What the Arts Council England owes its outgoing Chairman
In the space of five years, Australia has seen five prime ministers, with wildly different attitudes to art and culture
Hundreds attended events in support of Ashraf Fayadh, who faces the death sentence in Saudi Arabia
Here's what we stand to lose if Libya's heritage cannot be protected.
The gallery has bucked the trend by appointing an internal candidate to its top job
From performance art to painting, David Bowie's legacy stretches far and wide
Replicas, digital records and long-term monitoring projects are all important in the race to preserve cultural history
'Attitudes change, fortunately, but...things we now find offensive cannot be airbrushed away.'
High drama under the high seas and issues of ownership and patrimony off the Colombian coast
Remembering the great pioneer of American abstraction, who has died at the age of 92
As London's former industrial areas are being redeveloped, artists are running out of affordable studio space. Can a city be a thriving cultural centre if its artists have nowhere to work?
Public sculpture was one marker of an ambitious, aspirant and generous society, the kind of world that we urgently need to be reminded of
The art world has lost one of the most respected scholar-art dealers of the 20th century
The museum's take on ‘Europe 1600–1815’ is nuanced, witty and revelatory
A misleading story reflects a deeper problem in how museum news is reported in the general press
Artworks were looted en masse throughout the 20th century: we need far better legislation to resolve the issue
What took them so long?
Remembering the renowned collector and TEFAF President
Arts sector funding fared surprisingly well in the latest spending review, but questions remain, not least over the fate of municipal museums
The loss of 17 masterpieces is a disaster for the Italian museum sector
Announcing Apollo's Personality, Artist, Museum Opening, Exhibition, Book, Digital Innovation, and Acquisition of the Year
'The dangers surrounding the Syrian archaeological heritage are growing beyond our capabilities'
Al Faqi's trial for alleged destruction in Timbuktu is a humanitarian issue: the art is incidental
Reconstructing the lost Florentine church of San Pier Maggiore
