We asked English institutions to provide figures for the four-week period from 17 May to gauge current demand

Ex-politician, who presided over austerity cuts to culture, takes up the position on 4 October

Plus, London Gallery Weekend and Nina Katchadourian on her adopted grandmother's embroidery

From Matthew Barney's American survivalist film to Emma Stern's "porn-adjacent" virtual avatars

“Almost every single thing we think we know about him is wrong,” says the curator of a new exhibition at the British Museum

The funerary piece was illicitly excavated from the ancient city of Cyrene which is under threat from property developers

New research for British Museum exhibition means panels depicting St Thomas Becket's healing miracles will be correctly reassembled after centuries in the wrong order

The Art Newspaper's annual survey shows how the pandemic had a devastating impact on museums around the world—but there were some silver linings

London institution is advertising two new job roles to help deliver a radical curatorial initiative known as 'Reimagining the British Museum'

The actor first stated that the Ancient Greek sculptures should be returned to their site of origin in 2014 after filming The Monuments Men

"Issues such as the role of the slave trade and empire… will be relevant to some of the research undertaken," a museum spokeswoman says

The new year's must-see shows include Vermeer and Botticelli blockbusters; major Jasper Johns and Yayoi Kusama retrospectives; and sweeping surveys on Iran, slavery and queer art

Former Tate Britain chief Stephen Deuchar is knighted; curator Lesley Fitton and ceramicist Jennifer Lee also recognised

He was devoted to rediscovering the history of the museum's ancient sculpture collections and improving the display and understanding of the Parthenon Marbles

The survey, with suggestions including “the man behind the monster” and “emperor, tyrant, traitor?”, was sent out to members of the museum’s Friends scheme

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme will be extended for seven more years with £8.8m grant from Arcadia fund

From a chilling show on Arctic culture to Polly Morgan's gorgeously repellent serpentine sculptures

New text accompanying object removes mention that it was collected by Captain James Cook but museum says it doesn't alter its significance

From transgressive Tantra at the British Museum to a series of artistic interventions in Brent's libraries

Plus, the curator Legacy Russell talks about her new book Glitch Feminism

103 forgotten works by the renowned Japanese artist resurfaced at a Paris auction after slipping out of sight for more than 70 years

Our data shows that most major London art museums had many available booking slots for next-day entry despite operating reduced capacity

From Jacob Lawrence's Struggle series at the Met to Edmund de Waal's library of exiled authors at the British Museum

As part of the museum's efforts to address Britain’s colonial past, officials acknowledge that the collector "exploited slaves"

As the Black Lives Matter movement goes global, museums face renewed demands to restitute artefacts plundered from Africa

The London museum, which will mark its reopening by showing a work by Grayson Perry, will enforce social distancing measures and a daily visitors cap

Social distancing measures mean a lot of money will be spent on a small number of visitors, institutions should be focusing on their online presence instead

London institution was criticised for proclaiming that it "stands in solidarity with the Black community" while continuing to resist calls to restitute colonial-era loot

The international market is now “absolutely awash” with forgeries, says British Museum curator who examined the hoard

The error comes as the London institution launches a revamped version of its online catalogue