The East German intelligence service confiscated hundreds of items in the 1970s and 1980s, which are now being returned to their rightful owners and their heirs

An invaluable resource, lavishly illustrated

“The beauty is in the process and the final object is the sum of the path"

Also now open is its Ruth and Harold D. Uris Center for Education

There were new buyers and more collectors from India and China, but the art fairs were quieter events

Roberto Polo, once the toast of Paris, returns in style

But older decorative arts of the subcontinent fail to excite buyers

September launch will complete “Grand Louvre” project

Most auctioneers reported increased sales in 2005

Focus is on the decorative arts at Art Basel Miami Beach

Many who buy paintings and sculpture are now starting to invest in contemporary decorative arts

Robin Hildyard’s book on English pottery is a fitting culmination of his distinguished V&A curatorship

Decorative arts dealers reported good sales but paintings were harder to shift

A comprehensive history, and catalogues for collections in the Metropolitan and the Victoria and Albert Museums

Gilbert and George and Mickey Wolfson are among the enthusiastic collectors

Clear success for the first European crafts fair held at the Victoria and Albert Museum

The Art Newspaper visits the biggest art collector in the world and talks about the five museums he is building in Doha

Exhibitors reported enthusiastic buying as collectors embraced new areas of the market

Sotheby's sale lands within estimate at £1.3 million

3 year run planned, inspired by US SOFA fair

300 objects illustrating all facets of medieval life

Photography, Asian art, the art of antiquity, Old Masters, and historiography are also among the topics covered

Promises to be one of the most glamorous exhibitions of the year

Contemporary applied crafts on show at Sotheby’s

The Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts Design and Culture

Leading specialist in early English decorative arts expects a slow improvement in trade

The difference between Japanese and European taste in the field of Japanese art

Estorick Collection

Barges on the Seine, a Liao gold mask and spooky pre-Colombian tomb figures at the smartest decorative arts fair in the world

Barges on the Seine, a Liao gold mask and spooky pre-Colombian tomb figures at the smartest decorative arts fair in the world