Art exports
Turner seller might have done better with Tate
Why was The Dark Rigi sold privately, when a public sale would have given valuable tax breaks?
Will Reynolds’ Archers stay in the UK? A look at Tate's fundraising efforts and the effects of the Waverley Criteria
Tate needs over £2 million to buy the £3.2m painting from an overseas buyer
World’s biggest art collector under arrest in Qatar
Sheikh Saud Al-Thani is being investigated for alleged misuse of public funds
Reynolds’ Portrait of Omai to remain in the UK, but in private hands
The painting which was bought at Sotheby's was banned from leaving the country - now what?
The National Gallery purchases Raphael’s Madonna of the pinks: What we know
The Raphael was bought by the National Gallery for £22 million in February 2004
The Victoria and Albert Museum and the attempt to buy Mantuan roundel
The Art Newspaper requested full information
Victoria and Albert Museum fails to secure Clive of India flask
Collector sheikh stalemates art export process
¡Viva España! Spanish market comes of age alongside strengthening economy
Interest in the field is surging as new collectors enter the fray
What happened to the Maharajah of Indore’s Brancusi birds?
In 1973 the Tate wanted to buy Brancusi’s black marble “Bird in space” through dealer Richard Feigen, but the sale fell through because the trustees believed the work had been “smuggled” out of India
Acquisitions negotiations at Tate and The Armouries: You win some, you lose some
A mysterious donor gives the Tate £12.5 million to buy Reynolds’ Omai but the Armouries fail to get Lottery support for two armours
Newly-discovered Blake watercolours go for £10 million - but not to the Tate
An export licence deferral is now expected as the set of 19 watercolours sold to a Glasgow bookshop for a pittance in 2000 were sold to an overseas collector out from under the Tate
Michael Steinhardt is refusing the Italian State’s claim for the return of a fifth-century phiale
The US collector challenges Italy’s law
Collector Paula Cussi funds Tate Freud exhibition despite export altercation
“Lucian Freud: Some New Paintings” is on show until 26 July
Painting captured in police sting is by Raphael, says leading expert
The owner's careless sales technique led the carabinieri right to his doorstep
European Parliament approves the Directive on the Restitution of Cultural Goods
There are concerns however about how effective or restrictive this regulation will be
Agreement reached on EEC exports and restitution
The Regulation to enter into force by the end of March, the Directive in October
Ministers for the Arts meet to discuss art exports under new EEC regulations
Dondelinger proposes uniform controls on external borders and a restitution system