Martin Bailey
Liverpool museum director rescinds permission for Parthenon marbles return group to hold regional launch at Walker Art Gallery
The booking was cancelled after the decision received backlash from the British Museum
Ken Livingstone has revealed his 10-year “Culture strategy” for the city
The key to the mayor’s plan is “diversity”
Italian cathedral submits war-loot claim to British Library
The claim is for a bound 290-folio missal which appears to have disappeared in 1943
Tate and National Gallery visitors down since museums became free
Government policy promotes Free Admission
Tate appeals to Turner watercolour owners
"Turner Worldwide" catalogue completion
Edouard Vuillard survey to visit four cities, starting at Washington's National Gallery of Art
A complete picture of the post-Impressionist master that does not shy away from his 20th-century activity
We serve all cultures, say the big, global museums: World's leading institutions release a declaration on restitution
Including a reproduction of the declaration in full
Serious threats to England’s historic environment, says official report
English Heritage’s first “State of the Nation” report appeals for tax changes to help save country houses
Export Reviewing Committee declares Anglo-Saxon cross a fake
Is the Anglo-Saxon cross shaft found at auction among tractor parts a $500,000 treasure or not?
Missing Parthenon sculptures “A constant reminder of Britain’s unfulfilled debt to world heritage”?
New Acropolis Museum director Professor Dimitrios Pantermalis is calling on the British Museum to return its sculptures on long-term loan.
National Trust acquires £5.7 million worth of art for Nostell Priory
Objects sold by former owner
Disagreement over possible resurrection of Bamiyan Buddhas
Unesco sends out conflicting press releases
15th century German armour sold to American buyer
Unconfirmed reports suggest Ronald Lauder is the purchaser
The Royal Collection's list of paintings acquired in the first 50 years of Elizabeth II's reign
The acquisitions have not been ostentatious, with a significant portion of them being historic royal portraits, bequests or donations
Tate appoints associate curator of Latin American art
Cuauhtémoc Medina has nabbed the position, intended to broaden the Tate's sights beyond Europe and North America
National Gallery and Getty fight over Raphael
The California museum has bought the Duke of Northumberland’s “Madonna of the pinks” for $50 million
No solution for Parthenon conundrum as British Museum unpersuaded by arguments for restitution of architectural components
The reconstruction of the Acropolis requires the capital and drum back from Britain to be completed, whilst the rightful custody of the marbles is still in question
British Museum Old Master drawings subject to restitution claim
Four drawings are being claimed by the heir of a Nazism victim
The original Tate for sale: Henry Tate's Streatham Mansion could be yours
Barrat Developers splitting up original Tate residence after nuns vacate
William Morris’s house for the National Trust?
National Trust considers acquiring the Red House, Bexleyheath
Munich opens one of the world’s greatest collections of 20th-century art
On a par with Tate Modern or the Centre Pompidou, the Pinakothek der Moderne is the largest new gallery for a generation
Sweeping Gainsborough exhibition on at Tate Britain
The Tate has pulled out all stops for this exhaustive show
Solid gold, fake Celtic cauldron found in lake
If deemed a Nazi object, it belongs to the Bavarian State
Appeals are made to Buckingham Palace to return gifted Benin bronze taken from Lagos Museum
Nigerian premier had given it to The Queen on 1973 State visit
Oslo: Buddhism’s “Dead Sea Scrolls” for sale to Norway
Saved from Afghanistan by top collector, the manuscripts pose an ethical problem
Amid protests UK Treasury decides not to sell its silver
Loans instead organised for V&A and other museums
A donation from the Kreitman Foundation has supported this month’s opening of a huge but little known archive of artists’ letters, notebooks, photos and ephemera
The trifles and hidden lives of artists
Iraqi government's dam across Tigris will bring to an end the ancient city of Assur
The ancient Assyrian empire, along with over a hundred other heritage sites, will face detrimental flooding
Victoria and Albert Museum plans £150 million radical rethink of the displays
Among the first tasks to be tackled is the complete refurbishment of the Medieval and Renaissance Galleries.