Exhibitions
The posthumous rise of Martin Kippenberger
The German artist’s work has become a favourite among curators and collectors—but only since his death a decade ago
The British Council opened its first art exhibition in Saudi Arabia last month
Foreign Secretary uses occasion to praise Muslim contribution to UK
Damien Hirst conquers Mexico: the biggest collectors in the country are lining up to buy new work by the British artist
Other pieces, including a new version of the shark in a tank, have sold to Korea and the US
Pinault brings new life to Palazzo Grassi
French billionaire François Pinault finally reveals his art
Louvre gets a taste of US sponsorship as Atlanta's High Museum pays $10m to borrow works by Raphael, Rembrandt and Velázquez
The money will restore the French museum's 18th-century decorative art galleries and the collaboration seeks to improve US-French relations in the wake of the Iraq War
Rothko exhibition for China and South Korea
The travelling exhibition will be the first major show on the artist in either country
Breaking down the maths of museum earnings: An ominous assessment of exhibition profits
There is a basic problem in suggesting that earned income can keep a museum afloat
News from New York: Marathon sailing and cycling, while Marina Abramovic bares all
The Yugoslavian artist draws the crowds at the Guggenheim with her racy restaging of iconic performance art
Speculators turned away from upcoming exhibition at Rubell Collection
The private museum will host its public opening tomorrow
Two Bacons may share more than an interest in portraiture
See for yourself as Sir Nathaniel Bacon and Francis Bacon go on show in London
Siberian billionaire funds $3m Hermitage exhibition tour
Industrialist Oleg Deripaska has become the Russian museum’s most generous private donor—even if his support is part of a public relations initiative
Charles Saatchi to move his gallery to Chelsea
The announcement comes as the collector and his Japanese landlord face one another in court
Eclectic collector’s show raises questions at Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Visitors are confused and staff suggest that museum is neglecting its artistic mission
An exhibition at the Getty Museum and the V&A reveals how an illuminated manuscript mystery was solved
Scholars have reassembled the Hours of Louis XII
Will ex-Gagosian staffers poach his artists?
New Chelsea gallery to show Hirst, Salle and Brown
The score for “turner, whistler, monet”
This show originated last year at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto under the curatorial leadership of Catharine Lochnan, before touring in 2005 to the Grand Palais in Paris and Tate Modern, London. It attracted very large numbers of visitors at all three venues.
US aluminium giant sends Warhol to Russia
The Alcoa Corporation is marking its entry into Russia by funding the tour of a Warhol Museum show
Philadelphia Dalí exhibition generates $55 million
Every available ticket sold for this blockbuster show
Commercial publishing: Would you pay $250 for this Hirst catalogue?
Published to accompany his show of paintings at Gagosian in New York, it promises much but delivers little
Paul McCarthy collaborates with filmmaker son in swashbuckling Munich show
At the climax of McCarthy's career, the cowboy and the pirate are brought together with pleasing dissonance
Landmark Vuillard exhibition at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Rather than sticking to his traditional oeuvre, the show demonstrates how Vuillard embraced stylistic risk-taking and the avant-garde
Bacon Estate forces Musée Picasso to banish Joule material to basement
The drawings will also be in their own catalogue, separate to the rest of the exhibition
Calder estate sells works through Thomas Dane
The works up for grabs range from jewellery to mobiles
Royal Academy and Tate exhibitions heading for top attendance
“Turks: A journey of a thousand years 600-1600” and “Turner, Whistler, Monet” have been wildly successful
UBS art goes on show at MoMA
Founder Donald Marron has been instrumental in the acquisition of classic Modern and contemporary art
Retrospectives boost Flavin but damaged Rauschenberg in 1998
As Flavin’s survey continues its US run, recent record prices for the artist show how exhibitions affect the market
First show at Kabul Museum since war
Austria finances the restoration of wooden idols chopped up by the Taliban
National Museum of Iran exhibition to tour five Japanese cities
The costs of bringing "Iranian splendour" overseas will be covered by the Japanese royal family
New Lefevre/Gibson collaborative gallery christened with London's first ever Giacometti show
All fifteen of the drawings that make up the display - running until 15 December - are available to purchase
Complex negotiations for National Gallery's Raphael show
Fragility of panels has made museums reluctant to lend