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A restoration project in Rome’s San Lorenzo in Lucina basilica has sparked a political firestorm after a newly revealed fresco was found to bear a resemblance to Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.

Yale University Library has announced the transfer of a liturgical manuscript known as the Cistercian Collectar (Beinecke MS 883), from the collection of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library to the Republic of Poland. 

An export bar has been placed on Anne Damer’s 18th-century ‘Shock Dog’ sculpture in an effort to protect this rare surviving terracotta model. 

Galleries in Spain will close their doors from February 2nd to 7th, a pressure tactic to demand a reduction in the VAT, currently at 21%, a percentage that puts them at a clear disadvantage compared to their European counterparts.

Pakistan’s Ministry of National Heritage and Culture has announced that Faiza Butt will represent the country at the 61st Venice Biennale, marking its second participation following the inaugural pavilion in 2019.

The French crown jewels stolen from the Louvre in October were filmed in an underground garage in Paris an hour after the robbery, according to BFMTV, which obtained the CCTV footage.

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art announced its plans to return three sculptures to the Government of India, following rigorous provenance research that documented that the sculptures had been removed illegally from temple settings. 

The long-awaited KANAL – Centre Pompidou has officially announced its opening date: 28 November 2026.

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.

Over the past two years, the Institute for Art and Law (IAL) has been working closely with the Oxford Uehiro Institute on a tool to help museums with moral decision making on questions of restitution. 

One of the most important sculpture acquisitions in the history of the Städel Museum, Gothic Madonna returns to the Altenberg Altar in the Städel.

Residents of Vlkolínec, a village in Slovakia, have called for its Unesco World Heritage status to be revoked after an overwhelming influx of tourists.

Tate announced that Tarek Atoui will create the next annual Hyundai Commission. 

The Courtauld today announced a new gift from the Blavatnik Family Foundation — bringing the Foundation’s total support for the institution to £20 million — supporting the creation of two new galleries dedicated to contemporary art. The galleries are expected to open in 2029 as part of the development of the Courtauld’s new world-class campus at Somerset House.

The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem and the Custody of the Holy Land announce the imminent commencement of restoration works in the Grotto of the Nativity, the hallowed site revered across Christendom as the place of the Incarnation.

In 2025, 1.95 million people visited the site of the Auschwitz Memorial, which represents a 7% increase compared to the previous year.

The Louvre Museum in Paris has closed its doors for the third time in January due to ongoing strikes by staff demanding increased hiring, higher wages, and improved working conditions.

A Russian drone and missile strike has damaged parts of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, Ukraine’s most famous religious complex and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ukraine’s Culture Ministry said.

Legendary art dealer Marian Goodman died on Thursday in a hospital in Los Angeles. She was 97. 

Art is one of the fastest ways to understand a place—because it reveals what people celebrate,
what they remember, and what they refuse to forget. In the Riviera Maya, that story isn’t
confined to museum walls.