Martin Bailey
What might have been: the Victoria and Albert Museum's never-built tower
London institution's first director, Henry Cole, designed the landmark in 1868
Richard Mosse wins Prix Pictet award
Images were created using military-grade thermal camera to depict migrants’ journeys to escape war and persecution
Museums show limited interest in borrowing Parthenon Marbles
British Museum’s vision of the ancient sculptures travelling to China and Africa has so far come to nothing
Tate Modern's extension renamed Blavatnik Building after record £50m donation
Ukrainian-born American businessman Len Blavatnik's gift is the largest-ever financial contribution to a UK museum
Students leave pencil marks on ancient sculptures at the British Museum
The increase in graffiti cases over the past decade raises concerns about monitoring and protection of the collection
Hokusai’s late style comes into view at the British Museum
Looking beyond his iconic Great Wave at treasures from the museum's collection and from around the globe
Can visitor numbers bounce back after Brexit?
Latest figures show minimal boost from weak pound and negative impact of terrorism in Europe
Hermitage to loan Scythian treasures for British Museum show
London show will explore one of the great nomadic civilisations of antiquity
London's National Gallery goes for Bellotto after failing to buy Pontormo
Institution is now trying to raise £11m to buy an export-deferred work by the Italian painter
National Gallery expansion plan ‘starting to take shape’
Office block next door is potential site, says director Gabriele Finaldi
Michelangelo-designed frame reimagined by National Gallery
A mix of old and new elements gives greater depth to Sebastiano del Piombo’s The Raising of Lazarus
European cobalt blue imported to China from early 18th century
Scientific tests reveal Qing-dynasty artisans used it to produce famille rose porcelain
Tate St Ives offers first glimpse of £20m refurbishment
The Tate’s Cornish satellite, which reopens this week, is preparing its first semi-permanent display on the St Ives School
Emergency repair work to Buckingham Palace’s State Dining Room nears completion
Reopening set for summer but complete overhaul of palace costing £369m will take a decade
Experts restore rare Dutch Golden Age map found stuffed up a chimney
The 17th-century map, which was discovered scrunched up in a ball, is on show at the National Library of Scotland
Man charged with vandalising painting by Gainsborough at National Gallery
Conservators assess damage to paint surface as suspect due to appear in London court
The search for Franz Marc’s iconic blue horses
A celebrated painting that was denounced as degenerate by the Nazis may have survived the aftermath of war
Iraqi troops in push to recapture old city of Mosul
Heritage bodies face major task in saving historic buildings when Isil extremists are ousted
Erotic bookcase by Carabin goes on show outside Paris for first time
Rare piece of furniture features in show on French Belle Époque prints at Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum
Declassified papers reveal Margaret Thatcher’s spirited campaign to get the Thyssen collection
But the British prime minister was thwarted by the baron’s Spanish wife and her sick dog, so the works ended up in Madrid
Sale of Pontormo portrait prompts calls for reform of UK export system
New York hedge-fund manager is the latest foreign buyer to refuse a matching offer from a UK museum
The New York entrepreneur behind the biggest private Rembrandt collection
Highlights of Thomas Kaplan's Leiden Collection go on show at the Louvre this week
The biggest challenges facing London’s new museum directors
As Tristram Hunt starts his new job at the V&A and Maria Balshaw joins the Tate in June, we look at some of the hurdles they will need to overcome
British Museum-trained Iraqi archaeologist assesses Isil destruction of Nimrud
Ancient Assyrian site was almost completely demolished by extremists
Louvre exhibition debunks 'isolated genius' myth of Vermeer
Dutch artist may not have secluded himself in Delft as previously believed
UK export licence denied for Pontormo portrait
National Gallery London's £30m offer to buy painting was rejected by US owner