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The Getty Museum was deeply shocked to be alerted to the possibility of a number of forged Renaissance drawings in its midst, especially since the purchasing policy has been altruistic, scholarly, and, need one say it, generous. And yet the…

The art world has had its own share of drama and trauma during 2001. Of course, looming over all that took place is the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center (see article, September 11: European Thoughts, September 2001). New…

Mark Jones was the perfect choice to run the V & A; he had successfully masterminded the new building for the Museum of Scotland before he left, and he appears undaunted by the challenge of the brilliant Libeskind spiral, as…

Tate Britain has at last received the necessary lift-off through an architectural redesign which could not be achieved entirely through exhibition diversity alone. Called the Centenary Development and costing 32.3 million, there is less razzmatazz and more contemplation of the…

As if this were the perfect time to celebrate high-rise, the Mayor of London Ken Livingstone is, in alliance with the City Corporation of London, to give the best possible support to a new generation of megatowers, grafted, as it…

One of the excellent aspects of the Imperial War Museum is the long span of its temporary exhibitions. The Spanish Civil War runs until 28 April 2002. Often, memorable Spanish works from the period are detached from their time in…

The Said Business School at Oxford University, designed by Jeremy Dixon and Edward Jones, has been built on a central site conveniently close to Oxford’s railway station using a 20 million donation from the Syrian-born businessman Wafic Said. The Said…

First we had the Guggenheim Las Vegas (which opened last October) and now we will have Thameside Saatchi. The expansion of the global brand has been mastered by Krens of the Guggenheim. Historically, the Guggenheim New York has rivalled MoMA…

Following Neil MacGregor’s acceptance of the British Museum post, the National Gallery now finds itself, for the first time in 15 years, seeking a new director. Charles Saumarez Smith, innovative Director of the National Portrait Gallery, has already been tipped…

Tate Modern will launch its spring megashow, MatissePicasso, on 11 May 2002. For the first time the show assembles a massive, representative selection of the work of both artists altogether, which will also illustrate their competition with each other ever…