The death of Cairo's self-styled ‘friend of researchers’ feels like another great loss at an already difficult time
Artists and museums in the Russian capital testify to the uneasy relationship between art and the state
The artist’s foundation is going to give away images of his work. We salute them
DCMS's updated mission statement for 'Our Culture' sounds promising, but is short on new commitments
There is more than you might think at stake for arts and culture in this referendum
The Judges' Lodgings Museum in Lancaster is threatened with imminent closure. It should be a source of not only civic but national pride
The Impressionist has had a hard time of things recently. Will a new film win round the haters?
Is the current trend for exhibitions exploring artistic influence just an excuse for a lack of focus?
The 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin was in part a rebellion of artists – and Dublin museums and galleries are making that clear this year
Censoring a 19th-century painting has come back to bite the social networking site
UK museums are struggling to deal with the long-term effects of funding cuts and falling visitor numbers
Historic property goes on sale after long battle for the Browne family
If anything, the corporation should be taken to task for its desperate bid for accessibility
The grey-green of oxidised bronze is common on public buildings throughout northern Europe
Another week, another controversy. Can opponents of the Garden Bridge project still make their voices heard?
Commercial interest in the medium threatens to undermine it
How the MFA Boston is paying tribute to a respected scholar and humanist
But changing an artwork's title is hardly the same as pulling down a statue
With several art fairs staged every week, are such events damaging to the more traditional art trade, or do they allow greater public engagement with art?
The Bardo Museum in Carthage still bears the scars of last year's terrorist attack. The best way to support it is to visit
A statue of Cecil Rhodes will stand at Oriel College, Oxford, in place despite calls for its removal, but debates about ‘erasing history’ rumble on
The Finnish arts organisation Checkpoint Helsinki has had its funding cut. Can it survive?
Historic England's last-ditch efforts to focus public attention on public art
The mayor's expansionist ambitions are ruining the city's historic character
In Moscow, art speaks truth to power…sometimes
Artists and museums in the Russian capital testify to the uneasy relationship between art and the state
Three cheers for Bob Rauschenberg!
The artist’s foundation is going to give away images of his work. We salute them
Can the UK government’s Culture White Paper live up to its own rhetoric?
DCMS's updated mission statement for 'Our Culture' sounds promising, but is short on new commitments
Museums must engage in the Brexit debate – whether they like it or not
There is more than you might think at stake for arts and culture in this referendum
Listen up, Chancellor: we must not allow the Gillows collection to be mothballed
The Judges' Lodgings Museum in Lancaster is threatened with imminent closure. It should be a source of not only civic but national pride
Does Renoir really suck at painting?
The Impressionist has had a hard time of things recently. Will a new film win round the haters?
Delacroix begat Renoir, who begat Matisse, who begat…
Is the current trend for exhibitions exploring artistic influence just an excuse for a lack of focus?
‘Many of those involved in the Easter Rising were art school kids’
The 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin was in part a rebellion of artists – and Dublin museums and galleries are making that clear this year
Why Facebook’s art censorship has landed it in court
Censoring a 19th-century painting has come back to bite the social networking site
Are the cracks in our museum culture beginning to show?
UK museums are struggling to deal with the long-term effects of funding cuts and falling visitor numbers
Loss of Westport House signals wider problems for Ireland’s heritage
Historic property goes on sale after long battle for the Browne family
Has the BBC made art boring?
If anything, the corporation should be taken to task for its desperate bid for accessibility
Baltic Diary: The charms of verdigris
The grey-green of oxidised bronze is common on public buildings throughout northern Europe
Is it still possible to stop the Garden Bridge?
Another week, another controversy. Can opponents of the Garden Bridge project still make their voices heard?
Is street art an effective form of protest? Don’t Banksy on it
Commercial interest in the medium threatens to undermine it
One museum’s tribute to the murdered Syrian archaeologist, Khaled al-Asaad
How the MFA Boston is paying tribute to a respected scholar and humanist
Titles of artworks can obstruct how we interpret artistic meaning
But changing an artwork's title is hardly the same as pulling down a statue
Are there too many art fairs?
With several art fairs staged every week, are such events damaging to the more traditional art trade, or do they allow greater public engagement with art?
‘If we stay away from Tunisia, we are cowards’
The Bardo Museum in Carthage still bears the scars of last year's terrorist attack. The best way to support it is to visit
Rewriting the past: must Rhodes fall?
A statue of Cecil Rhodes will stand at Oriel College, Oxford, in place despite calls for its removal, but debates about ‘erasing history’ rumble on
Baltic Diary: Freezing weather and frozen art funding
The Finnish arts organisation Checkpoint Helsinki has had its funding cut. Can it survive?
Will listing post-war public art really help to save it?
Historic England's last-ditch efforts to focus public attention on public art
Boris Johnson and the GLA are the true vandals of London
The mayor's expansionist ambitions are ruining the city's historic character