Martin Bailey
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
Basrah Museum opens against the odds in Iraq
New museum is housed in a converted former palace of Saddam Hussein
Is this the very first readymade?
Three million years before Duchamp, an ape-like humanoid in Africa found a stone that is now going on display for the first time at the British Museum
Tate buys portrait by one of Britain's earliest female artists
Work by Joan Carlile was discovered in a country auction
Scottish government bets big on V&A franchise in Dundee
Costs double but funders keep faith with design museum
In pictures: Sir John Soane’s Museum unveils £7m restoration
Architect's former home now has more exhibition space and is integrated with adjacent buildings
Rijksmuseum to reveal ‘truly sensational discovery’ of Brazilian animal drawings by Frans Post
Dutch landscape artist's notes describe six-banded armadillo as "good to eat, tastes like a chicken”
V&A director Martin Roth to leave in the autumn
Under his leadership, the museum attracted a record number of visitors and was crowned Museum of the Year
London's National Gallery seeks Treasury’s help to buy £30m Italian Old Master
Fundraising is complicated after aristocratic seller paid inheritance tax on portrait by Pontormo
Cleaning of Chandos Portrait could confirm what Shakespeare looked like
The relic-like painting of the Bard, which hung in the Duke's Theatre in the 1660s, was the first work donated to London's National Portrait Gallery upon its founding
London mayor Sadiq Khan ditches Olympicopolis name, but presses ahead with East London cultural hub
Politician is determined to develop arts project on Olympic site in Stratford
National Trust acquires rare Isaac Oliver miniature for record £2.1m
Work depicting aristocrat as a young poet will remain on view at Powis Castle in Wales
Polynesian sculpture admired by Picasso and Henry Moore far older than previously thought
Carbon-dating reveals wooden figure of A’a carved on Rurutu 250 years before arrival of Captain Cook