Artnet News

* Several U.K. art galleries -- including Eleven Gallery and Clarendon Fine Art -- have been sucked into the Royal Wedding vortex, and are now showcasing Miss-Middleton-et-al-themed works of art, says the Telegraph.

*Scientists protest a Smithsonian exhibition of Chinese artifacts uncovered by by a commercial treasure hunter -- and not according to academic methods -- as reported in the New York Times.

* Art therapy as a tool for criminal rehabilitation is a subject at the 20th annual conference of the International Association for Forensic Psychotherapy in Edinburgh next weekend, according to the Independent.

* “Some of the most exciting talents” in street art, including JR, Banksy, Swoon and Os Gêmeos, can be found on unurth.com, the Independent reports.

* John Richardson’s engaging tale of Pablo Picasso's long-running romance with Marie-Thérèse Walter, which accompanies the current exhibition at Gagosian Gallery, is previewed in Vanity Fair.

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