Martin Bailey
Leonardo case exposes back-room deals
A court ruling over commission on the sale of a drawing has revealed a complex web of payments
Tate's flourishing cultural exchange with Oman
As Oman pledges funds to Tate's expansion project, they share their art and know-how
The story behind Matisse's Backs: Tate's bargain buy
The gallery paid £11,000 for the four bronze sculptures in 1957 - Christie's just sold one for $48.8m
Interview with Tate's Penelope Curtis on her vision for the gallery: Avoiding the cliché of combining old and new
Making more of Tate Britain’s building and rehanging the collection
Highlights of David John Lewis's collection to go on show next February in Liverpool
The more than 400 hundred works are described as “one of the largest collections of old masters amassed since the second world war”.
Controversial Polish director forced to step down
After one year in charge art historian leaves national museum having lost vote of confidence
Ten years after our report, the looted Benevento Missal will be returned to the cathedral
How The Art Newspaper changed the law
The source of infamous forger Van Meegeren’s secret supplies exposed
A Scotland Yard report shows that the notorious Dutch faker bought lapis lazuli paint for his “Vermeers” in bulk from Winsor & Newton
Tate Britain to be transformed in £45m project aimed to protect the works and please the guests
Millions needed to stop leaks, control humidity and open up the rotunda of the Victorian building
Extracts of Cyrus Cylinder found in China
British Museum curator has identified cuneiform text inscribed on horse bones.
Tate receives US boost as major patrons donate Salle, Steinbach, and Martin
American patrons have recently been very generous to the gallery, with both their art and their funds
Chris Dercon as Tate Modern's new director
Outgoing director Vicente Todoli is off to seek new challenges
Vatican lends Raphael’s finest tapestries
Papal blessing and private funder for Victoria and Albert Museum’s Sistine show
Proposals for Hirst and Baselitz shared show at the Albertina abandoned due to artists' objections
The works will be placed in different rooms within the permanent collection after artists were unhappy with ideas for an exhibition displaying them together
V&A ceramics galleries to open in full, while European collection waits its turn for refurbishment
Completion is expected in 2014 or 2015
Disputed bronzes cast from plasters attributed to Degas on show in Tel Aviv
Although the plaster's provenance and the project's credibility are under scrutiny, a New York dealer has initiated an exhibition at the Museum of Art
Lichtenstein's is the greatest royal collection after Britain’s—and is still growing
Prince Hans-Adam II may be spending more than any other in the world
The V&A and the RA compete to present a Vatican show timed to coincide with the first state visit to Britain of Pope Benedict XVI
V&A will reunite Raphael’s Sistine tapestries with their cartoons for first time in 500 years
Tate to sell Muñoz staircase
For a work to be deaccessioned from the Tate is rare but permitted, in this case as a step toward upgrading the national collection
Iran's denunciation of British Museum in Cyrus Cylinder disagreement could make loan renegotiations impossible
Loan of relic caught up in international political tensions
‘Infamous’ replica Leonardo on the block
In an unusual move, Sotheby’s has categorised a picture as “infamous”
'Where is the crown of Maqdala?', V&A asks Ethiopia
Crown that was returned in 1925 has disappeared
British Museum turns to Mecca and its holy pilgrimage
Exhibition aims to unravel the mysteries of the Hajj to non-Muslims
Discovery of fragment belonging to British Museum's Cyrus cylinder further defers loan to Iran
This development has done little to alleviate lingering tensions between Iran and Britain
Prince of Liechtenstein cancels Royal Academy show
Ruler angry over block on Coello masterpiece
Prince of Liechtenstein threatens major Royal Academy show
If one of his works is not released by the UK authorities, an exhibition drawn from his collection will be pulled
East meets West in the University of Oxford’s new-look museum of art and archaeology
Ashmolean bridges the cultural divide