Sculpture

MoMA struggles to fulfil sculptor’s last wishes

Scott Burton left his estate to the New York museum—but prices for his work have tumbled

Jeff Koonsarchive

Koons at cutting edge with giant stone mills: The techniques behind his creations

Koons' sculptures may look like child's play, but behind the play-doh is a long and complicated process

V&A refurbished gallery reopens after conservators work on 19th-century plasters

Cleaning uncovers makers’ pioneering techniques and casts new light on plaster casts

V&A Cast Court restored to Victorian splendour

£2m, two year refurbishment to open next month

Fixing - or not fixing - the works in Berlin's sculpture collections damaged in 1945

Should they be left as a reminder of a dark past or restored to reflect the artists’ intentions?

Serra exercises no-ties deal for Zwirner show

Richard Serra's new sculpture exhibition bypasses Gagosian

Lenin’s head to come in from the Berlin cold

The statue stood in Lenin Square until 1990, when it was cut into 129 pieces and buried in the woods

Zaha Hadidarchive

Hadid’s sculpture visits V&A en route to Dubai

It will eventually be installed in the Burj Khalifa district

Dubious Degas bronzes continue to cause friction as New York dealer sues businessman Yank Barry for contract breaches and missed payments

Walter Maibaum claims to have not seen proper payment for the sculptures, accusing Barry of neglecting various agreements

Galleria Borghese exhibition juxtaposes Giacometti and its own sculpture collection

Comparisons between the Swiss superstar sculptor and the greats of previous centuries are inevitable

Conservators save Burden’s war from brink

Breathing new life into the installation that the American artist wanted to destroy

MoMA buys Ellsworth Kelly sculpture at Art Basel

Nine museums, including MoMA and Tate Modern in London, are mounting special presentations this year to mark Kelly’s landmark birthday

Technologyarchive

Art enters the third dimension as 3-D printing goes mainstream

Assessing the impact of technological advances in 3-D printers and scanners on the art world, and what it means for the future

Cambodiaarchive

Cambodian sculpture case will go to trial

Sotheby's sale halted as Cambodia demands its return

Collectorsarchive

Connoisseur collectors: A story of ten approaches to acquiring art

From Liechtenstein to Lisbon, these collectors discuss their interests and methods

Max Ernstarchive

Investigating under Ernst’s surfaces at the Fondation Beyeler

Technical analysis could reveal secrets of rare Ernst plaster sculpture

Exhibition at Hamburger Kunsthalle to approach Giacometti as an early land artist

The Swiss artist’s unrealised sculptural compositions are on loan from the Guggenheim Collection

Interview with Oscar Tuazon: Sculptures you are supposed to play with

Artist Oscar Tuazon on his Public Art Fund project for Brooklyn Bridge Park

Sculpturearchive

French collector Edouard Carmignac plans offshore sculpture park

It will be situated in Porquerolles, near St Tropez, and be funded by the Cermignac Gestion Foundation

Urs Fischer, the reluctant interviewee

On the eve of his Palazzo Grassi retrospective, the artist talks about how journalists have misinterpreted his work

The man who built a village for his sculpture

On the eve of his retrospective in Vienna, reclusive artist Walter Pichler offers a rare glimpse inside his Austrian farm

Paul McCarthy: 'Artists are seen as one step above criminals'

The artist on his early B-movie ambitions, art schools, the pressure to move to New York and why he’ll never leave Los Angeles

Hare raising Barry Flanagan exhibition now on at the Tate

The display explores a broad range of Flanagan's work, showing there’s more to Flanagan than jumping hares

Man who posed as count in Giacometti scam handed nine-year sentence by German courts

This ruling concludes a case launched after discovery of 1,150 fake sculptures

Art Baselarchive

Ron Mueck makes fair debut at Art Basel 2011

His sculptures have previously been available to view exclusively in public collections