Partnership with Greece reportedly backed by Labour leader Keir Starmer

The museum is investigating how the English-made jug turned up in West Africa before being seized during the 19th-century Anglo-Ashanti wars

The decision comes after the chairman of the UK institution reiterated his desire to reach an agreement with Greece over the Parthenon Marbles

Many believe new applications—from AI and NFTs to 3D scanning—are game changing in returning objects to source communities. Lawyers say they can make the process harder

His speech was delivered at the annual dinner, held provocatively in the gallery where the ancient sculptures are housed

The painting had been looted at the battle of Maqdala in 1868, but is now in the possession of a Portuguese collector

British Museum show and book by Venetia Porter tap into rich seam of works by non-Western artists

The review team will now liaise with the police for the criminal investigation

George Osborne, the chairman of the trustees, says the thefts began over two decades ago

Lancôme drew inspiration from celebrated works such as the Venus de Milo and the Sleeping Hermaphrodite

Discussions about the return of the ancient Greek artefacts have likely slipped down the British Museum's list of priorities. Here, Alexander Herman, the author of a just-published book on the subject, tells us why the museum can ill afford to neglect the matter for long

An Art Newspaper investigation uncovers new details on the infamous seizure in 1868 by Richard Holmes of a 500-year-old painting of Christ, the Kwer’ata Re’esu, which never reached the London institution

Two social media influencers—Pancake Fruit and Summer Sister—are behind the series posted on Douyin

The National Gallery of Victoria’s Pharaoh exhibition will open next year with 500 pieces from the London institution's permanent collection

Glacial progress being made on reopening the magnificent domed space at the heart of the institution

Organisers, speakers and curators see the most diverse festival to date as a chance to demonstrate that art history is central to education and to reading the signals of modern life

The former V&A director was keeper of coins and medal at the embattled London institution

An inscription of the beleaguered family's name is set to be removed from a stone lintel

Plus, the Sāo Paulo biennial and Chaïm Soutine in Düsseldorf

The embattled institution is yet to announce an interim director after the resignation of Hartwig Fischer

Art publications such as The Art Newspaper could offer to publish free-to-access illustrated lists of the 1,500 or more artefacts, says art adviser Ivan Macquisten

Article in The Global Times also criticises the UK’s ‘bloody, ugly, and shameful colonial history’

To make the British Museum fit for the 21st century it must create a comprehensive publicly accessible database of its entire collection, argues Dan Hicks, curator at the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford

Other Greek treasures would come to London in exchange for a loan of the contested sculptures

Fischer, who was set to leave his position next year, made the decision to go now amid the scandal surrounding the theft of objects from the museum's collection

Government official says new claim will be made for Benin Bronzes housed in London

The crisis at the museum raises many questions, including who can take the institution forward from here

Shock losses will have ramifications for the institution's ambitious masterplan, with sponsorship hanging in the balance

The UK Museums Association also stresses that insider theft is rare—though others disagree

Meanwhile, Tory MP accuses Greece of "blatant opportunism" over missing items