Museums & Heritage
Bold design for new V&A building by Daniel Libeskind, but government cuts force compulsory entrance charge
V&A in brave act of patronage
Famous writer’s eclectic collection to open to the public in 1998 with $4.6 million from the Bavarian State
A museum of chaos to make men marvel
Cézanne puts Tate £1 million up.
A successful show, with record attendance of 409,000 visitors
The acceptance of items of national heritage in lieu of inheritance tax continues to provide public collections in Britain with new material
A Tanguy for the Tate, important furniture for the V&A
Contemporary from the Froehlich Foundation and sculptures from the friends to swell ranks at Tate
Austrian industrialist Joseph Froehlich is loaning major works of German and American art to the museum while Friends of the Tate contribute several new gifts
Tate finally gets some of Hepworth archive
After much controversy surrounding the archives release, Sir Alan Bowness releases part of the archive to Tate
Letters: Gagging clauses imposed on curators forced into early retirement
Secrecy at the old V&A
V&A embarks on big loan show to Baltimore on the history of the museum itself
It will be the first time that an institution has allowed the story of its acquisitions to be subjected to such intense inquiry
William Morris any way you like at the V&A
A major survey that leaves interpretation of his achievements to the visitor
£25 million needed for complete refurbishment of the fifteen British Galleries at the V&A, now in a sadly shabby state
V&A tackles Britain head-on
National Trust à la française? Inspired by Britain’s National Trust, a new Fondation du Patrimoine looks likely to be set up in France this summer.
Culture minister proposes new heritage institution funded by public membership
Eight architects listed for V&A’s Boilerhouse including Cardiff Opera designer Hadid
New structure will showcase contemporary crafts
Small dip in V&A numbers...
But Apsley House reaches record numbers following restoration
As economic development lays bare China's archaeological heritage, the government struggles to keep up with protecting the past
The Three Gorges dam and a number of smuggling stories highlight the difficulty of preserving the country's heritage
Don’t just berate the thieves: look at the museums and excavators too
In the last of our series which publishes talks given in London this summer, Professor Sir John Boardman, Lincoln Professor Emeritus of classical archaeology and art at Oxford, singles out three areas for concern.
The National Trust, the greatest “museum” in the UK celebrates its centenary with an exhibition of paintings from country houses at the National Gallery
A gentle heritage
The unknown art of Indian Jainism at the V&A
About six million Indians follow this faith, but its art and beliefs are very little known to many in the west
V&A's new director Alan Borg cuts through committee structure
Curators to be given a place on management committees
Victoria and Albert loses out on William Morris collection
Berger collection to go to Huntington after two-year silence from the London museum
Experts suggest Raphael's cartoons conceived as rivals to Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel
Detailed study of the V&A's Raphael cartoons suggests he painted them as independent works of art
Dear Alan Borg: An open letter to the V&A's new director
Suggestions from a former Assistant Keeper
Criticism for Prado's approach to expansion project
Criticism from the Spanish architectural world as the museum launches huge open competition for its new extension
What's on in London: the bawdy and the beautiful
White Cube and the Tate Gallery are showing Quinn's self-portraits as Annely Juda marks the end of WWII
V&A exhibition proves Wedgwood has gone to pot
The current exhibition highlights just how weak the products of the modern company are
Collection of interior design scholar Mario Praz reinstated to Palazzo Primoli apartment
Praz bequeathed the entirety of his collection to the Galleria Nazionale d’arte Moderna, in the hope that his home would become a satellite of the museum
London, Alan Borg—a safe choice for the Victoria and Albert Museum
Medievalist director of the Imperial War Museum, an able fund-raiser, chosen by the Trustees
Tate makes space for the cutting edge as 'Art Now' opens for contemporary art
An installation by Matthew Barney inaugurates a programme of innovative contemporary art long planned by Serota
The Tate Gallery: Architecture’s Degree Zero
Architectural theorist Jehuda Safran discusses the merits of Herzog and de Meuron
This year's 'New Displays' reveals fresh themes at Tate
A broadly chronological approach with thematic rooms addresses Surrealism, emotion, and history painting