The Royal Collection Trust, which runs the museums in London and Edinburgh, declines to give further details on change of heart

Velázquez masterpiece required 'conservation treatment to minor damage sustained to the painting surface, and the fitting of new glazing' following hammer attack on 6 November

From major solo shows of Sasha Gordon, Nam June Paik and Juan Francisco Elso to exhibitions around themes of food, magic and mystical animals

Federal investigators found that the six-page manuscript at the Rosenbach Museum and Library had been illegally removed from a larger volume

Petrit Halilaj, Lee Bul and Tong Yang-Tze have been chosen to complete new projects at one of the most visited museums in the US

Wanda Nanibush's departure has been linked to a leaked letter accusing her of “posting inflammatory, inaccurate rants against Israel”

Restored to its former glory, the 200kg automaton is now on show at the Buckingham mansion

Plus, the life and work of the pioneering Indigenous Australian artist Emily Kam Kngwarray, and a revealing manuscript by Paul Gauguin

The couple will also donate select (as yet unspecified) pieces from their personal holdings to the museum

The ancient objects were on loan to a Dutch museum from Russia-occupied Crimea before the Black Sea peninsula was annexed

The museum recently reopened following a $230m renovation and expansion

Fifteen years since Iceland’s banking crisis, funding cuts have left the nation’s art in a state of potential peril

Film screening and poetry night were pulled over concerns they may be seen as "political activity"

Plus, a new antisemitism scandal at Documenta and a Kim Lim sculpure on show at the Hepworth Wakefield

The Moroccan cultural sector has been hard at work to help the communities hit hardest by the disaster and trying to remind people that "this is still going on"

The decision comes after the chairman of the UK institution reiterated his desire to reach an agreement with Greece over the Parthenon Marbles

Ranging from painting to installation and beyond, the latest additions to the museum's holdings include contemporary voices as well as legends like Nam June Paik and Robert Irwin

Additions to the museum’s collection span contemporary, decorative and Modern art, as well as Korean calligraphy and works on paper by John Singer Sargent’s sister Emily

Following a county judge’s ruling in favour of Valparaiso University, both sides are making their case to Indiana’s attorney general

According to research, Elagabalus asked to be called "lady" and preferred other feminine addresses

Activists with Extinction Rebellion staged protests inside the Guggenheim Museum and the American Museum of Natural History

Mariët Westermann, the first woman to take a leadership role of this magnitude with the museum, will oversee the expansion of the Guggenheim in Abu Dhabi

The Seattle Art Museum’s gift of more than 45 works from collectors Jon and Kim Shirley makes for a compelling performance

Michael Maurello is also expected to pay back what he he stole from the museum

French high court rejects Martinez's appeal but drops charges against curator Jean-François Charnier in Egyptian antiquities investigation

The museum says its visitor numbers are just 65% of what they were pre-Covid

His speech was delivered at the annual dinner, held provocatively in the gallery where the ancient sculptures are housed

With far-right candidate Javier Milei slightly ahead in polls before the 19 November election, Argentina’s resilient cultural sector braces for turmoil

Organisation pledges to back initiatives linking museums with local communities for anniversary project

Herbert Smith Freehills, which runs an "oil and gas" division, replaces BP