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Obituariesarchive

Adrian Ward-Jackson has died

The successful art dealer died aged 41

New exhibition on Cola dell’ Amatrice, a Raphaelesque shrinking violet

The exhibition at he Pinacoteca Civica di Palazzo Arringo is open until 15 October

Booksarchive

The National Trust’s 6000 paintings on microfiche

Large, unpublished collections now available

The collector who ushered the Impressionists into the Louvre

A collection of works donated to the nation by Etienne Moreau-Nélaton on display at the Grand Palais

Los Angeles' County Museum of Art to hold exhibition of French Art sourced from Southern Californian collections

Monet, Renoir and Picasso will be some of the big names represented in the show, opening 9 June

Art Baselarchive

Art Basel's coordinators prioritise market over culture

No more free champagne at the 22nd Art fair, from 12 to 17 June

Unfamiliar early Rauschenbergs at the Corcoran

A broad range of rarely exhibited works tour the US

A gallery with a new vision of Chinese art opens at the V&A this month

Daring to say “This is rare and beautiful” in new V&A Chinese gallery

Newsarchive

Official Soviet circles consider the return to the West of World War II art treasures

Glasnost has unveiled the ill kept secret of thousands of works of art, of archives and libraries taken to the USSR

Newsarchive

US returns bell taken as trophy of war to Japan

The temple bell was taken from a Japanese island by American marines at the end of World War II

The Amerbach Kunstkabinett lives again as one of the greatest Renaissance collections reunites for three months

The stunning assemblage contains works by many Northern masters, including both the elder and younger Holbeins

French and Russians come together over Malevich in cooperative workshops and lectures, entitled "Playing Malevich"

The group of Lille and Soviet artists, designers, and architects will collaborate to produce an original culture park

The full text of the Hague convention for the protection of cultural property in the event of armed conflict (1954)

Neither the U.S.A. nor G.B. have ratified it, despite having insisted, with Turkey, on the inclusion of an exemption clause for military necessity

Order, imagination and technology at the new Ringling Museum

After rebuilding work lasting ten years and costing $20 million, the Ringling Museum has been reopened to the public.

Stolen Benin bronze found in Zürich

Stolen from Jos, Nigeria, Benin bronze turns up in Zürich auction house

Baselarchive

New branch of Sotheby’s to be located in Basel

Ruedi Staechelin appointed leadership role

Excavating a new temple of Solomon despite the war

Dig continues at Ain Dara to uncover a temple almost identical to that described in the Bible

What's on: Real fakes

Rotonda della Besana, Milan

Looted artarchive

How forces invading Iraq neglected to make provisions for heritage sites

Unlike in World War II, no commission exists to advise the military

What's on in Los Angeles: Transport art and anti-war protest

With a notable appearance by Marie Raymond, mother of Yves Klein and a talented artist in her own right

Furore over sale of Dalí rights to British financial group

Henry Ansbacher is said to have paid $15m (£7.5m) for the Spaniard’s copyright