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More stories from the week that ended May 17 (click on bolded words for more information):

RIP: Chris Burden, who died at the age of 69 from malignant melanoma. LA Weekly has remembrances of the artist and teacher. The role of architecture in the artist's work. LACMA to show Chris Burden's last finished work Ode to Santos Dumont next week.
Venetian city officials and police authorities threatening to shut down Christoph Büchel's mosque installation.
Greece rules out Amal Clooney's advice of taking Britain to court for the return of the Elgin Marbles.
63-year-old in Spain arrested for allegedly stealing more than 40 artworks from Swedish churches.
Detroit Institute of Art may be deaccessioning some works from its collection, including a Van Gogh still life.
Walid Raad and Ashok Sukumaran barred entry from U.A.E. after both speak out about working conditions.
McKee Gallery closing its doors after 41 years.
USC has a selfie class called #SelfieClass. USC's entire first-year MFA class drops out of school in protest of "bait and switch" and other reasons. They answer five questions from ArtInfo.
Phillips staff member faints during evening sale.
Picasso's stepdaughter Catherine Hutin-Blay accuses Olivier Thomas of stealing Picasso works.
Wolf G. and Hans K. accused of fraud related to attempted sale of fake Giacometti sculpture.
About 70 artists with studios at Studio 17 in SF may lose their workspaces and are facing eviction.
Charles Saatchi sues Saatchi Art over profits and use of name.
Jerry Saltz says that "auctions are nasty pieces of work".
Fox News censors Picasso painting on TV.
Charles Ray sculpture rejected from Whitney Plaza due to fears of offending tourists.
Christopher Knight receives a reply from the Whitney for his request to withdraw a false statement.
Observer observes that Vito Schanbel's exhibition is filled with rich white guys.
Helly Nahmad released from house arrest.
UCSD professor causes stir with parent due to requirement that students be nude for final exam.
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum offers new $100,000 reward for Napoleonic Finial stolen from museum.
David Hockney complains too many gay men concerned with fitting in and have become boring & conservative.
How large art works are transported and shipped.
The first two pieces from Cornelius Gurlitt trove are returned to their restituted owners.
Turner Prize 2015 shortlist announced and features three women and a housing estate.
Street art scene in Tel Aviv thriving.
Ben Davis writes about Yoko Ono's show at MoMA.
Works donated by artists and sold at Sotheby's raise $22.5mil. for MOCA.
J. Paul Getty Museum of Art recaps Game of Thrones episodes with medieval art.
National Portrait Gallery in London to exhibit show of portrait works by Alberto Giacometti.
A look at the price of admission to art museums in New York.
A look at Otium, Broad Museum's upcoming restaurant.
Ten of the biggest blockbuster museum shows the world has seen.
Pierre Huyghe makes some adjustments to his rooftop installation at the Met.
Picasso painting sells for $179.4mil. and Giacometti sculpture for $141.7mil. in Christie's Looking Forward to the Past sale. Judd Tully's sales report from that auction.
Sotheby's as a company posts profit of $5.2 mil. for the first quarter of 2015.
Artnet reports on Sotheby's post-war evening sale. Judd Tully also has a report.
Judd Tully's report of the Christie's evening sale of post-war art. Artnet also wrote about the auction.
Judd Tully's report of the Phillips evening sale.
Judd Tully finally has a report on Christie's Impressionist and Modern Art sale.
Groupe Arnault invests in Auctionata.
Robert Ellsworth left $50k in his will to each of his favorite waitresses.
Scott Indrisek visits NADA New York. Artnet picks 8 booths to check out at the fair. Candace Worth's NADA picks. Ajay Kurian's favorite works from NADA.
Jackie Saccoccio wins the 2015 Artadia NADA Award.
Interview with Victoria Siddall about Frieze New York.
Dealers at Frieze benefiting from their artists' work being included in Biennale. They are also very busy on their phones, laptops, and tablets.
Brian Boucher gives a video tour of Frieze. Forbes also makes a visit.
William Powhida's guide to making the most of Frieze week.
Barbara Kruger's phone app piece shown at Frieze.
Jonathan Horowitz's crowd-sourced dot painting work at Frieze.
An interview with Abby Bangser about why art fairs matter.
Jeffrey Deitch rumored to be opening new basement space to show art in Chelsea Hotel.
Profile of collector Christopher Tsai.
Artsy profiles Bernard Lumpkin and his collection.
An interview with Samara Golden.
Rob Pruitt looks back at his career and talks about his more memorable works.
Zu Thian wins Catlin Art Prize, which includes £5,000 award.
Rube Goldberg’s house in San Francisco named historic landmark.
Marina and Irina Fabrizio - identical twins who collaborate on paintings. Mostly refuse to speak to each other.
W Magazine looks at Petra Cortright and some other Post Internet artists.
Michael Heizer to have an exhibition in NY at Gagosian Gallery.
David Pagel reviews Adrian Ghenie's show at Nicodim Gallery.
LA Taco recaps Known Gallery and Seventh Letter's See You at the Top" exhibition.
Antoni Gaudi could possibly be made a saint.
7 interesting facts about Frida Kahlo.
Jerry Saltz uses three sentences each to review some recent shows in New York.
Interview with Allyson Vieira.
Kanye West praises George W Bush's painting skills. Zak Tebbal translates Kanye's Bound 2 into a children's book.
Artnet follows Leonardo Dicaprio around Frieze NY.
KIDS cast to reunite for 20th anniversary of the film.

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More stories from the week that ended May 24 (click on bolded words for more information):

The Space looks at Simon Denny's work.
RIP: Amy L. Brandt, who died at the age of 37 after a health-related struggle.
RIP: Ekkehard Drefke, who died at the age of 75 after falling into the water in Venice and drowning.
RIP: Rosemarie Castoro, who died at the age of 76 due to unknown causes.
American Contemporary gallery closes its doors.
Christoph Büchel’s Venice Biennale mosque is closed to the public after officials shut it down.
Eric Fischl leaves Mary Boone Gallery after 30 years.
David Hockney to sell East Yorkshire house due to bad memories after death of Dominic Elliott.
A look at Ely Sakhai's forgery scheme.
Marina Abramovic feels let down and disappointed by Jay Z after cruel experience working with him. Marina Abramovic Institute subsequently apologizes to Marina Abramovic and Jay Z for not informing her of his donation. Artnews offers commentary on the situation.
Islamic State militia approach ancient city of Palmyra, causing fears for the Roman remains and archaeological site. ISIS now controls the ancient ruins and 50% of Syria.
Emma Sulkowicz carries her mattress to her graduation, against Columbia University's administration's wishes.
Tania Bruguera to stage new political project in Havana following arrest.
Illuminator Art Collective suing NYPD for wrongfully arresting its members and seizing its property.
Atena Farghadani on trial in Tehran on charges of spreading propaganda against the ruling establishment.
Luke Brugnara found guilty of wire fraud, mail fraud, and more related to art purchase scam case.
Alexander Khochinskiy fighting extradition to Poland over looted WWII painting.
German police find Hitler sculptures during raid in warehouse in Bad Duerkheim.
Rembrandt etching and an Albrecht Dürer engraving go missing from Boston Public Library.
Opening of M+ museum in Hong Kong delayed until 2019.
Peggy Guggenheim's family going to court over the management of her collection and legacy.
NY Times profiles some overlooked female artists that are now in their 70s and older.
Larry Gagosian initially turned away at Cannes premiere for wearing sneakers.
California increases state arts budget by $5mil.
Discussion to explore whether Los Angeles is the creative capital of the world.
V&A Museum collaborating with others to find ways of saving art and design items featuring plastics.
Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture scheduled to open in 2016.
Centre Pompidou considering popup locations across China.
Rijksmuseum officially named European Museum of the Year by the European Museum Forum.
Brooklyn Museum hires Anne Pasternak as its new director.
MoMA plans Donald Judd retrospective for 2017.
Hammer Museum gala to honor Diane Keaton and Paul McCarthy.
Whitney Museum promotes Scott Rothkopf to chief curator.
Expansion plans for Bass Museum of Art approved by Miami Beach Historic Preservation Board.
Renzo Piano designs new handbag inspired by the Whitney Museum.
SCAD Museum of Art opens show featuring Vivienne Westwood designs.
Art Daily writes about the Havana Biennial.
Kenny Schachter writes about the recent historic New York auction week.
Former Qatari Prime Minister Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani may be buyer of record Picasso.
Max Liebermann’s “Two Riders on a Beach”, recovered from Gurlitt trove, will go to auction at Sotheby's.
How a $40mil. Kazimir Malevich painting came to be consigned at Sotheby's.
Jeff Koons' Coloring Book sculpture sells for $13.3mil at Cannes benefit auction. The event raised $30mil for amfAR and included a $1mil. Banksy donated by Leonardo DiCaprio.
Sotheby's has a $25mil. white glove coin sale. It also puts together a money-themed auction.
Artnews covers the American Art auction sales.
Artnet picks the top ten booths at Photo London.
Brian Boucher thinks that NADA NY may be the world's most erotic art fair. i-D's picks from NADA NY.
Artnet has a sales report summary from Frieze NY.
Scott Indrisek takes a look at the financial economics of participating in art fairs for galleries.
Africa has the potential to be the next China when it comes to the contemporary art market.
NY Times thinks its currently a seller's market.
Skate's analysis of the New York contemporary art art auctions.
Is there a relationship between the booming art market and the stock and equities market?
Jeff Gundlach does not see the top end of the art market slowing as long as new billionaires are being made.
Artsy's guide on how to get the best out of your Instagram account.
Christie's lists six key trends they have noticed in photography collecting. Christie's also lists the hottest Latin American artists.
A summary of what Jerry Saltz had to say during his talk at Frieze.
Bruce Dunlap speaks about shooting Chris Burden during the Shoot performance.
Jonathan Jones praises Peter Doig.
Georg Baselitz talks about his work and has more thoughts on women artists.
Gothamist covers Richard Prince's Instagram works.
Ken Johnson reviews Vern Blosum's show at Essex Street.
Frank Gehry wins J. Paul Getty Medal, the Getty Trust’s annual award for leadership in visual art.
Christopher Knight reviews Jasmine Swope show at Craig Krull Gallery.
Takashi Murakami to show at four venues in Ibiza this summer.
Jeff Koons staying in Manhattan after eviction.
Cait Munro interviews Mr. Brainwash.
Joe Calslin creates mural in support of gay marriage vote in Ireland.
Artnet has a list of 10 Exceptional Millennial Artists to Watch. It also previews the exotic summertime art events happening around the world.
Alexandre Arrechea named Cuban Artist of the Year by Farber Foundation. Wins includes $10,000 prize.
Stephen Shore embraces Instagram.
Scott Indrisek visits the Jessica Jackson Hutchins show at Marianne Boesky Gallery.
Rob Pruitt's daily paintings of Obama.
Paste Magazine's 10 Great Contemporary Art and Music Crossovers.

