This areal picture shows celebrations during the reopenning ceremony of the National Museum housed at the historic Red Castle (As-Saraya al-Hamra) in the Libyan capital Tripoli on December 12, 2025. (Photo by Mahmud Turkia / AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images Libya’s National Museum, known as As-Saraya Al-Hamra or the Red Castle Museum, …
Museum staff stage a protest as workers voted to go on strike against increasingly deteriorating working conditions and security vulnerabilities at Louvre Museum in Paris, France on December 15, 2025. Mohamad Salaheldin Abdelg Alsayed/Anadolu via Getty Images The world’s most-visited museum, it seems, cannot catch a break lately. Unionized staff at Paris’s Louvre Museum voted …
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The new Colosseo-Fori Imperiali station on Metro Line C in Rome. Riccardo De Luca/Anadolu via Getty Images Construction projects in cities that have been inhabited for thousands of years often run into special challenges as work crews come upon ancient artifacts, and suddenly, what was a construction site becomes an archaeological dig. Officials in Rome …
A view of the Texas State University Old Main building. Wikimedia Commons A decision by the Texas State University (TXST) to cancel an appearance of the Black History 101 Mobile Museum at one of its campuses, scheduled for 2026 Black History Month, has prompted a First Amendment challenge from the American Civil Liberties Union of …
Robert Mnuchin, owner of the Mnuchin Gallery in New York. RICHARD A. SMITH/COURTESY MNUCHIN GALLERY Robert Mnuchin, the Wall Street pioneer who became one of New York’s most respected art dealers and a fixture at blue-chip auctions, died on Friday at his home in Bridgewater, Connecticut. He was 92. His death, first reported by the …
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The British Museum. Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images The British Museum is sending some of its prized art and artifacts on long-term loan to countries that the British Empire previously colonized. While those nations have long called for the repatriation of objects they consider stolen, the institution may be hoping to blunt some of …
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Ava DuVernay (left) and David Oyelowo. Photo JC Olivera/Apple TV+ via Getty Images David Oyelowo and Ava DuVernay are reuniting for the new film, “Heist of Benin,” more than a decade after their Academy Award-winning film “Selma.” Oyelowo will star in the film, which is set in modern-day London and described as “a thriller that intertwines art, love …
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MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA – DECEMBER 05: EDITORIAL USE ONLY Guests attend the Art Basel Miami Beach VIP Preview 2025 at Miami Beach Convention Center on December 05, 2025 in Miami Beach, Florida. (Photo by Arturo Holmes/Getty Images) Getty Images Now that the art world has finally caught its breath after a sun- and champagne-soaked Miami …
A CCTV image released by the UK police showing the suspected thieves leaving the Bristol Museum. Courtesy Avon and Somerset Police More than 600 artifacts have been stolen from the Bristol Museum’s British Empire and Commonwealth collection, in what UK police describe as a “high-value burglary.” On Thursday, authorities released CCTV footage of the suspects …
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http://www.sgfara.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Vancouver-Art-Gallery-exterior-view-Spring-2023-Photography-courtesy-Vancouver-Art-Gallery-2.jpg The Vancouver Art Gallery scrapped plans for a new building after investing C$60 million. Photo by Ian Lefebvre, Vancouver Art Gallery. Courtesy of the Vancouver Art Gallery. To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines GIVING TIME. A few notable museums have just announced landmark donations to their permanent collections. …
