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Thursday 31 May 2012 | View in browser News | Museums | Market | Conservation | Exhibitions | Jobs | Comment | In print ON SALE NOW In June's print edition: Another record-breaking buy for Qatar? Documenta's creative director on its 13th edition and the importance of Kassel Political crisis adds to Greek museum woes See all the headlines from this month's print edition Subscribe now to get more than 100 articles only in the print edition. Next issue available 1 June In this week's edition news Degas bronzes controversy leads to scholars' boycott Fears of legal action if authenticity questioned at Hermitage seminar Pussy Riot lawyer appeals to Western celebrities for support Three women facing long jail terms over anti-Putin art-punk performance Kabakovs' Cuban project provokes US government in election year American children allowed to travel to Havana only after last-minute appeal An exile's return to Cuba Ella Cisneros Fontanals fled the revolution at 15. Now she's taken her collection to show in Havana More in news in the current issue: London's Royal Academy goes East Facelift for Jeddah's sculpture park Government blocks export of Foucault archive museums Gift to the Tate honours its director The philanthropists Mercedes and Ian Stoutzker donate works by David Hockney, Lucian Freud, R.B. Kitaj, Peter Doig and George Shaw More in museums in the current issue: Warsaw gets a McDonalds before a modern art museum Moscow to build Pompidou-style space Mumbai's most switched-on director market Alighiero Boetti shows in London and Hong Kong The Italian conceptual artist's work is on display in commercial galleries More in market in the current issue: More than 900 fake Indian modernist works undetected Comment: is the increase in art fairs sustainable? Galleries in for the long-haul fared best at ArtHK CONSERVATION The victory of the void, a defeat for the Taliban The Bamiyan Buddhas will not be rebuilt, says Unesco. The architect Andrea Bruno proposes a scheme that focuses reverently on their absence More in conservation in the current issue: "Bikini girls" Roman villa to fully reopen Lascaux cave mould is modern problem features The battle's over: but does the new Barnes work? The Barnes Foundation galleries, relocated to downtown Philadelphia, walk a fine line between nostalgia and modernity More in features in the current issue: Baroda artists cause a stir in conservative Gujarat Orhan Pamuk's Museum of Innocence, based on his novel, opens in Istanbul Exhibitions We Face Forward: Art from West Africa Today Manchester's biggest art galleries are joining forces to celebrate West African art and culture with a season of shows and concerts. "We Face Forward" will show in venues including the Manchester Art Gallery, the Whitworth Art Gallery and the Gallery of Costume. "At best, people can muster the names of two or three 'international' African artists, usually after they have been shown in Venice," says Maria Balshaw, the director of the Whitworth and Manchester Art Gallery. Along with work by more than 30 artists, including... Read more All exhibitions video Tracey Emin will have MoCA North Miami show in 2013 An exclusive The Art Newspaper TV interview with the British artist Tracey Emin in Miami. Emin chose the tenth anniversary of Art Basel Miami Beach to visit the city for the first time. Before her forthcoming exhibition of work at the Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, in 2013, she spoke to our reporter Anny Shaw. All videos jobs Director, Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art The board of the Serralves Foundation is seeking to appoint a new director to the Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art in Porto, an important museum of contemporary art within an international context as well as the first institution of its kind in Portugal. Situated within the historic 18 hectare Serralves Park, the museum of contemporary art opened in 1999 in an iconic building designed by Alvaro Siza Vieira and has developed an international reputation for its ground-breaking exhibitions and programmes, its important collection of Portuguese and international art from the 1960s onwards, and the significant learning opportunities it offers... Read more EVENTS Agenda's 12th "Communicating the Museum" conference Supported by The Art Newspaper, the annual event about museum communications will be held for the first time in the US (27-29 June, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York). Speakers from the world's leading museums, galleries and foundations will present topics relating to the theme "The world is changing: how will museums adapt?" Sessions will focus on trends, branding, digital communications, audience development, fundraising and strategy. Experts from outside the museum world will bring inspirational ideas. Keynote speeches and break-out and learning sessions will take place at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and other major institutions. In conjunction with "Communicating the Museum", the International Design Communications Awards (IDCA) will be presented on 28 June. You received this email from The Art Newspaper because you are on the Thursday newsletter list. Unsubscribe to permanently remove yourself from this list. © The Art Newspaper, 70 South Lambeth Road, London SW8 1RL. Tel: +44 (0)20 3416 9000 www.theartnewspaper.com

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