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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…

A major retrospective of Peter Kennard’s dissenting images, the V&A goes for Swifties and The Hay Wain arrives in Bristol – all in your weekly dispatch

Ile Sartuzi says his work sparks a discussion about ‘theft and looting both from a neocolonial perspective’

Amid calls to return antiquities, historian finds documents that reveal many were not result of imperial plunder

Plans are afoot to burnish the appeal of the neighbourhood that is home to the British Museum

‘I would hope that some form of partnership is possible,’ Nicholas Cullinan said

A long-awaited retrospective of the Jamaican-born sculptor Ronald Moody exudes humanity; South Africa’s Igshaan Adams is a weaver of dreams; and surrealism meets Asian tradition in the giant goddesses of Bharti Kher

British-Guyanese sculptor’s collage to be unveiled at British Academy with British Museum show in October

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

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