Disasters & destruction
Unesco report reveals extent of Russian threat to Crimean heritage
Since the annexation in 2014, Russia has been persecuting the Tatar population and appropriating monuments
Ancient Chinese sites hit by flash floods this summer
Deadly rains in central Henan province threatened key Unesco World Heritage sites and hundreds of national relics. Experts warn the disaster may be a taste of future trouble
Afghanistan: the threat of the Taliban to artists and heritage
Plus, artist Bill Fontana records Notre Dame's bells
Louis Armstrong’s ‘second home’ in New Orleans destroyed by Hurricane Ida
The Karnofsky Store, a Jewish family’s former tailor shop where the young jazz legend found early encouragement for his musical talent, has been reduced to rubble
Protocols are already available to help save Afghanistan’s cultural heritage
In 2015, the Association of Art Museum Directors established a structure under which museums can act to protect cultural property in immanent peril
‘What they could have become’: artist Johnny Bandura creates mural imagining the lost futures of 215 Kamloops children
The Qayqayt First Nation artist has created vivid portraits of the residential school victims whose lives were cut short
Unesco calls for Afghanistan’s heritage to be protected—but how will it seek enforcement?
UK government agrees that new regime must "safeguard the full diversity of Afghan culture"
'We have collected the parts': owners of Kusama's typhoon-battered pumpkin in Japan plan to restore it
Artist's huge sculpture at Benesse Art Site Naoshima was "severely damaged" when it was washed out to sea during stormy weather earlier this week
Acropolis forced to close amid unprecedented heatwave and wildfires in Greece
The birthplace of the Olympic Games is one of the many ancient sites at risk as record temperatures scorch country
A year on from the devastating Beirut blast, the city’s national museum slowly reopens
Louvre specialists worked with Lebanese counterparts to repair the damaged building
Warehouse of the Cinemateca Brasileira is struck by fire
Lawsuit was filed against the Brazilian government earlier this month citing the imminent risk of a blaze