Now housed in the British Museum’s Enlightenment Galleries, the mystical object used for occult investigations matches samples found in Mexico, researchers find

Greece's culture minister says the issue is of intergovernmental nature rather than a matter for the British Museum

The institution has partnered with French start-up LaCollection to auction the non-fungible tokens, coinciding with its exhibition of the Japanese artist's work

A leaking roof has delayed the reopening of seven galleries of Greek art

Eight vessels from the Archaeological Museum of the American University of Beirut will undergo conservation thanks to €25,000 grant from Tefaf fund

Expert matches painter's journal entry detailing trip to Zum Spiegel in Aachen with sketch which is currently on show in major exhibition

The former chancellor's instalment echoes the selection of Lord Armstrong as chair of the V&A, which had serious consequences for the museum

We asked English institutions to provide figures for the four-week period from 17 May to gauge current demand

Ex-politician, who presided over austerity cuts to culture, takes up the position on 4 October

Plus, London Gallery Weekend and Nina Katchadourian on her adopted grandmother's embroidery

From Matthew Barney's American survivalist film to Emma Stern's "porn-adjacent" virtual avatars

“Almost every single thing we think we know about him is wrong,” says the curator of a new exhibition at the British Museum

The funerary piece was illicitly excavated from the ancient city of Cyrene which is under threat from property developers

New research for British Museum exhibition means panels depicting St Thomas Becket's healing miracles will be correctly reassembled after centuries in the wrong order

The Art Newspaper's annual survey shows how the pandemic had a devastating impact on museums around the world—but there were some silver linings

London institution is advertising two new job roles to help deliver a radical curatorial initiative known as 'Reimagining the British Museum'

The actor first stated that the Ancient Greek sculptures should be returned to their site of origin in 2014 after filming The Monuments Men

"Issues such as the role of the slave trade and empire… will be relevant to some of the research undertaken," a museum spokeswoman says

The new year's must-see shows include Vermeer and Botticelli blockbusters; major Jasper Johns and Yayoi Kusama retrospectives; and sweeping surveys on Iran, slavery and queer art

Former Tate Britain chief Stephen Deuchar is knighted; curator Lesley Fitton and ceramicist Jennifer Lee also recognised

He was devoted to rediscovering the history of the museum's ancient sculpture collections and improving the display and understanding of the Parthenon Marbles

The survey, with suggestions including “the man behind the monster” and “emperor, tyrant, traitor?”, was sent out to members of the museum’s Friends scheme

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme will be extended for seven more years with £8.8m grant from Arcadia fund

From a chilling show on Arctic culture to Polly Morgan's gorgeously repellent serpentine sculptures

New text accompanying object removes mention that it was collected by Captain James Cook but museum says it doesn't alter its significance

From transgressive Tantra at the British Museum to a series of artistic interventions in Brent's libraries

Plus, the curator Legacy Russell talks about her new book Glitch Feminism

103 forgotten works by the renowned Japanese artist resurfaced at a Paris auction after slipping out of sight for more than 70 years

Our data shows that most major London art museums had many available booking slots for next-day entry despite operating reduced capacity

From Jacob Lawrence's Struggle series at the Met to Edmund de Waal's library of exiled authors at the British Museum

As part of the museum's efforts to address Britain’s colonial past, officials acknowledge that the collector "exploited slaves"

As the Black Lives Matter movement goes global, museums face renewed demands to restitute artefacts plundered from Africa

The London museum, which will mark its reopening by showing a work by Grayson Perry, will enforce social distancing measures and a daily visitors cap

Social distancing measures mean a lot of money will be spent on a small number of visitors, institutions should be focusing on their online presence instead

London institution was criticised for proclaiming that it "stands in solidarity with the Black community" while continuing to resist calls to restitute colonial-era loot

The international market is now “absolutely awash” with forgeries, says British Museum curator who examined the hoard

The error comes as the London institution launches a revamped version of its online catalogue

Enforced delay due to Covid-19 could add to millions of pounds of lost income in the sector

"Museums have always been controversial. Who should be allowed in? And on what terms?" asks the celebrated classicist

Our pick of the latest gifts and purchases to enter international museum collections—from £1m flower pyramids to an enigmatic portrait of a young black woman

Conservation departments are sending gloves, masks and Tyvek suits to hospitals and ambulance services

The exhibition on the global phenomenon was the largest ever to be staged outside Japan

Free exhibition at the London museum in October will show around 150 works that have been collected since the early 1990s

The etched portrait of Dr Gachet, who tended to the artist after he shot himself, was donated by the doctor's son

From Alina Szapocznikow's haunting sculptures to Shirin Neshat's first London show in 20 years

Plus, Shirin Neshat on Trump’s America. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793

Organisers of the three-day action, the group BP or not BP?, called it the "largest protest in the history of the museum"

British Museum and Art Loss Register collaborate over recovery of ancient bull decoration that was consigned to an online auction

Our pick of the latest gifts and purchases to enter international museum collections—from an "erotic" depiction of Adam to a masterpiece by a female French painter

Major show will unpick ancient Indian philosophy made famous by Sting’s “eight-hour lovemaking session” claims

With an impressive range of objects, this show evokes the eternal power of the greatest stories ever told

Planned show seeks to raise awareness of climate change, but London museum dogged by controversy over partnership with oil and gas giant

From Artemisia to Abramović, Old Masters to Olmecs, and Richter to Roman antiquities—here are next year's must-see shows

Our pick of the gifts and purchases to enter international museum collections in 2019

We talk about the myth and reality of Troy presented in the British Museum's show and to an activist about ongoing protests relating to fossil-fuel companies' sponsorship of the arts. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793.

Members of the climate activist group BP or not BP? blocked entry to the museum's show dressed as statues based on Greek mythology

British Museum exhibition will display work inspired by epic stories alongside artefacts from 19th-century archaeological excavations

The artefact will be the focus of a joint exhibition with the Halle Museum of Prehistory

Our pick of the latest gifts and purchases to enter international museum collections—from Dorothea Tanning's Surrealist terrier to vintage prints by Vivian Maier

Over 300,000 visitors had been missed in the financial year 2018/19 because of 'incorrect light levels caused by a broken light fitting'