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

Reforms mean a charity, moving towards self-funding, will run historic buildings, with state-funded agency to manage built environment

The building has been refurbished and extended by the architect Zaha Hadid

Bid for Exhbition Road extension and underground gallery rejected

The gallery was beaten to the post by the British Museum

A major show explores the city’s rich history of collecting works by the Modern master

Leading institutions absent from meeting in Nigeria to foster international co-operation

No US museums were represented at the meeting.

Rise in restitution claims expected after launch of online German auction catalogues for 1930-45

After a heated debate the purchase, estimated to be worth more than $40m, went ahead

Dallas museum could not raise $100m to buy the authenticated Leonardo, until recently believed to be a mediocre copy

Will the third time be lucky?

Roman and Ottoman-era exhibitions will suffer as US and European museums face tougher calls for restitution

The museum forked out £203,000 for repair and depreciation costs