Martin Bailey
Tate Modern hopes to expand by half by 2011
The museum has announced an ambitious development project which could cost up to £135 million
Royal Academy and Tate exhibitions heading for top attendance
“Turks: A journey of a thousand years 600-1600” and “Turner, Whistler, Monet” have been wildly successful
Third theft at V&A forces closure of 38 rooms
In the latest incident, eight Italian Renaissance plaquettes worth £500,000 were taken
US base has caused "shocking" damage to Babylon
The American contractor that built the infrastructure for a base adjacent to the ancient site is responsible for much of the destruction, says an independent report
John Dee’s crystal among a spate of London museum thefts
The V&A, the British Museum and Science Museum have all been targets
Tate refused previous offer from Saatchi
Serota said no to 100 works in 1998, but is still keen to buy “major” pieces
Victoria and Albert Museum fails to secure Clive of India flask
Collector sheikh stalemates art export process
Tate, London: Contemporary art badly needed
Tate director Nicholas Serota has spoken out about the challenges facing the gallery on acquisitions
Did Tate miss its chance to get the Saatchi Collection?
The greatest contemporary art collector in Britain says he was ready to offer all his art to gallery director Nicholas Serota—but his proposal was not pursued
V&A attempt to acquire the most important of the Clive of India Treasures
V&A thirsts for flask
V&A drops Libeskind extension
£15 million Heritage Lottery Fund rejected
Complex negotiations for National Gallery's Raphael show
Fragility of panels has made museums reluctant to lend
UK considers how to protect its heritage in the event of war
Thousands of important sites could be marked with metal plaques
Zainab Bahrani, cultural advisor to Iraq's provisional government, resigns after three months
In an article Bahrani wrote for the Guardian, she stated “[We have seen the] active destruction of the archaeological and historical record of the land”
The new Dictionary of National Biography is much more comprehensive than the Victorian original it replaces
More artists, more women, more sex
Ukraine returns Koenigs’ drawings
But the 139 works go to Dutch State, not collector’s heirs
How Britain tried to use the Cyrus Cylinder for political gain
As The British Museum prepares to loan the Cyrus Cylinder to Iran, The Art Newspaper remembers the Persian antiquity's first visit to its home nation in 1971
Iran returns war booty to Kuwait
The works were seized in 1999 in western Iran, near the Turkish border
Libeskind extension turned down by Heritage Lottery Fund
The Victoria and Albert Museum is now likely to drop the £70 million project
Major British collector buys Sisley for a charity
Greetings card millionaire Andrew Brownsword adds the Impressionist to his collection
Iraq's Ministry of Culture takes reins from Coalition Provisional Authority as Zainab Bahrani is elected as senior consultant
The US-Iraqi academic has turned her attention to addressing the unauthorised excavation of archaeological sites
From the archive | Can the new Vermeer make £20m?
A committee of experts has decided that the reattributed painting, Young Woman Seated at the Virginals, is authentic
Exhibition of Nimrud gold directed by the Copenhagen's United Exhibits Group coming to Europe in 2005
The venture is backed by the Iraqi authorities, who have a stake in the newfound Iraq Project Company
V&A and British Museum join together to buy Buddha
Purchased with funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund and National Arts Collection Fund
British auction houses develop ties with Cambodia
Sotheby's and Christie'shave been working with Cambodian authorities and organisations in the art world
Saudi donor gives V&A £5.4 million for new Islamic gallery
Jameel Gallery to be funded by car dealership Hartwell PLC
