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UNESCO convened an extraordinary meeting to strengthen the protection of cultural heritage in Lebanon, following the country’s request. 

Beijing has ordered a national inventory of all state-owned museum collections following a scandal at a top museum, where former officials illegally sold donated national treasures for personal gain over several decades.

Thousands protested in Bratislava against the cultural policies of the Slovak government under the leadership Prime Minister Robert Fico.

The ancient golden helmet of Cotofenesti and two Dacian bracelets were recovered and presented during a press conference at the Drents Museum on Thursday, April 2, more than a year after the heist that shocked both Romania and the Netherlands.

Franco-Lebanese artist and filmmaker Ali Cherri, alongside the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), filed a civil party complaint with the French War Crimes Unit.

Danish museums have successfully maintained the record visitor levels achieved in 2024, according to the 2025 survey by the Danish Museums Association.

The Pinakotheken art museums in Munich are returning a looted painting to its rightful owners. The work in question, Interior with Children (The Siblings), was painted by the Jewish artist Lesser Ury (1861–1931) and is being restituted to the heirs of Berlin banker Curt Goldschmidt.

Erling Braut Haaland bought, together with his father Alfie, the only surviving copy of Mattis Størssøn’s edition of Snorri’s royal sagas. It was sold by shipowner and collector Johan Odfjell.

The Praemium Erasmianum Foundation has awarded the 2026 Erasmus Prize to artist and filmmaker Steve McQueen (1969). The theme of this year’s Prize is Ecce Homo, Behold the Human Being. 

The “blue sacrarium” in Regio IX,10 is the subject of a scientific article that has just been published in the leading journal npj Heritage Science.

The Getty Museum has acquired “Glass Vase with Flowers and Fruit” by Jan Davidsz. de Heem (1606-about 1684), the preeminent master of floral still life painting in the “golden age” of Dutch art; and “Still Life with Assorted Fruit” by Pieter Claesz (1597/98-1660), his slightly older predecessor.

Three paintings were stolen from the collection of the Magnani Rocca Foundation, in Mamiano di Traversetol, in the province of Parma, Italy.

Visitors booking a stay in Abu Dhabi can now access some of the emirate’s top cultural attractions for free, with hotels rolling out a limited-period offer aimed at boosting travel to the region.

History Doesn’t Repeat Itself, but It Does Rhyme is a new programme at the Museo Reina Sofía that aims to establish a dialogue between Pablo Picasso's Guernica (1937) and other significant works of art that present certain parallels in their modes of representation or thematic concerns, but which come from different historical and cultural contexts.

At 35, Belgian painter Sara Bervoets is emerging as a compelling voice within the country’s contemporary art scene. 

Over 100 artistic positions, 12 venues, 4 cities in the Ruhr Area: the artistic programme of Manifesta 16 Ruhr is now released.

Acclaimed artist Pat Steir, celebrated for her groundbreaking Waterfall paintings and decades of innovation across mediums, has died, leaving behind a profound artistic legacy

From a longlist of more than 60 artists, Rossella Biscotti was unanimously chosen as the BelgianArtPrize 2027 laureate.

The European Union has announced an additional €250,000 in funding to support Ukrainian culture, while the United Kingdom is set to more than double its contribution to the Ukraine Cultural Heritage Fund.

Louvre has announced that it will conserve and restore the famous Medici Cycle by Rubens. The 24 paintings are expected to be off view for approximately 4 years while the work takes place.