The piece, one side of which is an enamel copy of a 16th-century woodcut, the other side crafted in Ethiopia, reveals how European icons became incorporated into the African country’s traditions

New welcome pavilions and a landscaped forecourt are scheduled for completion early 2026

A special roundtable conversation touching on some of the biggest issues facing museums: from the need to address colonial histories to sponsorship and AI

The directors of the British Museum, V&A East and Tate Modern talked activism, funding, empire and more in a wide-ranging discussion on The Art Newspaper’s Week in Art podcast

A private collection of 1,700 ceramic items was given by the Sir Percival David Foundation

Japanese acquisitions have been funded by maker of Benson & Hedges, Winston, Camel and Silk Cut

The campaign group dressed up a sculpture of the goddess Demeter and added a speech bubble beside it reading “just stop famine”

An open letter from the National Museum Directors' Council says "demonstrations now need to be taken away from our museums and galleries"

Institutions have a moral duty to better represent the persecuted Kurdish religious minority

Lisa Nandy's apparent support for repatriation reform has been welcomed by the head of London's Victoria and Albert Museum

In a recent interview with The Sunday Times, Nicholas Cullinan also mulls over the Parthenon Marbles and recent thefts scandal

Environmental campaigners previously called on practices not to take part in the contest following a £50m funding pledge from BP

The Kurdish artist delves into the histories of looted artefacts and questions the ethics of their existence in Western museums

A reluctance to acknowledge hard facts is playing into a one-sided narrative around Big Oil—and the consequences are far reaching

Ilê Sartuzi's short-lived heist involving a 17th-century coin draws parallels to the recent scandal over the theft of thousands of items from the museum’s collection

Fischer, who resigned after a thefts scandal at the British Museum, has been announced as the founding director of the new institution, which is expected to open in 2026

The new British Museum director revealed online that he commissioned the jaunty top especially

In the absence of large-scale works, the London show focuses instead on the objects that reveal the artist’s deepening spirituality

The space, once used by the likes of Karl Marx, is finally available for all visitors to the London institution to see

The rare and much-studied work has been in storage for most of 18 years, but no UK institution has asked to borrow it

The museum is only one of two institutions in the world to see Ice Age art as part of human cultural endeavour, but it needs a proper space to explain and explore this

Social media film puts new chief on the spot, highlighting his favourite object and guilty pleasure

Curators from the London institution said they might adopt some of the innovative ways the objects were displayed at the National Gallery of Victoria

Known as BM_ARC, the site in Berkshire houses around 1.3 million objects from the London museum and is intended for scholars as well as members of the public

George Osborne’s comments were made on Thief at the British Museum, which has been released both as a one-off television show and a radio series

The institution’s chair George Osborne has described the total number of items returned as a result that “few expected”, though more than 800 remain missing

The institution launches competition to find an architectural firm that can transform its Bloomsbury site

The case for and against the policy of free admission for UK museums, a tour of the British Museum's new Michelangelo show and an in-depth look at Maria Blanchard’s Girl at Her First Communion in Malaga

British Museum show focuses on the final three decades of the Italian master’s life

Low pay for museum workers, decreased local authority spending and a theft scandal have highlighted that "it’s time for some difficult choices," says the writer and broadcaster Ben Lewis