Official photograph by Hugo Burnand depicts monarch in full military regalia and will be offered to every UK public body in £8m scheme

Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara was imprisoned on charges of contempt and insult to national symbols when widespread protests swept the nation in 2021

Lidar light detection technology helped scientists to see beneath the foliage and discover the 2500-year-old settlement

Nine works from the Laing Art Gallery in Newcastle, displayed as part of the “museum in residence” programme, are a mirror to life in the north-east of England

From the Venice Biennale to the Harlem Renaissance at the Met

The event reportedly took place to mark the 46th anniversary of the killing of three neo-fascists on Via Acca Larentia in southeast Rome

Successful candidate will have their work cut out for them to restore the institution's reputation after last year's theft scandal

The art market star known for reinterpreting Rococo classics will take over a staircase space at the London institution

Our round-up of the latest art publications

Austerity continues to bite for art galleries and museums as non-statutory cultural budgets are slashed

The decision comes in the aftermath of a controversy surrounding the appointment of the exhibition's curator

Suffolk County Council wants to slash £500,000 for culture, which could put local museums at risk

French glass and African pottery suggest individuals buried are of high status

Regio IX area, one of nine neighbourhoods, was made publicly accessible this week

The director of the National Gallery of Ireland provides an alternative view of the history of art in her new book

Ignacy Czwartos was chosen to represent Poland but his exhibition concept has been ditched by the new government

Latest measures are attempt to stem mass tourism and conserve the historic city

A tragic figure whose 'promise went mostly unfulfilled', her legacy is now being revisited afresh

NPG chief Nicholas Cullinan, Southbank’s Elaine Bedell and Nick Merriman of Horniman Museum all receive OBEs

Country’s culture minister calls for research into artefacts held by British institutions and also announces a Royal Academy show

The artists Vivan Sundaram and Françoise Gilot, collectors Harald Falckenberg and Barry Humphries plus curator Vincent Honoré were also lost to the art world this year

The artist, known for his Crawl series, treated 'absurdity of racism in an unflinching way’

Turkish arts chief says her decision is not prompted by controversy over curator selection

Latest restitution of work by Cornelis van Haarlem is part of years-long campaign to reunite works with family of Dutch-Jewish dealer

Studio Voltaire is seeking works by Cook who is known for her depictions of bolder, bigger women

More than 40 items worth over £52m allocated to galleries nationwide including a £10.5m miniature Renaissance bronze

A hack that has limited the British Library’s access to its digital systems is the latest in a series of online raids on cultural institutions

We round-up the biggest shows opening each month

Full listings of the biennials and triennials happening in 2024

Italian artist, who won Venice’s Golden Lion award in 1990, is subject of a Guggenheim Bilbao retrospective next year