“Two figures lying on a bed with attendants” removed

As The British Museum prepares to loan the Cyrus Cylinder to Iran, The Art Newspaper remembers the Persian antiquity's first visit to its home nation in 1971

The works were seized in 1999 in western Iran, near the Turkish border

The Victoria and Albert Museum is now likely to drop the £70 million project

Greetings card millionaire Andrew Brownsword adds the Impressionist to his collection

The US-Iraqi academic has turned her attention to addressing the unauthorised excavation of archaeological sites

The venture is backed by the Iraqi authorities, who have a stake in the newfound Iraq Project Company

Purchased with funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund and National Arts Collection Fund

Sotheby's and Christie'shave been working with Cambodian authorities and organisations in the art world

Jameel Gallery to be funded by car dealership Hartwell PLC

Up until this point, the works were in the custody of a foundation established by the Im Obersteg family subsequent to their purchase

£15 million bid submitted for 'Spiral' extension

By expressing their wish to join an international cultural task force, Iran acknowledges the mutual cultural history that ties the two countries

In 1973 the Tate wanted to buy Brancusi’s black marble “Bird in space” through dealer Richard Feigen, but the sale fell through because the trustees believed the work had been “smuggled” out of India

The Getty Museum loses out on “Madonna of the pinks”

The breakdown of museum funding is now available

Barry Joule collection makes its way into public hands

“The Syracusan bride” may be coming home from Australia

The international line-up includes projects in Libya, Iran, Israel and the Palestinian Territories

An Oxford University Press book on a nationalist hero has been withdrawn from the Indian market

The Trust is applying for a further £20 million grant to set up an endowment

The windfall from Tate's insurance claim may shortly be spent

It is now an offence to handle an object if you know that it was illegally removed from a site anywhere in the world after 2003

Tate hopes to secure the hidden gem

The greatest royal collection after Britain’s—and still buying

28 out of 60 nominations were added to the list, raising awareness of 'masterpieces' that are under threat from modernisation

The cards were issued to US troops in Iraq to help them identify the enemy

The exhibition could raise money to repair the ransacked National Museum of Iraq

The Duke of Buccleuch's disputed masterpiece has yet to be found