Martin Bailey
Statens Museum for Kunst assesses how Northern Europeans interpreted Japan
Japanomania returns once more to Copenhagen as the exhibition looks at how Nordic artists used Japanese art in their own work
Owner of Zoffany painting destroyed in fire could receive £4m from UK government
Clandon Park, a country mansion in Surrey, was severely damaged by blaze in 2015
Icom issues Red List to counter trade in looted West African antiquities
Malian cultural heritage at biggest risk in wake of Islamist rebel attacks
Portrait of Oscar Wilde to return to UK for first time in nearly a century
Writer was forced to sell his prized painting when he went bankrupt during gross indecency trial
'A black nightmare': Palmyra attacked by Isil militants
Fears grow over fate of ancient Syrian site which suffered disastrous destruction during last occupation by extremists
London's National Portrait Gallery to host first major exhibition of Cézanne's portraits
Show will open at the Musée d’Orsay in Paris in summer 2017, travel to London that autumn, then head to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC
Royal Academy to reassemble Charles I’s art for blockbuster anniversary show
Organised with the Royal Collection, the 2018 exhibition should feature paintings by Rubens, Van Dyck, Titian and Mantegna owned by the ill-fated Stuart monarch
Remains of Gauguin’s father found near Tierra del Fuego
Scientists matched DNA from the artist’s teeth with bones belonging to Clovis Gauguin—and confirmed the ancestry of Paul’s grandson
Does charging help or hurt regional museums?
Attendance declines dramatically at York Art Gallery after admission fee is introduced
Van Gogh Museum criticises experts for 'easygoing attitude' towards authentication
Amsterdam institution has released another statement condemning sketchbook attributed to Van Gogh
London version of Manet’s Le déjeuner sur l’herbe predates the bigger picture in Paris
Research supports theory that Courtauld’s painting is preparatory sketch for version in the Musée d'Orsay
National Gallery's acquisition of Pontormo portrait under threat
London institution raised more than £30m to buy it, but fall in pound’s value may be presenting a new obstacle
Van Gogh Museum rejects artist's 'lost sketchbook'
Experts at odds over attribution to painter of 65 drawings to be published in new book
Ancient Nimrud ziggurat bulldozed by Isil
Islamic extremists razed massive 2,900-year-old Assyrian structure to the ground
Looted Constable returned by Tate heads to auction at Christie’s
Heirs of Hungarian baron are selling Beaching a Boat, Brighton
Remains of Paul Gauguin’s father found off Antarctica
Clovis Gauguin died at the Chilean fort of Fuerte Bulnes after fleeing France with his children
London’s National Portrait Gallery launches appeal to buy unfinished Duke of Wellington portrait by Thomas Lawrence
Museum has raised £1m but needs a further £300,000 by next March
Remembering the ‘mud angels’
The Italian floods of 1966 prompted a strong—and lasting—international response
London’s National Gallery makes matching £30m offer for Pontormo portrait
The painting had been bought, and paid for, by a US collector
The hunt for Van Gogh’s bed
A new book reveals the journey of the artist’s famous furniture from Arles to a town near Arnhem in 1945
National Gallery director says $30m Matisse portrait 'not Nazi-looted art'
Heirs of Greta Moll are demanding London museum returns painting of their grandmother
Benin bronze, sold off by British Museum in 1950, returns to market
But the 16th-century plaque, which has been substantially restored, failed to find a buyer
Cultural impact of Brexit revealed in new report
Funding gap and future of EU nationals among creative industry’s key concerns
How the Townley Venus's thumb was knocked off at the British Museum
One of institution's most important sculptures, now restored, was damaged by external catering team setting up for corporate event
Burrell’s world tour struggles to get beyond Glasgow
Scottish museum hoped to raise £15m for renovation fund but international venues are proving hard to secure
London’s National Gallery close to buying £30m Pontormo portrait
Treasury agrees tax refund to help keep painting from going to America
British Museum dreams big with new show of American prints
Exhibition next year reflects on the impact of the US through works by artists such as Ed Ruscha and Robert Rauschenberg
Martin Roth says Brexit is a reason for his sudden resignation from the V&A
Outgoing director speaks frankly about leaving London