Museums must match the price of the pearl and shell piece which sold at Sotheby’s last year

The decision was made in the hope that a buyer can be found to “save the” object “for the nation”

The Council of State dismissed the Italian culture ministry’s belated attempt to repatriate “absolute masterpiece” from the Los Angeles museum

Investigation by Italy’s broadcaster about the whereabouts of art from the late industrialist’s collection has revealed apparent widespread failure to enforce country’s cultural export rules

Formal requirement for government licences may well prove to be yet another obstacle to a loan agreement for the Parthenon Marbles

On the anniversary of the UK's departure from the European Union, dealers and politicians warn Britain is slipping behind its competitors as a cultural leader

The Carabinieri accuse four people of downgrading and illegally exporting the Old Master work, which has now been returned to the show in the Palazzo Ducale

If judges rule that the owners of the work broke the law, the painting will be definitively confiscated by the state and could be donated to a museum

Museums must match the price of the work titled Confirmation, which has been put on the market by the Duke of Rutland

The Louvre has two-and-a-half years to buy the record-breaking €24m painting

A buyer has until 10 July to start raising the funds to keep the 18th-century painting in the country—but it is unlikely any cash-strapped national museum can afford the hefty price tag

An export ban was placed on the drawing in 2017 but the French culture ministry has not purchased the drawing as planned

Lower-value older works and those by artists who died less than 50 years ago no longer need an export licence to leave the country—but the process can still be slow

Export licences likely to be granted on Italian roundel and German reliquary as institutions struggle with the fallout of the pandemic

Recently rediscovered 18th-century work by artist Joseph Wright of Derby was bought by the Los Angeles museum in March last year

Culture ministry blocked export of medieval work but will the French state proceed with purchase?

Pastoral landscape sold at Sotheby’s was once owned by Royal Holloway college