The poor condition of the London museum’s Greek and Assyrian galleries—with roofs in disrepair causing long closures—is adding to calls for the restitution of the contested works

Following restitution of a cockerel sculpture by Jesus College, the University of Aberdeen will hand over another looted artefact in a ceremony today

Previously thought to be Korean, the brush washer has been newly identified as being nearly 1,000 years old and manufactured at the imperial Ru kiln

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