Culture news Cultural restitution: Artefacts returned to Iran after legal battle The long lost Mannean bricks turned up for sale in Europe in the 1990s and after a spell in a Swiss bank are back in Iran in the National Museum. 19/04/2022
See An immersive alien experience comes to London Alienarium 5, a virtual reality exhibition that allows visitors to step into the shoes of an alien opens at the Serpentine Gallery in London. 15/04/2022
Destinations A bank holiday guide to Bath for Bridgerton lovers Fans of the Netflix show and Jane Austen’s novels will feel right at home - but there’s something for everyone in this stunning city. 14/04/2022
Cult Flower power: botanical art takes root at Saatchi Gallery From flowers in the Andes Mountains to microfungi. A new exhibition at London’s Saatchi Gallery is showcasing some of the world’s most fascinating flora. 12/04/2022
no comment Swedish selfie 'museum' gets super liked The recently opened "Youseum" in the suburbs of Stockholm, Sweden, offers fun backgrounds for visitors' selfies or videos. 05/04/2022
no comment Croatia opens cannabis museum Rituals, healing or inebriation, nutrition, clothing, fuel or construction material, the millennial history and many uses of cannabis are on display in Croatia's first museum dedicated to the plant. 31/03/2022
See Seoul museum refuses to return Russian artworks After South Korea sanctioned Russia due to Putin's war against Ukraine, a Seoul museum has been subject of a demand to return its Russian art early. 30/03/2022
Sci-tech Dubai's Museum of the Future In this episode of Sci-tech, Jane Witherspoon explores the Museum of the Future in Dubai. The intellectual and scientific hub aims to bring together the very best minds in science, technology and innovation. 18/03/2022
See The Art of Menswear: V&A's first male fashion exhibition Opening on Saturday, 19 March 2022, Fashioning Masculinities: The Art of Menswear is the first major V&A exhibition to celebrate the power, artistry and diversity of masculine attire and appearance. 17/03/2022
Nature This underwater museum has a mission - saving marine life Almost 100 sculptures have been set up in the sea in Cyprus. 13/03/2022
Culture news 'This is our story': Lviv museums move to protect Ukrainian heritage Museums in the western city are taking steps to protect art and literature telling the story of Ukraine from potential Russian bombardment. 07/03/2022
Culture news Europe's museums, big and small, grapple with cultural restitution Europe's museums, big and small, grapple with cultural restitution and returning artefacts to the places they came from. 05/03/2022
See Ukrainian artists respond to Russian invasion of their homeland “The cars and buses who go out of the country, they go with people. There is no place for art. You cannot compare human life with an art piece.” 03/03/2022
See What did Leonardo Da Vinci and Picasso doodle while bored? A new exhibition in Rome explores doodles, sketches and caricatures through the ages. 03/03/2022
See Vladimir Putin wax statue removed from Grévin Museum in Paris 'He was attacked a few times this weekend, and we received a few threats on the phone." 03/03/2022
no comment Wax statue of Vladimir Putin removed from Grévin museum in Paris Russia's invasion of Ukraine prompts the director of the Grévin Museum in Paris to remove the wax statue of Vladimir Putin from the collection, which includes many other world leaders 01/03/2022
Austria NFTs representing sections Klimt's The Kiss sold for Valentine's Day Ten thousand tiny sections of Klimt's iconic painting The Kiss are being sold as virtual gifts ahead of Valentine's Day — and they are not cheap. 13/02/2022
USA Germany and Austria repatriate 19th-century human remains to Hawaii The bones were originally collected by a German naturalist around 1880 but will now be transported to Hawaii for burial. 11/02/2022
Culture news Artwork looted by the Nazis returned to rightful owners after 71 years The painting belonged to a Jewish couple who fled Belgium prior to World War Two, their grandchildren are still searching for other items. 11/02/2022
See Indonesian war of independence explored in new Amsterdam exhibition The exhibit is jointly curated by Dutch and Indonesian curators but has already courted controversy over some language used. 10/02/2022
See Russian painting worth €1 million vandalised by 'bored' security guard Anna Leporskaya's 1930s painting 'Three Figures' is being restored in Moscow after a security guard drew two sets of eyes on the faceless forms. 10/02/2022
Culture news 'Bob Marley: One Love Experience' in London features cannabis forest The exhibition's ten-week stay at the capital's Saatchi Gallery contains personal possessions, multi-sensory rooms, and rare photographic finds. 04/02/2022
Touch 'Art detective' returns stolen Roman statue to France 50 years later Dutch art retrieval expert Arthur Brand worked to get the statue back to the Musée du Pays Châtillonnais after its owner expressed suspicions about its origins. 02/02/2022
See Cézanne drawing lost for decades rediscovered in auction The artist's lost notebook that he shared with his sister features the work, which was recently identified by art historians as an original. 01/02/2022
Culture news When Sigmund met Salvador: ‘Dali–Freud, an Obsession’ opens in Vienna An exhibition at the Belvedere Museum in Vienna displays around a hundred of Salvador Dali's objects, paintings, and works influenced by Sigmund Freud's writings. 29/01/2022
Germany Six men on trial for stealing jewels worth €113m from Dresden museum Prosecutors said those accused of stealing the gems, which have never been recovered, belong to an organised crime family known as the "Remmo clan". 28/01/2022
