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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
Something has gone very wrong at Christie’s
The auction house’s decision to close its South Kensington saleroom and scale back operations in Amsterdam smacks of corporate short-termism
We can all learn from the Dutch art world
TEFAF Maastricht turns 30 this year, and Dutch museums are going from strength to strength. What’s behind their extraordinary success?
Is the Bilbao effect over?
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?
Why are England’s heritage bodies supporting the Stonehenge Bypass?
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 to save ‘The Battle of Atlanta’
The Battle of Atlanta belongs to an extinct genre, but the historical questions it raises are still relevant today
New York’s leading museums are insisting on their internationalism
MoMA and the Met are making strong statements about their values in response to the US travel ban
Jannis Kounellis’s unique blend of aesthetics, poetry, and alchemy
The transformative art of the Arte Povera pioneer will continue to beguile and challenge us
What exactly is a museum of narrative art, George Lucas?
What will the Star Wars-creator’s new museum in LA add to what the city’s collecting institutions already offer?
We can preserve elephants AND conserve art
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
European countries are working together to tackle cultural property crime
The success of Europol’s Operation Pandora, which recovered thousands of stolen artefacts, demonstrates the importance of international cooperation
Will Manchester’s cultural boom benefit the whole of the North?
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?
The battle to save America’s arts endowment from Trump’s cuts
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?
‘Watching Eva Neurath at work made me understand visual intelligence’
Remembering Eva Neurath, who founded Thames & Hudson with her husband Walter
Why US museums and the antiquities trade should work together
Are pragmatic reforms needed to revive an important field of collecting for US museums?
Regional museums are opportunities, not burdens – but only if we think creatively
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
How to stop the creative industries running out of steam
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?
John Berger: a pathfinder who was alive to the present
It was Berger’s ability to listen that made him such an important storyteller
Why acts of god hardly ever harm gothic cathedrals
Gothic cathedrals were designed to withstand enormous wind pressures, so Soissons has been exceptionally unlucky
The museum director, the culture minister, and more trouble in Brussels
A long-running institutional feud seems to have moved into more a personal phase
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