Vatican Museums will return rare Indigenous kayak to Canada – The Art Newspaper
An ancient Inuvialuit kayak that has been held in the Vatican Museums’ collection since 1925 will be returned…
Discovery of 11,000-year-old carved face in Turkey offers new insight into early human expression – The Art Newspaper
The discovery in southeast Turkey of an 11,000-year-old pillar carved with a face could reframe our understanding of…
Revealed: how a secret rescue operation helped preserve Syria’s heritage – The Art Newspaper
For the past ten years, thousands of archaeological artefacts have been hidden in the basement of a nondescript…
Russia charges Estonian museum director with ‘rehabilitating Nazism’ over Putin-Hitler banner – The Art Newspaper
Russia has pressed charges of “rehabilitating Nazism” against the director of a museum in Narva, Estonia, after the…
Amid crackdowns on dissent, Russia’s private museums are threatened – The Art Newspaper
From the moment that the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, founded by Roman Abramovich and Dasha Zhukova, opened…
Syria, Ukraine and Gaza among countries to receive heritage funds from Aliph – The Art Newspaper
ALIPH, the Geneva-based cultural heritage protection agency, has announced more than $16m in its latest funding round, with…
Trump aims to remove ‘improper ideology’ from Smithsonian with new executive order
In an executive order issued on Thursday night, US President Donald Trump targeted the Smithsonian Institution, vowing to…
Italy’s leading archaeological museum uses young creatives’ press shots without payment
A row has broken out over fair pay after Italy’s leading archaeological museum launched a controversial photography competition…
UK national museums back call for end to ‘relentless negativity’ around corporate arts sponsorship
The British Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum and The National Gallery have backed a letter calling for…
Family of Prussian kings settles century-old dispute with Germany over royal treasures
The German government and the states of Berlin and Brandenburg have settled a 100-year-old dispute with descendants of…
After the collapse of the Assad regime, Syrians are working to preserve their country’s heritage – The Art Newspaper
Syrian heritage professionals are rallying to safeguard and restore the country’s ancient treasures following the fall of President…
Three arrested over theft of ancient golden objects from Netherlands museum – The Art Newspaper
Dutch police have arrested three men in connection with a robbery of four ancient golden objects from the…