leAD  VENICE. The 17.5m visitors a year should contribute to funding Venice. That is one of the proposals in the draft of a new Special Law for Venice by Renato Brunetta, minister of public administration and simplification [of government], presented last month after a public consultation exercise. The town council would receive the income from a charge per person on flights to Marco Polo Tessera airport, long distance trains to Venice and the more than 500 cruise ships sailing into the city every year. There is already a charge on tour buses of €50-€400 per vehicle. READ MORE
articles Sandro Bondi defends commercial sponsorship but says new rules are needed You’ve missed Cincinnati, but Kehinde Wiley would still like to hear from you… Citizens vote against Thomas Demand’s Nagelhaus In a rare market event, two works by the modernist sculptor are coming up for auction later this month The Japanese artist’s works, with their “overdressed” style, are not at home amid the baroque décor Whatever one may feel about the art of Koons and Murakami, it is hard to imagine a more perfect setting for it than Versailles The work sold for £51.6m at Bainbridge’s Auctions in the west London suburb of Ruislip to an anonymous Chinese buyer Two books explore how bodies were understood and sex was depicted in the Renaissance all articles
video  Gavin Turk entertained visitors to the Frieze sculpture park this year with his Muse De Bois Rond, encouraging people to become works of art themselves on his André Cadere inspired bicycles. He also displayed more of his trademark Egg pieces. Interview by Jean Wainwright..
 '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.
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exhibitions  In sharp contrast to Vija Celmins’ most familiar works—meditative, monochromatic scenes of rippling seas or starry skies—the paintings in this show are bright and violent. Dating from the earliest years of her career, these works depict war, guns and destruction. “It’s not heavy handed; there’s ambiguity in the way she addresses violence,” says Michelle White, curator of the Menil.
all exhibitions jobs Nominations and applications are invited for the position of Director of the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College. The Hood Museum of Art houses one of the oldest and largest college collections in the country, with strong holdings of African, European and Euro-American, Native American and Oceanic art and artifacts that date from antiquity to the present. all jobs
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