British Museum
Bruce Nauman’s New York takeover. Plus, the British Museum dusts down its Islamic art galleries
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.
Painting of courtesan by Kitagawa Utamaro—who influenced the Impressionists—goes on show for first time
Hanging scroll by the shunga master will be displayed in the British Museum’s revamped Japanese galleries
From armour to the A-bomb: British Museum's Japanese collection goes back on show
Japan galleries refurbished under new ten-year partnership with Mitsubishi Corporation
British Museum’s basement of treasures to remain off-limits
Hidden underground galleries closed since 2006 still house £100m Assyrian relief
Three to see: London
Michael Jackson is a thrilling muse at the National Portrait Gallery, while ancient Egypt is given a modern twist at the British Museum
British Museum accepts collection of 500-plus ivory works—ahead of tough new UK regulations to protect elephants
Donation from Victor Sassoon was not accepted by the museum when it was first offered in the 1950s
British Museum rekindles relationship with Zayed National Museum after loan deal ended last year
Under new partnership, the London museum will lend key objects to the new institution in Abu Dhabi
British Museum show focuses on Assyrian antiquities targeted by Islamic State
Loans likely to come from Iran—but works from the Met would not meet London museum's strict borrowing guidelines
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn pledges to return Parthenon sculptures to Greece
Comments come after Unesco calls for “mutually acceptable” solution to 200-year-old issue
British Museum positions itself as a European expert on Korean art with major conservation project
It is the first Western institution to launch a long-term project to study and conserve pictorial art from the country
From Cleopatra to Banksy: satirist Ian Hislop to co-organise British Museum show on subversion
Private Eye editor will select 100 objects highlighting dissent down the ages
Scotland Yard joins global crackdown on looted pharaonic antiquities
The initiative, which involves governments and the art world, will set up a public database of objects
Three to see: London
Rodin takes on the Parthenon sculptures at the British Museum while James Cook sets sail for the British Library
Rodin’s debt to Parthenon sculptures explored in British Museum exhibition
Eighty marble, bronze and plaster works by French artist are put in dialogue with ancient Greek art
Ethiopia calls on British Museum to return Maqdala treasures on loan like the V&A
Ambassador made request at display opening in South Kensington
Then & Now: how The Art Newspaper shaped UK restitution law
Featuring a 900-year-old missal looted during the Second World War
How Britain tried—and failed—to borrow the Bayeux Tapestry twice before
One attempt was made in 1953 to mark the coronation of Elizabeth II and another for the anniversary of the Battle of Hastings in 1066
Bayeux Tapestry to be conserved in London?
The British Museum has the space and facilities to restore the embroidery, which is returning to England for first time in 940 years
British Museum would be 'honoured and delighted' to display Bayeux Tapestry after President Macron agrees loan
Historic embroidery to leave France for first time since the 11th century
British Museum to move storage to Reading
New research facility will provide new home for many of the two million artefacts currently at Blythe House
British Museum sends treasures to Mumbai for grand exhibition of Indian history
Encyclopaedic show was inspired by former director Neil MacGregor's A History of the World in 100 Objects
Three to see: London
From the British Museum's Lion Man to Matisse's studio studies at the Royal Academy
Prehistoric Lion Man points towards earliest notions of religion in new British Museum show
Earliest surviving figurative sculpture, carved from mammoth tusk, is among 160 objects in Living with Gods
British Museum ends loan deal with Abu Dhabi
Construction delays to the Zayed National Museum are behind the move
Looted Benin bronzes to be lent back to Nigeria
Pledge by European museums to set up “permanent display” of rotating loans in Benin City could pave way for restitution
From Siberia with love
The mysterious Scythians—tattoos and all—are brought to life in show at the British Museum
Rodin’s love of the Parthenon sculptures revealed
The British Museum show will examine the French artist’s obsession with its most famous exhibits
Elusive Scythians brought to life through show of archaeological discoveries
British Museum exhibition organised with Hermitage traces history of a culture with no written records
Hokusai’s late style comes into view at the British Museum
Looking beyond his iconic Great Wave at treasures from the museum's collection and from around the globe