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Henrietta Maria: patron, collector and propagandist
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
The Prince of Liechtenstein explains 'Why I have become a great collector'
Emotional responses were elicited by Michael Stevenson and Andy Warhol
Neither will the National Gallery’s Ambassadors which was judged too fragile to travel across London
14 preparatory sketches of members of the royal family
The acquisitions have not been ostentatious, with a significant portion of them being historic royal portraits, bequests or donations
Nigerian premier had given it to The Queen on 1973 State visit
Pageantry reigns in the UK
The Nigerian Head of State raided a museum to present her with a Benin bronze in 1973
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)
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
On view at the National Portrait Gallery, London
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
A politically charged mega-exhibition about the Mannerist emperor/collector
Clarence House is full of treasures
“Collection for a King” opens on 5 May
Celebrating Elizabeth’s forty-year reign with robes, regalia, royal presents and memorabilia
The Carlton House treasures reassembled from the Royal Collection for the first time since 1827
“Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen Scots: History and Myth” is on show, along with several groundbreaking seminars