Martin Bailey
Corbyn calls for end to arts cuts
Newly elected left-wing leader of Labour Party promises increased funding for the arts and backs National Gallery strikers
Tate Modern to unveil new extension in June 2016
Fundraising challenges and complexity of building design delayed completion by four years
Restitution claim for Bristol Museum’s Renoir rejected
Painting’s sale was forced but not by Nazis, report concludes
Tate should return looted Constable painting, new report recommends
Case reopened after new information provided by Hungary
British Museum signs deal to send touring shows to Spain
A €2m partnership with foundation of savings bank includes exhibitions on ancient Greece and Egypt
Nefertiti tomb theory greeted with scepticism
Zahi Hawass questions claim that queen was buried near Tutankhamun
Why Churchill missed the cut in Thatcher’s No. 10 rehang
Archives reveal the Iron Lady’s decisive views on the portraits of Great Britons that she wanted for Downing Street
National Gallery’s new management instantly embroiled in strike crisis
Finaldi and Rothschild take over as outsourcing deal for warding services triggers indefinite walkout
‘Very little evidence’ that Nefertiti is buried near Tutankhamun
Egypt’s leading archaeologist Zahi Hawass throws cold water on the recent theory that a hidden door in the boy king’s tomb could lead to the queen’s long-lost burial chamber
Is a UK buyer matching the price of Northampton’s Sekhemka statue?
In an unprecedented move, the department for culture has extended initial deferral deadline for Egyptian sculpture's export license
Yorkshire celebrates Caro with double-venue retrospective
Exhibition at Yorkshire Sculpture Park and Hepworth Wakefield opens this weekend
British Museum could send loans worth £1bn to the Gulf
Finest Assyrian relief from Nimrud among objects being valued for possible display in Abu Dhabi museum
Churches targeted in organised crime wave
Recovered artefacts include paintings, stained glass and carvings
Lottery fund is a success, but grants are much harder to get
Report praises most of the first 100 projects to be completed, but the days of enormous largesse are gone
Russborough House pulls Old Masters from Christie’s auction
Opposition from heritage groups changes the embattled foundation’s plans
Christie’s sale of Russborough paintings postponed
Alfred Beit Foundation calls halt on auction of Old Masters after "proposal from private Irish donors"
Irish arts minister calls for halt of Christie’s Old Masters sale
Works by Rubens and Guardi are due to be auctioned in July to pay for upkeep of country home
UK to ratify Hague Convention—'at the first opportunity'
Commitment to protect cultural property during periods of armed conflict comes after destruction of antiquities in Syria and Iraq by Islamic State
Gauguin painting’s $300m price tag may have been confirmed
Museo Reina Sofia acknowledges eye-watering figure in press statement
Klimt portrait to be auctioned
Proceeds will be shared between the Klimt Foundation and the heirs of the sitter
Updated emergency ‘Red List’ of Iraq antiquities at risk released
New publication includes cuneiform tablets, cylinder seals, Assyrian reliefs and coins
British Museum to send star objects to the Gulf
Assyrian reliefs among the 500 loans earmarked for long stay in Abu Dhabi
Iraq’s ancient holy sites lost forever
The country’s monasteries and mosques have no place in the Caliphate
UK government still dragging its feet over Hague Convention
Destruction of artefacts in Syria and Iraq is a pressing issue but UK remains only major power not to ratify international law
Museum officials on hunt for lost Cranach
The painting of Venus and Cupid hung in Hitler’s breakfast room
Islamic State seizes control of Palmyra
Syrian government forces withdraw leaving archaeological site under serious threat
London’s cosmonaut exhibition is back in orbit
Science Museum show was postponed last year amid political tensions with Russia