Composer has funded a two-year, £60m renovation of the Theatre Royal Drury Lane to turn it into a public gallery and heritage attraction

UK government agrees that new regime must "safeguard the full diversity of Afghan culture"

Several works recently sprayed in the area by street artist "may be an endorsement", Great Yarmouth Borough Council says

Decision is a "canary in the coal mine" for other arts and humanities subjects, warns museums body

British Council in Afghanistan among international heritage organisations that have suspended operations during the conflict

Lawyers and collectors weigh in on new rule that sets a 30-year limit on claims to property that was stolen by Nazis and Communist leaders

The social media platform removed the image earlier this week for breaking its "rules against nudity”

The ambitious project has been around 60 years in the making

Two decades after one of the most controversial exhibitions of recent times, Arnold Lehman, the former director of the Brooklyn Museum, reveals all in a new book

As we enter the final weeks of the season, check out these riveting reads, from “the best novel about painting” to a book with no words at all

Our roundup of the latest art publications

Right-wing commentator says he is "tired of this endless conversation about the UK's complicity with slavery"

Artist's huge sculpture at Benesse Art Site Naoshima was "severely damaged" when it was washed out to sea during stormy weather earlier this week

Contemporary art venue has been hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic

Former BBC culture editor Will Gompertz steps into joint managing director role with Sandeep Dwesar

Historic town, a holy site for millions of Orthodox Christians, caught up in widening Tigray conflict

The birthplace of the Olympic Games is one of the many ancient sites at risk as record temperatures scorch country

Scaffolding cover-up work is part of French Embassy’s new ambitious contemporary art programme

Louvre specialists worked with Lebanese counterparts to repair the damaged building

Baff Akoto’s Up:Rise piece can be accessed via QR codes on posters in London, Liverpool and Bristol

Judge concludes that UK transport secretary failed to consider alternatives to the scheme or assessed the ‘risk of harm’ to the Unesco site

Art trail in Birmingham shop also explores migration and identity—but will visitors notice?

Culture Unstained activists say contract clause is ‘chilling’ but museum group says cutting ties with energy groups is ‘unproductive’

UK artist has organised a group exhibition at Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art displaying 12 artists who interact with the ideas behind her own works

Current director of Marseille museums will take up coveted post under newly appointed Pompidou president Laurent Le Bon on 1 October

Painting from Paris is included in an exhibition at London's Dulwich Picture Gallery dedicated to Helen Frankenthaler to show similarities in painting style between the two artists

Global heritage body's decision boosts Saudi government's efforts to promote an open image of the country

The museum will track the activity of the crypto work for the next two years for a 2023 exhibition on art economics

Education secretary Gavin Williamson says money will be directed towards Stem subjects

Over 1,000 leading Polish arts figures have signed a letter in defence of the Zacheta National Gallery of Art in Warsaw's head Hanna Wróblewska