Loans
The V&A and the RA compete to present a Vatican show timed to coincide with the first state visit to Britain of Pope Benedict XVI
V&A will reunite Raphael’s Sistine tapestries with their cartoons for first time in 500 years
Iran's denunciation of British Museum in Cyrus Cylinder disagreement could make loan renegotiations impossible
Loan of relic caught up in international political tensions
Swiss collector show for Asia and Europe
Monique Burger plans to take her works on an Asia tour
After loans and offers of first refusal Portugal may lose billionaire's collection to Brazil
José Berardo doubts government will buy, and plans new art deco museum
Discovery of fragment belonging to British Museum's Cyrus cylinder further defers loan to Iran
This development has done little to alleviate lingering tensions between Iran and Britain
Prince of Liechtenstein cancels Royal Academy show
Ruler angry over block on Coello masterpiece
Iran's hackles rise as British Museum hesitates in Cyrus Cylinder lease
The museum director has reassured Iran's vice president that the wait does not mean the loan has been called off
New Museum show of trustee's collection is an insult to scholarship and curators
Private-collector museums
Works by “more diverse” artists for White House walls
Discreet approaches have been made to dealers who represent black, Hispanic, Asian and women artists
Chicago's industrialist benefactors built the city’s art collections—but can today’s patrons maintain them?
So far the next generation have yet to replicate their parents’ efforts on the same scale
British Museum will loan Cyrus Cylinder to Iran's National Museum
The British Museum pledged to send over the rare cuneiform cylinder in exchange for Iran's ample contributions to previous shows
Francesca von Habsburg’s collection goes on long-term loan to Iceland
Decision made after rejection by the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid
Museums lending to commercial galleries: The debate
Director of the Rose Art Museum examines both sides of the argument
Stedelijk returns five Malevich works to artist’s heirs
Museum retains 79 works on long-term loan from the City of Amsterdam
Director of German contemporary art museum explores his “Carte Blanche” approach to private collectors
“What is often described as the ‘undue’ influence of collectors and dealers is less of a threat than the noticeable tendency for these parties to lose interest in public institutions”
Prince of Liechtenstein withdraws loans from Germany in dispute over leaked bank details
The Neue Pinakothek in Munich has been forced to cancel a major exhibition scheduled to open next month
Meet the Danish collector whose Hirsts have just gone on show in Copenhagen
Jyte Dresing has loaned eight works to Copenhagen's Arken Museum of Modern Art
In search of purity out of Africa: Interview with collector Jean Pigozzi
“I feel that at the time of the Medici they had my kind of rapport with their artists”
Careful arrangements are being made for scholars cataloguing cuneiform tablets at SOAS following dispute at UCL
Some of these tablets originate from Iraq
V&A considers leasing paintings
Director Mark Jones believes works should be loaned out rather than kept in storage
Steve Cohen, billionaire hedge fund manager, is lending works to US and UK museums
This change of stance has attracted controversy
Hirst to fix another formaldehyde installation
All four versions of Mother and Child, Divided, returned to Hirst's studio for conservation
City of Amsterdam may be sued by the US over lawsuit brought by Malevich heirs
The heirs of Kazimir Malevich are seeking the return of 14 paintings from the Stedelijk Museum, claiming they are not entitled to the paintings
Anita Zabludowicz reinvents North London chapel as experimental gallery
The inaugural exhibition will feature a portion of her own collection, as well as a contribution from New York's Rina Banerjee
Incantation bowls returned to collector after being subject of a recent independent inquiry
The objects have been on loan to UCL since 1995
Elton John granted permission to build gallery at his Windsor home
Curator explains they are in desperate need of additional space
How much is David Khalili’s Islamic art worth?
The Sunday Times values it at $9 billion, but several dealers disagree
Seven of the most prolific Indian art collectors
Four based in India, one New York Indian, one US couple and one Japanese buyer
Lord Leighton's masterpiece Flaming June to go on display at Tate Britain
The painting will be loaned by Museo de Arte de Ponce in Puerto Rico as it refurbishes its gallery, along with Burne-Jones' Sleep of King Arthur in Avalon
Norwegian collector to sue British university for return of his antiquities
But scholars say they are likely to have been looted from Iraq