Cultural sites have been targeted by criminals and terrorists in recent years. How are they responding to the changing contemporary threat?
Is the street artist’s hotel in Palestine a tourist-led gimmick or a strong political statement?
As events at the Met show, it’s all too easy to forget that trustees are as responsible as directors for the museums they run
The auction house’s decision to close its South Kensington saleroom and scale back operations in Amsterdam smacks of corporate short-termism
TEFAF Maastricht turns 30 this year, and Dutch museums are going from strength to strength. What’s behind their extraordinary success?
How has the Guggenheim Bilbao changed the city in the 20 years since it opened – and should other cities still try to copy its example?
Historic England, English Heritage and the National Trust have so far failed to address the flaws in Highways England’s plan to tunnel under the ancient site
The Battle of Atlanta belongs to an extinct genre, but the historical questions it raises are still relevant today
MoMA and the Met are making strong statements about their values in response to the US travel ban
The transformative art of the Arte Povera pioneer will continue to beguile and challenge us
What will the Star Wars-creator’s new museum in LA add to what the city’s collecting institutions already offer?
This week’s parliamentary debate on the UK domestic ivory trade revealed some serious misconceptions about antique ivory and those who study and sell it
The success of Europol’s Operation Pandora, which recovered thousands of stolen artefacts, demonstrates the importance of international cooperation
Manchester has received the lion’s share of recent arts funding in northern England, to the irritation of other leading cities. Can its success benefit everyone?
Fears are growing that Donald Trump’s administration means to abolish the National Endowment for the Arts. What would it mean for US culture if they did?
Remembering Eva Neurath, who founded Thames & Hudson with her husband Walter
Are pragmatic reforms needed to revive an important field of collecting for US museums?
Funding is difficult, but local councils must wake up to the potential of the art and museums in their care, and fight to secure their future
The Cultural Learning Alliance has released a report which makes a reasoned case for adding the arts to the STEM subjects. Will the government take note?
It was Berger’s ability to listen that made him such an important storyteller
Gothic cathedrals were designed to withstand enormous wind pressures, so Soissons has been exceptionally unlucky
A long-running institutional feud seems to have moved into more a personal phase
There was much controversy over cultural spending last year, and as cuts start to bite in 2017, there may well be again
The Art Strike brings art back to the real world and those values we need to cherish
December 2024
Emma Crichton-Miller
Apollo
Christina Makris
Christina Riggs
Rakewell
This episode explores an ancient funeral stele, Marie Antoinette’s breast bowl, and how digital technologies are helping to preserve Egyptian heritage sites
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Is museum security robust enough to counter crime and terrorism?
Cultural sites have been targeted by criminals and terrorists in recent years. How are they responding to the changing contemporary threat?