The Art Newspaper
Over 150 ancient and Medieval Egyptian sites hit by October earthquake
Unesco is coordinating a restoration programme for buildings from the Pyramid of Cheops to the Blue Mosque
Digital visual library expands
Interactive Home Systems partners with National Gallery and Seattle Art Museum
World War II ends for a small town in eastern Germany as treasures are finally returned
Church valuables were dispersed in 1945, reunited in 1992, and return home in 1993
Art Basel's space dedicated to graphics will split with fair's core site
This new arrangement clears the way for developments implemented to give dealers further exposure
Laser scanners becoming central to stone conservation
Merseyside museums lead the way in applying new technology to stone conservation
Should the Tate Gallery split?
We asked leading figures in the art world whether the Tate should divide into the British Collections and a museum of international modern art: all but one were in favour
Ethiopian football fans demand return of Axum obelisk looted by Mussolini
Official campaign for restitution of sculptured stele
The Uffizi’s “Wounded warrior” is a Greek original
It was previously believed that the statue was a copy
The V&A recruits European talent
Dr Norbert Jopek to join Sculpture department
Japanese barter the restoration of Urbino’s walls in exchange for a Raphael exhibition
Florence's soprintendente has described the proposal as “blackmail”
The Getty Kouros: The masterpiece versus fake debate continues
Perhaps it is better to journey than to arrive, as the authentication process of this work has encouraged significant research into kouroi sculpture
Agnew’s 175th anniversary: the memoirs of a senior partner, Dick Kingzett
A vanished variety of collectors: the priest, the Russian in exile, the actor, the V&A Keeper, the German and Dutch aesthetes—and a millionaire
Sleeper found at Sotheby's found to be genuine fifteenth-century sculpture
Very few bronzes survive from this period, making the piece a remarkable find
French bronze founders propose action against forgery
Syndicat Général des Fondeurs de France decide on a code of conduct and a central register
Peter Halley goes to court as Sonnabend and Gagosian squabble over contracts
Not exactly Queensberry Rules
Banca Toscana to sponsor restoration of Cimabue’s altarpiece “Maestà”
The structure that replaced the wooden support has caused the 13th century Madonna to rupture
Warburg digitises census of art available to Renaissance audiences
Access Apollo Belvedere and friends on computer now
The upcoming Art Basel '92 will see no challenge to the fair's preeminence
The event that traditionally brings the American buyers to Europe opens 17 June
Following the Rodin fakes scandal French bronze founders act to protect their good name
The Syndicat concluded that French legislation is incomplete in its definitions of reproductions and forgery
Non-compliance with Security Council’s resolutions holds up UNESCO mission to reunite Iraq with treasures lost in Gulf War
More than 4,000 museum items missing according to Director General of the Iraqi Antiquities Department
Zygmunt Vogel’s vision of Warsaw
These 36 watercolours of the city were crucial in its reconstruction
Looted Bremen drawings on show at the Hermitage in June
About 150 items from the collection will be displayed at the exhibition
“We buy figureheads, busts, portraits, banners—at high prices”
Moscow author amasses a collection of depictions of Lenin and Stalin before they are destroyed
Let them take their art with them into the afterlife: Achille Bonito Oliva proposes a dignified exit for contemporary works of art
What is the point of restoring modern art? Is it reasonable to treat a Rauschenberg as if it were a Leonardo?
Count down to 1993 and the United States of Europe—are you prepared? Everything you need to know about the European Commission and the Maastricht Treaty
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Leonardo and Venetian painting at Palazzo Grassi
Highlights include the “Vitruvian Man”
Touring retrospective celebrates thirty years of Baselitz
Currently at the Munich Kunsthalle, the exhibition will next move to the Edinburgh National Gallery of Modern Art
United Technologies’ strategic withdrawal
Corporation to drop arts sponsorship programme
John Rothenstein, the Tate Gallery’s longest serving director, dies
Douglas Cooper v. the Knight Commander of the Mexican Order of the Aztec Eagle: round one