Rijksmuseum’s examinations reveal truth about pendants

The painter’s portraits of his diverse circle of polymathic friends

But University of London also claims victory—and costs could be up to £1m

See the conversation in Norwich exhibition next Spring

Art and design museum with space for London’s biggest exhibitions could open by 2020, subject to funding

The Tate still has 21,000 works to publish online—but those already posted suggest it will be worth the wait

Leighton House to exhibit the Mexican businessman's collection

V&A East could be vast

…but British government officially pulls out of joint Year of Culture

Tiny paint flakes from damaged work give clues to artist’s technique

150 works produced from 1835 until his death in 1851 will dispel oversimplifications of this later works

Tension with the University of London has been growing

The museum’s archive reveals how air raids threatened the collection and George V intervened to stop the building being requisitioned

V&A lends China a hand

As the Tate and British Museum extensions reach their full height, institutions say business plans stack up

Salvator Mundi has been sold to a collector, months after Dallas Museum of Art made a similar offer

Nicholas Serota says the document, which recommends the restitution of a Constable from the gallery’s collection, contains multiple inaccuracies

Turkish tomb could regain long-lost head

London’s Victoria and Albert Museum will send the best of British design

Beaching a Boat, Brighton, has been claimed by the heirs of Baron Ferenc Hatvany

Budapest government strengthens claim for rest of long-disputed hoard after handing over €15m

Majid Boustany owns paintings executed from the 1920s to the 1980s, as well as design objects and exhibition catalogues

Artist-forgers have fooled Chinese collectors for centuries, as museums in the West are now discovering

The Mayor of London says, go east!

The painting came up for sale at auction in 2007 in Vienna, where it was catalogued as being by an “imitator” of Raphael

New details emerge in British courts about disputed drawings that first emerged in Italy

Renovations and expansions at both London Tates have been costly, and loans were required to bridge gaps in cashflow

Unesco places major national heritage sites on danger list as ground combat, air strikes and looting reduce ancient settlements to rubble