leAD  FLORENCE. Damien Hirst’s diamond-encrusted skull, For the Love of God, 2007, is to go on display in Italy for five months. As we went to press the work was set to be unveiled at the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence where it will remain on view until 1 May 2011.
All exhibition costs including insurance, security, transportation and installation fees are being met by Arthemisia Group, a commercial company that organises shows in Italy. Neither Hirst nor his London gallery White Cube will receive a fee according to Arthemisia. READ MORE
articles Recent restoration corrects earlier botched treatments “Leadership role” appears to have passed to foundation’s director The acclaimed comedian, actor, and musician examines the Zeitgeist of New York's art scene in his newest novel An Object of Beauty Sixty-five years after the end of the World War II, the precious manuscript is the first item of Nazi-era loot to be returned by a UK national museum UK position weakened, leading to calls for greater safeguards against rash sales (Privatised: "Bondage" by Ernest Normand, sold by a regional museum) These and other ideas for the reform of deaccessioning will be debated at the National Gallery in London on 10 May 2011 Mexican dealers José Kuri and Monica Manzutto discuss their partnership—both professional and personal Some things are for sale. And some aren’t Deep in the Brazilian jungle, Inhotim’s founder Bernardo Paz offers artists a place to realise their most ambitious projects A new report says sites could make $100 billion a year by 2025 all articles
video  Suzanne Treister, sets the record straight about her so called 'conspiracy theory' tendencies. Mingling fact with fiction in her works which include images referring to former MI5 director Stella Rimington, Treister explains the origins of her works in this frank interview by Jean Wainwright.
 Speaking at his current show at the Victoria Miro Gallery in London, Grayson Perry discusses his Walthamstow Tapestry and the techniques and theories behind some of his pots in the exhibition including one depicting the wedding of himself and his ever present teddy bear, Alan Measles.
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exhibitions  When he opened his museum in Baden-Baden in 2004, the German collector and heir to the Bunte publishing empire, Frieder Burda, realised that to lure art lovers to the Black Forest he would need to show more than works from his own collection. The latest in the museum’s programme is a juxtaposition of sculptures by Duane Hanson and photographs by Gregory Crewdson.
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