Byzantine

Musée du Louvrenews

The Louvre’s department of Byzantine and Eastern Christian art is taking shape—at last

Years in the making, plans for the department were shelved a decade ago; now it is due to open in 2027

Dale Berning Sawa

Museums & Heritagenews

Restored Turkish bath reopens to the public as site for art and respite

The Zeyrek Çinili Hamam, which will open in Istanbul in September after a 13-year restoration and excavation, will operate once again as a traditional Turkish bath and also as a contemporary art space

Tom Seymour

Museums & Heritagenews

First Hagia Sophia, now Turkey's 'Sistine Chapel of Byzantium' will be turned back into mosque

The 14th-century mosaics at Chora Church—which was converted to a museum in 1945—risk being covered up and remaining part-restored

Gareth Harris

Turkeynews

Court ruling converting Turkish museum to mosque could set precedent for Hagia Sophia

Decision that Kariye Museum must become a Muslim house of worship again could imperil its Byzantine art and have repercussions for other early Christian monuments

Ayla Jean Yackley

Mount Athosarchive

Mysterious religious treasures from Mount Athos go on display in Thessaloniki

The monastery has been forbidden to women since 1060 and remains barely accessible to laymen, making this public exhibition an opportunity of a lifetime

Martin Bailey

Antiquities & Archaeologyarchive

Lords Rothschild and Sainsbury of Preston Candover act to protect Butrint

The British School at Rome and the Tirana Institute of Archaeology are excavating Albania’s most important site.

Isabel Boucher

Exhibitionsarchive

Byzantine exhibition at the British Museum provides new insights but falls flat due to missed opportunities

Have scruples over not asking collector/dealers for loans, particularly for underrepresented painted icons, affected the quality of the current exhibition?

John Stuart