Alessandro Giuli, who heads up Rome's Maxxi museum, replaces Gennaro Sangiuliano in the right-wing government role

Lightning strike breaks fragments off ancient military monument in Rome

Members of the activist group Peta occupied the institution‘s LVMH Great Room

Philanthropic gift of over 110 works integrated into displays at Tate Modern, Britain and St Ives

The original budget for the museum has so far been surpassed by £100m

Other blockbuster exhibitions at the museum next year will focus on luxury brand Cartier, ancient Egypt and the pioneering work done by disabled people in the world of design

German conglomerate also commissions works by four artists for UK base

The Rococo masterpiece is valued at over £6m

Environmental campaigners previously called on practices not to take part in the contest following a £50m funding pledge from BP

Siddall will take up the role this autumn, becoming the first-ever woman to hold the position

Jacques Schuhmacher, who worked on several key restitution cases at the London museum, has taken up the role of executive director of provenance research

The Middle/late Bronze Age object was “pulled” by the “curious” four-year-old while visiting the Hecht Museum in northern Israel

London Mayor backs new work, which will be unveiled in 2026, with £500,000 funding

Estimated at up to £50,000, a large-scale piece made of coal sacks will go on the block at Bonhams in October

The American artist Shepard Fairey, meanwhile, has released a print of Democratic candidate Kamala Harris

Security measures and transport upheaval prompted 22% decrease in attendance at the world's most visited museum

Extent of damage to building is unclear and being investigated

The Art History Now project sees over 90 big names share new reflections on what art history means to them

The London institution was founded in 1824 to be “free to anyone who applied at the door”. That principle, epitomised by the exhibition "Hockney and Piero: A Longer Look", sits at the heart of the bicentennial celebrations

Photographers Shahidul Alam and Munem Wasif document upheaval as prime minister flees the country

Our round-up of the latest art publications

We speak to the British Library exhibition curator Melodie Doumy about the Diamond Sutra and other treasures from the Library Cave

Works by Raphael and Leonardo will also be featured in the London exhibition, which aims to reconsider artists of the period as draughtsmen, in addition to painters or sculptors

The new venue will be run and funded by the private collector Wu Jing, whose Rodin works, ordered from Paris, will be on show

Visitors on foot to Dedham Vale, in Suffolk, can view the remarkably well preserved locations of John Constable's paintings of the countryside in which he was nurtured

Landmarks in Iran, Saudi Arabia and Ethiopia also included as committee meets in New Delhi

Labour government cancels redevelopment in spending squeeze—but heritage bodies say conservation solutions are still needed

The decision, which may be reviewed in 2026, could pave the way for controversial tunnel redevelopment scheme, say campaigners

Green light given to property sales in hopes of boosting cash-strapped cultural quarter

Works bearing the phrase “Wish You Were Gay” have been vandalised in the city of Bregenz