Royalty
Europe’s greatest museum buyer explains the strategy behind his acquisitions
The Prince of Liechtenstein explains 'Why I have become a great collector'
A nostalgic journey for the Persian royal family at Art Basel '07
Emotional responses were elicited by Michael Stevenson and Andy Warhol
Sotheby’s Holbein will not be included in Tate show
Neither will the National Gallery’s Ambassadors which was judged too fragile to travel across London
Collector pays £1 million for oil sketches of British Royal Family
14 preparatory sketches of members of the royal family
The Royal Collection's list of paintings acquired in the first 50 years of Elizabeth II's reign
The acquisitions have not been ostentatious, with a significant portion of them being historic royal portraits, bequests or donations
Appeals are made to Buckingham Palace to return gifted Benin bronze taken from Lagos Museum
Nigerian premier had given it to The Queen on 1973 State visit
The re-enactment of Prince Arthur’s 1502 obsequies directed by a V&A expert and the “Gladiator” props man
Pageantry reigns in the UK
How The Queen came to own a Lagos museum piece
The Nigerian Head of State raided a museum to present her with a Benin bronze in 1973
Television Guide: Mario Testino's marriage of glamour and individual identity, Warhol's multi-faceted career, and Philip Lorca diCorcia's submission for the Citibank Private Bank Photography Prize
The Art Newspaper reviews the "Mario Testino, Diana's favourite photographer" (BBC), "Andy Warhol: the complete picture" and the Citibank Private Bank Photography Prize 2002 (Channel 4)
'For the King’s pleasure': a ground-breaking study of the interiors of Windsor Castle by a director of the Royal Collection under Elizabeth II
A landmark account of George IV’s decorations and furnishings at Windsor Castle, by Hugh Roberts, who was closely involved in the restoration of many of those interiors following the 1992 fire
Women of the court of Charles II
On view at the National Portrait Gallery, London
The Windsor sale: Stéphane Boudin and the rise and rise of the decorator
Once upon a time, connoisseur dealers or even museum curators advised collectors what art to buy. Now the decorators hold sway, and at the Windsor sale a decorator’s pastiche pieces outsold real antiques
Emperor Rudolph II's art treasures are reunited in Prague as the Czech republic seeks self-definition
A politically charged mega-exhibition about the Mannerist emperor/collector
The Queen Mother is revealed to be a top collector
Clarence House is full of treasures
Warsaw borrows Stanislas’s paintings from Dulwich
“Collection for a King” opens on 5 May
A loyal tribute to Queen Elizabeth at the V&A but let’s hope it makes them money
Celebrating Elizabeth’s forty-year reign with robes, regalia, royal presents and memorabilia
Celebrating Prinny, Britain’s second-greatest royal collector after Charles I
The Carlton House treasures reassembled from the Royal Collection for the first time since 1827
International Silver and Jewellery Fair exhibition examines royal jewellery: real, revived and faked
“Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen Scots: History and Myth” is on show, along with several groundbreaking seminars