Event, organised by grassroots climate justice group BP or not BP?, highlighted relationship between oil companies and war in Iraq

Woodcarving was taken from the African country in 1830 by the UK explorer Richard Lander

Di-faced Tenner is artist’s first work to join the collection officially—unlike his 2005 cave painting prank

But the disputed treasure, the Rosetta Stone, will remain in London

Royal Academy says conservation issues—not restitution fears—mean the ceremonial feast trough can not be loaned

Exhibition in London will be largest in 50 years

Curators discovered old mistake during research for No Man's Land exhibition

Technological wizardry in replication is improving, alongside claims to relocate far-flung treasures

The CPPU consists of a solitary lieutenant-colonel, but he is recruiting

From the treasures of an Assyrian king at the British Museum to Lorenzo Lotto’s insightful portraits at the National Gallery

Exhibition at the British Museum includes carved ivories and a recreation of his huge library of cuneiform tablets

Restored Victorian galleries, funded by Albukhary Foundation and featuring screens by Ahmad Angawi, have transformed the presentation of the collection

Light and spacious Albukhary Foundation Gallery is a huge transformation for the London institution, says Jane Jakeman

We talk to the curator Kathy Halbreich about the giant two-part Bruce Nauman retrospective at MoMA and MoMA PS1. Plus, the specialist in Islamic studies Jane Jakeman reviews the new Islamic displays at London’s British Museum. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793.

Hanging scroll by the shunga master will be displayed in the British Museum’s revamped Japanese galleries

Japan galleries refurbished under new ten-year partnership with Mitsubishi Corporation

Hidden underground galleries closed since 2006 still house £100m Assyrian relief

Michael Jackson is a thrilling muse at the National Portrait Gallery, while ancient Egypt is given a modern twist at the British Museum

Donation from Victor Sassoon was not accepted by the museum when it was first offered in the 1950s

Under new partnership, the London museum will lend key objects to the new institution in Abu Dhabi

Loans likely to come from Iran—but works from the Met would not meet London museum's strict borrowing guidelines

Comments come after Unesco calls for “mutually acceptable” solution to 200-year-old issue

It is the first Western institution to launch a long-term project to study and conserve pictorial art from the country

Private Eye editor will select 100 objects highlighting dissent down the ages

The initiative, which involves governments and the art world, will set up a public database of objects

Rodin takes on the Parthenon sculptures at the British Museum while James Cook sets sail for the British Library

Eighty marble, bronze and plaster works by French artist are put in dialogue with ancient Greek art

Ambassador made request at display opening in South Kensington

Featuring a 900-year-old missal looted during the Second World War