Javier Pes
Leading Australian activist accuses British Museum of downgrading provenance of Aboriginal shield to prevent restitution
New text accompanying object removes mention that it was collected by Captain James Cook but museum says it doesn't alter its significance
Police search for Benin Bronze protestor—found guilty of 'threatening behaviour'
Isaiah Ogundele, who demonstrated outside the Museum of London, Docklands for the objects' repatriation, failed to appear at his court hearing earlier this month
Man arrested after protesting against Benin Bronzes display at London museum
Defendant was charged with using “threatening, abusive, insulting words or behaviour with intent to cause harassment, alarm or distress” during incident in January
Exhibitions during Covid-19: museums turn to 'virtual couriers' to protect unchaperoned art
To overcome travel restrictions, registrars are using Zoom and other technologies to monitor works on loan remotely
England's museums look to Arts Council to secure £250m government bailout
Cultural institutions bracing for a fall in visitors and shrinking revenue will need huge increase in public funding to recover after reopening
Curator reveals how a Jewish collector snuck a medieval tapestry out of Nazi Germany
Victoria Reed, the provenance curator at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, has been sharing the history about a work from the collection each day on Twitter while the museum remains locked down
UK museums put £500m projects on pause during the lockdown but plan to carry on
Enforced delay due to Covid-19 could add to millions of pounds of lost income in the sector
Three to see: New York
From abstract photographs of pre-Columbian monuments to a fairy-tale forest
John Ruskin’s love of the natural world to be explored in shows scheduled for 2018 and 2019
Pairing with US artist Andrew Wyeth will be followed by exhibitions marking the Victorian polymath’s bicentenary
Martin Parr to open centre of documentary photographer in Bristol
Tate’s part purchase of Magnum photographer’s photobook collection allows Parr to emulate Cartier-Bresson
Robert Longo takes aim at enemies of free speech
Drawing of aftermath of Copenhagen attack post-Charlie Hebdo goes on show in London
Richard Long to create epic mud painting for Lisson in the Strand
Gallery's anniversary show in London to include Dan Graham's largest pavilion so far
Yayoi Kusama’s critical friend, Donald Judd
The Japanese artist's Infinity Net paintings to go on show at US artist's Soho home, 101 Spring Street
Why Olafur Eliasson’s yellow room is coming to London's National Gallery
Visitors will experience monochrome world like the one Medieval monks wanted in “minimalist monasteries”
Abramovic and Ulay reunite at Louisiana Museum
Performance artists tell Louisiana Channel that they are friends again after epic break-up on Great Wall of China
Can graphic design save lives?
Wellcome Collection show will focus on designers’ work during times of war and plague
Richard Deacon fills the Royal Academy’s ‘sculpture ledge’
Works by more than 20 Academicians installed in Sackler Galleries in time for Matisse show
Hepworth Wakefield wins Art Fund UK Museum of the Year prize
Magnum photographer Martin Parr among leading artists whose solo shows help Yorkshire gallery scoop £100,000 award
Thomas Campbell on why he stepped down from the Met
Former director says the museum’s plan to rebuild its Modern and contemporary art wing means his successor can attract donations of $50m-plus works
Memorial appeals launched to remember Khadija Saye
Donations made to create paid internship plus general fund in memory of Venice Biennale artist who died in London’s Grenfell Tower fire
Creative workshop is just the job for Venice Biennale
Project helping migrants and refugees would be diminished if it was a sideshow
In pictures: Christmas comes early to Art Basel
Gianni Jetzer, the curator of Art Basel’s Unlimited sector, picks six highlights among the large-scale works
Doug Aitken’s pavilions are Maldives-bound
Visitors to Unlimited can get a sense of the artist's geometric, mirrored sculptures that shine a light on the ocean
Shout out on social media enables Syrian refugee artist’s bronze to reach London
Alice Al Khatib’s work arrives from Beirut for group show while artist exiled in France
Artist Eileen Cooper to step down as Keeper of Royal Academy Schools
Chief hanger of the Summer Exhibition, which opens next week, will be succeeded by Rebecca Salter
Hard Brexit could damage UK’s world-class museums
Leading directors concerned about uncertain status of colleagues who are EU nationals
Cornelia Parker wants children to tweet Trump about climate change
Artists, designers, technocrats and fellow starchitects gather to launch Norman Foster’s foundation in Madrid
Norman Foster unites his archives and art under one roof
Cristina Iglesias’s sculptural canopy joins Henry Moore reclining figure in Madrid
Magnum Photos: how it all began 70 years ago
Influential photography co-operative was not founded over a MoMA lunch, curator reveals ahead of series of exhibitions