Martin Bailey
Tate Modern names Frances Morris as new director
Chris Dercon to depart after opening of new extension
New Tate Modern to devote gallery to Artist Rooms
Louise Bourgeois, whose work helped launch gallery, first artist to be featured from collection each year <br>
US collector and Dutch dealer reject Nazi loot claim
Heirs insist German-Jewish factory owner was forced to sell portrait by Gerrit Dou in 1933
Spending review signals grim divide in UK
No cuts for national museums but regionals face ripple effect of reduced funding for local authorities
Neil MacGregor announces last acquisitions before retiring from the British Museum
Outgoing director’s portrait by Wolfgang Tillmans and a Lampedusa Cross among works added to collection
Icom releases red list of Libyan antiquities at risk
With the country in “chaos” because of civil war, museum council warns officials, institutions and the art trade of the kinds of objects that could be looted
Isil threat mounts against Roman site in Libya
Pro-Isil fighters temporarily occupied Sabratha
V&A’s new European Galleries paint a broader picture of history
After years of delay, completed refurbishment expands understanding of the period from 1600 to 1815
Could Leonardo’s Bella Principessa be Greenhalgh’s Bolton Sally?
Convicted UK forger claims to have faked the Renaissance drawing
British Museum to stage exhibition of Egyptian underwater archaeology
Next year’s show will focus on recent discoveries at the mouth of the Nile
Exact location of Vermeer’s Little Street discovered
Pair of buildings depicted in painting identified as Tripe Gate in Delft
Matisse portrait claim rejected by National Gallery
Greta Moll’s heirs argue painting was “misappropriated” in 1947
London mayor: ‘if the Americans can put a man on the moon, they can build a museum in Stratford’
Boris Johnson says Smithsonian Institution still on board as capital’s planned cultural quarter on former Olympics site gets £45m in donations
Judge orders destruction of convicted artist’s ‘indecent’ collection
Police say it is an offence to view the works seized from Graham Ovenden
British Museum helps ‘prepare for aftermath’ of Isil
Iraqi archaeologists to be trained in reconstruction of heritage sites under scheme funded by £3m government grant
The Art Fund calls for overhaul of UK export regulations
Public collections have missed out on the chance to permanently acquire a work by Rembrandt after license application is withdrawn
Rembrandt painting to remain in the UK—but for how long?
The anonymous buyer of the Portrait of Catrina Hooghsaet has withdrawn their export licence application, derailing plans for a public collection to match the price
UK museums on heightened alert against attacks
Arts Council England and the Scottish Council on Archives warn of increased theft danger
Cultural co-operation a cornerstone of Chinese presidential visit
But a visit to Ai Weiwei Royal Academy show is not on the agenda
What Hockney thinks of Van Gogh
A Post-Impressionist perspective makes our world a more exciting place
Isil extremists blow up Palmyra's Arch of Triumph
Syrian antiquities head confirms destruction of ancient Roman archway
Tate Modern’s extension due to open in June 2016
The gallery still needs to raise £30m
Colchester’s flagship arts centre on the brink
The £27m, Viñoly-designed Firstsite gallery faces closure without regular government funding