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Art institutions no longer rely on physical archives and storage rooms alone. The shift to digital systems has reshaped how museums and galleries operate. From streamlining administrative tasks to improving accessibility and collaboration, digital tools are now essential in curators' everyday work. These developments improve operational efficiency, help institutions maintain consistency, and preserve vital information across exhibitions.

In 2025, World Press Photo marks its 70 year anniversary; a milestone which provides the opportunity not only to look back at the remarkable history of the organization, but also to examine how the images World Press Photo awarded and helped to give a global platform over the past seven decades have shaped the public’s understanding of the world. 

A provision in President Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" orders the Air and Space Museum to transfer ownership of Space Shuttle Discovery back to NASA for relocation near the space center in Houston.

Today, Wednesday July 30, is the second public session on the art robbery of the Drents Museum.

The Palace of Versailles offers, thanks to a partnership with Ask Mona and OpenAI, a unique experience for its visitors: twenty iconic fountains and statues from the Gardens become narrators of their own stories. For the first time at Versailles, these masterpieces of heritage speak and engage in conversations with the public. 

The archaeological treasures from Romania that were stolen from the Drents Museum on January 25 were transported in a sports bag, according to the prosecutor. Gold microtraces were found in the bag, the prosecutor said Wednesday in the court in Assen.

Jewels forming a portion of the sacred Piprahwa relics of the Buddha, which had recently come up for auction at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, were repatriated to India on Wednesday, 127 years after they were taken away during colonial rule.

In Burgos, the Academy of Bullfights wants to build a 300-meter-high metal bull as a “national monument”. The idea is acclaim from the far right political party Vox, but opponents call it “a provocation”.

Tate Modern is to stay open until 21:00 every Friday and Saturday from 26 September 2025, offering free evening access to the world’s most popular modern art museum.

Germany has returned the painting “Hansl’s First Exit (Children Returning Home)” by Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller to the heirs of Grete Klein.

In 1944, Hungary’s cultural institutions became active participants in the Holocaust—not merely by omission but by order.

An original work by Salvador Dali which was discovered in a Cambridge-based house clearance sale, will go under the hammer at the Cheffins Art & Design Sale on 23rd October.

The Busan Biennale Organizing Committee has appointed Amal Khalaf (UK/ Bahrain) and Evelyn Simons (Belgium) as co-artistic directors of Busan Biennale 2026.

The 47th session of the World Heritage Committee came to a close in Paris, France, with the inscription of 26 new cultural and natural properties on UNESCO's World Heritage List. 

Archaeologists have unearthed 3,200-year-old fragments of a warrior’s bronze chest armor in southern Moravia near Brno, Czech Republic. 

A rare Egyptian cosmetic vessel known as The Guennol Grasshopper is set to be auctioned this month in London, offering collectors and historians a glimpse into the refined artistry of Egypt’s New Kingdom period.

The Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania (ICA Philadelphia) announced today the appointment of Johanna Burton as its Daniel W. Dietrich, II Director. 

Art Basel announced the exhibitor list for its 2025 edition in Miami Beach, featuring 285 premier galleries—including 41 making their debut. Representing 44 countries and territories, the fair remains a vital platform for discovering exceptional works by Modern masters, postwar icons, leading contemporary practitioners, and emergent voices. 

You Hong-jun, a chair professor of art history at Myongji University in Seoul and a prominent advocate for Korean cultural heritage, has been appointed director general of the National Museum of Korea.

Art restorers have taken down a deteriorating graffiti work by Banksy, known as "The Migrant Child," from a building that overlooks a Venetian canal.