Museums & Heritage
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Artist-forgers have fooled Chinese collectors for centuries, as museums in the West are now discovering
The Mayor of London says, go east!
Antonio Paolucci discusses the role of the Vatican's museums as custodians of sacred and profane art after the city state makes its underground necropolis accessible during Francis's first year as spiritual leader of the world's catholics
Developing a global reach is just as important for major cultural institutions as it is for big businesses
Scepticism grows about confiscated silver vessel handed over by the US as an act of diplomacy
The Jameel Prize show at the Victoria and Albert Museum looks for the best in Islamic or Islamic-inspired art
Penelope Curtis, the gallery’s director, aims to accentuate the strengths of the collection and the building
Younger and less recognised artists were the order of the day
Renovations and expansions at both London Tates have been costly, and loans were required to bridge gaps in cashflow
Tate Britain traces the driving forces and ideologies behind a 500-year history of iconoclasm
Bid for Exhbition Road extension and underground gallery rejected
The move from a thematic hang to a chronological one has been celebrated by critics
The gallery was beaten to the post by the British Museum
Sarah Jessica Parker and the mysterious Tate Americas Foundation raise money for Latin American acquisitions
Museum closes a cultural gulf
Conservative and anti-gay campaigns hit museums
The Victoria and Albert Museum is the first institution to gain access to David Bowie’s 75,000-item archive
After a heated debate the purchase, estimated to be worth more than $40m, went ahead
It will be part of a larger development that will include office space, retail outlets and swanky lofts
The museum forked out £203,000 for repair and depreciation costs
The £12 will be used to complete the London museum's extension, but it will be repaid at a later date
The V&A rocks its Gothic cradle
Tate Modern shows that painting and performance are not polar opposites, but have a long history of interaction
The museum is committed to diversifying their collection
The globalisation of Tate's collection continues
London’s leading museums lose more than a million visitors during the Games, but Hirst helps Tate Modern buck the trend
Monochromatic works by both artists will be juxtaposed in Pace's new London location