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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Tate Modern's first director is Lars Nittve

The Swede comes straight from heading Denmark's Louisiana Museum of Modern Art

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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