The National Portrait Gallery director had a sensitive, secret role in recovering the stolen paintings

Newly released documents uncover a heated argument and the search for spares

The veteran Catalan director has a season of films on show at Bankside

The £2 million scheme to bring the 21-piece scheme to the public

Out of a total of £193m, Tate's gifts by the likes of Hockney, Hirst, Bonnard and Bacon total £147m

As Oman pledges funds to Tate's expansion project, they share their art and know-how

The gallery paid £11,000 for the four bronze sculptures in 1957 - Christie's just sold one for $48.8m

Making more of Tate Britain’s building and rehanging the collection

Works by Lorna Simpson, Július Koller, and Jimmie Durham make up the selections this year

Dexter Dalwood, Angela de la Cruz, Susan Philipsz and the Otolith Group are shortlisted for the prize

Millions needed to stop leaks, control humidity and open up the rotunda of the Victorian building

American patrons have recently been very generous to the gallery, with both their art and their funds

Moving on from traditional didacticism and adapting to a new level of modern communication

After a decade of acclaim, will its triumph be topped by Tate Modern 2?

After a decade of acclaim, will its success be topped by Tate Modern 2?

For a work to be deaccessioned from the Tate is rare but permitted, in this case as a step toward upgrading the national collection

Both have set up acquisition committees concentrating on the region

'History is unpredictable, and we cannot know which obscure artist or minor exhibition may once be regarded as a groundbreaking historical event'

The 'indecent' image of Brooke Shields renders catalogues unsellable

The works selected reflect Tate's increasingly global outlook and support of young artists

The entire refurbishment project should conclude by 2020

As the Middle East increasingly becomes a producer and consumer of contemporary art, the role of the West as 'tastemaker' grows progressively more troubling

Meanwhile, Gavin Turk works the market and Tim Marlow directs

Borchardt-Hume on history, community and leaving the Tate

Five iconic portraits may not be loaned to the exhibition due to legal anomaly

Tate Debate: The verdict.

Generosity on the part of Viscount Hampden, the Art Fund, and the National Heritage Memorial Fund ensured this critical work found a home at the Tate

Archives reveal the events behind director Norman Reid’s decision to accept only nine of the artist’s pictures

The supercharged shopping trip was worth £125,000 this year