Exhibitions
Farewell to forgeries: The V&A’s Fakes Gallery to close
The V&A’s guidebook used to describe the Fakes Gallery as one of its “most diverse, intriguing and entertaining” displays.
Banksy gets the law on his side with a sting operation against forgers
Meanwhile, a new show organised by the mysterious artist proves to be a blockbuster
Abramovic takes over MoMA with The Artist is Present and a selection of past works
Artist reveals plans for the longest performance of her career
Visual art group show “Il Tempo del Postino” will take to stage at Art Basel 2009
Each artist participating will present a 15-minute long performance, transforming the space provided by Theater Basel
Pinchuk stages Hirst show in Kiev
His Pinchuk Art Centre will play host to over 100 works
Zoffany at Tate cancelled
The 2010 exhibition may instead be shown at the Royal Academy
Farjam Collection gallery opens at the Dubai International Financial Centre with Islamic art exhibition
Our first glimpse of plans for multiple museums laid out by the Iranian industrialist at Art Dubai '08
Tate's Van Dyck show on rocky ground as insurance obstacle may detain several works
Five iconic portraits may not be loaned to the exhibition due to legal anomaly
New Kinetica fair celebrates kinetic and hi-tech art
The event will be held 28 February to 2 March
UK museums manage dearth of exhibition sponsorship in the wake of economic downturn
Institutions must grit their teeth and hope for the intervention of private investors, as several large shows are going ahead without corporate sponsors
The Cold War may be over, but it is still being fought in terms of its artists
With LACMA's “Art of Two Germanys/Cold War Cultures” opening soon, the artistic heritage of Germany is again under the microscope
Institutions are increasingly likely to loan works of art to the most powerful private galleries
Public art for private gain?
Terrorism exhibition cancelled at Chelsea Art Museum
Museum curator resigns over claims of censorship
First Dalí exhibition in Turkey
The Sakip Sabanci Museum in Istanbul is holding the first ever retrospective devoted to the surrealist artist Salvador Dalí in a Muslim country
Tate Turners on tour: 'J.M.W. Turner' to be exhibited at Beijing's National Art Museum
Having travelled the US and Russia, the Turner exhibition will head to China
Bacon show for Zhukova and Abramovich's CCC Moscow
Having set a record for the artist at auction, the collectors put the art to work
No expense spared for Gagosian’s second Moscow venture
70 works to be installed in riverside factory
Andy Warhol’s $28m “Athletes” in Chinese capital for the Games
The series will go on show at the Faurscho gallery in Beijing
New media exhibition as the "the coming of age show" for the National Museum of China
The country’s first major survey of new media took place in June—with a little help from MoMA, Tate, and several others
Council's Pre-Raphaelite collection saved for public display
London's Hammersmith & Fulham was considering selling the works
Basel art gallery forced to shut shows as Euro 2008 kicks off
This precaution was taken due to the safety of stock being compromised by influx of football fans
MoMA stem cell exhibit dies five weeks into show
“Victimless Leather”, a small jacket made up of embryonic stem cells, was fed nutrients by tube
Books: Sinuous nudes and protestant propaganda as English analytical works on Cranach increase
The Cranach exhibition catalogue and a book on technical aspects of his work
Interview with Nicholas Penny on his plans for the National Gallery: “It is a real shame that we do not have more American paintings”
In his first interview since taking over, the new director outlines his priorities
Iraq war thwarts loans to Louvre for “Babylon” show
Negotiations have lasted five years only to fall through due to security issues
Prince of Liechtenstein withdraws loans from Germany in dispute over leaked bank details
The Neue Pinakothek in Munich has been forced to cancel a major exhibition scheduled to open next month
Pompidou cancels Calder exhibition for lack of funds—and renovations are also delayed
The French gallery has been hit hard by a 6% reduction in government subsidy, part of Sarkozy's pledge to modernise the State by reducing public spending
News from London: Peter Doig the family man, Lucian Freud the party animal
Meanwhile, Mark McGowan gets a helping hand on his commute while Richard Wentworth loses his marbles
Art's Most Popular: Single work by Leonardo attracts over 10,000 Japanese viewers a day
For the fourth year the Tokyo National Museum has the highest exhibition attendance, but is only 17th in our list of the most visited museums last year