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Having trouble viewing this email? View it in your browser . 15 september 2011 Our September issue, which contains more than 100 articles of news, is now available to subscribers. If you would like to read the PDF version, click here to login or sign up for a digital subscription. in print In print only: Contemporary makeover in the MFA Boston New York’s great museums could do better Is art still a safe bet for investors? Reims windows at forefront of stained-glass revival Survey tracks funding cuts across Spain Miami Art Museum takes shape Before Facebook censors us, we’ll do it ourselves How to buy an Old Master in Italy without fear or frustration 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 Ofili’s first dung works discovered  Chris Ofili’s first dung paintings, made when the artist visited Zimbabwe at the ­beginning of his career, have been tracked down by The Art Newspaper to the vault of a gallery in Bulawayo. In 1992, Ofili, then 23, went on a British Council-funded visit to the Pachipamwe International Artists’ Workshop (Pachipamwe means “where we are all together” in Shona). It was held at Cyrene Mission, an Anglican boys’ school 40km south-west of Bulawayo...  READ MORE all articles articles Before Facebook censors us, we’ll do it ourselves Swedish photography gallery is latest to cover up explicit work Too rude to show? Facebook's nudity ban often falls afoul of art groups Controversy over Pompeii funding Politicians have allocated €8.2m for an archaeological survey that already exists Richard Hamilton, 1922-2011 The Father of Pop has died, aged 89 From the archive: Artist interview with Richard Hamilton As major exhibitions of his work opened in London and Barcelona in 2003, the artist explained his boredom with the London art scene, the lineage of his tables and his undying debt to Marcel Duchamp One masterpiece can go a long way Why blow the budget on a blockbuster when a single Caravaggio or Titian will bring in the crowds? Preserving a work by starving it of air Anoxic storage can slow deterioration Art market jitters over financial turmoil Nervous investors have rushed to safety in gold and the Swiss franc but art looks more volatile Comment: Is art still a safe bet for investors? As research from the last crisis shows, when investor confidence evaporates, all assets start to correlate, something many art market insiders like to forget, says ArtTactic's Anders Petterson all articles video Russia in Venice 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. more videos what's on De Kooning: a Retrospective Willem de Kooning is a hard nut to crack, even for the most die-hard abstract expressionist enthusiasts. "There’s a pure intensity in his work. Woman I has never sat easily on the walls of the Museum of Modern Art [MoMA],” said John Elderfield, the museum’s chief curator emeritus of painting and sculpture, who has organised this exhibition, the largest and most comprehensive of the artist’s work to date.... all exhibitions jobs Gallery Manager, Windsor The initial primary focus is the Whitechapel Gallery at Windsor (W@W) project, which opens at the beginning of December and runs until the end of February (roughly). At that time, the Gallery Manager should be responsible for the following... all jobs The Art Newspaper, 70 South Lambeth Road, London SW8 1RL