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Sarah Raphael wins big art prize

She beat out the highest number of applicants to date for the NatWest prize

Collectorsarchive

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

Iraqarchive

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

Obituariesarchive

Joshua Compston, an obituary

Aged twenty-five years old, London gallerist Joshua Compston died on Wednesday, 6 March, 1996.

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Warhol lawyer loses $1.35 million in court ruling

Mr Hayes was told that he was only owed $3.5 million

Tighter copyright legislation for EU nations?

Even the most hidebound museum or public institution has now woken up to new technologies

Art fairsarchive

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

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

Tatearchive

Tate Gallery conference: From marble to chocolate

International group of conservators consider the problems posed by the conservation of modern sculpture

Tatearchive

Our island story at the Tate

Dynasties, a big show of Tudor and Jacobean painting, demands considerable intellectual input from the visitor

TEFAF Basel to open this month

A big new event organised by the Maastricht team but with concessions to its Swiss location. Will it work?

Grand designs for Cairo Egyptian Museum include expansions and virtual restitution

After many set backs a new building is finally in the works, as well as plans for a modern solution to the dispersal of Egypt's treasures

Dalí commission to sort things out with new expert team in Figueras

The Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí fills the hole left by break with Robert Descharnes

Russians get nowhere on WWII restitution

More roadblocks further slow the process

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Raphael looks after the arts: The EU's new programme for arts and heritage

While many details are yet to be fine-tuned, it should be ready to protect Europe's cultural treasures by the end of the year

Collectorsarchive

Collection of interior design scholar Mario Praz reinstated to Palazzo Primoli apartment

Praz bequeathed the entirety of his collection to the Galleria Nazionale d’arte Moderna, in the hope that his home would become a satellite of the museum

Art Baselarchive

The strong gets stronger: Art Basel outstrips other art fairs in popularity as applications soar

Art Basel's status as the leading art fair remains in tact; whilst plans are made to include a video forum and a space for young galleries

Tatearchive

The Tate Gallery: Architecture’s Degree Zero

Architectural theorist Jehuda Safran discusses the merits of Herzog and de Meuron