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

Ancient Assyrian site was almost completely demolished by extremists

Dutch artist may not have secluded himself in Delft as previously believed

National Gallery London's £30m offer to buy painting was rejected by US owner

A selection of the 14,000 works in the Government Art Collection will be on show

Experts believe that prints in the album show the artist, his mistress and a ship’s doctor

Brexit pound slump means that Tom Hill would have lost $10m, but he breaks commitment

The two works, which were taken from Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam in 2002, were recovered by anti-mafia police last year

This will be one of three exhibitions on Pissarro in Europe this year, providing unparalleled access to the artist's greatest works

Rubens House to put on show of 17th-century artist Michaelina Wautier

V&A and National Trust consider repeat of 2004 campaign to keep rare Mughal flask and huqqa in UK

The outgoing US ambassador Matthew Barzun stresses the importance of the art in a time of “destruction”