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British Museum seeks Neil MacGregor’s successor: scholar, diplomat and virtuoso fundraiser required
Manifestos make big promises on the arts but remain vague on funding nation prepares to go to the polls <br>
Bellotto paintings worth more than £23m to leave family collections after more than 200 years
Assault on the seat of Assyrian King Ashurnasirpal II could be the worst case of deliberate destruction of an archaeological site in living memory
Appeal after fresh information emerges about possible Nazi loot
Why Robert Venturi threatened to walk out after royal objection to false column on Sainsbury Wing of London's National Gallery
Beanbags replace historic furniture in Neoclassical house, other properties could follow
This would be the greatest cultural loss since the Second World War
Following vandalism at Mosul museum and Nergal Gate, Iraqi government says IS has destroyed ancient sites at Nimrud, Hatra and Khorsabad
“Extraordinary contribution” praised as director sets sights on Mumbai and Berlin
Joint project to place 31.5 million images on a single website would “revolutionise” art history, says Frick Collection’s Inge Reist
Rijksmuseum’s examinations reveal truth about pendants
The painter’s portraits of his diverse circle of polymathic friends
But University of London also claims victory—and costs could be up to £1m
See the conversation in Norwich exhibition next Spring
Art and design museum with space for London’s biggest exhibitions could open by 2020, subject to funding
The Tate still has 21,000 works to publish online—but those already posted suggest it will be worth the wait
Leighton House to exhibit the Mexican businessman's collection
V&A East could be vast
…but British government officially pulls out of joint Year of Culture
Tiny paint flakes from damaged work give clues to artist’s technique
150 works produced from 1835 until his death in 1851 will dispel oversimplifications of this later works
Northampton, which wants to raise funds for a gallery extension, is putting its museums' Arts Council accreditation at risk
Tension with the University of London has been growing
The museum’s archive reveals how air raids threatened the collection and George V intervened to stop the building being requisitioned
As the Tate and British Museum extensions reach their full height, institutions say business plans stack up
Salvator Mundi has been sold to a collector, months after Dallas Museum of Art made a similar offer
Nicholas Serota says the document, which recommends the restitution of a Constable from the gallery’s collection, contains multiple inaccuracies