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More stories from the week that ended May 31 (click on bolded words for more information):

Richard Prince's Original exhibition on view at Gagosian Gallery on Madison Avenue.
RIP: Mary Ellen Mark, who died at the age of 75 due to myelodysplastic syndrome.
Three shot during Last Thursday art walk in Portland. People subsequently take selfies and demand ice cream.
Maura Reilly writes about sexism in today's art world. The following artists respond to her piece: Jamian Juliano-Villani, Cindy Sherman, Betty Tompkins, Eleanor Antin, Mickalene Thomas, and K8 Hardy.
Tania Bruguera detained in Cuba during Havana Biennial.
Dai Jianyong detained in China and facing five years in prison for funny image of President Xi Jinping.
ISIS does not intend to bulldoze Palmyra architecture, but will pulverize some statues.
Museum of Iraklio in Crete visitor trips, falls, grabs a ancient vase on the way down, and breaks it.
A list of the 9 biggest unrecovered art heists in history.
Atopie barricades entrance to Museum of Contemporary Art in Basel by building a brick wall.
Shepard Fairey reveals that he is disappointed in President Obama.
Leaked Sony emails reveal difficulties Andreas Gursky and Gagosian Gallery had in licensing superheroes.
Qatari prime minister Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani actually not the buyer of $179mil. Picasso.
Torsten Bröhan accused of fraud related to his €55mil deal with China Academy of Art Design.
Nur Khan says that New York City's downtown is no longer cool.
Software can remove glare in photographs of artwork with glass covering it.
Artnet's 62 Women Share Their Secrets to Art World Success: Part One. And part two.
Christie's looks at the issue of conservation using 7 different artworks as examples.
Andrew Russeth would like to see Christoph Büchel's mosque project in Venice reopened.
LA Weekly writes about Topanga Canyon's art walk.
Archaeologists discover 2,400-year-old solid gold "bongs" used by kings to smoke cannabis at ceremonies.
Garage Museum of Contemporary Art opens to the public on June 12.
Museum of Art and History, Lancaster acquires Clayton Brothers' Wishy Washy installation piece.
Brooklyn Museum acquires KAWS' Along the Way sculptures and will exhibit them in its lobby.
The National Gallery of Art acquires work by Cecily Brown, Martha Rosler, and Roni Horn.
MOCA will honor artist and board member John Baldessari during their gala.
Barbra Streisand donating John Singer Sargent painting to LACMA.
Santa Monica Museum of Art has an estate sale.
Museo Zac ai Cantieri Culturali alla Zisa to mount Hermann Nitsch exhibition.
Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris to show Henry Darger's work.
Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts to present first exhibition of Alexander Calder's works in Russia.
Pompidou Center revamps presentation of its modern art collection.
The New Yorker looks at the rise of the private art museum.
Jasper Johns' Foundation for Contemporary Arts now presenting artist-curated exhibitions.
Ai Weiwei, Damien Hirst, and others featured in Sculpture in the City, opening this summer in London.
Camorra boss Egidio “Brutus" Coppola's home to be converted into a museum.
Market for Frida Kahlo's works booming despite Mexico's tough export restrictions.
Sean Parker revealed to be buyer of Ai Weiwei Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads at Phillips.
Chris Ofili’s The Holy Virgin Mary to be sold at Christie's.
Sotheby's lists Michael Jackson's former Neverland Ranch estate for sale at $100mil.
Profile of the Suicide Girls. Suicide Girls prints the same Instagram posts that Richard Prince did and sells them for $90. They discuss their prints with The Creators Project. NPR features story on the body of work. Karley Sciortino and Anna Collins speak about their IG posts being used by Prince. Instagram states that you own your own Instagram photographs. Another look at the legality of Prince's appropriation.
Marina Picasso selling her grandfather's work as an act of therapy and to fund charitable causes.
A look at the market for Nazi art.
WSJ covers Artsy's algorithm art auction.
NPR explores online art sales platforms, like Paddle8 and Artsy, with commentary by William Powhida. Art Market Monitor comments on Powhida's thoughts.
Alain Servais gives his thought's on today's art market.
Judd Tully and Scott Reyburn discuss the May NY art auctions on the Artelligence podcast.
Kenny Schachter shares some art dealing shenanigans he's observed or experienced.
Jennifer Bartlett offering her Clinton Hill home on the market for $8.5mil.
A look at the next generation of Berlin art dealers.
9 fashion designers that also have nice art collections.
WSJ writes about the launch of Cultivist.
ArtTactic talks to ExhibitionA.
A look at Oliver Laric's show at Austrian Cultural Forum.
Contemporary Art Daily covers the Darja Bajagić and Aleksander Hardashnakov show at Croy Nielsen.
Adhoc interviews Derek Paul Boyle.
Images from Michael Manning's Sticky Bumps show at Sommer Gallery.
UCI pays tribute to Chris Burden, who got his MFA there in 1971.
Daily Bruin looks at some UCLA MFAs.
Long Giang Dang Laundry show includes Larry Clark, Ed and Deanna Templeton, Jerry Hsu, and more.
Artadia gives grants to all finalists, including Park MacArthur and Eric Mack, for its award finalists.
LA Times visits Eve Fowler's show at Mier Gallery.
Jerry Saltz writes about Richard Prince's Instagram works.
Yin Xiuzhen and Song Dong make a series of chopstick works.
Rhode Island School of Design to give John Waters an honorary doctoral degree.
What will become of Emma Sulkowicz’s mattress protest piece?
Fiona Duncan interviews Julien Ceccaldi.
Not all of Salvador Dali's paintings may have been painted by his hand.
Vulture takes a look at Jeffrey Deitch's Coney Island street art.
Leon Ewing wants to give kids controlled doses of marijuana in order to stimulate their creativity.
Christie's profiles Cai Guo-Qiang.
Mel Bochner silver bracelet avaialble from Whitney Shop.
Gabriel Orozco limited edition boomerang available.
Sylvester Stallone talks about painting.
Shia LaBeouf collaborates with graduating students at Central St. Martins.
Vincent van Gogh lookalike Robert Reynolds getting a web series.
Kim Kardashian West, outsider artist.

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More stories from the week that ended June 7 (click on bolded words for more information):

