Martin Bailey
Tate Modern loses top museum slot by a hair
The gallery was beaten to the post by the British Museum
Comprehensive exhibition at Basel's Kunstmuseum features world's best Picassos
A major show explores the city’s rich history of collecting works by the Modern master
Road map agreed to return Benin bronzes—on loan
Leading institutions absent from meeting in Nigeria to foster international co-operation
Leading institutions absent from meeting in Nigeria to foster international co-operation over Benin bronzes
No US museums were represented at the meeting.
Getty Institute publishes Nazi auction data
Rise in restitution claims expected after launch of online German auction catalogues for 1930-45
Artists Barbara Hepworth and Andrew Forge and fellow Tate trustee Herbert Read opposed a £4,665 Lichtenstein in 1966
After a heated debate the purchase, estimated to be worth more than $40m, went ahead
What now for the £45 Da Vinci: Salvator Mundi is still up for grabs as Dallas fails to buy
Dallas museum could not raise $100m to buy the authenticated Leonardo, until recently believed to be a mediocre copy
The Prince of Liechtenstein is making another attempt to take his Coello portrait from the UK to Austria
Will the third time be lucky?
Turkey says return objects or forget loans
Roman and Ottoman-era exhibitions will suffer as US and European museums face tougher calls for restitution
Miró on loan damaged at Tate Modern
The museum forked out £203,000 for repair and depreciation costs
Not a Bacon, expert tells court: The debate around Bacon's drawings continues
The chairman of the artist’s catalogue raisonné committee dismisses controversial drawings as “pastiches” in UK bankruptcy hearing
Thieves foil high-tech security at Kunsthal Rotterdam
Seven works were stolen as unmanned overnight protection fails
Elusive smile, elusive artist: is this really by Leonardo?
Despite a lavish, 300-page book and a high-profile presentation, strong doubts remain
A not so golden Olympics- tourist numbers drop
London’s leading museums lose more than a million visitors during the Games, but Hirst helps Tate Modern buck the trend
Raphaels discovered in Haarlem Teylers Museum
The head curator recently reattributed the works to the artist
Green light for V&A to expand underground
Design includes a courtyard and new entrance
Discovery of a prehistoric sculpture in Saudi Arabia could mean horses tamed in 7000BC
It’s a Late Stone Age horse, of course?
Oslo collector Martin Schøyen sells 60 manuscripts
He blames Norway’s tax system for his decision
Tate Britain opts for chronological hang with refurbishment project progressing
The galleries are set to reopen in May after funding goals were reached
Scholars absent from State Hermitage Museum conference with controversial Degas bronzes on the agenda
Experts have been silenced by fears of legal action if doubts regarding the sculptures' legitimacy are voiced
Turkey turns up the heat on foreign museums as list of antiquities demanded gets longer
More exhibitions are hit by the loans boycott as Turkey pushes for restitution
Thirty-year wait for Turner catalogue almost over?
The Tate says all detailed entries will be available online by 2014, but critics fear loss of scholarship
Tate admits error in giving away confidential export data as archive is offloaded to Paul Mellon Centre
The photographic archive of paintings was transferred in haste - twice
Met faces claims for Hittite artefacts
Provenance of late trustee’s gifts investigated as Turkey takes tougher line on restitution
Egyptian archaeology is in turmoil after the fall of Zahi Hawass
Revolving door in Cairo as nation’s antiquities left leaderless
Oxford to return RA’s copy of The Last Supper
The copy by Leonardo's student is the most faithful extant work
Three museums in search of mega-millions for extensions and refurbishments
Despite the recession, the British Museum, Tate and V&A attract major donations
Controversial Bacon drawings displayed in London
The works were set to be displayed at a now cancelled authentication debate