Museums
Berlin’s museums are still suffering from the effects of World War II and forty years of Communism
British architect David Chipperfield has pacified both conservatives and progressives with his masterplan for the Museum Island which links the museums by underground tunnels
MoMA teams up with Reina Sofia for research and conservation
The two institutions already have a strong bond due to many shared exhibitions, and this partnership is set to expand
Museum of Epinal stakes claim to London dealer's Vuillards
"Nude in the studio" and "Bouquet of flowers" were commandeered by French court officials at the Maastricht fair
Russian cultural institutions suffer collateral damage from the war in the Balkans
The director of the Hermitage, Mikhail Piotrovsky, outlines the possible implications for his museum of the NATO campaign
A room full of MoMA in St Petersburg's Hermitage Museum
This marks the first in a series of planned loans of modern and contemporary American works from MoMA to the Hermitage
Our choice of New York contemporary galleries
Industrial strength beer cans at Holly Solomon and post-industrial landscapes at Joseph Rickards
Dia Centre to open additional location in Beacon for oversized art
The museum is set to be completed by 2001
The new partnership between MoMA and P.S. 1 across the East River bridges gaps for both institutions
“I believe the future of this museum lies in the depth of its commitment to contemporary art,” says MoMA director Glenn Lowry
Andy Warhol exhibition to open in Vienna
“Andy Warhol: A Factory”, Kunsthalle at Karlplatz, Vienna, 5 February-2 May
US company mergers may result in sponsorship shrinkage
Standing out from the crowd with art sponsorship becomes unnecessary, as more and more of America's biggest corporations unify
Tutu wars: Wardrobe malfunctions for Degas' "Little Dancer" as institutions search for the real deal
Research reassess the dingy mini-skirt usually seen on editions of the work. Does the answer lie in Nebraska?
Marion’s Medusas at the Warburg in London
Stancioff spent her life charting the use of the same visual symbols by vastly distant cultures
German season in London
Rosemarie Trockel, Andreas Gursky and Stephen Balkenhol all show new work
MoMA hands over four prized drawings to the Met and to the Art Institute of Chicago because they are no longer modern
The donation fulfils the 1948 bequest of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
First, target your audience: Marketing the Brooklyn Museum of Art
New director, Arnold Lehman, has raised the profile of America’s second largest museum in just one year by advertising
The Association of Art Museum Directors promises to search collections for Nazi loot
Critics pointed out that the AAMD has no enforcement provision for members who violate its guidelines, not even its own mediation process
The end of World War II for Berlin’s paintings: The Bode and the Dahlem come together in harmony at the Gemäldegalerie
The State Paintings Collection has opened in Berlin’s Kulturforum
Tate Modern's first director is Lars Nittve
The Swede comes straight from heading Denmark's Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
Unexplained blocking of proposals for Giacometti Foundation by French art authorities could point to a manipulative strategy
Delays over approving Giacometti Foundation suggest deliberate obstruction, so the only option remaining will be to hand over the collection to the state
Moderna Museet's David Elliot on maintaining the institution's legacy as it moves into new premises
Amid the frenzy of Stockholm ‘98, the museum's new director takes art seriously
Major gift of American art and cash to San Francisco MOMA
The donation will strengthen the museum’s holdings with major paintings by Americans such as Philip Guston, Leon Golub, Richard Diebenkorn and Willem de Kooning
Ernst Beyeler’s museum opens
One of the world’s greatest collections of modern Impressionist and post-Impressionist art goes on view this month in a $37 million building by Renzo Piano
Kimbell buys MoMA Monet
The work was chosen by Monet himself for his final retrospective in 1924
Knoedler donates photo archive to Frick
The contribution was in recognition of the Frick's role in hosting the gallery's anniversary show
MoMA has chosen three finalists for its renovation project
Bernard Tschumi, Yoshio Taniguchi, and a team of Jacques Herzog and Pierre do Meuron are in the running
Who gets to build MoMA’s expansion?
As disgruntled museum staff strike, America’s most famous museum of modern art is trawling world-wide for a new architect
Providing a service to forty-five museums: Entwhistle & Co. brokers the sale of modern and contemporary work in Japan
The pioneering company find that patience is the key to success in Japan
Germany leads the way as Europe sees increased sponsorship of the arts
Record giving approached £1bn across the continent