For a work to be deaccessioned from the Tate is rare but permitted, in this case as a step toward upgrading the national collection
Both have set up acquisition committees concentrating on the region
'History is unpredictable, and we cannot know which obscure artist or minor exhibition may once be regarded as a groundbreaking historical event'
Both have adopted marketing strategies more typical of luxury goods firms than artists. In 2009 we looked at their market history
The 'indecent' image of Brooke Shields renders catalogues unsellable
The works selected reflect Tate's increasingly global outlook and support of young artists
The entire refurbishment project should conclude by 2020
As the Middle East increasingly becomes a producer and consumer of contemporary art, the role of the West as 'tastemaker' grows progressively more troubling
Meanwhile, Gavin Turk works the market and Tim Marlow directs
Borchardt-Hume on history, community and leaving the Tate
Five iconic portraits may not be loaned to the exhibition due to legal anomaly
Generosity on the part of Viscount Hampden, the Art Fund, and the National Heritage Memorial Fund ensured this critical work found a home at the Tate
Archives reveal the events behind director Norman Reid’s decision to accept only nine of the artist’s pictures
The supercharged shopping trip was worth £125,000 this year
Having travelled the US and Russia, the Turner exhibition will head to China
The country’s first major survey of new media took place in June—with a little help from MoMA, Tate, and several others
For his partial donation of £125m worth of art, the dealer received £26.5m—the price he originally paid for the collection—tax free
Bigger Trees near Warter is 12m long and 4.5m high, and made up of 50 separate canvases
The faux-ethnographic sculptures may be the gallery's most expensive contemporary art purchase
On the eve of a major show at Tate Britain, we talk to the artist about his life and work in the Caribbean
The generous contribution is the highest made to a cultural project in 10 years
Tate acquires edition of video shown at this year’s Venice Biennale
Swiss duo stake claim to be the art world’s favourite architects
A Monet suffered a 10cm tear from being punched
Charing Cross Bridge of 1902 was gifted by a friend after he was ensured it would satisfy by Tate director John Rothenstein
Valued at £11.5m, the preliminary sketch for The Apotheosis of King James I is now up for sale
Only part of the project will be completed by next summer, with a lack of funds hampering progress
This ambitious project will serve as an archive, allowing unprecedented remote access to information and art
This year the budget was £150,000, spent on just four pieces