Metropolitan Museum of Art
How the Mona Lisa almost came to a watery end at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Faulty fire sprinkler “rained on” Leonardo’s portrait, reveals former director
From the archive | A 2009 studio visit with the king of the one-liner Frank Stella in the fallout from the global financial crash
The artist reveals that his cavernous upstate New York studio includes a Formula 1 racing car that had "drifted in", and is packed with art following the recent cancellation of two exhibitions in Europe: "It's not good"
New York collector Shelby White returns antiquities to Italy
White's restitution of the illegally excavated objects is a first for the US
Steve Cohen, billionaire hedge fund manager, is lending works to US and UK museums
This change of stance has attracted controversy
New book gives an unsurprising look at the Metropolitan
A collection of interviews with museum employees—from director Philippe de Montebello to a café waitress—reveals few secrets
Metropolitan re-opens Wrightsman Galleries for French Decorative Arts
Also now open is its Ruth and Harold D. Uris Center for Education
Interview with Sean Scully: Bringing sex to the minimalist grid
After 25 years, the Irish artist is still going strong, subjecting his paintings to “tough love” and steering away from nostalgia
Metropolitan to return antiquities to Italy
20 items that were looted or likely stolen are to be restituted
Comment: New US museums pit donors against the public
An increasing number of museums are being built as speculative investments designed to attract incompatible currencies—collections and crowds
Stained glass, from a Romanesque nave to a Canadian airport
A comprehensive history, and catalogues for collections in the Metropolitan and the Victoria and Albert Museums
Ralph T. Coe discusses his collection and how the market for American Indian material has changed over the years
A 200 strong collection of pieces by him are on view at, and promised to, the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Philippe de Montebello on the sack of the Iraq Museum: “Is it sensible for all the eggs to be in one basket?”
The Art Newspaper speaks to the director of the Metropolitan about the historical significance of the Iraq Museum's plunder and how disasters of its kind can be dealt with
Belgian tapestries dealer Bernard Blondeel is selling his inventory at Christie’s on 2nd April
Despite the market for tapestry fluctuating throughout the 20th century, interest is high at present
In the last decade, the profiles of the leading German artists have only increased, as have the prices of their art
Prices for Gursky, Struth, Ruff and Demand have rocketed in 10 years
Leonardo da Vinci the master draughtsman at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
A new exhibition takes a closer look at Leonardo's work on paper
How The Met and the Louvre are complicit in the illegal art and antiques trade: Interview with Manus Brinkman
Museums must set the standard for collectors and dealers, says Manus Brinkman Secretary General of the International Council of Museums
"Beyond the easel" at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art rises to the challenge of Les Nabis
Bonnard, Vuillard, Denis and Roussel are assessed as distinct individuals, brought together by the shared conviction that “There are no paintings, just decoration”
From the archive | A 36th Vermeer?
Paint analysis suggests that "Woman at a virginal", which is in private hands and has been dismissed for 50 years, may be by the master
London’s National Gallery withdraws from bidding on possible war loot
Metropolitan Monet subject to claim
Diary of a dealer: veteran Asian art dealer Robert H. Ellsworth states “provenance is worth one-third of the price”
The market is driven by supply and demand and not by collectors’ taste, says veteran dealer in Asian art
Antiquities dealer Shelby White included in US Cultural Property Advisory Committee: A fox among doves?
Anger at appointment of collector who imports the very objects the committee tries to keep out
Publisher Si Newhouse resigns from board over buying Picasso deaccessioned by the museum
Museum of Modern Art’s relations with former trustee's relations were “warm but distant”
The market for antiquities is growing, unfazed by protesters
As last month’s antiquities sales boomed, The Art Newspaper surveyed leading dealers and specialists in New York
The body under scrutiny: Interview with Kiki Smith
Kiki Smith responds to recent attacks on her work by Met director Philippe de Montebello
Interview with Chuck Close: “Nothing engages me as much as people”
The artist's technique has changed from photo-realist air-brushing to collage, dot-painting, and more recently, to thickly painted grids
US museums deny holding war loot
Museum directors summoned before the House of Representatives
American photography at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Vernacular aesthetics and aesthetic vernacular
The organisers propose an opposition between “vernacular” and “aesthetic” photography but the images do not allow it
Sarah Raphael wins big art prize
She beat out the highest number of applicants to date for the NatWest prize
Kitaj retrospective finds sanctuary in the US after cyclone of abuse at Tate
University College, Oxford, has commissioned R.B. Kitaj to paint a portrait of President Clinton (a former Rhodes Scholar) for the school’s Great Hall, but the honour hardly compensates for the American expatriate's treatment at Tate