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Sudanese government on Tuesday announced that it has recovered 570 antiquities that were looted during the country's ongoing armed conflict, marking a significant step in efforts to safeguard Sudan's cultural heritage and historical identity.

In an era where visibility is often mistaken for value, Common Ground (Kortrijk), asserts that the most vital artistic truths often reside in the quiet.

The war has destroyed or damaged 1,630 cultural heritage sites and 2,437 cultural infrastructure facilities in Ukraine.

Israel's participation at the 2026 Venice Biennale has reignited calls for a boycott, two years after Israel's pavilion was closed due to protests.

A rare and fresh-to-market oil painting by pioneering ornithologist and one of the nation's most influential wildlife artists, John James Audubon (1785–1851), will headline Bonhams Skinner's forthcoming Americana: Crafting a Nation: Art, History, & Legacy sale on January 27 in Massachusetts.

An exceptional donation from the Don Quixote Foundation will enable the Rijksmuseum to enrich the city of Amsterdam with a public sculpture garden of international stature.

The New Museum, Manhattan’s only museum dedicated exclusively to contemporary art, announced that its 60,000 sq ft building expansion will open to the public on March 21, 2026.

The Mauritshuis is to loan Johannes Vermeer’s painting Girl with a Pearl Earring to the Nakanoshima Museum of Art in Osaka, Japan. The painting will be on temporary loan while the Mauritshuis is closed for alterations* in August and September 2026.

If 2025 proved anything at Heritage Auctions, it is that a company accustomed to breaking records can still find new ways to surpass its own milestones.

Joël Andrianomearisoa, the duo David Brognon and Stéphanie Rollin, Laura Henno and Josèfa Ntjam have been shortlisted for this year’s Prix Marcel Duchamp, the Association for the International Diffusion of French Art (ADIAF) has announced.

The Colombian artist Beatriz González passed away yesterday at the age of 93 after an illness in her hometown of Bogotá. Her family announced her death.

A temporary export bar has been placed on a historically significant 18th century bust of John Gordon of Invergordon by Edmé Bouchardon.

Lana "Sati" Chornohorskа and Yurii Kostyshyn were both killed in action on the Ukrianian front.

Egyptian authorities recovered seven artifacts from the US, as a result of joint efforts from the Egyptian Embassy in Washington, DC, the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities.

The house at 4 Plaistow Grove, Bromley, where Bowie lived from the age of eight to 20, has been acquired by Heritage of London Trust.

Surface DNA from artworks reveals biological patterns; Findings offer clues, not conclusions: Research continues on definitive genetic identification of Leonardo Da Vinci. Artworks emerge as biological archives, preserving traces of their human and environmental history.

Protests against Iran’s regime entered their 12th consecutive day, marked by violent clashes with security forces and a symbolic attack on a statue of former Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani.

Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP) has added three new outdoor sculptures by Vanessa da Silva, Auke de Vries and Damien Hirst.

Over 65 artists representing more than 37 nations to participate in the third edition of Saudi Arabia’s contemporary art biennale.

In a letter to Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch, the White House has threatened to pull funding from the Smithsonian amid a probe of the federally funded organization's programming, budgets, and forthcoming commemorations for the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States.