Controversies

Interviewarchive

Interview with Robert Storr, director of the 2007 Venice Biennale: "I would recommend dramatically increasing the number of national pavilions"

In the second part of our interview with Storr, he considers the question of how to make the historic event truly representative of today’s global art world

Ofili controversy at the Tate will lead to greater openness

After Tate resisted the release of the sums paid for Ofili's 'The Upper Room', Tate will now more often disclose the price of works bought from artist-trustees.

Art marketarchive

The curation and location of the upcoming exhibition of the late Prunella Clough's pieces is being contested by a number of dealers

However, this controversial exhibition at the Olympia Fine Art Fair might boost her posthumous profile

British Museum's findings on the Parthenon marbles cleaning incident said to lack key details

The publication is interpreted by William St Clair to be the result of efforts to protect the institution's reputation

Parthenonarchive

William St Clair makes a rebuttal to the British Museum's defence of its competence to curate Parthenon Marbles

St Clair demands greater candour in the fallout of Lord Elgin and the Marbles' third edition, in which it was asserted that over-cleaning had irreparably damaged the marbles

San Diego Museum of Art refuses funding from tobacco giant Philip Morris due to controversy

The museum has been widely criticised by Californians for indirectly condoning the company's exploitation of addiction

The splendour of ruins?

To resurrect or not to resurrect Dresden’s Frauenkirche, which has been left in ruins as a slowly decaying war memorial