Museums & Heritage
Tate steps up security for Whiteread's Turbine Hall installation amid demonstration fears
Guards are on red alert to prevent a possible publicity stunt by Fathers 4 Justice which could prove fatal
Tate withholds information in defiance of government guidelines
The gallery will not disclose the purchase price of 13 paintings by trustee Chris Ofili
Final effort for Tate to save Reynolds’ Archers
The Tate continues to fiercely pursue their fundraising campaign in the hopes that this great work may remain in the UK
Tate: Conspiracy or cock-up over Ofili’s Upper Room?
Tate board member Chris Ofili calls on artists to donate work to the Tate whilst selling his own work to the Gallery.
Three times lucky in Lottery funding as all applications awarded funds
The V&A, Museum of London, and National Museums of Scotland all get grants
Revealed: mystery lender of medieval art to V&A
He is Paul Ruddock, investment management CEO and V&A trustee
Pipilotti Rist for Tate Modern?
Overheard conversations suggest the Turbine Hall may be seeing this artist sooner rather than later...
National Portrait gallery plays host to Blair as Tate Modern passes on Labour Party's party
Due to a policy not to allow political events, the Tate declined to host Tony Blair's shindig
Will Tate save a set of William Blake watercolours?
The museum is trying to raise £8.8 million to keep the works in the UK
Rachel Whiteread is next, but where are the other Turbine Hall commissions now?
Most are extremely difficult to redisplay elsewhere
Calder Prize to benefit artists and museums
The biennial award will be a hefty $50,000
Tate Modern hopes to expand by half by 2011
The museum has announced an ambitious development project which could cost up to £135 million
The Accademia to create a new gallery for Leonardo’s Vitruvian Man
The expansion and renovation project will enable it to put its drawings on permanent display
Royal Academy and Tate exhibitions heading for top attendance
“Turks: A journey of a thousand years 600-1600” and “Turner, Whistler, Monet” have been wildly successful
Third theft at V&A forces closure of 38 rooms
In the latest incident, eight Italian Renaissance plaquettes worth £500,000 were taken
John Dee’s crystal among a spate of London museum thefts
The V&A, the British Museum and Science Museum have all been targets
Tate refused previous offer from Saatchi
Serota said no to 100 works in 1998, but is still keen to buy “major” pieces
Villa Borghese Orangery to be renamed the Bilotti Museum
Rome says yes to collector’s demands
Tate, London: Contemporary art badly needed
Tate director Nicholas Serota has spoken out about the challenges facing the gallery on acquisitions
Miami collectors champion German painting, with the more traditional medium increasingly gaining favour over video works and installations
Leipzig School to the fore: “They didn’t know painting was dead”
Did Tate miss its chance to get the Saatchi Collection?
The greatest contemporary art collector in Britain says he was ready to offer all his art to gallery director Nicholas Serota—but his proposal was not pursued
V&A drops Libeskind extension
£15 million Heritage Lottery Fund rejected
Stained glass, from a Romanesque nave to a Canadian airport
A comprehensive history, and catalogues for collections in the Metropolitan and the Victoria and Albert Museums
Mark Haworth-Booth leaves V&A after 34 years
Achievements include inaugurating the museum's permanent photography gallery
Libeskind extension turned down by Heritage Lottery Fund
The Victoria and Albert Museum is now likely to drop the £70 million project
Times stirs controversy over new V&A galleries
Misunderstanding regarding removed objects clarified
News from the US: Museum acquisitions and sales, refurbishment highs and lows, and fabulous manuscript donations
Nine Modern paintings from the MoMA collection go on sale at Christie’s this month - is it to fund the purchase of the Hirsts at Tate?