Martin Bailey
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
Collector Khalili puts town house on market for £100 million
The most expensive private town house ever put up for sale in Britain
Victoria & Albert Museum: too posh for the people?
A National Audit Office Report concludes that visitors are discouraged from visiting the institution because of its “highbrow” image
Hans Haacke: But what does it all mean?
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
From the archive | A 36th Vermeer?
Paint analysis suggests that "Woman at a virginal", which is in private hands and has been dismissed for 50 years, may be by the master
Coins and medals expert appointed to Victoria & Albert Museum
Mark Jones comes from directing the National Museum of Scotland
Bacon estate bans reproductions of images in Barbican exhibition
Tate lends Bacon works on paper for comparison with disputed works but comparative photos of Tate works are not allowed
Environment, as well as buildings, needs protection
A major report stresses the power of place
Fiona Reynolds is the new director general of Britain’s leading heritage charity
'I love the passion here'
Six hundred works of uncertain provenance listed in report on UK museums
This will assist in the identification of looted artworks
London’s National Gallery withdraws from bidding on possible war loot
Metropolitan Monet subject to claim
One-way transfer of 19th-century works from Tate to British Museum planned
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
Italian embassy in London pursues claim to Benevento missal
The Art Newspaper has tracked down further details of what happened to the twelfth-century manuscript during World War II
Swiss say philanthropist collector is senile and have blocked his foundations, art and money
Legal battle over Dr Gustav Rau’s paintings, which he wants to give to Unicef, and which are on loan to Paris
Campaign for Parthenon marbles' reinstatement soldiers on with candidates in running to design long-awaited Acropolis Museum and building of new station
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
Haacke engages Serpentine and V&A in “dialogues”
Artistic exchange to take place next year
Insurance deal for £24 million stolen Turners
Museum buys back title to the pictures and keeps part of the insurance money
Visitor figures fall by one-third at “old” Tate since Tate Modern opening
Relaunch in October 2001 intended to bring back the public
Slow progress on restoring war-torn Croatia
Work is underway, but worst hit town Vukovar still 'deserted'
“The Jewish people should be heirs to heirless art” says Knesset member, as plans are made to return Nazi-loot to rightful owners
Christie’s and Sotheby’s to help with provenance research projects
The consensus is that one of the world’s greatest museums, the V&A, has lost its way. A strong leader is needed.
Decorative arts flagship seeks captain who believes in its contents and curators
UK's National Trust to catalogue its books collection with US funding
Around 500,000 volumes are scattered across 150 historic houses
Wildenstein reveal key documents on alleged war loot
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