Martin Bailey

V&A needs £1.1m to keep Baroque cabinet in the UK

It was reassembled and sold after part of it was discovered in a pizzeria

April 2008archive

Anthony d’Offay deal with Tate and Scotland sets tax precedent for UK philanthropy

For his partial donation of £125m worth of art, the dealer received £26.5m—the price he originally paid for the collection—tax free

Newsarchive

Iraq war thwarts loans to Louvre for “Babylon” show

Negotiations have lasted five years only to fall through due to security issues

David Hockney donates his largest painting to Tate

Bigger Trees near Warter is 12m long and 4.5m high, and made up of 50 separate canvases

Prince of Liechtenstein withdraws loans from Germany in dispute over leaked bank details

The Neue Pinakothek in Munich has been forced to cancel a major exhibition scheduled to open next month

Iraqarchive

5 years after the Baghdad Museum's looting, a little optimism is finally appropriate: Interview with the British Museum's John Curtis

The situation at the Baghdad Museum remains bleak but thieves are less of a problem at archaeological sites

Iraqarchive

International backing secured for the recuperation of Babylon after disturbances by US military bases

The World Monuments Fund will educate Iraqi experts tasked with keeping the ruins in good condition

Collectorsarchive

Meet the Danish collector whose Hirsts have just gone on show in Copenhagen

Jyte Dresing has loaned eight works to Copenhagen's Arken Museum of Modern Art

Tate Modern gets £50m towards new extension from the government

The generous contribution is the highest made to a cultural project in 10 years

Courtauld restitution claim dismissed

The three Rubens paintings will remain with the gallery

From the archive | Gauguin’s teeth found in well

Bovril jar, perfume and morphine also discovered

Spanish portrait bought by Prince of Liechtenstein detained in UK

The National Gallery is now trying to raise the funds to buy it

Revealed: how a US collector gave Churchill a Monet the Tate wanted

Charing Cross Bridge of 1902 was gifted by a friend after he was ensured it would satisfy by Tate director John Rothenstein

Tate to go for Rubens Whitehall sketch

Valued at £11.5m, the preliminary sketch for The Apotheosis of King James I is now up for sale

Charles Saatchi’s art to go on rotating display at Hermitage

Works on loan from the British collector will go on display in a room named after him; Tate to send Turner Prize retrospective to Moscow

Queen to send Leonardos on UK tour

Celebrating Prince Charles' 60th with 10 of the master's best works

Newsarchive

British Museum exhibition fees to fund expansion of terracotta warriors’ site

Visitor numbers are expected to rise to 3 million this year

Buccleuch family Leonardo found

Ninth Duke did not live to see his painting returned

Copyrightarchive

National Gallery and British Museum follow V&A’s lead

Leading organisations to abolish reproduction charges for scholarly publications

Slower than planned, Tate Modern’s expansion starts in the basement

Only part of the project will be completed by next summer, with a lack of funds hampering progress

V&A considers leasing paintings

Director Mark Jones believes works should be loaned out rather than kept in storage

Collectorsarchive

Europe’s greatest museum buyer explains the strategy behind his acquisitions

The Prince of Liechtenstein explains 'Why I have become a great collector'