Plus, Michael Rakowitz's ambitious restitution plans and Rosy Martin's photographical iconostasis

The artist says he will share custody of his replicas with an Iraqi institution

The Greek prime minister has pledged to repatriate the 2,500-year-old sculptures if re-elected

Plus, Afghan culture in crisis and Kiki Smith’s New York murals

If a deal is finalised, the contested sculptures are expected to be returned to Greece in early 2023, and will be displayed at the Acropolis Museum in Athens

In speech at the annual trustees dinner George Osborne said that "dismantling" the collection "must not become the careless act of a single generation”

The decision to prioritise the revamp of the museum’s Greek and Assyrian displays comes amid escalating calls for the permanent return of the Parthenon sculptures to Athens

The 1983 National Heritage Act was debated in the House of Lords—but the issue of reform will be further discussed ahead of its 40-year anniversary in May 2023

Plight of British-Egyptian Alaa Abd El-Fattah, currently on hunger strike, is focal point of protest as hieroglyphs exhibition opens

A new exhibition based around the Rosetta Stone marks 200 years since hieroglyphs were deciphered

From Cezanne's love of Provence at Tate Modern to cracking the Ancient Egyptian code at the British Museum

Move rebuffs George Osborne, the chair of the British Museum, who proposed a new collaborative arrangement

Temperatures might now be cooling, but tensions around the London institution’s ties to the oil giant are reaching boiling point

Officials will loan the ancient sculptures only if they are returned to London

Staff union claims it pressured the V&A and British Museum to take special measures

Project by Oxford’s Institute for Digital Archaeology fuels debate about restitution of controversial sculptures

"The arguments against their return to Greece are no longer tenable," argues art historian and museum professional Eleni Vassilika

"Let’s choose, following Aristotle, historical truth over an emotive friendship," says classical archaeologist Mario Trabucco della Torretta

This Diary's predictions about NFTs, Brexit and Boris Johnson have all come true. But Britain removing image restrictions on art would be the ultimate victory

Clamour grows for reunification as Acropolis Museum in Athens marks 13th anniversary

The comments from the former chancellor signals dramatic shift in museum’s policy and attitude ahead of planned protests this weekend

Hoard of medieval metalwork had been illegally mailed to the UK, and will be sent to Kyiv museum when safe to do so

The UN says it has facilitated a meeting for British officials to discuss restitution with the Greek minister of culture, but Britain denies this

British Museum and Victoria and Albert Museum now under scrutiny of Cambodian government

Since the London museum began selling digital versions of works from its collection last September, it has emitted enough carbon to power an average US home for at least 57 years

The removals are the result of a mutual agreement between the museum and the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Foundation

It's time to drag the institution out of its entrenched past and into the 21st century

BP or not BP demonstrated against the museum's partnership with the oil giant over the weekend

Modern science and archaeological recontextualisation of the site will answer some long-looming questions, museum director Hartwig Fischer says

The 5,000-year-old chalk sculpture was discovered on a country estate near the village of Burton Agnes in East Yorkshire