Foreign Secretary uses occasion to praise Muslim contribution to UK
Other pieces, including a new version of the shark in a tank, have sold to Korea and the US
French billionaire François Pinault finally reveals his art
The money will restore the French museum's 18th-century decorative art galleries and the collaboration seeks to improve US-French relations in the wake of the Iraq War
The travelling exhibition will be the first major show on the artist in either country
There is a basic problem in suggesting that earned income can keep a museum afloat
The Yugoslavian artist draws the crowds at the Guggenheim with her racy restaging of iconic performance art
The private museum will host its public opening tomorrow
See for yourself as Sir Nathaniel Bacon and Francis Bacon go on show in London
Industrialist Oleg Deripaska has become the Russian museum’s most generous private donor—even if his support is part of a public relations initiative
The announcement comes as the collector and his Japanese landlord face one another in court
Visitors are confused and staff suggest that museum is neglecting its artistic mission
Scholars have reassembled the Hours of Louis XII
New Chelsea gallery to show Hirst, Salle and Brown
This show originated last year at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto under the curatorial leadership of Catharine Lochnan, before touring in 2005 to the Grand Palais in Paris and Tate Modern, London. It attracted very large numbers of visitors at all three venues.
The Alcoa Corporation is marking its entry into Russia by funding the tour of a Warhol Museum show
Every available ticket sold for this blockbuster show
Published to accompany his show of paintings at Gagosian in New York, it promises much but delivers little
At the climax of McCarthy's career, the cowboy and the pirate are brought together with pleasing dissonance
Rather than sticking to his traditional oeuvre, the show demonstrates how Vuillard embraced stylistic risk-taking and the avant-garde
The drawings will also be in their own catalogue, separate to the rest of the exhibition
The works up for grabs range from jewellery to mobiles
“Turks: A journey of a thousand years 600-1600” and “Turner, Whistler, Monet” have been wildly successful
Founder Donald Marron has been instrumental in the acquisition of classic Modern and contemporary art
As Flavin’s survey continues its US run, recent record prices for the artist show how exhibitions affect the market
Austria finances the restoration of wooden idols chopped up by the Taliban
The costs of bringing "Iranian splendour" overseas will be covered by the Japanese royal family
All fifteen of the drawings that make up the display - running until 15 December - are available to purchase
Fragility of panels has made museums reluctant to lend
American Express and American Friends of the Louvre are making their mark on the French institution