Anish Kapoor sculpture becomes relevant to a lot of people's interests because it is a giant vagina.
Artists create parody imagery mocking FIFA and World Cup sponsors due to human rights violations.
Russia requests that Britain blocks sale of Ivan Aivazovsky's "Evening in Cairo" because it is stolen.
Some of the creative class in San Francisco leaving the city to live in Portland.
Portland's creative community starting to be evicted and priced out of properties.
Dale Chihuly employee discovered to have stolen $3mil. worth of works from him.
Nepal's Prime Minister requesting $2bil. in aid to rebuild country and heritage sites.
Ownership of Caravaggio's The Burial of Saint Lucy painting contested between rival churches.
MoMA workers protest health care cuts outside during Party in the Garden event.
British Museum plans to lend 500 objects to Abu Dhabi for five years at the Zayed National Museum. It is subsequently criticized for loaning to institution known for abuse of workers' rights.
Frick Museum cancels controversial and contested renovation plans.
Manhattan Art Supply Store may close after being in business for 110 years.
Why Valerie Solanas shot Andy Warhol.
Atena Farghadani sentenced to over 12 years in prison for criticizing the government through her art.
Auction of Native American artifacts proceeds despite pleas from Hopi tribe and others to suspend sale.
A look at money laundering and the art market.
Paris starts to remove “locks of love” from Pont des Arts footbridge after structural integrity is threatened.
Mint & Serf pop-up show in Soho shut down by NYPD.
Upcoming hurricane season threatening billions of dollars worth of art.
Annie Leibovitz shoots Caitlyn Jenner for Vanity Fair. Christopher Knight feels cover image falls flat.
Indecline claims to have created the largest piece of illegal graffiti in the world.
Boston Public Library is enhancing security and changing management of valuables after thefts. Turns out that they simply misfiled the missing prints.
Marcantonio Raimondi engraving may depict Leonardo da Vinci playing a musical instrument.
Best paying jobs for art majors are in the fashion industry.
San Francisco giving away 480 tons of steel from the Bay Bridge to artists for projects.
Some quotes from Maccarone Gallery's panel on feminism.
Museums like LACMA promote selfie moments at their spaces.
Museum of Fine Arts in Boston to establish John Singer Sargent Archive.
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art acquires major works by Jasper Johns and Louise Bourgeois.
Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture obtains artifacts from slave ship.
Tate Modern receives an extra £6mil. in government funding to help run museum.
MoMA director Glenn Lowry revealed to have earned $2.1mil. in salary, bonus, and benefits in 2013. The museum elevates vice chairman Leon Black to newly created role of co-chairman.
The Swiss Institute’s board of trustees elects Maja Hoffmann as board chair.
Sammy Olagbaju plans to build a private museum in Lagos to show his collection.
Inaugural Seattle Art Fair has some impressive dealers.
Hunter S. Thompson's home in Woody Creek, Colorado to be turned into a museum.
Denver Art Museum names Rebecca R. Hart its curator.
A look at "Frida Kahlo: Art, Garden, Life" at New York Botanical Garden.
Exploring the case of free museum admission.
The growing trend of luxury brand-owned galleries and museums.
Katya Kazakina writes about the increasing popularity of flipping older works at auction.
Andrey Filatov collecting and betting on Soviet-era art in bulk.
Tehran auction exceed expectations and breaks records in spite of sanctions.
Sotheby's to auction painting by Gustav Klimt that was in private hands for over a century.
German art market not growing at a comparable rate to other countries due to taxes and bureaucracy.
Financial Times looks at the art market in Lebanon.
Amanda Brooks recalls her time working for Larry Gagosian.
Jinty Stephenson consigning her Peter Blake painting she bought for £30 to Christies. It may sell for £350k.
Jeff Koons Birkin Bag breaks record for a handbag at auction, selling for $220k.
First edition of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit sells for record-breaking $210k at Sotheby’s.
Art Basel makes a significant change to its floor plan. What some dealers are bringing to the fair.
Sotheby's profiles Wang Zhongjun, who recently bought a Van Gogh painting.
Collector profile of Valeria Napoleone, who collects artwork by female artists.
Artsy talks to some collectors about how to collect video art.
Bloomberg writes about its thoughts on Cultivist.
Carmen Herrera still going strong at 100 years of age.
Filippo Blengini and Alessandra Bacchilega take the world's largest photograph at Mont Blanc.
SFAQ reviews Raymond Pettibon's show at Regen Projects.
Richard Serra to be awarded les Insignes de Chevalier de l’Ordre national de la Légion d’honneur.
Profile of Math Bass.
Ry Rocklen now represented in Los Angeles by Honor Fraser.
Phillip Glass to perform inside Richard Serra sculpture to benefit House With Heart.
Rirkirt Tiravanija Kickstarter to build studio residency building in Thailand.
Phaidon interviews Olafur Eliasson.
Arne Glimcher talks about Agnes Martin.
Contemporary Art Review looks at Aaron Garber-Maikovska's show at Greene Exhibitions.
A look at Robert Rauschenberg's warehouse.
Rashid Johnson featured on Nowness.
Ken Johnson reviews Robert Irwin's show at Dia:Beacon.
The Brooklyn Rail reviews Brent Wadden's show at Mitchell-Innes & Nash.
The Space talks to James Bridle.
A look at Olaf Breuning's show at Metro Pictures.
Robert Irwin catalogue raisonné, edited by Marianne Stockebrand, is coming.
KPCC features a story about Sister Korita Kent.
The Fader takes a look at Michael Soi.
Kambui Olujimi interviews Mark Bradford.
JR wins Gordon Parks Foundation Award.
Artspace interviews Agathe Snow. They also have an edition by her available.
Artspace's list of ten artists to watch this June.
POP International Galleries to present exhibition of photographs of Marilyn Monroe.
Artists including Alex Becerra and Kim Fisher turn out to draw on Mama Shelter hotel in Los Angeles.
New Poesia prints available from Graffuturism.
The Banksy of the beach.
Artnet provides career advice to James Franco.

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More stories from the week that ended June 14 (click on bolded words for more information):

Artsy looks at the Eve Fowler show at Mier Gallery.
RIP: Alan Bond, who died at the age of 77 following heart surgery.
Man stabbed in the neck in the gardens of Art Institute of Chicago.
Egyptian temple of Karnak site of attempted terrorist attack. Heritige sites Great Dam of Marib and Al-Qahira castle in Yemen damaged by Saudi airstrikes.
Zwelethu Mthethwa's trial begins as he pleads not guilty to murder.
Kosovo art installation of dresses supports war of independence rape victims.
Cooper Union president Jamshed Bharucha announces his resignation.
Jeffrey Rudman will resign as chairman of the Boston Public Library board of trustees.
Anish Kapoor responds to vagina controversy.
Drouot auction house continuing to sell sacred Native American masks despite protests.
Website hosting Emma Sulkowicz's new video taken down by DoS cyberattack.
Nadia Plesner's three-year battle with Louis Vuitton over depictions of their products in her work.
CBC fires Evan Solomon for allegedly leveraging his professional position to broker lucrative art deals.
Los Angeles sees a steady rise in graffiti.
Christian Viveros-Fauné on how Jeffrey Deitch's "Coney Art Walls" is exploiting artists for real estate ploy.
Ben Davis writes about Russian government possibly staging Neo-Nazi attack on Chelsea gallery show.
The Global Times tabloid urges Ai Weiwei to change his politics.
Hergé heirs lose court ruling due to unexpected appearance of document.
Arne Glimcher thinks Agnes Martin is underrated because her work doesn’t reproduce well.
TSA returns $40k painting temporarily forgotten at Newark airport.
Saul and David painting reattributed to Rembrandt after being dismissed in 1969 as the work of a follower.
Pont des Arts bridge in Paris now is adorned with street art instead of padlocks.
Computer algorithm picks and ranks art history's most creative paintings.
The Garage Museum for Contemporary Art opens in Moscow.
TAN interviews Richard Armstrong, director of Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation.
Kelly Baum named curator of postwar and contemporary art at the Met.
Leonardo DiCaprio to donate large installation by John Gerrard to LACMA.
MoMA announces Marcel Broodthaers, the artist’s first museum retrospective in New York. The museum has also acquired Richard Serra’s Equal from David Zwirner.
Artnet looks at Philippe Parreno's show at Park Avenue Armory.
De Young show in 2016 to exhibit Ed Ruscha's vision of the American frontier.
Tate Britain to exhibit Steve McQueen's Lynching Tree piece.
Artinfo reviews the Storylines show at The Guggenheim Museum.
Artinfo reviews Cy Twombly: Paradise in Venice at the Ca’Pesaro.
Letters from Lucian Freud to Sir Stephen Spender to go on sale at Sotheby's.
Steven Cohen revealed to be buyer of $140mil. Giacometti sculpture from Christie's.
Large gilt-bronze figure of the Buddha Vairocana sells for $3.85mil. at Sotheby's.
Christopher Lee's golden gun from Bond film goes to auction at Bonhams.
The experience of bidding by phone during auction sales.
NY Times writes about the Choices Paris art fair.
Conceptual Fine Arts talks about how auctions have been shaping the emerging art scene today.
Larry Gagosian opens a third gallery space in London.
Michele Maccarone expanding to Los Angeles in September.
The art market boom in Nigeria.
Colin Gleadell writes about the cold market for Russian art.
Andrew Goldstein interviews Carlos Rivera for Artspace.
A guide for visitors to Basel.
The ever-elusive Silcon Valley set and its relation to art collecting.
Paddle8 seeing more $100k+ works on its platform and more single-owner sales. It also talks to Bibi Gritti about her collection and sale.
Simon de Pury launches De Pury, an online auction platform specializing in single owner sales.
How collectors are using Instagram to buy art.
Katya Kazakina looks at the gallery shows in NY that opened in May.
Part six of Joel Mesler's True Confessions of a Justified Art Dealer serial on ARTnews.
Kohn Gallery will represent the estate of artist John Altoon
Ai Weiwei's first-ever solo exhibition in China opens at Galleria Continua and Tang Contemporary Art Center.
Artinfo reviews Sam Falls' show at Ballroom Marfa.
Andrew Russeth talks to Carmen Herrera.
Ai Weiwei and Jacob Appelbaum collaborate on a project.
Alphasixty visits Luke Diiorio at his studio and interviews him.
Agnès Varda and JR launch crowdfunding campaign to finance their road trip.
Paola Pivi inserts horses at the Eiffel Tower for a photographic series.
Christo on the verge of turning 80 years old.
Brent Wadden interview in Randian.
Roger Hiorns to bury decommissioned Boeing 737 underground outside his hometown of Birmingham.
J. Grant Brittain interview about the skate scene and his photography back in the day.
Katsu shows us how to make a graffiti drone.
A look at the selfie in art history.
A lot of art dealers would be farmers if they had a alternate occupation.
When avocados are inserted into classic paintings.

