The sacred artefact’s ultimate destination remains a subject of debate

The museum has been slowly rebuilding ever since an electrical fire devastated its building and collection in 2018

Plus, the £50m Joshua Reynolds painting and Michael Heizer’s City

As the first stage of the museum’s restoration project is unveiled, coinciding with the Brazilian bicentennial of independence, its director calls for more government investment

The Jorge Machado Moreira-designed architecture and urbanism building of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro has received a $240,000 grant from the Getty Foundation to support the conservation of its archive

Lawsuit was filed against the Brazilian government earlier this month citing the imminent risk of a blaze

Maintenance was under par at Museum of Natural History and Botanical Gardens of the University of Minas Gerais

Police are investigating a 15 June blaze at the Museum of Natural History and Botanical Gardens of the University of Minas Gerais, home to more than 260,000 works of folk art and ethnographic objects

The museum is seeking $30m to reopen one wing in 2022 for the bicentennial of Brazilian independence

As pieces of its ancient Egyptian collection are salvaged, the museum’s director says it can no longer afford storage facilities

More than 30,000 imperial artefacts were found in the nearby RioZoo last week

An overheated air conditioning unit was the starting point of the inferno that destroyed the building last year

Our London and New York teams ponder 2018's biggest art stories. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793.