Museums & Heritage
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
Directors say OK to collectors’ shows
In response to The New Museum's current exhibition
Tate to sell Muñoz staircase
For a work to be deaccessioned from the Tate is rare but permitted, in this case as a step toward upgrading the national collection
V&A plans £120m second phase of renewals
Medieval and Renaissance galleries crown phase one of museum’s “Future Plan”
News from the US: Sue Williams learns big is not best in the current economic climate while Dennis Oppenheim lights up Las Vegas
Meanwhile, Scott Alger puts on a show at a Vaudeville theater
British Museum and Tate expand focus on Middle East
Both have set up acquisition committees concentrating on the region
News bites: the art world celebrates, commemorates, curates, complains, and ... stinks
Dr Penelope Curtis is a renowned scholar but also has a track record—as an exhibited artist
Mark Stephens on art censorship at the Tate: obscenity, indecency, and freedom of speech
Richard Prince's Spiritual America has been the subject of police interference, and the question of unclothed children in art is once again at the forefront
East meets West in the University of Oxford’s new-look museum of art and archaeology
Ashmolean bridges the cultural divide
New Museum show of trustee's collection is an insult to scholarship and curators
Private-collector museums
Modigliani museum closes amid owners’ dispute
Brothers fall out over future of artist’s childhood home in Livorno
Tate looks to young international artists with £120,000 acquisition fund
The works selected reflect Tate's increasingly global outlook and support of young artists
Openings and expansions: Ceramics at the V&A
Over 3000 objects from 2500CB to the present day on display
Overhaul of Tate Britain could begin early 2010
The entire refurbishment project should conclude by 2020
National Trust Scotland faces member revolt
Members express concern about running of Trust
Why has the Tate still not claimed for its stolen Freud?
Although it was covered by British government indemnity, the painting’s value remains unclaimed since its 1988 theft
Fate of historic Scottish houses under severe threat
Concerns over collections as National Trust for Scotland closes three properties
Books: Who should artifacts really belong to? And why?
A collection of essays by museum directors worldwide on restitutions and ownership
Gagosian doubling space in Los Angeles
Meanwhile, Steven Kasher moves in on Gagosian territory
V&A proposes underground galleries
Exhibition space will occupy area originally designed for abandoned Spiral project
Tate Modern extension snubbed by Lottery Fund
The request was rejected as a 'low priority', with concerns about 'deliverability'
Interview with Achim Borchardt-Hume, new chief curator for Whitechapel
Borchardt-Hume on history, community and leaving the Tate
Zoffany at Tate cancelled
The 2010 exhibition may instead be shown at the Royal Academy
Tate's Van Dyck show on rocky ground as insurance obstacle may detain several works
Five iconic portraits may not be loaned to the exhibition due to legal anomaly
'Spanish Forger' miniatures bought by V&A
Scholars no nearer to finding the faker’s identity
Donating to Museum Ludwig's foundation is more profitable than giving to the museum directly
Foundation lures collectors
Museums lending to commercial galleries: The debate
Director of the Rose Art Museum examines both sides of the argument
Waxwork of collector will not be displayed in new Gilbert Galleries
Wax and wane: Gilbert dummy in V&A storage
Biedermeier art collection to go on show in the City Palace, Vienna
The space will be the second venue in the city to host the Prince of Liechtenstein's art collection