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More stories from the week that ended June 21 (click on bolded words for more information):

Some recent Broad Museum acquisitions revealed, such as 82-ft Murakami and Robert Longo Ferguson piece.
Activists occupy Tate, staging 25-hour “textual intervention" to protest BP sponsorship agreement.
Louvre and Sainte-Chapelle church accused of discrimination after refusing tours to Israeli students.
Joseph Gibbons pleads guilty to robbing banks in the name of art and receives one year prison sentence.
Richard Matt gave Joyce Mitchell a painting he painted of her children before he escaped prison in NY.
The Queen's vagina is vandalized as Anish Kapoor sculpture is splattered with yellow paint.
MoMA staff members hand deliver letter of protest to Glenn Lowry's office days before negotiations deadline.
Jonathan Weal accused of concealing ownership of JMW Turner painting during bankruptcy proceedings.
Rachel Dolezal may have copied JMW Turner's painting.
Nine artists that had work at 5Pointz file federal lawsuit for punitive damages over whitewashed work.
24-meter-tall monument to Vladimir the Great opposed by Russians due to skyline view and other issues.
Is there an art market bubble? Marc Spiegler thinks that we are not in a bubble.
A look at Old Masters paintings in a contemporary context.
Discover Los Angeles' guide to what to do in LA with 72 hours in the city.
Vibrant arts district slowly forming in Savannah, Georgia.
The US repatriates two major works to Brazil, including Jean Michel Basquiat's Hannibal painting.
Americans' donation to arts, culture and humanities grew 9.2% in 2014
Qatar building Art Mill - a one million square foot modern and contemporary art museum in Doha.
Rembrandt's Saul and David goes on display at Mauritshuis museum after extensive restoration.
The Getty Museum acquires Gian Lorenzo Bernini bust of Pope Paul V.
MoMA acquires the Rainbow Flag.
Anthony P. Ressler and Elaine P. Wynn announced as new board co-chairs at LACMA.
Studio Museum in Harlem chooses Jordan Casteel, EJ Hill, & Jibade-Khalil Huffman as artists in residence.
Willem de Kooning's East Hampton’s studio opens its doors as part of an artist-in-residence program.
Shepard Fairey donates $60k to RISD Scholars fund.
Lee Ufan talks about Space Lee Ufan.
Michelle Grabner named as curator of Portland’s Contemporary Art Biennial in 2016.
Reem Fadda appointed curator of the sixth Marrakech Biennale.
Exploring the price for the world's priciest art sales in relation to the wealth gap in specific years.
Total sales in this season's London auctions could top $1bil.
The current market for Indian art.
Dorotheum has its highest sales total ever as some artist records are broken.
Sotheby's' Simon Stock discusses Pablo Picasso’s Deux personnages (La Lecture).
Observer writes about toy-themed Paddle8 auction sale.
Kai Kühne and his boyfriend launch Hasbeens & Willbees auction house.
The jury selection process for galleries to be admitted into Art Basel.
Artspace's guide on how to get your gallery admitted into Art Basel.
Andrew Goldstein interviews Marc Spiegler about Art Basel.
The rise in power of private museums versus public institutions evident at Art Basel.
Judd Tully provides a video walkthrough of some Art Basel booths.
James Koch of Hauser & Wirth talks about his day 1 at Art Basel. Then he tells us about his day 2.
Judd Tully's opening sales report from Art Basel. Brian Boucher's sales report from Art Basel's first few hours. Katya Kazakina also has her report. Artnet has a sales report from the second day of the fair. Judd Tully looks at day two sales. Artnet has latter week fair sales figures. CFA writes about work by younger artists at Basel.
NY Times thinks enthusiasm for buying is high at Art Basel. Financial Times also thinks sales were good.
Sandy Rower's five favorite works at Art Basel. Andrew Goldstein has his choices for the ten best works at the fair. The Horts have their choices for the ten best works at Liste and Art Basel. Rozalia Jovanovic chooses the 11 best booths at Art Basel.
Helly Nahmad brings very pricey works to Art Basel, including Rothko with $50mil asking price.
Andrew Goldstein writes about Art Unlimited at Art Basel.
ARTnews visits Liste and finds a lot of work using cigarette butts. CFA also has some Liste picks.
An analysis of the growth of the art fair industry.
The Economist writes about Zlot Buell.
Part 2 of Andrew Goldstein's interview with Carlos Rivera, who discusses his new art-backed loans venture.
Sotheby's Magazine writes about Aby Rosen.
Artnet's list of the world's top twelve photography collectors.
Christie's offers some tips in a guide to collecting post-war art.
Collectors are using their artwork more as collateral for loans.
Erling Kagge's guide to collecting art.
Paddle8 interviews Lev Levarek about toys and KAWS.
When commercial galleries hire scholarly curators.
Gavin Brown moves his gallery from the West Village to Harlem.
Matt Bangser named as a partner at Blum & Poe.
Artinfo interviews Ryan Wallace and Hilary Schaffner about Halsey McKay Gallery.
The Telegraph interviews Bridget Riley.
Time Out's list of most important new NY artists includes Jamian Juliano-Villani, Tabor Robak & more.
Marlene Dumas commissioned to paint an altarpiece for an 18th-century church in Dresden.
Tino Seghal talks to Tina Brown during Art Basel.
The global popularity of Yayoi Kusama's Infinity Room installation.
Artists from LA, like Jennifer Guidi and Liz Craft join with Afghan weavers to create unique rugs.
Sour Harvest interviews Bumblebee.
Architectural Digest looks at Paul Winstanley’s show at the Mitchell-Innes & Nash.
Keith J. Varadi reviews Amelie von Wulffen's show at Freedman Fitzpatrick.
Rirkrit Tiravanija discusses his DO WE DREAM UNDER THE SAME SKY project.
Financial Times interviews Robert Irwin.
LA Times reviews Austin Irving's show at Wilding Cran.
David Hockney compares drawing to playing chess.
Artnet talks to Tracey Emin.
Setsuko Klossowska de Rola, Balthus's widow, speaks about his work.
Pussy Riot members pose for photographs for Terry Richardson.
Karen Rosenberg visits and interviews Sarah Morris.
Molly Soda's nude and scandalous selfies project.
Alexander Calder’s great-grandson Gryphon Rower-Upjohn exhibiting work in Marfa, Texas.
Milo Moiré performs a nude selfie performance in Basel.
ExhibitionA interviews Walter Robinson.
Juxtapoz covers Daniel Rolnik Gallery's Fake History of the World exhibition.
The Onion satirizes the work of Van Gogh.

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More stories from the week that ended June 28 (click on bolded words for more information):

