Museums & Heritage
V&A sets its sights on expansion—again
New plans for developing the former 'Spiral' space
V&A appoints medieval collector as chair
Paul Ruddock accepted the position after Sir John Tusa changed his mind
Tate aims to increase ethnic minority visitors
In the current funding agreement with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, the gallery’s “Diversity strategy” is described as a “key priority”
Comment: the problem with a collector-driven market
There is a danger that money will trump knowledge, observed the New York dealer in 2007
Lord Leighton's masterpiece Flaming June to go on display at Tate Britain
The painting will be loaned by Museo de Arte de Ponce in Puerto Rico as it refurbishes its gallery, along with Burne-Jones' Sleep of King Arthur in Avalon
Tate to buy more work by women
The gender imbalance within the Tate's holdings is to be redressed, following in the footsteps of the Moderna Museet in Stockholm
Tate woos US patrons with cocktails at 10 Downing Street
Guggenheim director says US institutions cannot compete with such incentives
News from London: The importance of s**t and sp**k, urine, and sex
Meanwhile, Grayson Perry displays his (disco) balls
Miami Art Museum and Miami Art Central may merge
Collectors show their support for Miami art museums
Tate to launch campaign to buy Turner’s Blue Rigi for £5m–the highest price it has ever paid for a work of art
The gallery is hoping to display all three Rigi watercolours in January, uniting them for the first time
MoMA completes merger with PS1
“It is like another department at the museum,” says MoMA director Glenn Lowry
Washington DC. Corcoran’s future remains uncertain
The institution hopes a $2m V&A blockbuster exhibition of modernist design will draw visitors and sponsors
The Russian Culture Ministry has ruled that museums can no longer authenticate works of art for dealers and commercial galleries.
Culture ministry responds to fakes certified by leading institutions
London: Campaign to save Theatre Museum fails
The V&A could not raise the money to keep it running
News from the US: Bush and Blair go under the (sledge) hammer, the Whitney suffers loan woes, and Rakowitz can't get a date
Tate’s US patrons applaud the destruction of cake effigies, while MoMA makes life difficult
New agreement between the Tate and National Gallery allows for more flexibility
Meeting between museum directors results in increased flexibility whilst borrowing pictures outside the 1900 division
Salvador Dalí tea set for V&A
Will be shown in Surreal Things exhibition next year
A response to Peter Watson's The Medici Conspiracy: Collectors should be defended
"The picture he paints is one where the only people to have any legitimate interest in ancient art objects are closeted archaeologists"
What Tate bought at Frieze 2006
The Outset/Frieze Art Fair Fund's budget of £150,000 saw 28 works enter the collection
What Tate paid for art 2004-06
A complete list of Tate's acquisitions from the last two years, and what they paid for them
V&A steams ahead in fundraising for new galleries
Money comes in, openings on course
Tate and Scottish National Gallery in talks to acquire d’Offay collection
Legendary dealer is thought to own 700 works worth £100m
Tate announces its exhibition schedule for 2007
Next year's schedule is packed with big names
Tate reveals what it spent in response to Ofili controversy
In an unprecedented move, the gallery has published the cost of all its purchases for the last two years
New legislation could lead to the end of partial gifts to museums
Changes to US tax law could discourage collectors from giving
Watchdog criticises Tate for Ofili purchase
The Charity Commission is now investigating all acquisitions made from artists while they were serving as trustees
Ziggurat extension for Tate
Designed by Herzog & de Meuron, this addition to the museum will provide much needed exhibition space
Sotheby’s Holbein will not be included in Tate show
Neither will the National Gallery’s Ambassadors which was judged too fragile to travel across London
Museum of Decorative Arts to re-open in Paris—six years late
September launch will complete “Grand Louvre” project
