Art news round-up

News stories from around the art world:

UK parties warn that the arts are set for tough times ahead http://bit.ly/8vBOAx while the UK Arts Council proposes a “politician-proof” plan to keep publicly funded arts from becoming “stale and boring” http://bit.ly/6AnEXu

Art in Iran, and why it matters http://bit.ly/8zPg5z

A ‘women artists’ exhibition’ isn’t enough; what is important is to exhibit women artists’ work properly http://bit.ly/4N2wHa

Photographers band together to produce fundraising magazine showing the hopeful side of Haiti http://bit.ly/8Z85DK

European arts look to US for funding model example http://bit.ly/5GzPcD

Popular stories from this week:

Dressing up construction in NY – http://bit.ly/70cefs

Images of the icy Earth – chilled and beautiful http://bit.ly/7AzShI

The pain of fame; a connection between artistic success and hypochondria? http://bit.ly/5zZFVQ

And I couldn’t resist this one, relating as it does to last week’s blog post: Real or fake? Artifacts sometimes hold some astonishing surprises – though that’s not always a good thing! http://bit.ly/5xkq0Y