Documentation of Landon Metz' show at Andersen's.
RIP: Miriam Schapiro, who died at the age of 91.
Cady Noland disavows another one of her works after it was restored without her consultation.
Richard Dorment looks back on his career as an art critic as he heads into retirement.
Worker accidentally dismantles and throws out Jim Osman outdoor sculpture he mistook for trash.
Anish Kapoor feels that vandalization of his vagina sculpture was politically motivated.
Arrest warrant for Shepard Fairey issued in Detroit for illegal work he put up while in town.
Maya Hayuk sues Starbucks for $750k after accusing them of stealing her artwork.
Bert Kreuk wins lawsuit against Danh Vō and will pay $350k for a room-sized installation.
Mehmet Aksoy faces prison time for being accused of insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
David Carter faces jail for passing off imitations by Alfred Wallis and John Brett as genuine.
Ben Davis writes about the disparity between female and male artists.
UK last major nation to ratify Hague Convention, which protect artifacts in war zones.
Trio of tourists from Korea accidentally crash drone into Milan Cathedral.
Kenny Schachter injured in London and he also provides his report of happenings during Art Basel.
Dmitri Rybolovlev pursues injunction restraining Yves Bouvier from removing assets from Hong Kong.
UK places export bar on £12mil. Cézanne painting, hoping it will stay in the UK.
Once artwork is stolen, there is a very small chance (2-3%) of getting it back.
When things go wrong during bidding at auctions.
Corrections officer Gene Palmer admitted to trading tools that prisoner used to escape for artwork.
Erwin Wurm's car installation in Karlsruhe receives a €30 parking ticket.
Michael Shurman claims to creating Banksy and being subsequently blackballed.
Opening of Louvre Abu Dhabi delayed a year and will not open until the end of 2016.
Steven D. Lavine, president of CalArts, will step down from his post in 2017.
Erica Muhl, dean of USC's Roski School, speaks out after only having one enrolled student for next year.
The troubles with museum docents.
A life update on the 9-year old girl smoking in Mary Ellen Mark's iconic photograph.
Dominic Currie may have discovered Picasso painting in suitcase given to his mother by his father in the '50s.
Bloomberg Philanthropies funding programs using public art to inspire economic growth in struggling areas.
Adrian Cheng's K11 Art Foundation partners with ICA on exhibitions focused on emerging Chinese artists.
More street art and graffiti appearing on the walls in Greece.
Zócalo Public Square on How L.A. Can Keep Its Creative Hive Buzzing.
Prehistoric paintings on vertical rock face in Colombian wilderness photographed and filmed for the first time.
German president Joachim Gauck gives Queen of England a portrait of herself by Nicole Leidenfrost.
Karlsruhe State Museum intern discovers Piranesi drawings that were previously misattributed.
Christopher Knight looks at the Charles Ray show at Art Institute of Chicago.
MoMA staff members vote on new union contract. The museum and union subsequently reach an agreement.
Largest private collection of works by ART & LANGUAGE to be housed in French chateau.
The Vatican Museum hires tattoo remover to clean its sculptures.
Volkswagen extends sponsorship deal with MoMA to include Greater New York survey.
Moreau Kusunoki architects selected as the winning design proposal for Helsinki Guggenheim Museum.
Selgas Cano designs Serpentine pavilion for 2015.
Ai Weiwei show at Royal Academy to feature 90-ton installation called Straight.
Lauren Cornell named New Museum's Curator and Associate Director, Technology Initiatives.
Eric Edwards launches Kickstarter to create a museum for his collection of African art and artifacts.
Weidler auction sale featuring Adolf Hitler artwork totals $450k.
Sotheby's increases the amount of money it could borrow to make art loans from $550k to to $1bil.
Judd Tully reports on Christie’s Impressionist and Modern sale. Georgina Adam provides her opinion on the sale.
Judd Tully reports on Sotheby's Impressionist and Modern sale. Colin Gleadell also has a report. Katya Kazakina joins in the analysis.
Kenny Schachter talks about next week's auction works during the ArtTactic Podcast.
Bloomberg writes about the intense competition between Sotheby's and Christie's.
Heritage Auctions opens a location in Hong Kong, its eleventh office.
Art collectors are able to buy works of much larger scale nowadays at Art Basel Unlimited.
Deborah Wilk writes about her experience at Art Basel and what she learned.
Katya Kazakina writes about Les Trois Rois, the Basel hotel where the art world stays and deals.
Andrew Goldstein's list of 5 artists to watch from Liste 2015.
Christie's teaches you five things you should know when collecting Optical Art works.
Collectors like Richard Polsky share their experiences about buying their first work of art.
Jonathan Green gets three Monet pastels for the price of two after one is discovered hidden behind another.
Gavin Brown talks about opening a space in Rome and answers other questions.
Hamptons real estate once owned by Andy Warhol now on the market for $85mil.
Mark Bradford's list of favorite spots in Los Angeles.
Los Angeles Confidential lists five powerful women in the LA art scene.
Artnet interviews Josh Reames.
Gavin Brown exhibits Jannis Kounellis' Untitled (12 Horses) as the final show in his current space. Katya Kazakina also writes about the closing of the downtown location.
The Financial Times has lunch with Takashi Murakami.
Artillery reviews the Austin Irving show at Wilding Cran.
Six interesting facts about Sam Francis.
Zócalo Public Square profile of Manuel G. Cruz.
How Barbara Hepworth utilized photography in the presentation of her work.
Christopher Sprigman writes about Richard Prince.
Curate LA visits Kim Ye.
Interview with Anthony Haden-Guest about art and club culture.
Christopher Knight reviews Luis Gispert's show at OHWOW. Anneliese Cooper visits him at his studio.
Artillery reviews the Andrew Dadson show at David Kordansky Gallery.
Paddle8 looks at eight Modern Art artists in their homes.
Ed Ruscha, Joan Jonas, Jacolby Satterwhite, and other artists review some books.
The Tulsa Maquette by Larry Clark available for pre-order.
New selection of Skullphone prints released by Poster Child Prints.
Kjetil Nordin spends six years crocheting a single screen shot from Super Mario Brothers 3.
The Creators Project writes about Portugal's Graffiti Grandmas.
Google's artificial intelligence program Inceptionism creates its own artworks.
Gina Ekiss, designer of classic Jazz pattern, has been tracked down and found.
Artnet's list of 10 of the Funniest and Craziest Anti-Art Comments Made By Public Figures.
Kanye West references Leonardo Da Vinci in a comparison about himself.
Disneyland and Disneyworld ban selfie-sticks in its parks.

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More stories from the week that ended July 5 (click on bolded words for more information):

Jamian Juliano-Villani featured by Art21.
RIP: Harold Feinstein, who died at the age of 84 due to chronic heart failure.
Delaware Art Museum privately sells Homer’s Milking Time as well as Wyeth’s Arthur Cleveland.
Destruction of antiquities and heritage sites by Islamic State and others could amount to war crimes.
Street art widespread in Greece as nation is in financial and economic chaos.
Members of Sotheby's' cleaning staff have been suspended pending investigation of water pistol attacks.
Matisse and Van Gogh paintings' bright yellows are slowing discoloring and turning beige over time.
Animal rights activists protest Jannis Kounellis's Untitled (12 Horses) at Gavin Brown's Enterprise.
David Hockney publicly criticizes Gerhard Richter's work again.
Islamic State is selling looted art and antiques on eBay and Facebook to raise funds.
Scott Mueller sues Janssen Gallery after Cady Noland disavows work and his money has not been returned.
New bill to make it more difficult to take legal action against authenticators, and to minimize litigation costs.
Milwaukee Art Museum drawing controversy with Niki Johnson's condom portrait of Pope.
Belgrade unveils controversial monument for Gavrilo Princip.
Marina Abramović reveals plans for her funeral, which will be held in Belgrade, Amsterdam, and NY.
Artnet lists five things you should try to avoid as an art viewing tourist.
Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Alsaud announces that he will give his entire $32bil. fortune to charity.
The Royal Academy attempting to bring collection of paintings assembled by Charles I together.
Zahi Hawass' plans for $1bil. Grand Egyptian Museum.
Smithsonian utilizing 3D printing to copy artifacts.
Amanda Ross-Ho, Artie Vierkant, Jon Rafman and more are in Public Art Fund's Image Objects show.
The Altered Images: 150 Years of Posed and Manipulated Documentary Photography show.
Anneliese Cooper reviews Fire and Forget at the KW Institute for Contemporary Art.
The Guardian looks at Sotheby's' London auction sale.
Colin Gleadell reports on Phillips' London evening sale. Judd Tully also has an analysis of the auction. Katya Kazakina also joins in on the fun.
Colin Gleadell reports on Christie's London evening sale. Judd Tully also has an analysis of the auction. Katya Kazakina writes about it too.
Katya Kazakina reports on the Sotheby's London evening sale. Colin Gleadell also has some things to say about the auction. Judd Tully gets in on the action as well.
Sotheby's beating Christie's when it comes to Impressionist and Modern sales.
Iain Brunt shares his thoughts on last week’s Impressionist auctions in London.
The increasing popularity of the curated auction sale.
Art-related events a big part of the calendar for ultra high-net-worth individuals.
Gagosian, Pace, and Zwirner all signed on for the Seattle Art Fair and these may be the reasons why.
Frieze Projects in London announces its lineup for 2016.
The Independent Art Fair in NYC has a new home in Spring Studios in TriBeCa.
Damien Hirst opening a art space called Newport Street Gallery.
Queer Thoughts moves from Chicago to New York.
Eleven Rivington changes its name to 11R and expands Chrystie Street location.
Princess Eugenie now an associate director for Hauser & Wirth after working for Paddle8.
Larry's List interviews Filipe da Costa Leite.
Artinfo talks to Dominique Lévy in its Game Changers series.
Paddle8's 8 of the Most Collectible Names in Contemporary Art Right Now list includes Emily Mae Smith.
Sotheby's teaches you how to buy at auction.
Christie's guide to collecting prints and to print-making techniques. They also have a guide to collecting maps.
Observer writes about Levart.
Tuscan villa formerly home to Leonardo da Vinci now on the market for $14.6mil.
Mark Bradford installation, along with two others, goes up at LAX airport.
Laurie Simmons and Cindy Sherman talk about Sarah Charlesworth.
William Pope L's flag makes an appearance during Kendrick Lamar's performance at BET awards.
A look at Bree Newsome, who scaled a flagpole to take down a Confederate battle flag.
Misty Copeland promoted to principal status at American Ballet Theatre.
The Guardian looks at the photographs of Katy Grannan.
Scott Indrisek profiles Sascha Braunig.
Anonymous group of artists build teahouse in Griffith Park.
LACMA interviews Ed Moses about the art he created in the 1960s and 70s.
Ten memorable quotes from David Hockney.
Liam Gillick and Zineb Sedira make works for London Underground's Victoria Line.
Artspace has a list of seven Instagram users that you should follow.
Artspace's list of 10 artists to watch in July.
The soundtrack to Luke Chueh's life.
Artnet's list of The 10 Most Terrifying Public Statues.
Artnet takes a look at fifteen firework artworks.
John Riepenhoff teams up with Company Brewing to create three flagship beers to benefit art spaces.
Marina Abramović now art directing for Givenchy.
Yves Saint Laurent's 2016 menswear line features collaborative designs by Billy Al Bengston.
Japanese virgin men attend nude drawing sessions to help boost their confidence with women.

