Residents, students and visitors in Airbnb properties will be exempt from the scheme, which will be implemented next spring

By 2100 the water-level will ring rise one metre, and yet it aims to block UNESCO in-danger listing

Paul Thompson will have a full in-tray when he takes over, as the organisation has suffered from a significant funding shortfall in recent years, leading to staff strikes

The advisory commission said it sees the current framework as “unsatisfactory” and “in need of an urgent overhaul”

Objects handed over as part of the extensive repatriation project include shell dolls, bark baskets and spear throwers

Around 200,000 Yazidis remain displaced following attacks, and efforts to restore shrines and other buildings have stalled due to ongoing security concerns and a lack of funding

Two New York institutions are overhauling their education facilities, while others test a digital-first style of art pedagogy

The Scottish museum confirmed it will not be returning the £500,000 it received before opening in 2018

The treasures singled out so far include the Mold Gold Cape and Moel Hebog shield

Both posts are part of an initative to redefine the institution's “existing collection of art and offer new perspectives on global art histories”

The museum had recently revised public information about the sculpture, likely a depiction of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, in an apparent attempt to distance itself from its alleged looting

The embattled institution is yet to announce an interim director after the resignation of Hartwig Fischer

The new space at the Tasmanian institution will also include other “treasures” according to Walsh's wife, curator and artist Kirsha Kaechele

Archaeologists at the pre-Hispanic site of Palenque discovered the finely carved artefact, believed to be at least 1,100 years old

The septuagenarian artist, best known for her large-scale wire rope installations, has experienced a resurgence of attention from institutions and curators in recent years

The architect’s son is selling the Modernist summer house and a trust hopes to raise the funds to buy it

Vladislav Polenov first made the news after he was drafted in the partial mobilisation launched by President Vladimir Putin last September

Art publications such as The Art Newspaper could offer to publish free-to-access illustrated lists of the 1,500 or more artefacts, says art adviser Ivan Macquisten

A man was arrested following the action, which was organised by the Canadian activist group On2Ottawa

Article in The Global Times also criticises the UK’s ‘bloody, ugly, and shameful colonial history’

To make the British Museum fit for the 21st century it must create a comprehensive publicly accessible database of its entire collection, argues Dan Hicks, curator at the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford

With his first official solo show in 14 years, Banksy left his tag on the Scottish city, home to the mysterious street artist's favourite work of art in the UK

Other Greek treasures would come to London in exchange for a loan of the contested sculptures

They had been smuggled into the US after a 2008 museum heist

The new Vladem Contemporary, which adds exhibition, education and storage space, aims to showcase recent art in a state best-known for its Modernist traditions

The committee chairperson has asked for more details by 1 September about the $158m Black allegedly paid Epstein over the years

Fischer, who was set to leave his position next year, made the decision to go now amid the scandal surrounding the theft of objects from the museum's collection

Government official says new claim will be made for Benin Bronzes housed in London

Shock losses will have ramifications for the institution's ambitious masterplan, with sponsorship hanging in the balance

The clay archaeological marvel, which was recovered thanks to a Texan artist, is believed to be more than 1,300 years old