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Officials will loan the ancient sculptures only if they are returned to London

Charity Commission could veto the decision to repatriate objects from Ashmolean Museum and Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Turner prize nominee Ingrid Pollard seeks out depictions of African figure that "haunt every English town and village"

Neon and moving image works will fill five galleries at the arts centre Mostyn in north Wales

Officials at the Gallerie degli Uffizi in Florence say that the 15th-century painting was not damaged thanks to protective glass cover

Artist’s multi-site work focuses on issues such as surveillance and race

Contemporary initiative also includes new book with contributions from more than 60 artists such as Adrian Villar Rojas, Lara Favaretto and Michael Rakowitz

Question mark over historic Whitechapel site a year after boutique hotel plan approved

Staff union claims it pressured the V&A and British Museum to take special measures

Move follows concerted drive by the auction house to gain ground in the blockchain and fintech domains

Russian officials in Switzerland say they are “outraged” by LGBTQ connection and “war criminal” label

The Museum of Art and Photography in Bengaluru hopes to “push the needle” in a country where state funding for culture is being cut

Works on paper reflect deepening political and economic crisis in Sri Lanka

The Amsterdam museum will launch the experimental project space next year, which will tap into socially engaged themes

French curators take the reins at the country's new museums

Project by Oxford’s Institute for Digital Archaeology fuels debate about restitution of controversial sculptures

Joe Morford claims that the viral Comedian piece infringes copyright on his own duct tape work Banana & Orange

Move follows €240,000 sale of NFT of Michelangelo work, with Uffizi taking a share of the profits

From Cold War Steve and David Shrigley's creative responses to Bob and Roberta Smith's warning that bigger issues are at play

Our roundup of the latest art publications

The campaign group, Just Stop Oil, has targeted famous works at Kelvingrove, Courtauld and Manchester Art Gallery

Tristram Hunt aims to start a “conversation” about the act next year, arguing that some items should be allowed to be restituted or deaccessioned

More than 1,100 looted items will be transferred though some artefacts will remain on loan to German museums

Major project by Art UK involving 500 volunteers sees 13,500 sculptures from across the UK posted online

Works depicting gay sex—thought to have been lost—were kept secret for decades

Two demonstrators are in police custody after they attached themselves to a 19th-century landscape by Horatio McCulloch at the Kelvingrove Art Gallery

Berlin Biennale conference will focus on "decolonising" arts and culture

Solo shows dedicated to Isaac Julien and Sarah Lucas, a survey of contemporary African photography and the controversial "Philip Guston Now" are also on the slate

Chief executive says latest acquisition is part of his strategy to stay local while going global