Mayors demand that salvaged works of art be restored locally

Our five highlights from the Bluecoat's anniversary exhibition in Liverpool

Head needed for Rome's central archaeological area

Institutions across England plan shows to mark 50 years since passage of landmark Sexual Offences Act

Building at Unesco World Heritage site in Afghanistan, where the Taliban destroyed the monumental ancient Buddhas, due to open to the public in summer 2018

Florence museum’s director expands the canon—with a little help from the Guerrilla Girls

Louvre, Versailles and Musée d’Orsay lose millions as visitors stay away from tourist magnets—but the dip in attendance has an upside

Accademia exhibition will open for this year's Venice Biennale, more than 50 years after the artist represented the US

Curators hope to throw visitors to this exhibition about trade routes in Africa “off course”

French town of Auvers-sur-Oise is also fundraising to repair church that inspired 1890 painting

Exhibition in 2018 will include The Dream that casino titan Steve Wynn accidentally put an elbow through

Work on La Serenissima's oldest bridge is done, but official unveiling will take place during the Venice Biennale

In wake of terrorist attacks the number of visitors drops to 7.3 million<br>

Experts assess seismic stability of Galleria dell’Accademia and the rest of the city's treasures

Musée du Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac tracks African roots and African routes in its upcoming exhibition

Vuitton museum to show Modern masterpieces from MoMA

Curators to bring collector's waxwork out of storage in 2018

Barbara Jatta will take up her new role on 1 January

From Malick Sidibé’s black-and-white photos of Bamako’s youth culture to Ken Price’s bright and colourful ceramics <br> <br>

Works by Tintoretto, Mantegna and Rubens were discovered in Ukraine

From opulent ancien régime metalwork to Dubuffet's elegant drawings

From Rodin’s twirling dancers to Mapplethorpe’s still-lifes

Looted artefacts were deposited at the tax-free warehouses between 2009 and 2010

Contemplate Elton John’s radical eye and pet Rauschenberg’s goat before sailing upstream into Rachel Maclean’s bubble-gum universe

Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation says the decision effectively brings the project to a close

Works assembled by the ousted shah and later hidden in a basement will travel to Berlin and Rome