The first-of-its-kind case saw Oghenochuko Ojiri, an expert on the BBC's ‘Bargain Hunt’, sentenced to two and a half years in prison earlier this month

The work was previously attributed to a follower of the 18th-century artist Julius Caesar Ibbetson, but experts agree it was infact painted by a teenaged Turner

Following a restructure and redundancies, Simon Wallis replaces Axel Rüger in the role

The Hepworth Wakefield gallery is hoping to raise £3.8m to acquire ‘Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red’

The British Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum and The National Gallery have signed a public letter authored by the co-chief executives of Sadler’s Wells

Our round-up of the latest art publications

The author of a new book, Jeff Koehler, tells us about the French artist’s fruitful but sometimes tricky sojourns in Tangier

All you ever wanted to know about the subject, from a pivotal novel to a book on how Postmodernism “shapes all aspects of contemporary life”—selected by The Cosmic House director Eszter Steierhoffer

A 30-year-old man reportedly “climbed over the guardrail” that protects the 2,000-year-old statues

Items from Adèle de Rothschild's cabinet of curiosities will be returned to the foundation after they erroneously ended up in the collection of the Paris museum

Titled ‘Recipes for Broken Hearts’ the biennial will feature more than 70 Uzbek artists, along with the UK's Antony Gormley

Helen Nisbet will lead the Scottish art festival as it launches its 11th edition next year

The V&A East Storehouse, opening at the 2012 London Olympics site on Saturday 31 May, offers visitors an experience akin to a trip to Ikea—including the chance to “order an object”

Building saved following £1.9m fundraising campaign led by artists and galleries

BBC executive, who has died aged 78, profiled artists in his Arena and Imagine series

Chris Bryant has said he wants to “bury” the rumour that Prime Minister Keir Starmer plans to abolish the Department for Culture, Media and Sport

The museum's directors have issued their first statement since two Israeli embassy staff were shot dead outside the building yesterday evening

Husband-and-wife artist duo Philip and Charlotte Colbert have opened Camden Arts Projects, which kicks off its programme with a show of works by Martin Creed

Works by Edgar Degas, Carl Gustav Carus and Floris van Dijck have entered the gallery's collection

Frederick Doe was convicted in March of conspiring to transfer criminal property and was accused of trying to broker the sale of around 10 kilograms of the stolen gold

Leonard Blavatnik moves down and Denise Coates up amid tax changes that could affect the philanthropic landscape

The document was consigned to the auction house in 1946 then, later the same year, purchased by Harvard Law School for just $27.50

Conservation work will be carried out on on key objects ahead of the museum's long awaited launch on 3 July

Frédéric Jousset will provide £1m over four years to send school children to cultural venues, including the British Museum

The work was previously held in a private collection for 120 years

The 11th edition sees the fair relocate to Halo in the Financial District

Artists and curators look at the London museum’s achievements, and the challenges ahead

Designs by five teams have been shortlisted to create the proposed memorial in St James’s Park, with the winning entry due to be announced this summer

Following recent reports that Prime Minister Keir Starmer wants to dismantle the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, experts and politicians weigh up the pros and cons of such a move

Ayas replaces Charles Esche, who has been in post for two decades, taking the reins ahead of the museum’s 90th anniversary in 2026