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Georgia and Russia rattle their sabres over war damage

Both sides claim the other damaged historic buildings

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Artist John Chamberlain can be sued over disputed Warhol, says Judge

Former Factory assistant claims he made the disputed work

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Daniel Libeskind in war of words with Berlusconi

The architect has described the Italian Prime Minister as a xenophobe who “hates foreigners” and compares his government to the Fascist regime

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Iraq war thwarts loans to Louvre for “Babylon” show

Negotiations have lasted five years only to fall through due to security issues

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Momart bought by Falkland Island Holdings

The shipping and storage company has been in hot water since the east London fire

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Heirs of millionaire art collector at loggerheads

The difficulty has arisen because Mr Eastman left the bulk of his estate in a “marital trust” for his wife

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Terracotta warriors on display in Hamburg deemed fake by Chinese authorities

Problems with their export and provenance seem to indicate the warriors are not quite what they seem

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Warhol Foundation report looks back on 20 years of philanthropy

The New York organisation has disbursed more than $200m in cash grants and art donations since the artist's death in 1987

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British Museum exhibition fees to fund expansion of terracotta warriors’ site

Visitor numbers are expected to rise to 3 million this year

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Burri estate war is over

Eleven-year dispute has been settled out of court

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Grant for Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh to catalogue Warhol’s “Time capsules”

The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts has awarded the museum $600,000

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Terracotta warriors to go on US tour

The British Museum show will travel to another four venues

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Arrest warrant for Phoenix Ancient Art director

In 2004, Egypt sentenced Mr Aboutaam in absentia to 15 years’ imprisonment

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Accountant alleges major fraud at art school founded by Andy Warhol

Charges focus on former executive director of the New York Academy of Art

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Film-maker claims Warhol sexuality cover up

Denying the artist’s homosexuality makes his work more saleable, she says

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Growing evidence that Göring seized National Gallery’s Cranach from its pre-war owner

We uncover the remarkable story of how a US war reporter governed Hitler’s mountain retreat for a day and took control of Reichsmarschall Göring’s collection of stolen art

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Nazi war loot held in Austrian museums to be sold if unclaimed

The database of all art with questionable provenance is now online

News from New York: Marathon sailing and cycling, while Marina Abramovic bares all

The Yugoslavian artist draws the crowds at the Guggenheim with her racy restaging of iconic performance art

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Andy Warhol Authentication Board changes disclosure policy

The panel has agreed to reveal, on a case-by-case basis, why it rejects works, but the process is still far from transparent

UK considers how to protect its heritage in the event of war

Thousands of important sites could be marked with metal plaques

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Corbis to represent Warhol Foundation’s digital archive

Corbis already represents the archives of Christie’s, Reuters, Condé Nast, and the Ansel Adams Trust

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Putin’s unexpected support for archaeologists may be warning to construction industry

He ordered the governor of Novgorod to make builders wait until archaeologists had finished excavating

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Iran returns war booty to Kuwait

The works were seized in 1999 in western Iran, near the Turkish border

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Chicago unveils its new art park

The $475 million Millennium Park includes a bandshell by Frank Gehry and a massive sculpture by Anish Kapoor

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The US finally unveils its Second World War memorial

It has taken almost 60 years to commemorate the 400,000 American soldiers who died in the conflict

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Warhol Foundation gives $10 million to artists

The money is being given to Creative Capital, a nonprofit picking up the slack in arts funding

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The National Gallery secures Raphael

The Getty Museum loses out on “Madonna of the pinks”