Why was The Dark Rigi sold privately, when a public sale would have given valuable tax breaks?

Tate needs over £2 million to buy the £3.2m painting from an overseas buyer

Sheikh Saud Al-Thani is being investigated for alleged misuse of public funds

The painting which was bought at Sotheby's was banned from leaving the country - now what?

The Raphael was bought by the National Gallery for £22 million in February 2004

The Art Newspaper requested full information

Collector sheikh stalemates art export process

Interest in the field is surging as new collectors enter the fray

In 1973 the Tate wanted to buy Brancusi’s black marble “Bird in space” through dealer Richard Feigen, but the sale fell through because the trustees believed the work had been “smuggled” out of India

A mysterious donor gives the Tate £12.5 million to buy Reynolds’ Omai but the Armouries fail to get Lottery support for two armours

An export licence deferral is now expected as the set of 19 watercolours sold to a Glasgow bookshop for a pittance in 2000 were sold to an overseas collector out from under the Tate

The US collector challenges Italy’s law

“Lucian Freud: Some New Paintings” is on show until 26 July

The owner's careless sales technique led the carabinieri right to his doorstep

There are concerns however about how effective or restrictive this regulation will be

The Regulation to enter into force by the end of March, the Directive in October

Dondelinger proposes uniform controls on external borders and a restitution system