Controversies
Hundreds of national museum workers on zero-hours contracts
Questions raised about the ethics of employment terms usually associated with discount stores and fast-food chains
Memorials to Norway massacre victims prove divisive
Artist Nico Widerberg’s sculptures welcomed by many, but the way an anonymous donor is funding them upsets others
Antony Gormley’s statue for UK war museum was shot down by Battle of Britain hero
The sculpture of a girl between a rocket and a missile "was a step too far for the board," says the UK artist
Versailles exhibitions spark controversy: Perrotin answers the critics
Three of Emmanuel Perrotin's artists host shows at the iconic French palace
Knives out for Pinault over resignation of Palazzo Grassi director
After director quits, billionaire accused of grandstanding his private collection
Pinault’s electric chair Christ upsets the French; black version to be shown in London
Paul Fryer's work was installed in the city of Gap over Easter weekend
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.
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
Variant vindicated? Van Gogh Museum defends its “Garden of St Paul’s”
Van Gogh fakes controversy continues
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
We revealed that as many as forty-five well-known Van Goghs might be fakes. Now John Leighton, director of the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, responds
"There is room for uncertainty around the edges"
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