Martin Bailey
William Morris’s house for the National Trust?
National Trust considers acquiring the Red House, Bexleyheath
Munich opens one of the world’s greatest collections of 20th-century art
On a par with Tate Modern or the Centre Pompidou, the Pinakothek der Moderne is the largest new gallery for a generation
Sweeping Gainsborough exhibition on at Tate Britain
The Tate has pulled out all stops for this exhaustive show
Solid gold, fake Celtic cauldron found in lake
If deemed a Nazi object, it belongs to the Bavarian State
Appeals are made to Buckingham Palace to return gifted Benin bronze taken from Lagos Museum
Nigerian premier had given it to The Queen on 1973 State visit
Oslo: Buddhism’s “Dead Sea Scrolls” for sale to Norway
Saved from Afghanistan by top collector, the manuscripts pose an ethical problem
Amid protests UK Treasury decides not to sell its silver
Loans instead organised for V&A and other museums
A donation from the Kreitman Foundation has supported this month’s opening of a huge but little known archive of artists’ letters, notebooks, photos and ephemera
The trifles and hidden lives of artists
Iraqi government's dam across Tigris will bring to an end the ancient city of Assur
The ancient Assyrian empire, along with over a hundred other heritage sites, will face detrimental flooding
Victoria and Albert Museum plans £150 million radical rethink of the displays
Among the first tasks to be tackled is the complete refurbishment of the Medieval and Renaissance Galleries.
British Museum's findings on the Parthenon marbles cleaning incident said to lack key details
The publication is interpreted by William St Clair to be the result of efforts to protect the institution's reputation
How The Queen came to own a Lagos museum piece
The Nigerian Head of State raided a museum to present her with a Benin bronze in 1973
Public Accounts Committee report critical of Victoria & Albert Museum, "Repeat visitors a sign of failure" say politicians
The verbatim account of the committee’s hearings which took place last March makes depressing reading
"An absolute political priority": Bamiyan Buddhas may be rebuilt
Unesco will convene an international meeting next month to discuss reconstruction
Acceptance in lieu deal worth £9.3 million agreed for historic house furniture
Houghton Hall’s William Kent furniture to remain in house but to belong to Victoria & Albert Museum
The Estate of Francis Bacon drops legal action against Marlborough
No evidence of blackmail, and video shows the artist satisfied with his gallery
Cloistered Nimrud treasures to be discussed by Iraqi scholars at delayed British Museum conference
Few have seen the Nimrud gold, a cache of eighth-century BC Assyrian royal gold
Bacon Estate alleges artist was blackmailed by Marlborough
Potentially key witnesses, David Sylvester, Gilbert de Botton and Gilbert Lloyd, are all dead
Costs of Afghan war may curtail promised State funding to struggling Hermitage Museum
Published accounts show that in 2000 the Hermitage raised 65% of its budget
“Masterpieces of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity”: A new list by UNESCO
Ancient language, song, dance and performance cannot be kept alive simply in a showcase or tended by curators. This list was produced to highlight their fragility
Tate Britain: Sugar baron’s dream comes true
The opening of new galleries and the division of the museum’s collection with Tate Modern have realised Sir Henry Tate’s vision of a national gallery for British art. Three rooms for Constable and one each for Hogarth and Blake
"The AAM guide to provenance research" by Nancy Yeide, Konstantin Akinsha and Amy Walsh
A guide on how to best investigate provenance with specific emphasis on the specialist problems of the Holocaust-era, solvable using provenance research
How The Met and the Louvre are complicit in the illegal art and antiques trade: Interview with Manus Brinkman
Museums must set the standard for collectors and dealers, says Manus Brinkman Secretary General of the International Council of Museums
From the archive | Young woman at a virginal: A Vermeer? 'Oh yes it is! Oh no it’s not!'
After its showing in New York, Baron Rolin’s “Young woman at a virginal” has been accepted as plausible enough to be included in the London stage of the exhibition, but some scholars have yet to be convinced
Boijmans Foundation and Rotterdam museum disagree over war loot issue
The Boijman’s van Beuningen museum wants to return a looted Toorop
Freud ramps up efforts to find Bacon portrait stolen in Berlin
A poster campaign has been launched to recover the work which disappeared from the Neue Nationalgalerie
Kreitman’s donation opens Tate archive to the public
Spring 2002 to see new Research Centre at Millbank
Bacon Estate v. Marlborough gallery to go to High Court in January
Litigation may reveal the operations of one of London’s leading galleries and its Liechtenstein subsidiary