Ukraine’s art evacuators: the intrepid team rescuing art from a warzone – in pictures
After Russia’s invasion in 2022, historian Leonid Marushchak saw that Ukraine’s cultural heritage was under threat too. So he vowed to get to these irreplaceable works before Putin’s forces could
June 2024
Et voila! Voltaire statue returns to Paris after four-year absence
Following a mystery disappearance sparking outrage and rumour, the original damaged and fragile figure has been replaced by a ‘very fine’ copy
May 2024
Italy can reclaim 2,000-year-old Greek statue from Getty Museum, court rules
European court of human rights rejects appeal by US trust over lifesize Victorious Youth statue discovered in 1964
March 2024
Cambridge council orders removal of ‘poorest quality’ statue of Prince Philip
£150,000 abstract sculpture described as worst ever submitted was erected without planning permission
Some people are on the plinth … an XI of football statues – in pictures
Following the emergence of Harry Kane’s statue which has been kept in storage for years, we take a look at others who have been honoured – with mixed results
Edward Colston statue placed in quiet corner of Bristol museum
As a result of consultation with local people, visitors must make deliberate choice to see toppled statue of slave trader
February 2024
End fossil-fuel era to address colonial injustices, urges prominent historian
Australian arts in focus
Tasmania hails Australia’s first colonial statue as a piss-take – and an ‘extraordinary political statement’
December 2023
Nearly 21ft bronze statue of Shakira unveiled in her home town in Colombia
In social media posts, the singer thanked the sculptor Yino Márquez and his students for their ‘enormous artistic talent’
Renaissance bronze Apollo donated to British nation to pay inheritance tax bill
500-year-old miniature acquired under acceptance in lieu scheme will go on display at Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge
Obelisk celebrating pioneering Lady Mary Wortley Montagu given higher listing
Aristocrat introduced smallpox inoculation to Britain, saving many lives, yet remains largely unknown
November 2023
The mystery of the garden of memories at the Angel of the North
Folded and unfolded notes, straggles of ribbon, artificial flowers – a professor is searching for the roots of the phenomenon
September 2023
Why are slave traders still being commemorated?
A plaque on a statue can’t cover a cruel slave trader’s mass murder. My ancestors deserve better
Robert Beckford
August 2023
‘Deliberately obscure’: how to locate the weird world of hidden public art
Statues of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards unveiled in home town of Dartford
July 2023
Removing statues and renaming streets: Odesa cuts out Russia
LGBTQ+ military charity backs proposal for Alan Turing statue on fourth plinth
May 2023
Statue of peace protester Brian Haw to be installed in south London
Bronze maquette of activist who camped outside parliament will be sited opposite Imperial War Museum
March 2023
London to pay tribute to victims of slave trade with memorial, says mayor
Memorial to be built in London’s Docklands, close to warehouses built to house goods produced through slavery
