Stories ‘We need to act fast’: experts race to preserve Afghanistan’s ancient Buddhist heritage site Mes Aynak from copper mining Posted on April 11, 2023 by artNews Taliban government has backed a new conservation project led by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture and Aliph Nicholas Serota with two faces: Steve McQueen’s portrait of Arts Council supremo will go on show at London’s National Portrait Gallery Pro-Putin Hermitage director Mikhail Piotrovsky speaks out again in support of war in Ukraine