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

Historic painting is being sold by descendants of Sir Francis Drake

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Murals in remote cave church date to 12th century

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jewel sold in UK for £300,000 last month has left the country—but did it have an export licence?

Director and trustees worried that show would anger Thatcher government after Britain officially boycotted Moscow Games

Star attraction of Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum has suffered from pigment deterioration and addition of later varnish

Harley Gallery in Nottinghamshire will house one of the finest aristocratic collections in England

Embassy offers to take ownership of the sculpture and lend it to British Museum and Egyptian Museum in Cairo

Interview with the National Gallery's new director, who wants to "ramp up" the exhibition programme and rewrite deal between it and the Tate