Museums & galleries

Milan’s famous mosaic bull loses its lucky ‘stones’ in restoration mix-up

Restorer Gianluca Galli works on the bull mosaic at the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, in Milan.

While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, June 1, 2026

Ukrainian servicemen taking part in a military exercise between combat missions, in Ukraine's Kharkiv region on May 29.

Museum in France reports theft of edible banana artwork

A banana forms a core part of a multimillion-dollar artwork by Italian visual artist Maurizio Cattelan.

Inca child mummy returned to indigenous community in Argentina

People participate in a ceremony following the return of the so-called “Child of Chani,” an Inca-era child mummy found frozen in 1905 at nearly 5,900 meters on a mountain, after being returned to a local indigenous community following about 120 years in a Buenos Aires museum, El Moreno, in Jujuy province, Argentina May 28, 2026. REUTERS/Gianni Bulacio

Light, flight and rights: 250 years of US history showcased in Smithsonian exhibition

The exhibition, American Aspirations, will go on show for two months in Washington on June 2 ahead of the semiquincentennial.

$128m Louvre jewellery heist to be turned into film

After seven months of investigation, and despite the arrests of the main suspects, the jewels stolen from the Louvre have still not been found.

At a Los Angeles museum, Tim Bovard gives new life to dead animals

NYTSELECTS – Taxidermist Tim Bovard works at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County in Los Angeles, Jan. 9, 2026. At the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, the creation, care and keeping of creatures is a responsibility the last full-time museum taxidermist in the U.S. takes both seriously and joyfully. (Sasha Arutyunova/The New York Times)

Singapore Art Museum: Milestones through the years

A 2025 photo of SAM's former premises at the old SJI building in Bras Basah Road.

Bayeux Tapestry to be shown flat for first time in London exhibit

Workers move a fake Bayeux Tapestry box into a special conservation tent in Bayeux, northern France.

Smithsonian adds back impeachment language to label on Trump portrait

In the new wall, the impeachments are mentioned in a list of important events from US President Donald Trump's first term.

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