"Independence cuts both ways," UK culture secretary Oliver Dowden warns museums and heritage bodies

Decision has drawn wave of criticism from culture and heritage professionals, accusing government of ‘money-grabbing philistinism’

A roundup of the latest art publications

"Art is essential to the growth of this country," say 300 art world figures and academics in open letter

The publication claims Nan Goldin may have been tailed by investigators and reveals how the Met lost out to the Smithsonian thanks to a lack of flattery from its director

The funerary piece was illicitly excavated from the ancient city of Cyrene which is under threat from property developers

From a Welsh community group to a neurodiverse arts hub in Hastings, the collectives' works will go on show in Coventry in September

The Middle Eastern financier is bringing his collection to New York’s Asia Society later this year

Artists express concerns and the Public Campaign for the Arts launches a petition as the consultation on the planned budget cuts to higher education ends today

The writer Ian Collins says that after his chance meeting with the British artist his “life changed forever”

Museums Association says government refusal to renew academic Aminul Hoque’s term is “worrying”, and the chair of trustees has resigned over the decision

Thomas Price and Jeannette Ehlers are in the running for public art piece honouring Caribbean pioneers

From Charles Gaines's Plexiglas grids at Hauser and Wirth to Rafał Zajko's frozen urine sculptures at PUBLIC

Lee Kun-hee, the Samsung Electronics chairman who died in October, leaves collection worth $2.2bn, including works by Monet, Dali and Chagall

Art History Link-Up chief says subject is a rare offer at state schools because of cuts and teacher shortages

Pascal Convert's sculpture is a replica of the remains of the emperor’s horse Marengo, which was captured by the British at the Battle of Waterloo

Residents next to the London museum continue legal battle after losing case to close viewing platform that allows visitors to see inside their flats

The Norwegian collector took an “early chance” on Damien Hirst and in 2001 bought Jeff Koons’s Michael Jackson and Bubbles sculpture for a then record $5.6m

Established dealership will manage restoration and authentication of disputed work offered at auction for €1,500

Former police officer faces up 40 years in prison, but systemic racism must now be addressed, says San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

Director Ian Blatchford says that the Science Museum Group "retains editorial control" over London show

Blaze has ripped through the Reading Room of the Jagger Library at the University of Cape Town

From Lawrence Abu Hamdan's investigation into reincarnation to Robin Rhode's imaginary underwater reef

Historic building in the heart of the capital Vilnius to be split up and turned into restaurants, hotels and other commercial and cultural spaces

Museum chief is named "interim" director while President Macron decides if he should continue as head of the Paris institution

New virtual initiative theVOV also aims to generate funds for the creative sector, potentially unlocking "new streams of income"

Among the innumerable concerns expressed by international institutions are loss of public funding, threats to the security of collections and a decrease in visitors

Eerie wooden cabins, rural quiltmakers and dismembered, tentacular dolls are among our highlights from the city's commercial exhibitions

Government does not want to repeat ‘export mistake’ of 1970s when another work by the Old Master ended up in the US

Artist also slams government decision to re-open museums in England next month