The Art Newspaper
Lenin gazes into an uncertain future
While Russia tears down the images of Communism, there is a market in Germany for former artists of the regime
French war booty surfaces in East Berlin
The Musées de France knew about it for nearly twenty years
The art of Forties America at the MoMA
Exploring the influence of immigrants and how the world moved on from the war
Mona Lisa mystery finally solved: The sitter is indisputably Lisa del Giocondo
And not Isabella d’Este, Pacifica Brandano, Costanza d’Avalos, a cumulative female image—or Leonardo in drag
Ro-Tate: Tate's rehang success with 1,500,000 visitors in attendance
It’s all change at the Tate Gallery, as part of Nick Serota’s policy of rotating the collections
What's on in Switzerland: Good Rothko and Mark Tobey shows
In a quiet month a chance to see some classic modern art
Matisse forgeries in the market is nothing new
Dealers fear more forged prints may emerge
A flood of pictures for MoMA as collector William S. Paley dies
The bequest, one of the largest in the museum's history, includes three of Gertrude Stein’s Picassos
Spain debates new legislation that attempts to induce sponsorship of the arts with tax cuts
If the law is passed, sponsors will be granted legal provisions so they might better circumvent obstacles that complicate art funding
International Silver and Jewellery Fair exhibition examines royal jewellery: real, revived and faked
“Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen Scots: History and Myth” is on show, along with several groundbreaking seminars
Jennifer Mundy argues conservative art can also be good art: On Jane Lee's new Derain monograph
The Tate curator discusses moving on from Fauvism and the relationship between originality and quality
Three expressive exhibitions at the Tate of the North
Die Brücke, “New Light on Sculpture”, and Richard Long now on at Tate Liverpool
Work of the revolutionary Russian artist Kazimir Malevich (1878-1935) is currently showing in Los Angeles, then coming to New York
The exhibition draws works from galleries and museums across the globe to display a chronological retrospective
Spate of Spanish art fakes recently discovered in the market
Watch out for Millares, Chillida, Domìnguez and Barceló. Interpol find “French connection”
Milan to be Italy's candidate for the European Agency for the Environment
Plans to replace Milan with Venice as a candidate have been scrapped
Gallery owner Cannaviello plans a broad-ranging Modern art museum in Milan
It would be the first to be run as a plc, with works of art as its capital base and private collectors as its shareholders
Nauman's retrospective in Basel brings social madness to light
The exhibition, in which psychological unrest is registered through the body, will appear next in Frankfurt
Minimalist masterpieces on show in Sydney
The Drill Hall Gallery is showing works by Mark Rothko and Frank Stella, among others
MoMA’s new Curator of Painting and Sculpture announced
A post considered a bed of nails
Business Committee for the Arts survey suggests that US recession will not reduce art sponsorship
Corporations' trust in art as a tool for generating publicity has not wavered
MoMA to hold Lichtenstein retrospective in 1992
The exhibition will travel through Europe, and in 1993 will be enlarged and shown at the Guggenheim to celebrate the artist's sixtieth birthday
Impressionism investigated in National Gallery's final "Art in the Making" exhibition
Artists’ techniques revealed through science
High tech whizz kids beat Rizzoli to purchase Phaidon
Mark Futter and Richard Schlagman are the new owners of Phaidon Press, the jewel in the crown of Musterlin, which collapsed in October.
Museum boom planned for Spanish capital
Vast collections emerge: archaeology, ethnographic and waxworks.
High-tech advances at the Uffizi to transform air conditioning, conservation, and data maintenance
Progress on the “Uffizi advanced technology project” in Florence is going well.
The Warburg Institute: A Personal Memoir
In 1933 Nazism, drove a band of original and profound scholars to settle in Britain. Out of these elements grew the world famous Institute, whose approach to the past has incomparably enriched the understanding of art. Will the 1990s see this living intellectual force stifled by British government meanness and philistinism?
Marcos Collection shines in upcoming Christie's sale
Fresh information has confirmed the importance of the works which will be put on the block
Iran imposes capital punishment for illicit exportation of antiquities
This legislation may come to late, as several archaeological sites have already been looted, and their content distributed throughout the international market
Fundació Joan Miró gears up for an outstanding programme including Beuys, Tàpies and the modern classics
Generous lending has set them up for a blockbuster year