"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

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"