Plaudits for Tate and brickbats for Emin | Letters

Jonathan Jones’s article on Penelope Curtis, outgoing director of Tate Britain, (misogynist subtext?) is a highly unpleasant attack on a formidable scholar and curator. Since when has a major equivalent museum (National Gallery, Louvre or Prado) had as its remit the requirement to be “fun” (Tate Britain needs to put the fun into art, 2 April)? Jones is clearly happiest in the entertainment industry, but museums do have other functions, especially educational ones. He claims to be troubled