Enforced delay due to Covid-19 could add to millions of pounds of lost income in the sector

"Museums have always been controversial. Who should be allowed in? And on what terms?" asks the celebrated classicist

Our pick of the latest gifts and purchases to enter international museum collections—from £1m flower pyramids to an enigmatic portrait of a young black woman

Conservation departments are sending gloves, masks and Tyvek suits to hospitals and ambulance services

The exhibition on the global phenomenon was the largest ever to be staged outside Japan

Free exhibition at the London museum in October will show around 150 works that have been collected since the early 1990s

The etched portrait of Dr Gachet, who tended to the artist after he shot himself, was donated by the doctor's son

From Alina Szapocznikow's haunting sculptures to Shirin Neshat's first London show in 20 years

Plus, Shirin Neshat on Trump’s America. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793

Organisers of the three-day action, the group BP or not BP?, called it the "largest protest in the history of the museum"

British Museum and Art Loss Register collaborate over recovery of ancient bull decoration that was consigned to an online auction

Our pick of the latest gifts and purchases to enter international museum collections—from an "erotic" depiction of Adam to a masterpiece by a female French painter

Major show will unpick ancient Indian philosophy made famous by Sting’s “eight-hour lovemaking session” claims

With an impressive range of objects, this show evokes the eternal power of the greatest stories ever told

Planned show seeks to raise awareness of climate change, but London museum dogged by controversy over partnership with oil and gas giant

From Artemisia to Abramović, Old Masters to Olmecs, and Richter to Roman antiquities—here are next year's must-see shows

Our pick of the gifts and purchases to enter international museum collections in 2019

We talk about the myth and reality of Troy presented in the British Museum's show and to an activist about ongoing protests relating to fossil-fuel companies' sponsorship of the arts. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793.

Members of the climate activist group BP or not BP? blocked entry to the museum's show dressed as statues based on Greek mythology

British Museum exhibition will display work inspired by epic stories alongside artefacts from 19th-century archaeological excavations

The artefact will be the focus of a joint exhibition with the Halle Museum of Prehistory

Our pick of the latest gifts and purchases to enter international museum collections—from Dorothea Tanning's Surrealist terrier to vintage prints by Vivian Maier

Over 300,000 visitors had been missed in the financial year 2018/19 because of 'incorrect light levels caused by a broken light fitting'

Since the closure of a basement gallery in 2006 there is little room to store the whole collection

We find out how mounting public scrutiny of private money could affect the bottom line of London's National Portrait Gallery, the British Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the National Gallery and the Tate

Move reignites debate over British Museum’s position on sculptures brought to Britain by Lord Elgin

BM Arc will provide the institution with 15,628 sq.m to show its objects in greater context and increase public access

Spokeswoman for the London museum says it has not been officially approached by the country over the return of the two objects made by the Taíno people in its collection

Prominent Egyptian-born writer cites the institution's BP sponsorship, treatment of workers and its silence over restitution as key issues

The oil company will support one exhibition at the museum next year, but not a show dedicated to the people of the Arctic