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Having trouble viewing this email? View it in your browser . 27 january 2011 Articles The main stories posted this week on The Art Newspaper website Video New programmes from The Art Newspaper TV Exhibitions Shows opening from What's On Offers Special promotions from The Art Newspaper Jobs This week's featured vacancy in print In print only: How women changed the (art) world Going against the grain in Iran King Tut’s tomb as you’ve never seen it Sydney Aboriginal art specialist shuts up shop Selling show is reaction to expanding Asian market Debt crisis takes shine off San Francisco’s cultural jewel Basra to borrow Baghdad’s treasures Sellers and buyers need to know who’s who Czech Venice selection descends into chaos Click for full list of articles in the current issue subscribe The Art Newspaper is available in print and online versions. Subscribe now. unsubscribe You received this email from The Art Newspaper because you are on the Thursday newsletter list. Unsubscribe to permanently remove yourself from this list   leAD Will low US estate tax discourage bequests? WASHINGTON, DC. President Oba­ma and the US Congress’s unexpected lowering of estate tax in December to 35%, with a $5m per person exclusion, in place for two years, has dismayed some who are concerned that lower rates may prompt less charitable giving, because the estate tax deduction for charitable gifts, seen as a powerful philanthropic incentive, will have less dollar value to donors. READ MORE articles The beauty of an angel An exhibition in the central Italian town of Forlì until 12 June 2011 is about Melozzo da Forlì, the greatest exponent of “the Roman and Catholic way to the glory of visible beauty” Police station turns contemporary art space If planning permission is granted it will be the first non-profit hub in the city England’s episcopal palaces up for sale Church Commissioners deem two residences “not suitable”, and others are expected to follow The mystery of the Vasari archive sale Is the €150m deal with a Russian businessman finally off the table? “So much emerges from what I destroy” John Stezaker explains why he never throws anything away and how teaching allowed him the stability to develop his work Benin mask withdrawn from auction Cancellation follows accusations that the object was looted, although no formal claim has been made Compromise, negotiate, support Suppose that a secure display facility were to be built in Benin City that conformed to modern international standards of conservation and climatic control: the moral case would then be very hard to ignore all articles video Valeria Napoleone & Pilar Corrias at the VIP Art Fair Collector Valeria Napoleone, who specialises in acquiring artworks by female artists, and art dealer Pilar Corrias, who has a booth at the fair, talk about the benefits of buying and selling online and their experiences of visiting the VIP Art Fair from the UK. Limoncello's alternative take on the VIP Art Fair Rebecca May Marston talks about gallery Limoncello's booth at the VIP Art Fair. Where other galleries have uploaded high resolution images and videos, Limoncello uses tiny polaroid images displaying the works on sale, forcing the visitor to click and zoom into each one in order to see them.. more videos exhibitions Agathe Snow: All Access World This exhibition brings together 17 commissions made specifically for this Agathe Snow solo show at the Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin. These works are shown alongside older pieces, some of them made in collaboration with Snow’s ex-husband, the New York artist Dash Snow (1981-2009).   jobs International Art World Vacancies SML, London. Our current international opportunities include the following... all jobs ©The Art Newspaper, 70 South Lambeth Rd, London SW8 1RL +44 20 7735 3331 www.theartnewspaper.com