An exhibition on Admiral Yi Sun-shin (1545-1598) at the National Museum of Korea has drawn more than 300,000 visitors in less than three months, setting a record for an exhibit centered on Korean history and cultural heritage.
Gabrielle Goliath has lost her legal bid to overturn a decision by Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture Gayton McKenzie to halt South Africa’s participation at the 61st Venice Biennale.
Two original watercolour illustrations for Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book, long thought lost, have been rediscovered and will be offered in Roseberys' Old Master, British & European Pictures auction on Tuesday 10 March with estimates of £15,000-20,000 each.
The Sagrada Família completed the Tower of Jesus Christ, the basilica's central tower, on Friday, reaching its maximum height of 172.5 metres, 144 years after Antoni Gaudí laid the first stone.
The Mexican embassy in Lisbon received three archaeological artifacts from Portuguese authorities, representing different periods and pre-Hispanic cultures and unlawfully taken from Mexico. They will be repatriated in the coming weeks via diplomatic pouch.
Researchers have used AI to reconstruct the rules of a board game carved into a stone found in the Dutch city of Heerlen. The team concludes that this type of game was played several centuries earlier than previously assumed.
UNESCO has just launched the latest edition of its flagship report Re|Shaping Policies for Creativity, which analyses a rapidly evolving cultural landscape shaped by digital transformation, Artificial Intelligence (AI), shifting global trade dynamics, and mounting threats to artistic freedom.
A Baroque elephant statue in Rome has been vandalised, with its left tusk snapped off, prompting an investigation and condemnation from Italy's culture minister Alessandro Giuli.
Amid the latest US attack on the island, over 100 Cuban artists, intellectuals, dancers, musicians, and writers have called on cultural workers across the world to stand in solidarity with Cuba against the blockade.
The Canary Islands authorities have acquired twelve works of art, including notable pieces by Neapolitan artist Luca Giordano and six paintings attributed to Bartolomé Esteban Murillo or his workshop.
The Victoria and Albert museum acquired the first ever YouTube video to its collection in a landmark move for the museum.
Celebrating the gallery’s 15th anniversary this spring, Turner Contemporary announced that David Hockney will realise the next Sunley Window opening on 1 April 2026.