Zambia claims Rhodesian Man, the 250,000-year-old fossilised skull at London’s Natural History Museum
Negotiations are ongoing, but the Foreign Office says releasing 1972 documents on the claim “would harm UK relations with Zambia”
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Author: Museum Ethics
How Chinese museums are coping with coronavirus: an in-depth report
As museums remain on lockdown in China, we reveal the full extent of the crisis for both state and private institutions and their innovative short-term solutions
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Surrounded by Trump territory, Somali artists put immigrant art on the map in swing state of Minnesota
Rochester Art Center engages with minority artists at a time of rising anti-immigrant rhetoric
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‘Stolen’ ancient sculpture returned to Nigeria is ‘the kind of fake you could buy on eBay’, African art expert says
Countries’ rush to restitute objects is part of the problem, says Belgian lawyer
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Museum devoted to Palestinian art to celebrate international women’s day with exhibition
The show features more than 200 works by women artists such as Samia Halaby and Laila Shawa
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Sotheby’s relocates April Hong Kong auctions to New York due to coronavirus
The firm is also rolling its London June sales into one week for the first time in more than a decade
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Climate activists take over British Museum in all-night protest against BP sponsorship
Organisers of the three-day action, the group BP or not BP?, called it the “largest protest in the history of the museum”
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Looted ancient temple sculpture—seized by UK police—will go home to Afghanistan
British Museum and Art Loss Register collaborate over recovery of ancient bull decoration that was consigned to an online auction
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As debate rages around controversial US monuments, New York park invites ‘overlooked’ artists to make their own
The year-long programme Monuments Now at Socrates Sculpture Park in Queens aims to evaluate ideas around public art
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