Loan to National Gallery sparks internal debate about upgrading display of Taddei Tondo on its return

Matt Hancock pours scorn on Labour’s £1bn culture pledge and promises a review of UK export regulations

Published ahead of the general election in June, the UK opposition party’s manifesto includes strong support for the arts

London institution's first director, Henry Cole, designed the landmark in 1868

Images were created using military-grade thermal camera to depict migrants’ journeys to escape war and persecution

British Museum’s vision of the ancient sculptures travelling to China and Africa has so far come to nothing

Ukrainian-born American businessman Len Blavatnik's gift is the largest-ever financial contribution to a UK museum

The increase in graffiti cases over the past decade raises concerns about monitoring and protection of the collection

Looking beyond his iconic Great Wave at treasures from the museum's collection and from around the globe

Latest figures show minimal boost from weak pound and negative impact of terrorism in Europe

London show will explore one of the great nomadic civilisations of antiquity

Institution is now trying to raise £11m to buy an export-deferred work by the Italian painter

Office block next door is potential site, says director Gabriele Finaldi

A mix of old and new elements gives greater depth to Sebastiano del Piombo’s The Raising of Lazarus

Scientific tests reveal Qing-dynasty artisans used it to produce famille rose porcelain

The Tate’s Cornish satellite, which reopens this week, is preparing its first semi-permanent display on the St Ives School

Reopening set for summer but complete overhaul of palace costing £369m will take a decade

The 17th-century map, which was discovered scrunched up in a ball, is on show at the National Library of Scotland

Conservators assess damage to paint surface as suspect due to appear in London court

A celebrated painting that was denounced as degenerate by the Nazis may have survived the aftermath of war

Heritage bodies face major task in saving historic buildings when Isil extremists are ousted

Rare piece of furniture features in show on French Belle Époque prints at Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum

But the British prime minister was thwarted by the baron’s Spanish wife and her sick dog, so the works ended up in Madrid

New York hedge-fund manager is the latest foreign buyer to refuse a matching offer from a UK museum

Highlights of Thomas Kaplan's Leiden Collection go on show at the Louvre this week

As Tristram Hunt starts his new job at the V&A and Maria Balshaw joins the Tate in June, we look at some of the hurdles they will need to overcome