Opinion

Why it’s good that the Middle East loves European Orientalist painting

When art isn’t “art” for HM Customs (Archive)

“Claude Berri loved art, any form of art. He had a great eye.” (Archive)

Haunch of Venison VAT victory

Museums lending to commercial galleries: the debate

News

Future of Midlands arts centre in doubt (Archive)

Future of Midlands arts centre in doubt

The glittering prizes (Archive)

First evidence of damage to Gaza’s cultural sites emerges

Mark Dion sculptures stolen

Getty letters analysed (Archive)

US cracks down on Chinese antiquitiesFirst evidence of damage to Gaza’s historic sites emerges (Archive)

comings and goings (Archive)

Auction houses battle over Alitalia art (Archive)

Book thief resigns as Iran Foundation trustee (Archive)

Titian deal delayed by legal and financial details

Sainsbury’s latest offer (Archive)

Russian president attacks historic Soviet art sales (Archive)

Catalonia goes its own way at Venice Biennale (Archive)

Israeli digs halted (Archive)

In the frame (Archive)

Egypt gets its head back (Archive)

“Spanish Forger” bought by V&A

Mark Dion theft (Archive)

Titian deal delayed by legal and financial details (Archive)

Kandinsky Prize row rumbles on

In memoriam (Archive)

Infighting spoils Futurism celebrations

Spot the ancient monument with the attractive visitor centre (Archive)

Controversial tapestry to star in Whitechapel reopening

Radical change of curatorial direction at Villa Manin (Archive)

US cracks down on Chinese antiquities (Archive)

Government looks to China as Europe suspends funding for Ilisu dam (Archive)

London Olympics culture panel disbanded (Archive)

Museums

“The very worst of the Coptic fakes” on show (Archive)

Future uncertain for Berlin antiquities (Archive)

Turrell museum to open in Argentina (Archive)

Duchess Anna Amalia Library dispute settled (Archive)

Director in expenses row (Archive)

“Our collection is up with the top five” (Archive)

"Spanish Forger” bought by V&A (Archive)

Murcia funds give boost to Mucab project (Archive)

Deaccessioning halted (Archive)

Furore over a facade (Archive)

Axelrod donation (Archive)

Restored Suriname synagogue finds new home in Israel Museum (Archive)

Downturn could be good for Norwegian arts (Archive)

The Art of Painting (Archive)

A tribute to George Melly by Maggi Hambling (Archive)

Three major lenders demand 70% share of profits from hugely popular exhibition (Archive)

Munich welcomes Brandhorst collection (Archive)

Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art back on an even keel? (Archive)

Bigger stage for German collectors (Archive)

Government funds more Nazi loot research (Archive)

Opposition grows to Tolerance Museum site (Archive)

Gothenburg museum drops entrance charges (Archive)

Soviet-born billionaire funds top shows (Archive)

Louvre funds its first feature film (Archive)

Portraits for Tate Van Dyck show at risk

Bavaria snaps up Wilde photographs (Archive)

Corcoran to lease land in Washington (Archive)

Foundation lures collectors (Archive)

Antwerp museum plans major renovation (Archive)

Historic medal on show (Archive)

Controversial tapestry to star in Whitechapel reopening (Archive)

Maritime museum for Istanbul (Archive)

TEA launches 2009 programme with surrealist show (Archive)

Market

In the trade (Archive)

Park West sued by customers

VAT cut as court rules that video and light art is sculpture (Archive)

“Dear Ronnie”: letter from Bacon in Kray sale (Archive)

Government acts to shore up shaky market (Archive)

Staff cuts at leading auction houses (Archive)

Money market goes from strength to strength (old money, that is) (Archive)

Debate surrounds Rembrandt painting (Archive)

New York- and Miami-based dealer accused over multiple forgeries (Archive)

The shift to new financial realities (Archive)

Art trade centre given tax-free status (Archive)

Berlin art thefts accelerate (Archive)

“Solid” auctions have escaped the worst of the crisis—for now (Archive)

Aboutaam held in Sofia (Archive)

fair still on, but fight continues (Archive)

New event celebrates kinetic and hi-tech art (Archive)

Australia to crack down on exploitation of Aboriginal artists (Archive)

Artist disputes own signature (Archive)

“My biggest fear is not knowing what will happen, but I had to take the risk” (Archive)

Multi-million-dollar art collection at bankrupt firm (Archive)

Art fairs face shake-out (Archive)

VAT cut as court rules that video and light art is sculpture

sound bites (Archive)

Features

Top lot (Archive)

Jay gets jiggy at staff party (Archive)

Stanley Kubrick's photographs brought to life by Jane and Louise Wilson

What kind of cultural leader will Obama be?

Warhol remembered by his ageing stars (Archive)

Stanley Kubrick’s photographs brought to life by Jane and Louise Wilson (Archive)

Futurism emerges from the shadow of Fascism (Archive)

Gallery opens for just one artist (Archive)

Conservation

Sculptures on their way back to Portugal—covered in paint? (Archive)

Thieves target 14th-century Islamic building (Archive)

Oranienbaum Palace restoration speeds up (Archive)

Experts head to Babylon to access damage (Archive)

Rome to restore Augustus tomb (Archive)

Unsupervised visitors threaten ancient site (Archive)

Thieves target 14th-century Islamic building

Books

Valentines for the hard of heart (Archive)

More than just the biography of a building (Archive)

Retrospective, revolutionary and resisting all categorisation (Archive)

Francophile Briton or Anglophile Frenchman? (Archive)

Rich market, not so rich artists (Archive)

The life and times of the first Young British Artist (Archive)

A world somewhere between matter and spirit (Archive)

Assyria in the UK (Archive)

Painter, theorist, teacher, revolutionary: Kandinsky from all angles (Archive)

From the Dark Ages to Damien Hirst: sixteen centuries of British art (Archive)

Victorian advice on politically correct furniture (Archive)

Francesco I de’ Medici and the chamber of secrets (Archive)