British Museum say Treasure Act is having the right effect
THE British Museum have credited the Treasure Act – which ensures treasure hunters are compensated for finds – for the significant increase in reported objects.
View ArticlePortable Antiquities Scheme funding cut 15%
FUNDING for the Portable Antiquities Scheme is to be cut by 15 per cent in real terms over the next four years, with the biggest impact likely to be on staff costs.
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Asian Art in London Award winners
ATG Editor-in-Chief Mark Bridge presents Fabio Rossi of Rossi & Rossi with the Asian Art in London 2D Art Award at the ceremony at the British Museum on Tuesday, November 6.
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New British Museum gallery for Sutton Hoo
With the British Museum’s Vikings exhibition bringing in the crowds, it is an ideal time for its Anglo-Saxon Sutton Hoo treasures to come back into focus in a new gallery.
View ArticleBritish Library exhibition looks at Arctic exploration and Franklin
‘Lines in the Ice: Seeking the Northwest Passage’ is a new exhibition opening at the British Library on November 14 that looks at 400 years of Arctic exploration.
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Celebrating Japanese woodblock artists and the Brits they inspired at...
The beautiful Japanese woodblock prints created by artists such as Hokusai and Hiroshige inspired similar works across the world and most famously the paintings of Van Gogh.
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Hokusai The Great Wave at auction and on show at the British Museum
It’s already one of the most famous images in the world, and thanks to a British Museum exhibition opening this week ‘The Great Wave’ is set to thrill an even wider audience.
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Stolen Islamic tile discovered in London art gallery will return to Uzbekistan
An important glazed Islamic calligraphic tile stolen in Uzbekistan is to be returned to the country after it was discovered for sale in a London gallery.
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British Museum database suffers technical glitch
The British Museum’s Collection Online database is back up and running after a technical glitch forced it out of action this month.
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Boom in metal-detecting helps ‘treasure’ numbers hit a record
A record amount of ‘treasure’ has been found in Britain’s fields and ditches by members of the public in the past year.
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Waterfall drawing discovered by art critic Brian Sewell saved for the nation...
The British Museum has saved for the nation an 18th century drawing by Austrian Romantic artist Joseph Anton Koch (1768-1839) after it was sold at auction from the estate of art critic Brian Sewell.
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Spink-sponsored British Museum exhibition aims to bring numismatics to the...
The British Museum is to hold an exhibition on money and medals in a tie-up with specialist London coin and stamp auction Spink.
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British Museum launches Egyptian antiquities database to track looted artefacts
A database of Egyptian and Nubian antiquities has been launched by the British Museum after it was awarded a government grant of nearly £1m.
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British Museum accepts 550-piece collection of ivory works of art ahead of UK...
A vast collection of ivories from The Sir Victor Sassoon Chinese Ivories Trust will be going on display at the British Museum after it acquired the collection earlier this year.
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Ancient antiquities seized from dealer returned to Iraq after British Museum...
Eight Sumerian antiquities seized by the Metropolitan Police from a London dealer in 2003 are to be returned to Iraq after identification by the British Museum.
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Metal-detecting trend boosts ‘treasure’ discoveries as numbers hit a record...
Bronze Age golden jewellery and a Roman goddess kept in a margarine tub are among the discoveries dug up across the UK.
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They said what!? Philip Mould on the ivory ban and other quotes from the arts...
This week members of the market reacted to the coming ivory ban, the sale of a Star Wars sketchbook and the rise in finding treasure.
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What next for Brexit? While we wait, can you spot the 12 Brexit-related...
As we approach a crunch vote on Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal, a no-deal result is still a possibility – so too the prospect of an extension to the Article 50 process beyond the March 29...
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Bought for £5 in 1964: 'Lewis Chessmen' piece comes to auction with estimate...
Dating from the 12th and early 13th centuries, the Lewis Chessmen collection was rediscovered on Lewis in 1831 and is among the most famous archaeological finds.
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Rare late Anglo-Saxon and early Norman conquest coin hoard discovered in...
A Bath museum hopes to acquire a rare hoard of coins found in a Chew Valley field that could be valued at £4m.
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