Martin Bailey

Kunstmuseum Basel’s new director arrives in style

Josef Helfenstein inherits more space— and lots of freedom

Smithsonian scales back London plans at Olympicopolis

The Washington institution will share space in the new V&A East building, where it will show selected work from its 19 museum collections

As protests rage, will BP ditch the BM?

The museum stands to lose around £500,000 a year when the current partnership agreement ends

British doubts over Joan of Arc’s ring

French owner petitions the Queen after relic is taken across the Channel following export licence faux pas

Revealed: how altarpiece broke in disastrous fall at London's National Gallery

Recently published records show that 14th-century work suffered serious damage in 1989

Prado opens landmark Bosch exhibition amid attribution controversy

Spanish museum has assembled the greatest number of works by the Dutch master—but some have been demoted by Dutch scholars

New catalogue raisonné sheds light on Francis Bacon’s art and controversial life

Five-volume publication reveals artist’s unseen works—and his sadomasochistic side

Appeal to raise £10m for Armada Portrait of Elizabeth I

Historic painting is being sold by descendants of Sir Francis Drake

The four major challenges that await the British Museum’s new director

With big boots to fill, Hartwig Fischer has his work cut out at an institution that pulls in nearly seven million visitors each year

Loansnews

How Prince Charles did his royal best to bring Henry VIII portrait to London

The late Baron Heini Thyssen’s eye-popping valuation of Holbein painting stopped National Gallery loan, trustees’ minutes reveal

ARCHIVE: Unauthenticated Bacon works on sale in London

Herrick Gallery is marketing two pastels and eight drawings said to be by the Irish-born artist

Arts reveal huge gulf between leaders in London Mayor race

With two weeks to polling day, Sadiq Khan plans 15 year culture strategy while Zac Goldsmith doesn’t mention the arts

Billionaire Leonard Blavatnik donates millions to V&A

Entrance hall of new extension will now be named after the Ukraine-born industrialist

Gauguin’s unknown 'readymade' brooch is revealed

Early work made from stovepipe, watch-dial case and hair goes on show at the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek

Unauthenticated Francis Bacon works go on sale in London

Herrick Gallery is marketing two pastels and eight drawings said to be by the Irish-born artist

Is the British Museum heading east to London's Olympic park?

Smithsonian trustees due to meet today to decide whether to open satellite in Stratford <br>

Revealed: how Gauguin longed for European sunflowers in Polynesia

The Art Newspaper finds the artist’s receipt for French seeds from a top Parisian supplier

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‘Rathkeale Rovers’ gang jailed over £57m UK museums thefts

Much of the haul, which includes Chinese antiques and rhino horn, has probably ended up in China, making recovery unlikely

Loansnews

Rembrandt’s Portrait of Catrina Hooghsaet to go on view in Wales

The anonymous foreign buyer of the painting has lent it to the National Museum Cardiff for three years

Sekhemka to leave the UK as export licence deadline passes

A matching offer was not made in time to keep the Egyptian statute, controversially sold off by Northampton Museum in 2014, in the country

Museums beware: Irish gang that stole £50m of antiquities is still on the loose

Fourteen members of “Rathkeale Rovers” gang convicted, but many remain at large

How David Bowie show went from hard-sell to record-breaker

After initially failing to interest international venues, the V&A’s travelling show is due to become its most popular ever

Lawnews

UK places export bar on £15m Veronese drawing

Museums may have difficulty matching steep price of remarkable work on paper

UK government publishes its first Culture White Paper in half a century

Key proposals from culture minister Ed Vaizey’s statement include widening access to the arts and a protection fund for cultural heritage in combat zones

Hands off, it’s ours: French buyer refuses to return Joan of Arc ring to UK

Arts Council insists export licence is required for relic of the martyred Maid<br>

London Design Museum’s new venue to open in November

With three times as much space, museum will have a free permanent exhibition for first time