Museums & Heritage
More works pulled from Barbican show over Gaza 'censorship' row
Artists Yto Barrada and Cian Dayrit will remove their work from major textile survey, after two collectors withdraw their loans over centre's decision to not host talk on Palestine and the Holocaust
Antoine Predock, architect of distinctive museums in the US and Canada, has died, aged 87
His Canadian Museum for Human Rights, Tang Teaching Museum and Tacoma Art Museum were typical of an approach that melded modernism and post-modernism into a characteristically unpredictable aesthetic
A Van Gogh self-portrait goes to Wales
An American almost bought the painting for London’s National Gallery in 1924—but it sold to a French buyer and is now coming to the UK on loan
New Notre Dame spire now topped with golden rooster
Unveiling marks milestone in reconstruction of ravaged cathedral
The Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum opens its first (digital) exhibition
Launching on International Women's Day, 'Becoming Visible' focuses on five historical women whose achievements have been glaringly overlooked
Dia Art Foundation embarks on landscape transformation to make Beacon campus climate resilient
Studio Zewde is redesigning eight acres of the property on the banks of the Hudson River to protect against rising water
Budget 2024: UK museum leaders welcome tax incentive announced by Chancellor
Museums and Galleries Exhibitions Tax Relief has been made permanent in this year's spring statement
Workers at Mass Moca go on strike 'indefinitely' amid stalled wage negotiations
It is the second time in two years that unionised employees of the museum have gone on strike
Louvre acquires Chardin’s Strawberries painting thanks to 10,000 individual donors
Famous 18th-century work will tour France, heading to Lens and Brest
Collectors withdraw works from Barbican show after centre pulls its support for talk on Israel-Hamas war
Quilts by Loretta Pettway have been removed from a major textile survey at the London institution over accusations of “censorship and repression”
Happy 100th! The Morgan Library and Museum gets birthday gifts totalling $15m
The money will go towards the institution’s endowment and operational expenses
Jeffrey Gibson and Jennie C. Jones will transform the Metropolitan Museum's outdoor spaces in 2025
The artists' forthcoming façade and rooftop installations at the museum will explore the intersections of identity and art history
Archaeologists in Peru identified one of the oldest megalithic structures in the Americas
The 4,750-year-old circular stone plaza has been under analysis since 2018
Meeting of Canadian and Italian prime ministers at Art Gallery of Ontario cancelled due to protest
Pro-Palestine activists rallied outside the museum in protest of Justin Trudeau’s response to the Israel-Hamas war
Canadian curators take the reins at UK institutions, Barbican and Spike Island
Devyani Saltzman is new arts director at City of London venue while Nicole Yip replaces Robert Leckie in Bristol
Suspect detained for Molotov cocktail attack at Latvia's Museum of the Occupation
Country's president has called it an "attack on the state"
Dreams of rebuilding Gaza: five culture workers share their stories
The war in Gaza has resulted in catastrophic human losses. Behind the statistics lie the lives of individuals who have worked to preserve the exclave’s precious and often ignored heritage sites
Africa's largest mosque officially opens in Algeria
The inauguration of the nearly $900m building has been delayed since 2020
Israel will not be excluded from Venice Biennale, says Italian culture minister
More than 14,500 people have signed a letter demanding country is banned from this year’s Biennale
Museum’s decision to remove artist’s monograph from its bookstore sparks questions about freedom of expression
Doug Argue’s exhibition at the Weisman Art Museum last year was not accompanied by the book that inspired it due to sensitivities Argue likened to “book banning”
Michelangelo’s last decades: British Museum show throws light on works made during Renaissance master’s final years
Exhibition to include huge ‘cartoon’ work and Royal Collection loans
'Like a miniature city': Swiss architects reveal design for Qatar's new Lusail Museum
New institution is next phase in state’s mega museum masterplan
13 shows to see in and around Los Angeles during Frieze
From important shows of Korean and Japanese contemporary art, to major surveys of Paul Pfeiffer and Joan Brown, and more
Do museums still matter? New show at Mudam Luxembourg examines why and how institutions operate
Exhibition taps into contemporary debates about social and geopolitical changes
Revealed: How Tate briefly considered acquiring a Van Gogh self-portrait—which was later exposed as a fake
The gallery couldn’t afford the price, of just under £20,000
Florence’s new open storage facility is bringing long-hidden art into public view
The Florentine Civic Museums’ depository is part of a trend that is seeing institutions find ways of making more use of their archives
Washington state's Bellevue Arts Museum faces 'dire' financial straits
The institution may be forced to close its doors if it doesn't raise the requisite funds, says its permanent director less than a week into her new role
Toppled Edward Colston statue to go on permanent display in UK museum
It will be housed at Bristol’s M Shed museum after a decision by the city’s councillors
‘Cease funding for cultural projects’: arts institutions in Birmingham, UK, face 100% cuts
Ikon contemporary art gallery among organisations at risk
V&A aims to outflank the Met over £2m ivory
An export licence has now been deferred a second time to allow the UK museum to raise funds