Ethiopian Heritage Authority asked to contact vendor to request restitution of battle trophy taken following British expeditionary force's punitive siege of Maqdala in 1868

The gallery couldn’t afford the price, of just under £20,000

Emergency repairs are being made to several galleries, just over a year after Assyrian reliefs were threatened by serious condensation

An export licence has now been deferred a second time to allow the UK museum to raise funds

Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum this week publishes a catalogue focused on Bernard‘s rarely seen drawings featuring prostitution and sexual allegories

As a major exhibition on the Dutch Old Master opens at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, a divide has emerged among specialists over the total number of autograph works

Research reveals that the artist began the work as a winter scene and transformed it into a spring landscape

Disagreement centred over whether the painting, looted in 1868 and later sold to a private collector in Portugal, should be bought by the government and returned to Ethopia

Woman Sewing was inspired by a soulful English poem, “The Song of the Shirt”

The portrait of Moses surfaced in Paris in 2022 and will form part of a loan exhibition at Waddesdon Manor in March

The portrait of Gordina, whom Vincent was accused of getting pregnant, is worth around £5m

The 32 items held in the collections of the two UK museums were taken during wars in the 19th century

The playful creature—painted while the artists were living in the Yellow House—has crept out of hiding after more than 100 years

There will be other exhibitions in Italy, France, the Netherlands and Taiwan—plus a topical book and a plethora of immersive experiences

The 12th-century walrus ivory sculpture represents “one of the most culturally and aesthetically significant objects” the UK government’s reviewing committee has handled in the past five years

College chief faces double challenge of fundraising for renovation and diversifying the student body at the UK’s leading art institute

Other highlights include the dramatic recovery of a stolen painting and an astonishing donation

The shows to visit in London, New York, Los Angeles, Basel and Paris

Minutes from trustee meetings dating back to spring of 2023 chronicle the internal agonising before the energy giant’s sponsorship was ultimately accepted

The controversial ten-year agreement with the oil and gas company will contribute towards the institution's ambitious refurbishment plans

Omitted from the 1920s book, next September the masterpiece will star in a London blockbuster on Vincent’s art of Provence

The Independent Collection Security Review urges the museum to take urgent action, including fully recording the collection and tough management changes

But did Vincent really wear a hat fringed with candles when he was working?

The war in Gaza casts a dark shadow over 2023

The French artist tried to rewrite history, just months before his death

The 28-page work sees the artist praising the Impressionists and discussing ‘haunting visions’

The museum is investigating how the English-made jug turned up in West Africa before being seized during the 19th-century Anglo-Ashanti wars

The Whitworth's watercolour will be a highlight at the Royal Academy’s exhibition

The decision comes after the chairman of the UK institution reiterated his desire to reach an agreement with Greece over the Parthenon Marbles

Vincent felt that the café he painted was where you could “ruin yourself, go mad, commit crimes”