How The Art Newspaper changed the law

Work offered to National Trust

Millions needed to stop leaks, control humidity and open up the rotunda of the Victorian building

British Museum curator has identified cuneiform text inscribed on horse bones.

American patrons have recently been very generous to the gallery, with both their art and their funds

Outgoing director Vicente Todoli is off to seek new challenges

Portrait of a Man

Papal blessing and private funder for Victoria and Albert Museum’s Sistine show

The works will be placed in different rooms within the permanent collection after artists were unhappy with ideas for an exhibition displaying them together

Completion is expected in 2014 or 2015

Although the plaster's provenance and the project's credibility are under scrutiny, a New York dealer has initiated an exhibition at the Museum of Art

Painting purchased for £2m

Prince Hans-Adam II may be spending more than any other in the world

V&A will reunite Raphael’s Sistine tapestries with their cartoons for first time in 500 years

For a work to be deaccessioned from the Tate is rare but permitted, in this case as a step toward upgrading the national collection

Loan of relic caught up in international political tensions

In an unusual move, Sotheby’s has categorised a picture as “infamous”

Crown that was returned in 1925 has disappeared

Exhibition aims to unravel the mysteries of the Hajj to non-Muslims

This development has done little to alleviate lingering tensions between Iran and Britain

Ruler angry over block on Coello masterpiece

If one of his works is not released by the UK authorities, an exhibition drawn from his collection will be pulled

Ashmolean bridges the cultural divide

The museum director has reassured Iran's vice president that the wait does not mean the loan has been called off

Rembrandt, Domenichino, Raphael and Van Dyck all on offer, but how many will remain in the UK?

After five years of research and conservation, Leonardo's masterpiece is once again looking its best

Director warns of security risks in the capital

Work attributed to 20th-century master forger Han van Meegeren may be 17th-century painting owned by Vermeer

The entire refurbishment project should conclude by 2020