The Art Newspaper
Six years ago, Elizabeth Esteve-Coll sacked four keepers of curatorial departments and other staff. One of those keepers assesses her achievements
Has the V&A lost its head?
This year's 'New Displays' reveals fresh themes at Tate
A broadly chronological approach with thematic rooms addresses Surrealism, emotion, and history painting
Round up of Italian publishers this season
Historical figures predominate, with archaeology close behind.
Leonardo specialist appointed to Oxford Chair
Martin Kemp is the new Professor of Art History with the brief to expand the faculty
De Kooning and the critics
As the current survey opens in London, we look at how it fared in the US
Tate Gallery annual report for 1992-94: great progress on small funds
The study shows an increasing and successful reliance on non-government support in this time of limited funding and frozen resources
Two concurrent exhibitions to open at the Museum Fredericianum
Works from the Renaissance to the Baroque can be seen alongside Andy Warhol
Tate narrows the list of proposed architects for Bankside extension
Who will design the new Tate Gallery?
Goodbye Gutenberg, hello Gatesburg
The future for art, books and education, as seen through the eyes of computer wizard Bill Gates, who last month bought the Leonardo Codex
Spanish to bring in laws that smooth the path for art sponsorship
Tax mandates pertaining to the acquisition of art will be eased for both donors and foundations
What future for the looted Krebs Collection?
Rumours of a Sotheby’s valuation have encouraged talk of auction
Dalí’s former secretary Descharnes fights back against governmental meddling in estate rights
“The Spanish State cannot cancel a private agreement which is valid until 2004”
Luis Monreal, director of La Caixa, has a national-sized budget to spend
The Spanish savings bank, had an operating budget of $67.64 million in 1993, of which $11.87 million was spent on visual arts projects
The end of the Grands Projets
France's culture budget will see a 2.5% drop in real terms next year
Divorce in casa Dalí as Gala-Dalí Foundation and Spain seize control
State and Foundation cancel their contract with Descharnes, the artist’s former secretary and administrator of copyright
ICA becomes first UK arts centre to enter into title sponsorship with Toshiba agreement
In exchange for the monetary support the car company will provide, all ICA branding will include their logo
Bank debtors’ Van Gogh withdrawn as fake
While there is some support for its attribution, doubt still lingers
African art exhibitions are being scrutinised over possible neo-colonialism and categorisation worries
Perhaps the problem lies with the lack of suitable definitions created by African artists themselves?
Council of Europe report emphasises danger to works of art in emergency storage
30% of the movable cultural property in Croatia needs emergency treatment
Eighteen Giacometti pieces from his wife’s estate to be sold by auctioneer Jacques Tajan
Sculptural ensemble "La clairière" is a standout, expected to reach up to 6 million francs
Calder for sale in London
Tapping into the artist's popularity after the success of his RA appearance
Pugin, founder of modernism, in a riot of polychromy at the V&A
A major survey of the high priest of the Gothic Revival
Where is the real Van Gogh’s “White House at Night”?
Fears are growing that the version in the St Petersburg is a replica
Sardinian antiquities on show in Paris accused of being fake
Leading expert queries items in exhibition, all of which come from private collections