lead  One year on from the collapse of the five-year trial in Rome of Marion True, the former antiquities curator of the Getty, the directors of US museums that possess antiquities collections and the curators who are responsible for them face a multitude of challenges, one of which is the potentially negative publicity surrounding claims for the restitution of artefacts. An ordeal by trial in an Italian court is another (True was in the dock charged with conspiring to receive antiquities that had been illegally excavated and exported). In June 2010, it emerged that... READ MORE 
 Online venture s[edition] will sell limited edition digital works by contemporary artists Opinion: Has peace broken out after the trial of Marion True? Some in the US museum world take the view that the Italian authorities should take advantage of the apparent truce Opinion: Justice is slow, but Italy has not given up the fight The ministry is now looking at ‘cryptic provenances’ such as ‘Swiss private collection, 1980s’ The pre-Columbian textiles were exported before the 1970 Unesco Convention Clyfford Still’s wishes are strictly honoured Museum fulfils abstract expressionist’s desire that his work, and his alone, be shown in perpetuity Project boss stresses need for continuity of funding after handover to local authorities The most recent Paris Photo fair helped cement the city’s standing as a leading centre for art photography …and a work by Demand for revamped Städel Government departments and agencies all deny The Burghers of Calais is theirs Dubai aimed to rival Abu Dhabi as a cultural centre: this is why it did not happen Malgara’s fortunes fall along with his chief supporter, ousted prime minister Silvio Berlusconi All Articles 
video  With his sights firmly set on Los Angeles, Marc-Olivier Wahler, director of the Palais de Tokyo, Paris, discusses the international art scene and touches on his forthcoming events "Lost in L.A." and "Hollywood Chalet". more videos
what's on  The Terracotta warriors, part of the 2008 exhibition “Go China!”, boosted the yearly visitor attendance figures of the Drents Museum from an average of 68,000 to 345,000. Now, following its closure for two years for redevelopment, the museum is banking on a similar success when it reopens with “China’s Golden Age: Tang Dynasty (618-907AD)”. Going on display in a new wing designed by the architect Erick van Egeraat are 150 artefacts that have been loaned by 12 museums in China’s Shaanxi Province... READ MORE all exhibitions offers Crunch: the Art and Music Festival (18th-20th November), is back with a new theme, Awake in the Universe. What gives art the ability to raise us from our emotional and intellectual slumbers and where is its edge currently to be found? Are elements of the contemporary art world asleep and where should we look for vitality? Join Serpentine Director Hans Ulrich-Obrist as he discusses the rise of the curator; outspoken artist Jake Chapman on the inspiration behind his seminal works in conversation with Paradise Row founder Nick Hackworth; award-winning novelist and playwright Mark Haddon on the conflict between poetic and rational thought; former ICA director Philip Dodd and Tate Modern curator Cedar Lewisohn on the politics of imagination; plus Nicolas Roeg the acclaimed director of Don’t Look Now, prominent art historian Griselda Pollock, Royal Shakespeare Company director Adrian Noble and many, many more. Running alongside this, the Crunch Art Fair will showcase the best of contemporary art, with exhibitions from leading galleries including Paradise Row, Poppy Sebire, Alicia David Contemporary, Andipa, View Art, Gabriel Rolt, Open, Sumarria Lunn and EB&Flow. The Art Newspaper readers can get 30% off all tickets by typing in THE ART NEWSPAPER at the checkout. http://www.artfestivalathay.org | 
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