Martin Bailey
Discovery of a prehistoric sculpture in Saudi Arabia could mean horses tamed in 7000BC
It’s a Late Stone Age horse, of course?
Oslo collector Martin Schøyen sells 60 manuscripts
He blames Norway’s tax system for his decision
Tate Britain opts for chronological hang with refurbishment project progressing
The galleries are set to reopen in May after funding goals were reached
Scholars absent from State Hermitage Museum conference with controversial Degas bronzes on the agenda
Experts have been silenced by fears of legal action if doubts regarding the sculptures' legitimacy are voiced
Turkey turns up the heat on foreign museums as list of antiquities demanded gets longer
More exhibitions are hit by the loans boycott as Turkey pushes for restitution
Thirty-year wait for Turner catalogue almost over?
The Tate says all detailed entries will be available online by 2014, but critics fear loss of scholarship
Tate admits error in giving away confidential export data as archive is offloaded to Paul Mellon Centre
The photographic archive of paintings was transferred in haste - twice
Met faces claims for Hittite artefacts
Provenance of late trustee’s gifts investigated as Turkey takes tougher line on restitution
Egyptian archaeology is in turmoil after the fall of Zahi Hawass
Revolving door in Cairo as nation’s antiquities left leaderless
Oxford to return RA’s copy of The Last Supper
The copy by Leonardo's student is the most faithful extant work
Three museums in search of mega-millions for extensions and refurbishments
Despite the recession, the British Museum, Tate and V&A attract major donations
Controversial Bacon drawings displayed in London
The works were set to be displayed at a now cancelled authentication debate
Turkey blocks loans to US and UK in a restitution dispute
Multiple claims for antiquities at New York’s Met, major exhibitions hit at London’s British Museum and Victoria & Albert Museum
Tate Britain Director defends curatorial changes
Constable and Turner experts may go
Earliest copy of Mona Lisa found in Prado
Experts say the painting was completed at the same time as Leonardo’s original
Courtauld's Bacon debate on disputed drawings axed
Cristiano Lovatelli Ravarino's collection of drawings has been a hot topic in the art world
Why the Prince of Liechtenstein shut his museum
Vienna’s Summer Palace to open for groups and receptions only
New insights into Leonardo's only portrait of a male sitter
The music depicted in Portrait of a Musician, 1485-88, currently on loan to the National Gallery, London, may have been composed by the artist
The Courtauld Institute and the Francis Bacon Estate discuss disputed Bacon drawings
A Courtauld conference will investigate works on paper said to be by the artist. Owner’s side to offer legal immunity
UK Treasury rules to stop museums spending donors' cash
National institutions reluctantly set up trusts to gain access to their own reserves
Is the Salvator Mundi a Leonardo? The National Gallery seems to think so
A new exhibition includes the newly discovered painting, ratifying it as the genuine article
We have an obligation to share collections abroad says V&A director
The V&A’s new, German-born director Martin Roth on what he learned in Dresden—and Beijing
Salvator Mundi in London: Your first chance to see the “new” Leonardo
How the National Gallery negotiated a record eight loans including a long-lost canvas, Saviour of the World
Salvator Mundi Leonardo attribution: it’s all in the hand of the master
Proof of changes to the composition increases scholarly support
Legal battle between dealers over Leonardo drawing draws to a close
The settlement has not yet been revealed
Sandy Nairne and his life as an undercover negotiator: The ethics of retrieving Tate's Turners
The National Portrait Gallery director had a sensitive, secret role in recovering the stolen paintings
Collector’s £100m art bequest to the UK
Denis Mahon’s gift of the century comes with conditions
Culture cold war thaws between UK and Russia
Pressure eased over extradition of former KGB agent as Yuri Gagarin statue is unveiled in London