The Israeli minister of education decided last week to add the poetry of a Palestinian to the school curriculum. Sure, they’re love poems, but “loving” is the last word to describe the political row that’s erupted. – Salon
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THE WAR IN PICTURES
In Hanoi an exhibition of photographs from 135 photojournalists – from both sides – who died in Vietnam during the war. – Detroit Free Press (AP)
RETURN TO SENDER
If Ronald Lauder has his way, he will be responsible for the return of thousands of works of art to the heirs of Holocaust victims from whom they were seized. Yet in the two years since he formed his Commission of Art Recovery to achieve this, Lauder’s crusade has been mired in conflict. – The Art Newspaper
THE NEXT SHARK
Dealer Jay Jopling helped bring the world Damien Hirst’s pickled shark, as well as a generation of British artists. Now he’s got new plans for an aesthetic revolution. – The Telegraph (UK)