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When artists fall through the cracks of history
Was it concrete or Communism that caused modernist sculptor Peter Laszlo Peri’s slide into obscurity?
Dismantling America’s monuments to white supremacy
Four Confederate monuments are to be removed from the streets of New Orleans, but their painful legacy endures
Why this fearless girl should stand her ground
New York’s famous ‘Charging Bull’ statue has company – and despite all the controversy, the new arrival has every right to be there
Fifty years of The Velvet Underground
It tanked in 1967, but the band’s debut album, produced by Andy Warhol, was still the best pop cultural achievement of its decade
‘A good business, like a family, needs a myth’
For 300 years, the Plantin-Moretus family in Antwerp ran one of Europe’s most important printing presses
Why the Israel Museum is searching for a new director… again
Weeks after Eran Neuman took up the directorship, he left. What’s going on at the Israel Museum?
Boris, you owe us £37 million
The Garden Bridge Trust should be pursued for the public money it has wasted
French culture: a presidential battleground
Where do the two remaining French presidential candidates stand on culture?
Collecting historic firearms in the 21st century
Where is the line between antique firearms suitable for inclusion in historic collections, and weapons requiring a licence?
How Islamic is Cairo’s Museum of Islamic art?
The definition of ‘Islamic’ at Cairo’s Museum of Islamic Art lacks nuance, but so do our wider conversations about Islam
The Battle of No. 1 Poultry
No. 1 Poultry is now Britain’s youngest listed building, but it was once the site of a remarkable struggle between the developer and conservationists
Do museum directors need curatorial experience?
It takes all manner of skills and qualities to run a top institution – or at least to do it well.
Venice must keep its Murano glass industry intact
The future of the historic craft will only be secure if contemporary artists and audiences understand it better
Native American art hasn’t changed, but museums have
The Metropolitan Museum is finally showing Native art in its American galleries. This is important, but only as a reflection on museums themselves
Is accessible conservation more than a PR trick?
How sceptical should we be of the move towards a more transparent approach to cultural heritage?
Jesus’s tomb has been restored in Jerusalem
One of the holiest sites in Christianity has reopened in time for Easter
The art world must do more to support experts
Now is the moment for those who lament the passing of connoisseurship to work together to encourage its revival
Is Documenta exploiting the economic crisis in Athens?
This year Documenta will be split between Kassel and Athens. Is this ‘crisis tourism’ or will it spotlight the city’s overlooked contemporary art scene?
Digital replicas are not soulless – they help us engage with art
Rather than seeing replicas as knock-offs, we should think of them like maps or models
Can a long-lost Egyptian colossus save ancient Heliopolis?
A huge Egyptian statue has been unearthed in a Cairo suburb. Will the global attention it has received lead to further discoveries at the neglected site?
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?
Banksy’s new art hotel offers rooms with a view
Is the street artist’s hotel in Palestine a tourist-led gimmick or a strong political statement?
Blame games at the Met
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
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The real threat to Northern Ireland’s museums
Funding cuts are a danger, but it’s the more insidious changes to the structure and attitude of public sector that we should really worry about