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The museum has agreed to give back two plaques in its collection that were taken illegally from Nigeria after 1960. Why now?

With mass tourism poised to return, have local politicians and cultural leaders finally worked out how to manage the crowds? 

Mars has never seemed closer, with rovers spamming us with photos from its surface

With the government waging its ‘culture war’, the independence of national museums is at stake, write Chris Smith and Margot Finn

Long thought lost by scholars, a spectacular silver gilt monstrance by Luigi Valadier has now been tracked down to a Central American basilica

The appeal to save Britain’s oldest place of manufacture has been rejected and the foundry will become a boutique hotel. How could Historic England have let this happen?

The German artist’s greatest work was himself – so marking his centenary makes for a curatorial conundrum

Installing a floor in the Colosseum will make the ruin less familiar – but may help us understand the original experience of the building

The mysterious affliction usually only assails art buffs in Florence – but with many museums finally set to reopen, will visitors start dropping like flies?

Hanging a plastic skeleton of Napoleon’s favourite horse above his tomb may not be as wildly inappropriate as it seems

The City of London has approved its own plans to demolish eight historic buildings in the Fleet Street conservation area – so what real protection exists for the city’s heritage?

The former imperial capital is due for another reinvention – but in shaking up the urban plan, the Indian government faces accusations that it is merely rebuilding the city in its own image

Are virtual viewings and diminished sales here to stay, or will the city’s galleries and auction houses see high footfall return?

They may have intimidated you in the past – but you’ll have to wise up to the ways of commercial galleries if you want to see any art in the UK this month

A dumpy effigy in a church in Stratford-upon-Avon has been mocked for centuries, but new research claims it’s the most accurate likeness of the playwright there is

Laying claim to its archaeological heritage is central to Mexico’s identity as a modern nation

A new series on BBC Radio 3 delves into the notorious life of Benvenuto Cellini – and it’s a binge-worthy Renaissance thriller, Christina Faraday writes