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More stories from the week that ended July 12 (click on bolded words for more information):

DRAWINGS|FRIDGES (Aaron Garber-Maikovska, Eric Yahnker, more) images at Greene Exhibitions now up.
Nicolas Bourriaud fired as director of the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts.
Major public cultural institutions in Greece to close due to lack of funding.
Court stops Lutfur Rahman from trying to sell $26mil. Henry Moore sculpture to pay town's debts.
MFA Boston's Dress Up in a Kimono event causes controversy for its "cultural appropriation and orientalism". The museum subsequently apologizes and cancels event.
Russia has selfie-safety campaign after string of selfie-related deaths.
Snorri Ásmundsson looking for voluntary recently dead bodies to make art with.
Shepard Fairey arrested in Los Angeles for warrant from Detroit.
Four masked men stage hoax heist at London's National Portrait Gallery, causes panic, and are arrested.
Milo Moiré arrested after art performance at the Eiffel Tower.
Jimmie Durham and Heini Gut outdoor Documenta artworks destroyed by unknown vandals.
Man steals Elisabeth Frink bronze valued at £40,000 from Beaux Arts in Mayfair.
Smithsonian issues statement regarding Bill Cosby allegations and will still show his collection.
Timothy Sammons sued by clients that allege he has not paid them for sold artworks.
Monet painting of dubious authenticity at the heart of $300mil. lawsuit between Brooklyn families.
SH Contemporary art fair in Shanghai is canceled this year.
Stefan Simchowitz goes on tirade against Paddle8, criticizing the company in Facebook post.
Nicolas Bourriaud and Fleur Pellerin verbally attack one another in public.
Isabella Bortolozzi responds angrily to Bert Kreuk's court win over Danh Vo.
White Cube to close São Paulo space after its three-year lease ends.
Carolina A. Miranda points out Los Angeles' flaws.
J.J Charlesworth does not think that the art market will crash anytime soon.
President Obama designates Nevada site of Michael Heizer's City a national monument.
Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute sending tiny art museum to the moon.
Ben Davis reviews the Charles Ray retrospective currently at the Art Institute of Chicago.
Ashmolean Museum returns bequested artwork to original owners after discovering it was linked to looters. It also raises £3.5mil. in four weeks to keep JMW Turner painting of Oxford in the city.
Thompson Family Foundation will give Park Avenue Armory $65mil. for arts programming and education.
Smithsonian Magazine talks about Leslie + Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art.
Lee Rosenbaum talks to Arnold Lehman about the end of his tenure at Brooklyn Museum.
Gary Carrion-Murayari and Alex Gartenfeld named curators of 2018 New Museum Triennial.
Wall Street Journal profiles the new leaders and CEOs of Sotheby's, Christie's, and Phillips.
How Christie's is using financial deals to boost its auction sales.
Caitlyn Jenner's 1984 Olympic torch heads to auction at Heritage.
Sotheby’s will auction Hans Krebs' 1953 Nobel Prize.
Lucas Cranach the Elder painting sells for record £9.3mil. at Christie's.
Kenny Schachter writes about his overall art market outlook based on the London sales.
Marion Maneker discusses the uncertainty of prices in today's art market.
When artists collect work by other artists.
Artspace's panel on using a finance-sector outlook as a collecting tool.
A look at the art market in Greece amidst economic chaos.
Cologne Fine Art organizers announce new contemporary art fair called COFA Contemporary.
Launch of Gully Art Exchange for the exchange of urban street art and graffiti works.
Agnès Monplaisir discusses the Brazilian art market on the ArtTactic Podcast.
Anna Kustera Gallery, previously in Chelsea, moves to Red Hook in Brooklyn.
K A N S A S gallery to move from Tribeca to Lower East Side.
Zocalo Public Square writes about Laurel Seidl's Glass Outhouse Art Gallery.
Artspace visits Sue Stoffel.
Scott Indrisek talks to Skarlet Smatana about the George Economou Collection.
Larry's List interviews Mark Hix about his collection.
The Financial Times talks about sound art.
David Rappeneau, Caja Von Zeipel, and Marie Karlberg in Kunsthalle Wichiita's inaugural 5th of July show.
Jamian Juliano-Villani, Dean Levin, Jacolby Satterwhite and others named by Details as artists to watch.
The Guardian talks to Jeff Koons.
Sandro Miller recreates a series of classic photographs with John Malkovich filling in for certain subjects.
JR's Inside Out project at Morgan State University.
Artnet lists five surprising facts about David Hockney. Happy 78th birthday to the artist.
Nona Faustine poses nude for photographs at former slavery trade sites in New York.
LA Times reviews Meanwhile in Lonesome Valley group show, curated by Sayre Gomez, at Loudhailer Gallery.
Monet's extraordinary skills as a gardener.
Phaidon interviews Yong Lin Tan, who won Sony World Photography Awards Youth Photographer of the Year.
Barbara Rose talks about Al Held.
Scott Indrisek talks to Andria Hicks about Image Objects.
Norm Laich makes Paul McCarthy for President t-shirts, which are available for $25 each at Team Gallery.
Luc Tuymans visits Ai Weiwei in Beijing.
Artnet's list of the summer's best NY gallery group shows.
Sketch feature on Apple Watch popularly utilized for drawing penises.
Kanye, Juergen, & Kim limited edition booklet available for £20 from System.
LA Times writes about Leonardo DiCaprio's inclusion in ARTnews' top 200 list of collectors.
Beyoncé-inspired 78-storey Premier Tower skyscraper to be built in Melbourne.

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More stories from the week that ended July 19 (click on bolded words for more information):

Images and info up for Michael Rey show at ZERO.
RIP: Lee Towndrow and Amber Scorah's son, who died at three months during first day of daycare.
RIP: unnamed 28-year-old construction worker from Pakistan killed while working on Louvre Abu Dhabi.
German government cultural protection law plans could cripple the market for German artists and undermine the country’s role in the art market. Georg Baselitz withdraws loaned artworks from German museums in protest of proposed governmental changes. Gerhard Richter threatens to do the same.
Julian Agnew compares seeking Nazi artwork loot restitution to ambulance chasing.
Shepard Fairey turns himself in to Detroit after warrant was issued for his arrest. Following the topic, LA Times looks at the difference between art versus vandalism.
Douglas Gordon uses an axe to attack HOME venue and then draws around the damage.
Nate Harrison writes about how to sue Richard Prince over Instagram works and win.
Kendrick Lamar sued for using Giordano Cipriani's photograph without the artist's consent.
Graduating USC Roski class of 2015 calls for the resignation of their dean, Erica Muhl.
NY Times writes about the Bert Kreuk vs. Danh Vō lawsuit. Danh Vō and Bert Kreuk exchange letters to each other.
Leigh Morse accused of spending lavishly on herself rather than pay her victims she owes restitution.
Plan to sell New York City Opera’s name and other assets withdrawn by company’s board.
The Royal Tapestry Factory in Madrid due to file for bankruptcy after mounting debt.
Sindika Dokolo on a mission to to have illegally removed objects and artworks returned to Africa.
MoMA is the loudest major art museum in New York.
Los Angeles museums have been showing more black artists, but not too many women artists.
When art collectors make expensive mistakes.
Hilde Krohn Huse accidentally hangs herself from a tree during filmed performance.
German court seeking a report from expert on whether Cornelius Gurlitt was competent to draw up his will.
Amendment would boost US efforts to assist Holocaust victims and heirs in achieving property restitution.
Artifacts looted during Iraq invasion turn up in the house of Abu Sayyaf, an Islamic State leader.
Smithsonian decides to continue exhibition of works from Bill Cosby's art collection. They are accused of concealing a $716k donation by Cosby. They will now post a sign to acknowledge Cosby's involvement.
Sir Nicholas Penny's parting thoughts as outgoing National Gallery chief.
Cuban government returns Tania Bruguera’s passport, but she will not leave until guaranteed reentry. She is named first artist-in-residence for NYC Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs.
Pope cool with replica Rev. Luis Espinal Communist crucifix given to him by Bolivian President Evo Morales.
Mosaic of Alexander the Great is the first ever non-biblical scene to be discovered inside a synagogue.
Unesco world heritage list grows along with cultural sites on danger list after committee meeting.
Musée du Louvre builds Louvre-Liévin, which will store more than 250,000 works of art from Paris.
Dia Art Foundation will hold a major Robert Ryman show this year at its Chelsea building.
The British Museum’s proposed loans for Zayed National Museum in Abu Dhabi could be worth up to £1bil.
Artinfo looks at the Michael E. Smith show at SculptureCenter.
Georgia O’Keeffe Museum receives donation of Frances O’Brien correspondence materials between the two.
Royal Academy of Arts starts Kickstarter to bring Ai Weiwei's tree sculptures to Royal Academy.
Artillery looks at the Light, Paper, Process: Reinventing Photography at The Getty Center.
Robert Sestok's City Sculpture sculpture park opens in Detroit. Lots more happening in Detroit.
Picasso's Study for Temptation of St Anthony goes on view at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool.
Leonardo Dicaprio to co-chair annual Art + Film LACMA gala and also donates $15mil. to charitable causes.
Peter Schjeldahl gives his comment on today's art market.
Phillips increases its market share in auction market.
A look at Joaquin Guzmán Loera's, aka El Chapo's, art collection.
Joe Lewis revealed as buyer of $39mil. Gustav Klimt painting sold at Sotheby's in June.
Brian Boucher talks about the secret and un-talked about mechanisms of art collecting.
Interview with Steve Hanson about LA's Chinatown art scene.
Interview with Prof. Steffen Huck & Dr. Heike Harmgart about their collection.
Nate Freeman looks at the history of Picasso's Les Femmes d’Alger (Version “O”).
Brian Boucher takes a look at work by female artists that have sold for more than Georg Baselitz' at auction.
Noah Horowitz appointed as Director Americas for Art Basel.
Tomio Koyama moves his gallery location in Tokyo.
Daniel Buchholz opens a gallery location in Manhattan's Upper East Side.
Berry Campbell expands its gallery space by 800 sq. ft.
A look at the smaller art galleries in Ireland.
David Zwirner Gallery hires docents as selfie security for its De Wain Valentine show.
Collector profile of Edward G. Robinson.
Eight things to know about Kiki Smith.
Michael Slenske visits Marc Quinn in London on occasion of the artist's White Cube show.
Jeff Koons expands studio space by buying more property in Hell’s Kitchen.
The USC Seven group of dropout students gets a show at Park View gallery.
Ocula has a conversation with Alex Israel.
Rebecca Bates talks to Marcel Dzama.
David Hockney talks about his work and current life.
Some days in the life of Spencer Longo.
Takashi Murakami answers some questions about his film Jellyfish Eyes.
Artsy's list of 30 emerging artists to watch this summer.
DEA writes about Arturo Bandini and the exhibition currently presented there.
Eight milestones within Frank Stella's career.
Roberta Smith reviews two shows of Stanely Whitney's work.
T Magazine interviews Lucien Smith.
Artnet's list of things that have been learned by looking at the world's classic artworks.
Clifford Ross answers some questions.
Profile of Agnes Gund, who talks about art and collecting.
Mona Lisa comes alive in a digital version of the painting.
Bono crashing at Larry Gagosian's guesthouse in Amagansett.
Giant bouncy castle featuring Nick Cage's big head to tour the world.
Panton creates Minion Yellow character-branded color.
June 18 was Andy Golub's Body Painting Day in New York.
Uniqlo fitting room sex tape inspires man to get tattoo of the incident.

