“The Madonna of the pinks” may have been painted for a nun in Perugia

Collectors braved the terrorist alerts and bought but at a lower level than in the past

The claim is for a bound 290-folio missal which appears to have disappeared in 1943

English Heritage’s first “State of the Nation” report appeals for tax changes to help save country houses

The sculptor succeeds Louise Bourgeois and the late Juan Muñoz

You can own a piece of history for only $7 million

The foundation has licensed Warhol imagery for around 13 years

Charles Hope is to succeed Nicholas Mann

Just as social observers are deploring the hectic roster of arts fairs, three new events have been added to the already crowded calendar.

Austria is not an adequate forum to resolve Nazi loot claim, says California federal court

The work was taken by the Nazis from the Schloss Collection

While an historic collection of Northern Song letters goes unsold

Yugoslav air force guilty of destroying historic monuments in Dubrovnik

The deputy editorship of Die Zeit newspaper and a better pension prove too tempting for Michael Naumann

Raphael candy ad schlock

Work is underway, but worst hit town Vukovar still 'deserted'

Will Cavallini or Giotto reign supreme?

Over 125 artists signed an open letter to the museum detailing the group’s regret over the museum’s refusal to negotiate with the union

The court was convinced by differences in the artists' technique

George Baselitz and Mimmo Paladino have also been honoured

The 300 paintings and drawings in the Makins collection include works by Millais, Holman Hunt, Rossetti and Burne-Jones

This is in marked contrast to Russia’s tough line against any restitution of works of art taken from Nazi Germany

Technicality spares the sellers of the Quedlinburg treasure

The consignor of the piece remains unknown

She beat out the highest number of applicants to date for the NatWest prize

Former acquaintances in Dallas’s gay scene report war booty on show in his apartment

Mr Hayes was told that he was only owed $3.5 million

A commercial company has logged 34,000 looted objects so far

Brother and sister of the US soldier who stole the Quedlinburg treasure to face possible imprisonment