lawsuit

The former chief curator of the Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum is suing the municipality for allegedly ordering the removal of a print from a Shepard Fairey exhibition

Frick Collection to reopen in April with Vermeer exhibition in the works

Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum is returning the favour and lending one of its works after showing the Frick’s Vermeers in its blockbuster exhibition last year

Artist demands Stedelijk Museum remove his work amid row over 'refused' loan request

Ahmet Ogut claims a request to loan ‘Bakunin’s Barricade’ to Gaza protesters was denied by the Amsterdam museum

British Museum still taking money from tobacco firm

Japanese acquisitions have been funded by maker of Benson & Hedges, Winston, Camel and Silk Cut

How a tribute to 'victims of communism' became Canada's most controversial monument

A year after its unveiling was postponed indefinitely, concerns about Ottawa’s Memorial to the Victims of Communism remain