What changes the election have wrought

Spring 2002 to see new Research Centre at Millbank

Litigation may reveal the operations of one of London’s leading galleries and its Liechtenstein subsidiary

MoMA “to continue alone”

The most expensive private town house ever put up for sale in Britain

A National Audit Office Report concludes that visitors are discouraged from visiting the institution because of its “highbrow” image

For his exhibition at the Serpentine, the conceptual artist has made an installation of art from the Victoria and Albert Museum and left its message open

Mark Jones comes from directing the National Museum of Scotland

Tate lends Bacon works on paper for comparison with disputed works but comparative photos of Tate works are not allowed

A major report stresses the power of place

'I love the passion here'

This will assist in the identification of looted artworks

Metropolitan Monet subject to claim

All 19th-century European drawings and watercolours in the Tate’s collection will be loaned to the BM, with the possibility of transferring ownership entirely

The Art Newspaper has tracked down further details of what happened to the twelfth-century manuscript during World War II

Legal battle over Dr Gustav Rau’s paintings, which he wants to give to Unicef, and which are on loan to Paris

A stop on the Athens metro line has been introduced decorated with imitations of Parthenon friezes, in proximity to the Acropolis Museum's intended site

Artistic exchange to take place next year

Museum buys back title to the pictures and keeps part of the insurance money

Relaunch in October 2001 intended to bring back the public

Work is underway, but worst hit town Vukovar still 'deserted'

Christie’s and Sotheby’s to help with provenance research projects

Decorative arts flagship seeks captain who believes in its contents and curators

Around 500,000 volumes are scattered across 150 historic houses

While the Kann descendants have solid evidence for their claim, the Wildenstein family are confident enough in their story to share their own documents with The Art Newspaper

Leading expert on Nigerian antiquities warns that government and museum officials in the country are involved with the illicit trade of artefacts to the West

13 paintings from the National Maritime Museum, a £100,000 chest from the British Museum, and a Burne-Jones panel from the V&A are some of the items stolen

A doctor in a remote village in the Congo, part of Dr Rau's thousand-strong collection is on display now in Paris.

Extensive damage to basement in Easter Sunday flood