Loans

Vatican lends Raphael’s finest tapestries

Papal blessing and private funder for Victoria and Albert Museum’s Sistine show

Vaticanarchive

The V&A and the RA compete to present a Vatican show timed to coincide with the first state visit to Britain of Pope Benedict XVI

V&A will reunite Raphael’s Sistine tapestries with their cartoons for first time in 500 years

Collectorsarchive

Swiss collector show for Asia and Europe

Monique Burger plans to take her works on an Asia tour

Iranarchive

Discovery of fragment belonging to British Museum's Cyrus cylinder further defers loan to Iran

This development has done little to alleviate lingering tensions between Iran and Britain

Prince of Liechtenstein cancels Royal Academy show

Ruler angry over block on Coello masterpiece

Iranarchive

Iran's hackles rise as British Museum hesitates in Cyrus Cylinder lease

The museum director has reassured Iran's vice president that the wait does not mean the loan has been called off

Diversityarchive

Works by “more diverse” artists for White House walls

Discreet approaches have been made to dealers who represent black, Hispanic, Asian and women artists

May 2009archive

Chicago's industrialist benefactors built the city’s art collections—but can today’s patrons maintain them?

So far the next generation have yet to replicate their parents’ efforts on the same scale

Iranarchive

British Museum will loan Cyrus Cylinder to Iran's National Museum

The British Museum pledged to send over the rare cuneiform cylinder in exchange for Iran's ample contributions to previous shows

Collectorsarchive

Francesca von Habsburg’s collection goes on long-term loan to Iceland

Decision made after rejection by the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid

Bettina von Hase

Museums lending to commercial galleries: The debate

Director of the Rose Art Museum examines both sides of the argument

Stedelijk returns five Malevich works to artist’s heirs

Museum retains 79 works on long-term loan from the City of Amsterdam

Director of German contemporary art museum explores his “Carte Blanche” approach to private collectors

“What is often described as the ‘undue’ influence of collectors and dealers is less of a threat than the noticeable tendency for these parties to lose interest in public institutions”

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

Collectorsarchive

Meet the Danish collector whose Hirsts have just gone on show in Copenhagen

Jyte Dresing has loaned eight works to Copenhagen's Arken Museum of Modern Art

Interviewarchive

In search of purity out of Africa: Interview with collector Jean Pigozzi

“I feel that at the time of the Medici they had my kind of rapport with their artists”

V&A considers leasing paintings

Director Mark Jones believes works should be loaned out rather than kept in storage

Hirst to fix another formaldehyde installation

All four versions of Mother and Child, Divided, returned to Hirst's studio for conservation

City of Amsterdam may be sued by the US over lawsuit brought by Malevich heirs

The heirs of Kazimir Malevich are seeking the return of 14 paintings from the Stedelijk Museum, claiming they are not entitled to the paintings

Collectorsarchive

Anita Zabludowicz reinvents North London chapel as experimental gallery

The inaugural exhibition will feature a portion of her own collection, as well as a contribution from New York's Rina Banerjee

Collectorsarchive

Elton John granted permission to build gallery at his Windsor home

Curator explains they are in desperate need of additional space

Collectorsarchive

How much is David Khalili’s Islamic art worth?

The Sunday Times values it at $9 billion, but several dealers disagree

Collectorsarchive

Seven of the most prolific Indian art collectors

Four based in India, one New York Indian, one US couple and one Japanese buyer

Lord Leighton's masterpiece Flaming June to go on display at Tate Britain

The painting will be loaned by Museo de Arte de Ponce in Puerto Rico as it refurbishes its gallery, along with Burne-Jones' Sleep of King Arthur in Avalon