Cultural Heritage

Thorvaldsen Museum in Copenhagen is to undertake a major restoration of its inner courtyard after receiving DKK 9 million from the A.P.

Eisei Bunko Museum in Tokyo has highlighted a group of Japanese Noh-related works spanning the Edo to Meiji periods, including masks and paintings linked to the traditional performing art.

Tokyo Fuji Art Museum has added a ‘Bombed Persimmon Tree 2nd Generation’ to its grounds as part of its participation in the ‘Revival of Time: Persimmon Tree Project,’ a peace-oriented art initiative linked to a Hiroshima survivor tree and shaped in part by artist Tatsuo Miyajima.

The Getty Villa is drawing attention to a marble sculpture of a male harp player from the Early Spedos type, dated to 2700–2300 B.C.

The Uffizi Galleries in Florence have unveiled a sweeping renovation program totaling about €50 million, with work already underway or about to begin across the Uffizi, Palazzo Pitti and the Giardino di Boboli.

Heritage Malta has opened a new outdoor exhibition on the Sliema waterfront focusing on Malta’s underwater cultural heritage, bringing shipwrecks, aircraft, artefacts and marine ecosystems into public view through the summer.

Galicia Contemporary Art Center has marked Día de Galicia by highlighting a photograph by Virxilio Viéitez, ‘Tres mujeres, Barro de Arén’ (1958-1959).

Fondazione Brescia Musei has announced a guided-visit programme for ‘Franca Ghitti | SEGNI.

Vienna’s Porzellanmuseum im Augarten is highlighting 300 years of porcelain craftsmanship, drawing attention to the long history behind one of the city’s best-known porcelain names.

Es Baluard Museu d’Art Contemporani de Palma will open ‘A media lumbre’ on 23 July 2026, presenting an exhibition that places vernacular knowledge, oral tradition and materially grounded contemporary art at its center.

The Rubin Museum of Art is marking the one-year anniversary of its Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room at the Brooklyn Museum, where the installation has now been on view for a year following its move from Manhattan.

The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens is using the approach to America’s 250th anniversary to foreground a broader view of Los Angeles history, framing the city’s past as a guide for its future.

The Azerbaijan Carpet Museum says its Traditional Technology department has completed a replica of the Pazyryk carpet, described as the world’s oldest pile carpet.