Loans
How Britain tried—and failed—to borrow the Bayeux Tapestry twice before
One attempt was made in 1953 to mark the coronation of Elizabeth II and another for the anniversary of the Battle of Hastings in 1066
British Museum sends treasures to Mumbai for grand exhibition of Indian history
Encyclopaedic show was inspired by former director Neil MacGregor's A History of the World in 100 Objects
British Museum ends loan deal with Abu Dhabi
Construction delays to the Zayed National Museum are behind the move
Looted Benin bronzes to be lent back to Nigeria
Pledge by European museums to set up “permanent display” of rotating loans in Benin City could pave way for restitution
MoMA expansion is boon for Paris and Melbourne
Major loans from New York will be shown in both cities while the US institution adds one-third more exhibition space in Manhattan
Anatole Shagalov embroiled in legal cases that reveal problems of buying art with loans
Buyers using works as collateral and allegedly defaulting on payment becoming increasingly common in "frothy market"
Time’s up for Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum’s loan agreement with Carmen Cervera
More than 400 works from the baroness’s collection may be removed from the Madrid museum, but the Spanish culture minister hopes to reach a deal this week
Britain’s ‘art lending library’ finds four new homes
Arts Council Collection of nearly 8,000 works is planning 24 exhibitions with regional partner galleries
Five years on and the Clyfford Still Museum is still making discoveries
Curators have yet to examine more than 300 of late artist’s paintings
Marie Antoinette’s personal china among Versailles treasures to travel to Australia
The largest ever loan show organised outside France will feature more than 100 objects from the historic royal palace
How Prince Charles did his royal best to bring Henry VIII portrait to London
The late Baron Heini Thyssen’s eye-popping valuation of Holbein painting stopped National Gallery loan, trustees’ minutes reveal
Rembrandt’s Portrait of Catrina Hooghsaet to go on view in Wales
The anonymous foreign buyer of the painting has lent it to the National Museum Cardiff for three years
Secret flight path of the Parthenon statue
Hermitage director reveals "circuitous" route that marble sculpture took from London to St Petersburg to avoid Greek seizure
Prado responds to Bosch downgrades by cancelling Dutch loans
Madrid museum still allows The Haywain to be centrepiece of blockbuster show in artist’s home town
Germany could pay $3m to borrow Tehran’s Modern art
Negotiations include huge loan fee part of which will help fund revamp of Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art
Tehran’s Modern art could travel to the US
Hirshhorn holds preliminary talks but Berlin first in queue to borrow works by artists such as Gauguin, Pollock, Rothko, Picasso and Bacon
Art is a weapon as Russia and US fight cultural war
Relations worse than ever after federal US judge imposes $43.7m fine over Jewish Orthodox library
Prague’s Titian loan show delayed after insurers refuse to ship works
Concerns about the venue’s roof and paperwork delays have postponed the exhibition—insured for €160m—for six weeks
Miuccia Prada plays key role in Italy-Iran cultural diplomacy
Ancient sculpture from Italian museums to go on show in Tehran after Iran lends Greek statue to Fondazione Prada
Nuclear deal paves way for cultural diplomacy with Iran
Overtures include Louvre director’s planned visit to Tehran, while Italy lends classical sculpture
British Museum could send loans worth £1bn to the Gulf
Finest Assyrian relief from Nimrud among objects being valued for possible display in Abu Dhabi museum
British Museum’s ivory icons denied US entry for loan show
The US Fish and Wildlife Service blocked the importation of the Byzantine objects before they ever left the UK
British Museum to send star objects to the Gulf
Assyrian reliefs among the 500 loans earmarked for long stay in Abu Dhabi
