Lead  Durham Cathedral was not given an opportunity to buy the St Cuthbert Gospel, which is regarded by Durham Cathedral as a sacred relic. The Jesuits, who have owned the manuscript for nearly 250 years, are instead selling it to the British Library (BL) for £9m. Dating from the 7th century, it was discovered in the saint’s coffin in the cathedral and is the world’s oldest surviving book in its original binding... READ MORE all articles 
articles The St Cuthbert Gospel's joint custody agreement is a small contribution to making the world a safer, more civilised place Where can an object which was created as a pointer to the “transcendent mystery of God” be best experienced in “faith and adoration” today? As the scale of unethical disposals emerges, who knew what? Mobile space for disaster-hit region Three to participate in Lyon event A new initiative will see artists work in senior centres in exchange for materials and space Installation of the façade had been delayed for months because of structural concerns The former military base is being reinvented as a cultural city within a city, with help from Dasha Zhukova and Roman Abramovich But similar material is disappearing in Europe all articles video  With the crowds gone, September is a perfect time to travel to Venice to see the Biennale. In the Russian pavilion, Boris Groys is curating works by Andrei Monastyrsky and Collective Actions, the group Monastyrsky formed in 1976 which began exploring performance art in Soviet Russia.
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 "Poland could never forget about its German neighbour. To the West, it has always been directly next door. Rich and aggressive, it introduced new habits and regulations to Polish society,” said Anda Rottenberg, the Polish art historian and curator of a survey exhibition at Berlin’s Martin Gropius Bau that traces 1,000 years of Polish-German relations.... all exhibitions jobs Salary dependent on experience + commission Full time experienced Sales person required for London Commercial Art Gallery. Minimum 3 years sales experience in London commercial... all jobs offers The Institute of Art and Law has recently published two significant new books relating to the protection of cultural heritage: Cultural Heritage Conventions and Other Instruments: A Compendium with Commentaries (by Patrick O’Keefe and Lyndel Prott) – containing the full text of all the major international instruments on cultural heritage protection, together with a short commentary on the evolution of each one and on their relationship to one another. This book normally retails at £58, but is available to The Art Newspaper readers for £45 plus P&P. Our second new book is Neglected Witnesses: the Fate of Jewish Ceremonial Objects During the Second World War and After (published in association with the Jewish Historical Museum Amsterdam and edited by Julie-Marthe Cohen and Felicitas Heimann-Jelinek) – the book describes the effects of the war and its aftermath on Jewish museums and their collections. The retail price is £58 but it is available for £45 plus P&P to readers of The Art Newspaper. Discounted prices may be obtained by going to www.ial.uk.com/artnewspaperoffer.php | 
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