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Thursday 2 May 2013 | View in browser News | Museums | Market | Conservation | Exhibitions | Jobs | Comment | In print ON SALE NOW In May's print edition: Bad feelings over Abu Dhabi’s unspent €25m gift to the Louvre Nahmad arrest leads to call for more regulation Will anyone pay to visit an online biennial? See all the headlines from this month’s print edition Subscribe now to get more than 100 articles only in the print edition.    In this week’s edition news How Khalili almost sold his collection to Abu Dhabi Fine works of Islamic art are at the centre of a dispute with his former business partner Galleries boycott Swedish art festival Some have criticised the “Nordic” theme for being nationalistic and exclusive Former Juventus footballer caught up in stolen Chagall case Roberto Bettega is not suspected of any wrongdoing, but is a claimant in the case against a Bologna dealer Saudi artist plans Arab state's first artist-run foundation Amen Art Foundation will support emerging artists and encourage art education More in news in the print issue: New York dealer's arrest leads to call for more art market regulation Disarray at UK's Royal Armouries revealed in public accounts Top London galleries team up with rail project museums Lacma reveals expansion plans—again Director Michael Govan launches a $650m capital campaign that would mean the demolition of the museum’s main campus, but still needs approval from the board and county Time is right to rethink the chronological hang, Tate Britain's director says This month, the museum will unveil a new layout, which includes comprehensively restored galleries for the national collection of British art More in museums in the print issue: Pushkin expansion criticised by man from the Russian ministry Abu Dhabi is a priority for Louvre’s new head Hungary’s patriotic plan takes shape market Collector says Sotheby’s sold him Nazi-owned art—now it's unsellable Uncertainty over whether the work, once owned by Goering, was looted means that auction houses don't want to put it on the block Twenty years of White Cube Jay Jopling started his gallery in 1993. Two decades later, he’s no less secretive but a whole lot richer More in market in the print issue: Hauser & Wirth makes a big birthday book Casino boss profits from damaged art Tokyo collector opens New York space Conservation Auckland Castle opens with grand ambitions The newly restored historic home of the bishops of Durham hopes to draw tourists with its exotic collection of Zurbaráns More in conservation in the print issue: New home for Henry VIII’s warship, the Mary Rose Museum reconstructs Van Gogh’s original—and dramatically different—palette from the archive Ernst Gombrich, the Wandering Scholar, pleads successfully—in Latin The Story of Art author asks for shelving for the then-homeless Warburg Institute, and puts his medieval poetry skills to good use exhibitions Uruk, the first ever "mega city" Before the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, archaeologists from the German Oriental Society and the German Archaeological Institute (GAI) spent the better part of a century excavating and studying the ancient city of Uruk—the world’s oldest urban centre—where cuneiform, one of the earliest, if not the earliest, systems of writing was developed. “Uruk: 5,000 Years of the Megacity” at the Pergamonmuseum in Berlin is the culmination of these excavations and subsequent scientific research. The show will reunite for the first time artefacts from several German collections. These works will be supplemented by loans from major collections in the UK, France, Belgium and Switzerland, as well as digital reconstructions of Uruk, to offer the most comprehensive picture of the genesis of the city to date… READ MORE All exhibitions conferences Register for Agenda Conference in Stockholm Join us at the 13th Communicating the Museum conference to be inspired by Swedish and international experts in creativity. The conference, dedicated to international museum professionals, will take place at the Moderna Museet from 3 to 6 July. For the full programme and to register, visit www.communicatingthemuseum.com.  courses Online Art Business Education Skate's Art Market Research launches Online Art Business Education         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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