Caribbean-focused curatorial programme and expanded sections for emerging galleries headline 2026 edition of the New York City fair
Renovation of Bolivia’s national archaeology museum gives repatriated treasures pride of place
The museum in La Paz had been closed for a year; its new permanent collection exhibition includes a mummified girl repatriated from the US and an Andean sculpture that was […]
Head of V&A’s academic programmes resigned citing ‘racist’ and ‘culturally insensitive’ behaviours, letter reveals
Yuko Kikuchi wrote a letter to the museum’s leadership that was supported by 12 academics and included student testimonials
Union threatens strike action over working conditions in Venice museums due to extreme temperatures
The Unione Sindacale di Base says it has formally signalled a labour dispute—usually a first step towards possible strike action—as Italian institutions remain above 30C for weeks
As Andy Burnham becomes the new UK prime minister, here are five key challenges facing his culture ministry
From the future of the Arts Council to AI, there are several complicated issues for the incoming culture secretary to tackle
Whereabouts of Cuban artist-activist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara remain unknown following end of prison sentence
A friend of the artist believes he is being held in government custody before being expelled from Cuba, while a human rights organisation has filed a legal petition for his […]
Minneapolis Institute of Art hires Kevin Tervala to lead curatorial
The curator moves to Minnesota after more than ten years at the Baltimore Museum of Art
‘A poem to the prairie’: new life for architecture as sculpture
Designed by the American Modernist architect Herb Greene, the Prairie House in Oklahoma is the subject of a new preservation campaign
Italy returns 27 historical objects to Mexico after investigations by art hit squad
Artefacts including terracotta statues and fossilised fish were recovered by the Carabinieri Tutela del Patrimonio Culturale through six separate investigations
The ten most expensive Van Gogh paintings
‘Sunflowers’ does not make the list—and there are other surprises