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Hew Locke interrogates the British Museum, Rirkrit Tiravanija interacts with the tense US election and a ‘library cave’ spills its secrets – all in your weekly dispatch

Two dazzling new exhibitions at the British Library and British Museum show the riches of the supposed east-west link but also highlight problems with the whole idea

Big exhibition will reflect life and loves of artist, from his first professional print in 1904 to 1960s masterpieces

Tablets added to the British Museum's collection many decades ago have finally been deciphered.

In June, the Brazilian artist Ilê Sartuzi removed a historical coin from its display case in the British Museum in London and deposited it in a donation box in the museum’s lobby. The footage of the performance piece, called Sleight of Hand, was shown as part of his graduate MFA…

Ilê Sartuzi put original coin in museum donation box as part of project about number of foreign objects in its collection

Plus Dominique White’s subaquatic sculptures, Lonnie Holley’s salvaged objects and a new Rembrandt at the British Museum – all in your weekly dispatch

Warriors from Britain joined far-flung Byzantine military campaigns in sixth century, grave goods suggest

Sir Mark Jones added that British taxpayers should still visit for free

Sometime around 100 AD, the Roman lawyer and aristocrat Pliny sent a letter to his third wife, Calpurnia – who was staying in a different part of Italy – to express how much he loved and missed her:

Sir Mark Jones thinks tourists should also pay to enter National Gallery and Science Museum