From rinceaux to Reeboks

Charles Saatchi and Larry Gagosian are discussing a joint gallery, reports Roger Bevan

It has been well received in Britain. In Los Angeles, there are divided opinions on the collection and its owner

V&A in brave act of patronage

A museum of chaos to make men marvel

A successful show, with record attendance of 409,000 visitors

A Tanguy for the Tate, important furniture for the V&A

Austrian industrialist Joseph Froehlich is loaning major works of German and American art to the museum while Friends of the Tate contribute several new gifts

After much controversy surrounding the archives release, Sir Alan Bowness releases part of the archive to Tate

Secrecy at the old V&A

It will be the first time that an institution has allowed the story of its acquisitions to be subjected to such intense inquiry

A major survey that leaves interpretation of his achievements to the visitor

V&A tackles Britain head-on

Culture minister proposes new heritage institution funded by public membership

New structure will showcase contemporary crafts

But Apsley House reaches record numbers following restoration

The Three Gorges dam and a number of smuggling stories highlight the difficulty of preserving the country's heritage

In the last of our series which publishes talks given in London this summer, Professor Sir John Boardman, Lincoln Professor Emeritus of classical archaeology and art at Oxford, singles out three areas for concern.

A gentle heritage

About six million Indians follow this faith, but its art and beliefs are very little known to many in the west

Curators to be given a place on management committees

Berger collection to go to Huntington after two-year silence from the London museum

Detailed study of the V&A's Raphael cartoons suggests he painted them as independent works of art

Suggestions from a former Assistant Keeper

Criticism from the Spanish architectural world as the museum launches huge open competition for its new extension

White Cube and the Tate Gallery are showing Quinn's self-portraits as Annely Juda marks the end of WWII

The current exhibition highlights just how weak the products of the modern company are

Praz bequeathed the entirety of his collection to the Galleria Nazionale d’arte Moderna, in the hope that his home would become a satellite of the museum

Medievalist director of the Imperial War Museum, an able fund-raiser, chosen by the Trustees

An installation by Matthew Barney inaugurates a programme of innovative contemporary art long planned by Serota