leAD  NEW YORK. Museums and universities across the US are being targeted by a suspected art forger who has tried to donate works, complete with auction house records, that the museums now believe to be fakes. In September, a man posing as a Jesuit priest, visited the Hilliard University Art Museum in Lafayette, Louisiana, and tried to donate a work that the museum says was a skillful forgery. READ MORE
articles Artists such as Tracey Emin, Paula Rego and Maggi Hambling have produced campaigning images Ten years after our report, the looted Benevento Missal will be returned to the cathedral Once the art dealer announced his major museum job, the race was on to secure the gallery's artists Founding director David Handley is at loggerheads with galleries over split of sales commissions Fashion illustration collection amassed by Joelle Chariau appears open to offers UK government rejects committee advice, accepts Sotheby's £20m valuation British Museum is denied access to £42.5m of its own cash all articles
video  'Trash' 2010 provoked mixed reactions from visitors to the Frieze art fair's outdoor sculpture works in Regent's park this year. The two artists explain the concept and logistics behind their scultpural performance piece and how their meeting in a former Gestapo building led to their collaboration. With an exclusive interview from inside the piece itself. Interview by Jean Wainwright.
Tate acquires new works at Frieze  The Outset/Frieze Art Fair Fund, now in its 8th year, has enabled Tate to acquire works by Lorna Simpson, Jimmie Durham and Julius Koller at the 2010 Frieze Art Fair. Sponsored by Le Meridien hotels, the fund totalled £120,000 this year and employed Professor Daniel Birnbaum as it's guest international curator. With interviews by Jean Wainwright.
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exhibitions  The curator of modern and contemporary art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, John Ravenal, had initially wanted to mount a retrospective of Sally Mann's work, but the photographer refused, feeling that a comprehensive show would constrain her creativity. Instead the exhibition, of about 100 works, consists of her first foray into self-portraits.
all exhibitions jobs The Mount Holyoke College Art Museum seeks a creative and dynamic leader for the position of Director. Founded in 1876, the museum was one of the first academic museums in the United States. It serves as a multidisciplinary cultural laboratory for the college, with a comprehensive permanent collection of over 16,000 objects, and is actively used in teaching by faculty and students. A lively schedule of innovative and intellectually rigorous exhibitions and programs complements the rotating installations of works of art from the museum's own holdings. all jobs offers Buy from an exquisite range of over 20,000 unique and timeless pieces, ranging from 18th Century English furniture to Art Deco furniture, and elegant decorative pieces to fine paintings. All pieces are vetted for quality, date and condition so you and your clients are guaranteed authentic items of the highest quality. Highlights of this year's fair include Picasso tea towels, Cromwellian armour, and letters between Rose Kennedy and the Duchess of Windsor. To book 2-4-1 tickets visit www.olympia-antiques.com or telephone 08716207062. To claim the offer please quote 'Art Newspaper'. | 
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