Museums & Heritage

Barbara Hepworth Centenary celebrated in Tate St Ives

Another show will take place in Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton

Acquisitions negotiations at Tate and The Armouries: You win some, you lose some

A mysterious donor gives the Tate £12.5 million to buy Reynolds’ Omai but the Armouries fail to get Lottery support for two armours

Saatchi’s challenge to Tate with new Thameside gallery

The collector credited with transforming London’s contemporary art scene opens prestigious premises on the Thames this 17 April

Propaganda posters from the Schreyer collection at the V&A

Charting the growth of a 20th century medium of art and communication

Britain may lose Omai (twice) and an exquisite Raphael

Tate and the National Gallery reverse longstanding softly, softly policy over purchases to try to retain masterpieces

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'Live Culture' brings live performances to the Tate Modern

After a false start, Tate has a huge selection of works planned for its three-day run

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Tate poaches director of Van Abbemuseum

John Debbaut joins Nicholas Serota at Tate

Days like these: Tate triennial of contemporary British Art 2003

Theme-less this year, the triennial covers all generations and styles

In defence of Tate: Gainsborough acquisitions

Tate Director Nicholas Serota comments on recent criticism

Le Corbusier before Le Corbusier: exhibition focuses on the formative years of experimentation

The Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts Design and Culture

Tate St Ives transports with 'Real life'

Video works from a number of top artists are now on show

Gainsborough's House director Hugh Belsey on competing with Tate: Goliath wins

Should Gainsborough’s House have given way to the Tate over a painting in the current Tate exhibition?

The Royal Collection's list of paintings acquired in the first 50 years of Elizabeth II's reign

The acquisitions have not been ostentatious, with a significant portion of them being historic royal portraits, bequests or donations

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Tate appoints associate curator of Latin American art

Cuauhtémoc Medina has nabbed the position, intended to broaden the Tate's sights beyond Europe and North America

From the archive: The enigmatic spirit of Lord Byron on show at London's National Portrait Gallery

The poet's biographer Fiona MacCarthy placed the Romantic Regency poet in the context of 20th-century film stardom

100 Photographs: a collection by Bruce Bernard

Photographs from the 1840s to the 1990s never before shown in public

Lawarchive

Barbara Kruger case: Art trumps right to privacy

A US Federal court has thrown out the case against artist Barbara Kruger for her appropriation of a 1960 photo, and against the Whitney Museum and LA MoCA for selling goods reproducing the offending image

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The original Tate for sale: Henry Tate's Streatham Mansion could be yours

Barrat Developers splitting up original Tate residence after nuns vacate

Munich opens one of the world’s greatest collections of 20th-century art

On a par with Tate Modern or the Centre Pompidou, the Pinakothek der Moderne is the largest new gallery for a generation

Versace at the V&A

A loan exhibition from the late fashion designer's archive

Opinionarchive

All’s well in the world of museums

A look at the global climate of public institutions

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Amid protests UK Treasury decides not to sell its silver

Loans instead organised for V&A and other museums