Museums & Heritage

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

Directors say OK to collectors’ shows

In response to The New Museum's current exhibition

Tatearchive

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”

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

Modigliani museum closes amid owners’ dispute

Brothers fall out over future of artist’s childhood home in Livorno

Tatearchive

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

Art theftarchive

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'

Curatorsarchive

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

Tatearchive

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

Museums lending to commercial galleries: The debate

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

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