Martin Bailey
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
Fears as Islamic State militia approach ancient city of Palmyra
Syria’s greatest archaeological site is under threat—again
Prince of Wales’s positive pressure
“Black spider” letter helps to save Antarctic Shackleton and Scott huts
Edward Vaizey to continue as UK’s culture minister
He will work with newly appointed culture secretary John Whittingdale
Royal Academy unveils £50m expansion plans
Scheme includes a linking bridge and new exhibition spaces
New UK culture secretary named
John Whittingdale is expected to focus more on the media than on the arts
Taking over in Bloomsbury will be no easy task
British Museum seeks Neil MacGregor’s successor: scholar, diplomat and virtuoso fundraiser required
UK General Election: parties fail to put money where their mouth is
Manifestos make big promises on the arts but remain vague on funding nation prepares to go to the polls <br>
Aristocrats seek buyers to take Old Masters off their hands
Bellotto paintings worth more than £23m to leave family collections after more than 200 years
Islamic State brings in bulldozers and explosives to reduce Nimrud to rubble
Assault on the seat of Assyrian King Ashurnasirpal II could be the worst case of deliberate destruction of an archaeological site in living memory
Tate puts return of Constable on hold
Appeal after fresh information emerges about possible Nazi loot
Architects vs Prince Charles: if the column goes, we go
Why Robert Venturi threatened to walk out after royal objection to false column on Sainsbury Wing of London's National Gallery
National Trust's less-is-more experiment upsets heritage experts
Beanbags replace historic furniture in Neoclassical house, other properties could follow
Islamic State video shows blowing up of Ashurnasirpal’s palace
This would be the greatest cultural loss since the Second World War