Director and trustees worried that show would anger Thatcher government after Britain officially boycotted Moscow Games

Façade was meant to feature in quincentenary lightshow, but event organisers are adamant that show will go on

Star attraction of Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum has suffered from pigment deterioration and addition of later varnish

Plans to send works from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts' extensive collection to Russia were put on indefinite hold after insurance costs shot up by $1m

Decade of renovation ends with marathon opening for expanded gallery

Museum layoffs and project suspensions gather pace in Qatar as oil revenue collapse continues

The 2016 March meeting kicks off tomorrow and will discuss education, participation and engagement in the Middle East and beyond

Hermitage director reveals "circuitous" route that marble sculpture took from London to St Petersburg to avoid Greek seizure

Artist helps launch Studiomakers with appeal to property developers and politicians

Embassy offers to take ownership of the sculpture and lend it to British Museum and Egyptian Museum in Cairo

The Russian institution’s collection of Palmyra artefacts could be used to reconstruct the ancient Syrian city<br>

Museum pledges to improve access to Royal Photographic Collection in controversial deal to move it from Bradford

Increasingly complex reorganisation is ambitious—and far from finished

Artist is best known for her large-scale sculptural projects made from plywood, tape, cement and other inexpensive materials

The first organisation of its kind in Europe to provide training and support for artists and their heirs

Abstract Expressionism experts forced to watch what they write and say

Ronald Lauder says works sold by refugees to fund flight from Nazis should be treated the same as looted art<br>

Some staff question president Guy Cogeval's fitness to keep the post

Interview with the National Gallery's new director, who wants to "ramp up" the exhibition programme and rewrite deal between it and the Tate

Deciphering artist’s scrawl was “no easy task”, says his son<br>

Save Venice and Friends of Florence are collaborating on the conservation of paintings and drawings in the two Italian cities

The proposal for the Musée d’Art et d’Histoire is sent back to the drawing board after 54% vote against it<br>

Billionaire Bernard Arnault jumps at chance to present art seized by Lenin from Sergei Shchukin

The former Art Basel Hong Kong director says he was 'surprised and disappointed' by the decision

Memories of Warhol, Rauschenberg and Jack Goldstein, among others, inspire exhibition