Decorative arts
The V&A opens first gallery devoted to the history and meaning of ornament
From rinceaux to Reeboks
“Converging Cultures: art & identity in Spanish America”: a much anticipated exhibition
Four years late, the major show of Spanish colonial art and culture reveals the viceroyalties of New Spain and Peru produced during Spanish dominion
£25 million needed for complete refurbishment of the fifteen British Galleries at the V&A, now in a sadly shabby state
V&A tackles Britain head-on
Dear Alan Borg: An open letter to the V&A's new director
Suggestions from a former Assistant Keeper
How dynamic Dutch art collector Joost Ritman finds guidance in Rosicrucianism
The Art Newspaper examine the art and philosophy of a man who has closed deals with Sotheby’s, Noortman and Artemis
"The Baroque World": A five-volume Atlas of baroque art, published by UNESCO
$2.5 million publication covering fifty countries
Things are looking up at the Victoria and Albert Museum
Superb new glass gallery opens 20 April
Updated Getty Museum illustrated catalogue
Charissa Bremer-David et al Decorative Arts: an illustrated summary catalogue of the collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum
New space and layout for the Department of Decorative Arts at the Louvre
Giving the treasures a chance to breathe
Victory for Wartski as disputed jewel heads to Stuttgart
The 1992 Grosvenor House Antiques Fair had declared the jewel a made-up piece
Christie's Sackler maiolica sale off—for now
Collector’s widow overturns court decision
Sotheby’s President Michael Ainslie discusses the 1991 figures
Decorative arts no longer the Cinderella
New gallery of Korean Art at the V&A
A space for over 600 decorative arts objects
Appel, Rauschenberg, Panamarenko design high-art kites for an exhibition touring Europe
Flying art around the world
In memoriam: the V&A’s role in the study of historic houses
Care of Ham House and Osterley Park to be taken over by the National Trust