The Art Newspaper

At last we have a serious decorative arts show: John Channon at the V&A,

The Victoria and Albert Museum may be getting back into its stride as the world's top decorative art museum if the exhibition is anything to go by.

Morozov's music room reconstructed in the State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts

Exhibition of Russia's two most famous fin-de-siècle collectors now on in Moscow

Malévich heirs stake claim on MoMA works

The New York museum insists it has sound title

Hollandarchive

Holland’s code policing the sponsorship of cultural activities

The code was devised as a response to the normalisation of corporate funding, which could cause an uneven distribution of aid based on changing tastes

Attendance and profits of the Venice Biennale's 49th edition

This year marks a comeback, but there is still room for improvement

The Crowley Colosso Leonardo Prize

Entries open for the Accademia Italiana's annual award

Obituary for Annette Giacometti

Both Giacometti's spouse and favourite subject, Annette's championing of his talent persisted after his passing

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