Conservators have got to grips with seminal artist’s use of non-traditional materials

Book trade calls for self-policing as library thefts are growing problem

First confirmed damage by extremist group to historic site in Syria

Museums have learned to preserve the unusual materials in Joseph Beuys's works

Suicide bomber among those killed after failed assault outside popular tourist site

Discovery to be revealed in CSI-style show at The Hague’s Mauritshuis

Joshua David will replace long-time president Bonnie Burnham in November

Damascene reception room is being restored before making its museum debut in Saudi Arabia in 2016

Prime minister appeals for $2bn after historic squares are reduced to rubble and ancient temples are damaged in deadly disaster

Visitors can see the architect’s newly restored living quarters for the first time in 160 years

"Feat in forensics” finally establishes correct sequence of artist's private album

Country’s ministry of culture approves project to make underwater Byzantine basilica a tourist attraction

Taiwan’s National Palace Museum clinches top spot in our attendance survey, but Japanese artist’s retrospectives are a phenomenon in South America and Asia

The sculpture was famously attacked by Parliamentarians shortly after the outbreak of the English Civil War