The Art Newspaper
Collector of the month: Philip Hewat-Jaboor. “You have to be prepared to stretch yourself mentally and financially”
Why I prefer decorative arts
Death of Peter Ludwig, mega-collector
The chocolate magnate both infuriated and stimulated the German art scene for nearly thirty years
Assyrian stone relief slabs from Sennacherib's Palace in Iraq may have been smuggled from the country and sold on
Professor John Malcolm Russell's personal connection to the objects left him well placed to recognise them in images from sales
Saatchi & Gagosian to collaborate?
Charles Saatchi and Larry Gagosian are discussing a joint gallery, reports Roger Bevan
The Overholland Collection to go on tour as it loses its home to Van Gogh
The works on paper will begin their nomadic existence at the Teylers Museum
German art heavyweights including Hans Haacke and Rosemarie Trockel sign document rejecting corporate sponsorship
If the State relinquishes its responsibility for funding culture, art will be restricted by private patronage, the letter argues
Bold design for new V&A building by Daniel Libeskind, but government cuts force compulsory entrance charge
V&A in brave act of patronage
Barcelona builds up Dalí’s architectural interests in new exhibition
Twenty-seven oil paintings and over one hundred drawings are featured
The acceptance of items of national heritage in lieu of inheritance tax continues to provide public collections in Britain with new material
A Tanguy for the Tate, important furniture for the V&A
Correction: Michael Ward Gallery
An amendment to an article published in the March issue of The Art Newspaper (No. 57, p.26), with our apologies
Letters: Gagging clauses imposed on curators forced into early retirement
Secrecy at the old V&A
Art and technology combine for John Davies frames and dealer Alex Wengraf
How computers are enhancing the market for these two businesses
Sarah Raphael wins big art prize
She beat out the highest number of applicants to date for the NatWest prize
Two mega-collectors die
Ryoei Saito, chief of the Daishowa Paper Company and Stavros Niarchos, shipping magnate
Visions of Love and Life: Pre-Raphaelites light up the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
This year appears to be the year of the Pre-Raphaelite, with yet another major show on the way
Iraq's cultural heritage continues to be depleted as museums and archaeological sites plagued by smugglers
In a lecture given at London's Institute of Archaeology, Dr Lamia al Galiani-Werr drove home the urgency of the issue
Descharnes wins back Dali rights from Spanish State
Dali's former secretary has been successful in his appeal
Joshua Compston, an obituary
Aged twenty-five years old, London gallerist Joshua Compston died on Wednesday, 6 March, 1996.
John Deakin at the National Portrait Gallery: Bacon and the Soho bohemia
Retrospective on until 14 July
Warhol lawyer loses $1.35 million in court ruling
Mr Hayes was told that he was only owed $3.5 million
Eight architects listed for V&A’s Boilerhouse including Cardiff Opera designer Hadid
New structure will showcase contemporary crafts
Tighter copyright legislation for EU nations?
Even the most hidebound museum or public institution has now woken up to new technologies
Optimism at ARCO as huge turnout is matched by satisfying sales
However, there is still a marked lack of Spanish collectors
Small dip in V&A numbers...
But Apsley House reaches record numbers following restoration
The collectors and the artists they choose to collect
Gemma de Angelis Testa, Eliana Guglielmi, Corrado Levi, Marcello Levi, Marco Rivetti, Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo
Federico Mayor, Director General of UNESCO, described the organisation as “Affirming an intellectual and moral solidarity in the mind of humanity” last month
The Art Newspaper surveys the successes and failures of the much criticised organisation
The Getty Museum retreats from the antiquities market
In a radical change of policy, the Getty now favours archaeological conservation, research and education over collection building
V&A's new director Alan Borg cuts through committee structure
Curators to be given a place on management committees
Tate Gallery conference: From marble to chocolate
International group of conservators consider the problems posed by the conservation of modern sculpture
Our island story at the Tate
Dynasties, a big show of Tudor and Jacobean painting, demands considerable intellectual input from the visitor