Museums & Heritage

Another casualty of the culture wars

Damage to the Egyptian Museum is just the latest example of the politicisation of archaeology.

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Donations to UK national museums revealed: Tate receives lion's share

Out of a total of £193m, Tate's gifts by the likes of Hockney, Hirst, Bonnard and Bacon total £147m

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Tate's flourishing cultural exchange with Oman

As Oman pledges funds to Tate's expansion project, they share their art and know-how

Tate as tenant: Tate Modern alters its Bankside property deal

Trustees’ £142m property deal commutes their current lease

Eastern European cities look to Tate Modern: developing modern museums and contemporary spaces

Budapest, Zagreb and Warsaw raise their game with newer, bigger, better exhibition spaces

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Outset/Frieze Art Fair Fund adds to the Tate’s collection

Works by Lorna Simpson, Július Koller, and Jimmie Durham make up the selections this year

Deitch archive will remain on site in Soho

The archive is expected to be available to the public by spring 2011

Where are ex-dealer Deitch's artists now?

Once the art dealer announced his major museum job, the race was on

'Jesuit priest' donates fraudulent works

Academic museums and universities are being targeted by a suspected art forger

Victoria Pomery: An expert eye on Frieze

The director of Turner Contemporary chooses her favourite works from the fair—and reveals a very British preoccupation with the weather

Tate Britain to be transformed in £45m project aimed to protect the works and please the guests

Millions needed to stop leaks, control humidity and open up the rotunda of the Victorian building

From the archive | £5m Guercino returns to Spencer House, its historic home

Purchase begins final phase of Jacob Rothschild’s visionary restoration of one of London’s few surviving aristocratic town palaces

Bringing back the Baroque—colonial style

Yale prepares for the 2012 installation of its decorative arts galleries by reconstructing a period room

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Tate receives US boost as major patrons donate Salle, Steinbach, and Martin

American patrons have recently been very generous to the gallery, with both their art and their funds

New acquisitions by Tate Modern show commitment to diversifying collection

Art from across the globe has recently found a home in Bankside

Chris Dercon as Tate Modern's new director

Outgoing director Vicente Todoli is off to seek new challenges

Gagosian empire expands to China

Hong Kong will soon be home to a branch of the super-gallery

News from London: Quinn’s polymorphous perversity and Joffe’s secret shop

A night at the Turk’s head, a farewell to Tate Modern’s bon viveur, and the only party to support on election night

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Serota on a sustainable future for museums: why Tate needs to change in a changing world

Moving on from traditional didacticism and adapting to a new level of modern communication

Adrian Ellis on Tate's expansion: the definition of success

After a decade of acclaim, will its triumph be topped by Tate Modern 2?

Building a museum powerhouse: A timeline of the Tate Modern

After a decade of acclaim, will its success be topped by Tate Modern 2?