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A German prince is suing his 'ungrateful' son for selling ancestral castle for €1
Ernst August Sr, Prince of Hanover, claims that his son went behind his back to seize control of his estates
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German library buys 400-year-old album of drawings by European royalty for €2.8m
Art dealer Philipp Hainhofer's 16th-century "friendship book" contains inscriptions from Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II and Cosimo de’ Medici
ReviewBook Shorts
Scholarly book on European coronation rituals supplies sound background to 11th-century art history
This book corrects the misleading impression given by historians that the High Middle Ages were a transition to secularisation of the royal state
NewsConservation
Expert finds lost dress of Queen Elizabeth I in English village church
Rare 16th-century fabric to go on show at Hampton Court Palace after three-year study
ReviewBook Shorts
The art-historical treasures of Clementia of Hungary, Queen of France
Book looks at one royal's Medieval gifts, giving and inventories
FeatureArtist interview
Hew Locke discusses monarchy and model boats in new survey show at Ikon Gallery
As a major exhibition opens in Birmingham, the British artist discusses how growing up in Guyana has ensured that maritime themes are in his DNA
ArchiveRoyal Collection
Victoria and Albert’s etchings to go on show at print fair
London Original Print Fair opens in April
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Portrait of Prince Nicholas II Esterházy as an avid collector, a bankrupt, and a womaniser
The Prince's passions cost him his fortune but gave Hungary a fine collection of art
ArchiveArt market
Qianlong seal finally finds a buyer
After the first sale fell through, the seal's second buyer gets a bargain
ArchiveLiechtenstein
Why the Prince of Liechtenstein shut his museum
Vienna’s Summer Palace to open for groups and receptions only
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Books: Saviour of the Habsburgs, richly rewarded
Soldier and collector Prince Eugene of Savoy’s role in the rise of the Austro-Hungarian empire
ArchiveCollectors
Financier prince buys 'Tax Collectors'
Painting purchased for £2m
ArchiveExhibitions
Queen Victoria & Albert: Art and Love
An exhibition catalogue continues the trend of challenging the dour image of Victoria
ArchiveArt exports
Prince of Liechtenstein cancels Royal Academy show
Ruler angry over block on Coello masterpiece
ArchiveLiechtenstein
Prince of Liechtenstein threatens major Royal Academy show
If one of his works is not released by the UK authorities, an exhibition drawn from his collection will be pulled
ArchiveExhibitions
The luxuries of a vanished world of Maharajas are explored through over 250 objects at the V&A
Next month the V&A in London presents 'Maharaja: the Splendour of India’s Royal Courts'
ArchiveSacha Jafri
Portraits of leading Muslims (and President Obama) by Sacha Jafri for Prince Charles
Jafri hopes to raise up to $5 million for one of the Prince of Wales’s charities
ArchiveLiechtenstein
Biedermeier art collection to go on show in the City Palace, Vienna
The space will be the second venue in the city to host the Prince of Liechtenstein's art collection
ArchiveSalvador Dalí
News from New York: An evening with the British film-maker who gave as good as he got, and dinner with Prince Philip and his famous faux pas
Meanwhile, the Hamptons hot up
ArchiveBooks
Restoring Charles I's queen to her rightful place as a major collector and patron of the arts
Henrietta Maria: patron, collector and propagandist
ArchiveRoyalty
Revealed: Royal family of Qatar is buyer of world’s most expensive Hirst
The ruling Al-Thanis bought the artist’s Lullaby Spring at Sotheby’s last year for £9.7m and are also believed to have purchased the Rockefeller Rothko for $72.8m
ArchiveCollectors
Europe’s greatest museum buyer explains the strategy behind his acquisitions
The Prince of Liechtenstein explains 'Why I have become a great collector'
ArchiveIran
A nostalgic journey for the Persian royal family at Art Basel '07
Emotional responses were elicited by Michael Stevenson and Andy Warhol
ArchiveTate
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
ArchiveArt market
Collector pays £1 million for oil sketches of British Royal Family
14 preparatory sketches of members of the royal family
ArchiveRoyal Collection
The Royal Collection discloses list of 20 pictures purchases over the last 50 years
The Royal Collection has not been ostentatious in its spending, a significant portion of its acquisitions being royal portraits
ArchiveBenin Bronzes
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
ArchiveHistorical reenactments
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
ArchiveBenin Bronzes
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
ArchiveExhibitions
Tiaras at the Victoria and Albert Museum
A dazzling display of grand jewels
ArchiveAndy Warhol
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)
ArchiveBooks
Book review: 'For the King’s pleasure' is a meteorite of a book
This account of George IV’s decorations and furnishings is a landmark in the history of writing about the decorative arts
ArchiveNational Portrait Gallery
Women of the court of Charles II
On view at the National Portrait Gallery, London
ArchiveDecorative arts
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
ArchiveExhibitions
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
ArchiveCollectors
The Queen Mother is revealed to be a top collector
Clarence House is full of treasures
ArchiveExhibitions
Warsaw borrows Stanislas’s paintings from Dulwich
“Collection for a King” opens on 5 May
ArchiveExhibitions
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
ArchiveExhibitions
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
ArchiveJewellery
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
ArchiveExhibitions
Happy birthday to Wartski
Gold box exhibition to celebrate 125 years