Exhibitions
Tate to launch campaign to buy Turner’s Blue Rigi for £5m–the highest price it has ever paid for a work of art
The gallery is hoping to display all three Rigi watercolours in January, uniting them for the first time
Books: Two new books both fail to make a persuasive case for or against the status and quality of Modigliani’s art
Love him or hate him? Whatever…
Property developers in Dubai organise shows of rare miniatures and Islamic art
Major collectors based in Gulf state are lending work
Washington DC. Corcoran’s future remains uncertain
The institution hopes a $2m V&A blockbuster exhibition of modernist design will draw visitors and sponsors
Anish Kapoor's collaboration with Salman Rushdie opens in Lisson
This is the first time Kapoor has incorporated text in his art
Bill Gates’ Leonardo notebook withdrawn from V&A exhibition
The US billionaire wanted airport-style security and exceedingly low lighting levels at the V&A
Where is the art from the ‘Sensation’ show? A list of the collectors in 2006
An Art Newspaper investigation tracks the ownership history of art from Charles Saatchi's collection shown at the Royal Academy in 1997
Tate announces its exhibition schedule for 2007
Next year's schedule is packed with big names
Bill Gates’ Leonardo notebook withdrawn from V&A exhibition
The US billionaire wanted airport-style security and exceedingly low lighting levels
Sotheby’s Holbein will not be included in Tate show
Neither will the National Gallery’s Ambassadors which was judged too fragile to travel across London
Renewed interest in American art marks the beginning of the so-called 'American Renaissance'
Galleries across the world are featuring growing numbers of pieces by American artists
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