The Art Newspaper

Art marketarchive

Victory for Wartski as disputed jewel heads to Stuttgart

The 1992 Grosvenor House Antiques Fair had declared the jewel a made-up piece

Booksarchive

Guide to procuring arts sponsorship published

The text includes illustrative examples alongside practical advice

Art marketarchive

Dutch government chases war-booty Savery

The piece was taken during World War II

Obituariesarchive

Norton Simon, greatest of post-war collectors, dies

Simon's widow has announced that his art collection will remain at the museum in Pasadena

Russians "close down restitution commission"

Internal conflicts hamstrung the effort to return war loot to Germany

Obituariesarchive

Otto Von Simson dies

Professor Otto von Simson, the German art historian, died in Berlin at the end of May, aged 80.

Fake Beuys drawings scandal in officially sponsored exhibition at Accademia di Brera

Thirty-eight works impounded while court searches for a reliable expert

British war artist Peter Howson sent to Bosnia

Continuing a practice from World War I, Howson will respond to the ongoing conflict in the region

Columns of glass at the V&A

New glass gallery to open early next year

European Parliament approves the Directive on the Restitution of Cultural Goods

There are concerns however about how effective or restrictive this regulation will be

Tatearchive

Tate considers magazine

A publication is planned for the gallery, with a pilot projected for September

Museumsarchive

Edinburgh acquires Raphael drawing

It is now the National Gallery's second drawing by Raphael

Malévich to be exhibited in Madrid, Barcelona, and Valencia

The exhibition will show just 42 pictures from the early 19th century, including “Black square on a white ground”

Collectorsarchive

Spain has no official record of Islamic collector

Negotiations between David Nasser Khalili and British government ongoing

National Gallery: new loans, new acquisitions

The Buccleuch Leonardo, the Halifax Titian plus two fine Danish purchases

430 unknown drawings by Modigliani brought to light as the son of the artist's best friend releases a new book

The works were collected day by day, from 1907 to 1914, by Paul Alexandre during the artist’s stay in Paris

Annual conferences meet in London and Seattle to discuss identity, display, and art history

The Association of Art Historians will meet at the Tate Gallery, while 5000 will gather for the College Art Association conference in the US

Prizesarchive

Kent dealer wins Leonardo Prize

His rare manuscript find nabbed him this year's award

Booksarchive

A look at the best of new art books

Books on non-Western art, women artists, and from the new art history

Unescoarchive

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 Baselarchive

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

Korean art at the V&A

New space sponsored by Samsung corporation

Tatearchive

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