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More stories from the week that ended July 26 (click on bolded words for more information):

Images and information up for David Hockney's show at L.A. Louver.
Sergei Ustinov, founder of Museum of Jewish History in Russia remains hospitalized after being shot in head.
Gerhard Richter disowns his early works from West German period.
Georg Baselitz follows through with his threat to remove his artwork on loan to German museums.
Xiao Yuan accused of stealing 143 paintings over course of two years and replacing them with forgeries.
Reed Galin sues Kunitaki Hamada over sale of Andrew Wyeth painting at Christie's.
Kimono controversy at Museum of Fine Arts in Boston still going strong.
Mural in Philadelphia featuring Bill Cosby gets painted over.
Fatima and Eskander Maleki reach settlement with Amir Shariat after they accuse the advisor of secret profits.
Charlie Hebdo editor Laurent Sourisseau says he will no longer draw cartoons of Muhammad.
Rome's Fontana di Trevi has a rat infestation.
Students that were affected by fire at Glasgow School of Art finally has their exhibition.
Artists install work in Fukushima’s radioactive zone, but it will not be publicly seen for decades.
NY Times looks at Subhash Kapoor and his smuggling case.
Robert "Bobby the Cook" Gentile complaining about FBI tactics used on him in effort of solving Gardner heist.
Louis Vuitton ends its collaborative relationship with Takashi Murakami.
Steven Cohen having a hard time selling his Bloomberg Tower apartment in Manhattan.
Christie’s sales growth cools in the first half of 2015 and Sotheby's sales is also flat during the same period.
Building of Zaha Hadid Tokyo Olympic stadium project cancelled.
Christopher Knight worries about the trend of commercialization in museums.
Documenta will still go on in Germany and Greece despite debt troubles.
A look at the thriving art scene in Brussels.
Interest in Iranian art increasing after nuclear deal.
Billionaire art collectors that also financially support presidential candidates.
Carl Schafer working to ensure that CA public schools enforce law to teach art and music.
Man buys painting at thrift store and discovers that it may be a Sigmar Polke work.
Rirkirt Tiravanija's Unclebrother passes its health inspection.
LA Times writes about the collaboration between MOCA and Underground Museum.
Long read about the situation at LACMA.
Steve McQueen and Kanye West's short film All Day coming to LACMA for four days.
Christopher Knight reviews Mark Bradford at the Hammer Museum.
Parrish Art Museum adds four new trustees to its board.
A look The Mattress Factory in Pittsburgh.
Art and Empire at Tate Britain will explore the nation's colonial past from a critical perspective.
Pablo Picasso's Paris studio re-opens to the public as Maya Picasso Foundation for Arts Education.
NYU’s Fales Library and Special Collections acquire archives of Triple Canopy.
Leonardo DiCaprio-hosted fundraising gala for Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation raises over $40mil.
Christie's writes about the hot Colombian art market.
Art market in the United States is still growing, according to figures.
Danielle Steel selling her art colection that was in her Stinson Beach home.
Part 1 of Artnet's list of the top 55 galleries to know in Europe. And also Part 2.
Hans Haacke, R.H. Quaytman, and others discuss artist resale royalties in the US.
When galleries allow clients to take artwork home and purchase on approval.
Bloomberg writes about Verisart and its attempt to digitize and verify every art object ever made.
Arthena creates a mutual fund for art.
Jeff Koons may be building massive 50,200 sq. ft. studio in Hell's Kitchen, NY. He also recommends some art, books, and food for the summer.
WSJ looks at Ellsworth Kelly's early work.
Harmony Korine talks about skateboarding with Patrick O'Dell.
Ken Johnson reviews the Ebecho Muslimova show at Room East.
ARTnews interviews Petra Cortright.
Ai Weiwei gets his passport back after four years.
Artnet chooses 8 quotes they like by Alex Katz.
Shepard Fairey doing a Live Talks event on Oct 6.
Sam Van Aken creates tree that grows 40 different varieties of fruit.
Theaster Gates creates his first public project in UK.
Scott Indrisek chooses 5 shows that you should see in NY.
WSJ writes about Pageant of the Masters in Laguna Beach.
MOCA store has Jeff Koons' Balloon Dog Yellow limited edition plate.
KAWS pin/badge available at Artzuid.
Hajime Sorayama _sexy Robot standing model _A edition available for pre-order.
A look at the cast and crew of KIDS, 20 years later.
8 artists whose signature sartorial look matches their artwork.
Satirical interview with Techno Viking.
Donald Trump had plans on getting into the art business.

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More stories from the week that ended Aug 2 (click on bolded words for more information):

Sun Yuan and Peng Yu unveil fallen angel sculptural installation, called Angel.
RIP: Shigeko Kubota, who died at the age of 77 due to cancer.
RIP: Yasuo Minagawa, who died at the age of 69 due to esophageal cancer.
Eight year old girl killed in Santa Cruz artist colony by a teen living at the art center.
Stepson of Nick Korniloff, founder of the Art Miami fair, missing at sea after boat found capsized. The US Navy joins in on search efforts. Coast Guard ends their search, but private hunt continues.
Bill Cunningham breaks kneecap in bicycle accident.
Why is Basquiat's work underrepresented in major museums' collections?
UK immigration officials reject Ai Weiwei's application for a business visa. Theresa May reviews the decision.
F-Troop gang in Santa Ana gets a elaborate gang tag up on highly visible city wall.
Lawrence Friedland's Southampton mansion destroyed by fire.
How China's economic troubles could impact the art market. The test could come during fall auction sales.
Magnus Resch examines why art galleries lose money and are financially unsuccessful.
Wallspace gallery announces that it is going to close.
Camille Paglia denounces and criticizes Emma Sulkowicz' mattress performance, calling her a bad feminist.
Snarkitecture installation may have unexpectedly given Piper Grosswendt pink eye.
Oakland developers challenge the 1% public art requirement set by city.
Fairholme Capital private art museum not yet being built allegedly due to Miami's planning dept.
Convicted fraudster Luke Brugnara claims that 16 paintings he received from an art dealer could be fake.
Martin Roth defends Germany's planned cultural heritage law amendment and attacks artists and opponents.
London National Gallery staff announce all-out strike.
Sherie' Franssen accused of imitating Cecily Brown's paintings.
Makoto Aida claims Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo asked him to pull installation mocking prime minister.
The Icelandic Art Center files claim seeking immediate reopening of Christoph Büchel’s mosque project.
Ronald Lauder enlists lobbying firm ACG to assist in getting Nazi-looted art back to owners and heirs.
Art in America and Artnews magazines merge, with Peter Brandt as majority shareholder. Ben Davis discusses the meaning of the merger.
Stolen Rodin sculpture recovered after it was consigned to auction at Christie's.
Spaceworks converts public buildings across New York into affordable studio spaces.
Tate announces shows for 2016, including O’Keeffe, Rauschenberg, Bacon, Warboys, and Nash.
Tate Britain appoints Alex Farquharson as director.
MoMA to have show of Edgar Degas monotypes.
Metropolitan Museum of Art drew 6.3 million visitors in the last year, a record since 40 years stats were kept.
Thelma Golden joins board of The Barack Obama Foundation.
Zaha Hadid-designed Messner Mountain Museum (MMM) in Corones opened on July 24.
Museum originally claiming to be about women's history is now the Jack the Ripper Museum.
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum announce Pixar Animations Studios show.
Ferran Barenblit named new director of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Barcelona (Macba).
Henry Bloch swaps out originals with replica prints after donating paintings to Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
A look at the private art museums in Dallas.
Arnold Lehman joins Phillips as senior advisor.
Banksy's I Remember When All This Was Trees street piece to be sold at Julien Auctions.
Katya Kazakina writes about the Seattle Art Fair. Reasons why the Seattle Art Fair is important. Artnews reviews the fair.
The mystery that is the market for Yoko Ono artwork.
A look at how performers are paid for performance art.
Sotheby's stock (BID) may be oversold.
Citibank organizes events that teach wealthy young heirs about buying art.
David Walsh buys Richard Wilson oil installation 20:50 from Charles Saatchi.
Artnews has 10 Tips For Newly-Minted Tech Millionaire Art Collectors.
Gavlak Gallery adds Amy Bessone, Francesca Gabbiani, Dean Sameshima, and Marnie Weber to its roster.
James Cohen Gallery to open third space, this time in Lower East Side.
The Washington Post profiles Alex Katz.
Lancia Trendvisions writes about Matthew Chambers.
Paddle8 lists eight things to know about KAWS.
A look at the instructions for handling Jeff Koons' Balloon Dog Yellow plate.
Vittorio Brodmann talks about his studio, practice, and activities.
Anish Kapoor's giant Orbit tower will now include a slide.
Miles Huston talks about Knowmoregames and his move to Detroit.
Scott Indrisek reviews Darren Bader’s book 77 and/or 58 and/with 19.
Leah Ollman looks at David Hockney's show at L.A. Louver.
An exploration of where Emma Sulkowicz' career may head.
Ai Weiwei has been given a visa to travel to Germany.
Artnet interviews Greg Bogin.
Jean-Paul van Belle takes rare photos of Mascho Piro clan in Peru.
Steve McCurry's love of India.
KCRW looks at the Joe Sola show at TIF SIGFRIDS.
Scott Indrisek writes about Katherine Bernhardt's mural on the walls of Venus Over Los Angeles.
The Creators Project talks to Ryan McGinness.
Lisson Gallery now represents John Akomfrah.
Artnet collects seven quotes by Marcel Duchamp on occasion of his birthday.
Michelle Poler faces her fears through performance art projects.
8 hotels around the world that have museum-quality art collections.
5 shows to see in Tokyo this August. Scott Indrisek's 5 shows to see in New York.
Artspace's list of 7 Influential Installation Artworks You Should Know.
10 art film documentaries to watch.
Artnet's list of 12 awkward things artists have said.
Artspace looks at the heroes and villains of the art world.
826NYC chooses their favorite art books.
New Rizzoli book store opens in New York.
Artnews covers the Watermill Center Benefit.
Artnet shows you how to go viral with your art.
The Guardian writes about the film collaboration between Steve McQueen and Kanye West.
Indiegogo campaign to fund DJ AM documentary includes art items, shoes, and more.

