“Human error” by Ipsos Retail Performance blamed for museum’s disastrous recent visitor numbers

Van Gogh drawing had been folded in half in 1945 to fit inside a suitcase

Decision should put decade-long legal battle between museum and heirs of art dealer Jacques Goudstikker "to rest"

New report says a more restrictive migration system for EU citizens “could threaten the international status of the UK’s world-class institutions”

A “purr-fect” ending to the story of the missing pottery object found in the collection of the artist’s secret granddaughter

Chairman and trustee resigned amid investigation into more than £90,000 spent on consultancy firm they directed

Roderic O’Conor and the Moderns: Between Paris and Pont-Aven opens at National Gallery of Ireland

Eighty of the gaudy monsters have been recreated for the 18th-century tower at London's royal botanic gardens

Sacred object taken by British troops in the 19th century is concealed inside an altar

Being part of the Museum of the Year brings kudos and a big PR boost, but some finalists have still found the financial going tough

Donation from Victor Sassoon was not accepted by the museum when it was first offered in the 1950s

Loans likely to come from Iran—but works from the Met would not meet London museum's strict borrowing guidelines

Seized during the Ashanti war and long held by the London museum, the prized Ghanaian work is to be displayed in a new permanent gallery

Revising import controls on cultural goods could impact negatively on trade, dealer organisations say

Report commissioned by Amsterdam city council finds that she complied with Dutch regulations

New book argues that artist bought Japanese prints “not for pleasure but to deal in them”

There appear to be no winners in what the Arts Council refers to as an “extremely unusual” case

The musical impresario, who has long collected Victorian artists, is understood to be anonymously lending half a dozen works by the Pre-Raphaelite

The fire was quickly contained and no one was hurt a spokeswoman said, but the public opening could be delayed

The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries to open in hidden triforium, 50ft up

Private Eye editor will select 100 objects highlighting dissent down the ages

With the value of Chinese antiquities on the rise, police suspect the items removed were stolen to order

Building projects are major casualties as emphasis shifts to supporting smaller, local initiatives

New £3m fund announced for arts projects in northern England at Downing Street reception for creative industries

Planned museum in Benin City offers safe environment for Western collections, the country says

The initiative, which involves governments and the art world, will set up a public database of objects

Ethiopian ambassador Hailemichael Afework Aberra told The Art Newspaper podcast his government wants the seized artefacts returned, not given back on long-term loan as proposed by the V&A

Martin Bailey speaks to Hailemichael Aberra Afework, Ethiopia’s ambassador to the UK, about the artefacts seized by the British army at Maqdala, go behind the scenes of the Sony World Photography Awards with judge Gareth Harris and ask Richard Parry about his plans for Glasgow International

Recently opened Tate archives reveal wrangling over division of British and international art in early 1990s

New appointee should be “a cultural entrepreneur and digital native”