News
Maurice Marciano is looking for a space to house exhibitions, a library and a studio for an artist-in-residence
Three major artists—Jenny Saville, Yan Pei-Ming and Luca del Baldo—have created paintings of the corpse of the deposed Libyan dictator
Six curators create "Round Table" exhibition with contontations of debate but a blurry message
Governments fail to support Icom project to monitor destruction using satellite photography
France's 75% wealth tax plan scares the art trade, billionaire collector embraces his inner Belgian
Head of new research programme says art dealers and collectors must be part of future policy decisions
But sport and media will take priority over the arts
Artist gets catalogue raisonne—a rarity for a film specialist
Christie's hopes Warhol Foundation sales will be a calling card
The Greek statues have not been seen in public since 2008 while museum renovation is mired in controversy
His third Venetian building will house films, debates and performances
Artists planning to become 'art guerrillas' after losing Tacheles
Berlin museums "shocked" by Gemaldegalerie reaction
Curator also sued after Christian complains about poster
Costs could soar to more than $1bn
Market
Lending against art seems to be booming, but interest rates can be sky-high and banks are taking few risks
Blum & Poe is opening an office in Tokyo
…but that didn’t stop the contemporary dealer opening Regen Projects’ biggest ever space with a first-class show last month
Fears that antiquities smuggling is increasing following Karachi seizure and recent arrests
Missing droit de suite payments are first target
The oil-rich capital is identified by the auction house as a potential new market
Questions raised over US government's right to seize antiquities - even common currency - without findspots
There are, broadly speaking, four types of lender against art
The Biennale des Antiquaires, celebrating its half-century, has many detractors. As we went to press, however, business was just fine
Auction houses are vying for supremacy with art dealers by holding more exhibitions, and adjusting their business models accordingly
The six-year concession ends in 2012, the Hong Kong Art Fair is on the rise and a Beijing firm has ambitions
Books
Over the past 60 years, Grand Tour studies have moved well beyond recounting the memoirs of foppish Milordi sketching ancient ruins
Modernism reduced - how the Nazis destroyed both the works and the market
This catalogue raisonné of William Nicholson's oeuvre excludes works attributed to the painter by a leading scholar
Sam Francis's later works are not a patch on those in his classic style
The artist is still the equal of Leonardo and Michelangelo, if not so popular
This study of bronzes appears as the RA holds the greatest show of them ever seen
A look at the complexities of cosmetics and art in Western society from the Renaissance to the mid-20th century
Readers will be transported by the dazzling analysis in this investigation of how an invisible force of nature is depicted in art
Comment
"W.M. Rossetti's letters provide ample evidence that he was the energiser in the Pre-Raphaelites" Alastair Grieve, ex-University of East Anglia
The controversial plan to move Berlin's collection of European paintings caused a storm on our letters page and website last month. Now, one of the city's most radical reforming directors argues in favour of the project - which could breathe new life into Modern art as well
Conservation
Renovated space, reconstructed using original photos, includes artist’s bath and exact copy of his carpet
Famous symbol of the founding of Rome is actually medieval, tests confirm
A Spanish grandmother's handiwork hit the headlines, but Ajax and rainstorms have contributed to other amateur disasters
Protesters demand protection for cultural heritage as militant Islamists target Muslim mausoleum
City approves project despite Unesco's concerns
Features
"I think it's interesting the way Warhol polarises people," says Catherine Johnson. "Some people love to hate Andy"
Joey Garfield's film looks at murals by the street artist Steve Powers, while Fiona Bruce and Philip Mould track down fakes on the BBC
After introducing film to Fiac and battling to get fair prices for film-makers' works, Pip Chodorov made his own history of experimental cinema - and now he is celebrating the work of a pioneering artist in a forthcoming Serpentine Gallery show.
The race for the White House has inspired the curator Francesco Bonami and Mario Calabresi, the director of La Stampa, to organise an exhibition in Turin. Work by eight artists and 27 Magnum photographers capture the drama of the hustings
Museums
Proposal for a Russian national portrait gallery is killed off by museum celebrating Napoleon’s defeat
Expo 2010 buildings become China Art Palace and Power Station of Art
London's leading museums lose more than a million visitors during the Games, but Hirst helps Tate Modern buck the trend
Stratford basks in a post-Olympic glow. But the west is still best for museums
Heizer's land art at Lacma attracts the size of audience that temporary exhibitions rarely do
Under a golden canopy, the Louvre offers a French view of the art of the Middle East (and thereabouts)
National art collections reunified as plan to create cultural complex gets go-ahead. Critics upset by lack of consultation
Obituary
Art dealer who forged a successful business in Italy and New York from the 1950s
TAN2
What happens when you mix a Medieval tapestry with a Modern abstract? Collectors are finding out for themselves
A new breed of buyer is crossing over from Modern and contemporary art and acquiring the top pieces in every field
Five artists describe how the ideas and techniques of the artists of the past have informed their work.
But left the art world prone to the judgements of the few
As the contemporary market cools, Frieze Masters opens with older art
US galleries have grown in number at the art and design fair
What's on
Luke Fowler could be the fourth Glaswegian in a row to win the Turner Prize
First major UK show for the US conceptual artist Mel Bochner
'Wizard of Oz' and 'Gone with the Wind' costumes among those on show
Treasures from the rich cultural heritage of Cyprus are revealed in Paris and Princeton
Adel Abdessemed's works in his Centre Pompidou retrospective reflect the brutality of the world
Exhibition aims to ignite Italian interest in the work of the Dutch master
Johann Christian Reinhart's years in Rome
The price of gas and soft diplomacy lie behind a show that looks to the things that unite Russia and Germany
The Art Institute of Chicago looks back at the Turner Prize-winning artist's films
The Kimbell Art Museum celebrates four decades of collecting Old Masters and Modern masterpieces
The London-based fashion photographer Mario Testino gets his first major museum show in the US
Photographers began manipulating their work long before the digital era
The first photography exhibition to be staged at the National Gallery in London opens this month - and is long overdue
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