The Art Newspaper

MoMA and Guggenheim join forces for Reinhardt restoration

The conservation departments of both museums are collaborating on the study, analysis, and treatment of a badly damaged painting

May 2001archive

Eight leading market figures on what the next recession will mean for the art world

In 2001 they predicted that some areas such as the Old Master market will remain stable but that trendy art would lose its zip

Lawarchive

Former Met lawyer to advise private collectors and museums

Reflecting the continuous rise in the value of art and importance of provenance

Carter Brown’s Leonardo to be auctioned

The Christie's estimate puts its worth over £3.5 million

Will Mussolini’s looted monument finally go home?

After 54 years of procrastination, the Italian government could be close to returning the Axum obelisk to Ethiopia

Tate Modern's 'Century City' receives mixed reviews

A vast, nine section exhibition: What the critics said

Art fairsarchive

Paris Museums support drawings fair Salon de Dessin for the first time

Special viewings arranged for expected international collectors

François Pinault loses Egyptian antiquity case

Controversy over statue which dates from 1850-1720 BC

Booksarchive

Book Review: Jo Crook and Tom Learner, The impact of modern paints

(Tate Publications, London, 2000), 192 pp, 25 b/w ills, 160 col. ills, £16.99 (pb) ISBN 1854372874

Turner and Claude exhibited together in 'Pure as Italian Air'

Unfortunately this excellent showcase of the master of landscape has been overlooked due to its lack of catalogue

Tatearchive

Book review: Stephen Hackney, Rica Jones and Joyce Townsend (eds), Paint and purpose: a study of technique in British art

(Tate Publications, London, 2000), 216 pp, 74 b/w ills, 116 col. ills, £19.99 (pb) ISBN 1854372483

Art Baselarchive

Art Basel to launch in Miami Beach

From next year, modern and contemporary art dealers will congregate in Florida

Forgeriesarchive

Spanish art forgery network busted

Arrests followed an investigation sparked by the concerns of the Joan Miró Foundation

Star Wars exhibition opens in Bradford

“The Art of Star Wars”, National Museum of Photography, Film and Television, Bradford, until 29 April 2001

Letters: V&A was not intended to be purely decorative

If there is a museum anywhere in the world which can claim to be the first embodiment of this inclusive, antisegregationist approach, it is the V&A.

Ten minutes with Lars Nittve on the opening of Tate Modern

Director explains how London’s most popular new tourist attraction set its exhibition policy

The World Jewish Congress’s Commission for Art Recovery restitutes works from museums in Hanover and Leipzig

Does this mark a change of direction for initiative, which previously only recorded losses?

Less is more with Lauder restoration

Several works subject to restoration paid for by Estée Lauder