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More stories from the week that ended Aug 9 (click on bolded words for more information):

Aaron Moulton provides a video walkthrough for Gagosian Gallery's Theories on Forgetting show.
RIP: Ruben Espinosa, who was found shot to death in Mexico City apartment.
RIP: Lance Kinz, who died at the age of 64.
RIP: Charles Goldstein, who died at the age of 78 due to complications of an infection.
Opus Art Gallery closes and owners flees to France as they allegedly have swindled collectors and consignors.
Mixed Green gallery closes as its lease expires.
FBI releases new video related to Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist.
Hasso Plattner threatens to withdraw pledge to bequeath his private collection to Barberini Museum.
Danh Vō lawyer in Bert Kreuk case resigns and is accused of witness intimidation.
Sotheby’s stock closes down 7.45% after weak earnings Q2 report.
RIME sues Moschino and Jeremy Scott over unauthorized use of his work.
Most of Steve Powers' public street signs in NYC have been stolen.
Abu Dhabi museums face further scrutiny by Gulf Labor due primarily to low pay.
National Gallery contracts Securitas to oversee visitor services prior to strikes. Latest strike at National Gallery results in substantial closures.
France's Front National accused of waging culture war on artists.
Los Angeles Unified School District expands plan to cut arts instruction time.
France seizes $27mil. Picasso work smuggled from Spain by banker.
Does Brussels have a fake Jérôme Dulquesnoy the Elder Manneken Pis sculpture in its museum?
Criminal complaint filed in Slovakia in connection with the sale of Bernini but to Getty Museum.
HitchBOT social experiment ends after he is found decapitated and mutilated.
Max Levai's involvement in Happy Ending and its recent incidents including an alleged rape and separate assault.
Majdal Nateel's work to go on show in London after Jon Snow smuggles it out of Gaza.
Seven year-old boy gets stuck in John Clement public sculpture and has to be extracted.
Experts are questioning the therapeutic benefits of adult coloring books.
Abstract art can help Californians suffering from the drought to appreciate their brown thirsty lawns.
Does Jon Stewart hate contemporary art?
Ai Weiwei granted full six-month UK visa by home secretary, reversing previous decision. He expects to be able to return home. The artist wants to teach art at the University of Fine Arts in Berlin.
How Guy Laliberté is transforming the Ibiza art scene.
Frank Gehry working with LA officials to draft a new master plan for the redevelopment of the Los Angeles River.
Ames Stradivarius valued at $5mil. and stolen 35 years ago returned to Totenberg heirs.
Public gets to view the original sign of original Whitney Museum for a short while.
The British Museum and London's Natural History Museum using virtual reality technology in their spaces.
Johnnetta B. Cole explains why he kept Bill Cosby's art collection on view at Smithsonian.
The Musée du Louvre in Paris doing a rehang of French paintings.
C. Griffith Mann-curated show at Cloisters explores subtle meanings behind beloved pieces of jewelry.
Artinfo reviews the Frances Stark show at the Art Institute of Chicago.
Italy earmarks over €18mil. to rebuild the arena floor in the Colosseum.
Snoopy Museum Tokyo scheduled to open in March 2016.
The Science Museum in Kensington ranks on average as the most googled museum in the world.
Spaceworks promised $10mil. from NY to continue its efforts in the Bronx.
Dr. Dre donating new album royalties to fund arts center in Compton.
Art loan industry has doubled to a $10bil. business in four years. Art Market Monitor has doubts on the projected figures.
US now the leader in art auction revenue over China.
A look at art consulting and how it relates to Hong Kong.
Art Market Monitor examines the relationship in prices correlated to art and gold.
Concours d'Elegance auction featuring 112 Ferraris to test the strength of the market for Ferraris.
Instagram has a growing role in the art market. Financial Times writes about how Instagram is changing the way art is seen and made.
The market for antique cars from Cuba not taking off as expected.
New York Times visits the Seattle Art Fair.
The Pizzuti Collection is having an exhibition featuring its latest acquisitions.
A look at the Zabludowicz collection.
A look at the art acquisitions of banks and corporate collections.
8 secrets to Larry Gagosian's success as a dealer.
Profiles of London's young art dealers.
Artnet's list of the Top 10 Most Expensive Living British Artists at Auction 2015.
Kevin McGarry covers ArtCrush.
Paddle8 visits Maria Brito.
Miami New Times profiles Jen Stark, who will be designing some things for the VMAs show.
Arshake interviews Michael Manning.
How Bruce Nauman was affected by living in New York.
Artinfo visits Spoke Art's Bad Dads show at Joseph Gross Gallery.
Cindy Sherman plays character modeled on Maria Callas in film by Francesco Vezzoli.
The New Yorker writes about Barry McGee and Clare Rojas.
Anthony Haden-Guest talks to some street artists about their lives.
Forbes talks to Tamuna Sirbiladze.
William J. Simmons talks to Jack Pierson.
David Pagel reviews the Joe Fay show at Craig Krull Gallery. He also visits About Face at Kayne Griffin Corcoran.
Scott Indrisek writes about Borden Capalino.
Karen Rosenberg interviews Jessica Jackson Hutchins.
Derek Blasberg talks to Marc Jacobs.
The popularity of Katsushika Hokusai's Great Wave.
Fad Magazine interviews Neil Raitt.
LA Times reviews the Bart Exposito show at Susanne Vielmetter.
The German Crew spends 14 months turning hillside of Las Palmitas into a giant, colorful mural.
Artnet's list of 12 African American artists making waves in the art world.
Artspace's list of 9 artists to watch this month.
Highlights of the Sept openings in NY.
5 artists you should look at to up your Instagram game.
WSJ looks at 5 summertime art road trips in the US.
Phaidon's new book explores the history of the High Line. They also talk about landscape architecture.
Artnet's list of 17 Disruptors Who Have Completely Changed the Art World.
NY Times reviews Untitled restaurant at the Whitney.
Serpentine Galleries selling Polaroids by Duane Hanson.
Ben Davis writes about the new TV show The Art of More.

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More stories from the week that ended Aug 16 (click on bolded words for more information):

Ramiro Gomez profiled by NY Times.
RIP: Susanne Hilberry, who died at 72 due to complications of a brain tumor.
RIP: Karen Sinsheimer, who died of pancreatic cancer.
Tali Lennox’s boyfriend Ian Jones still missing after kayak accident. His body is later found.
55 Gansevoort to close after two years to make room for Restoration Hardware's hotel. Paper Magazine visits the gallery's final opening and Queer Thought's first opening in NY.
Hirshhorn’s decision to hold 40th-anniversary gala in New York causes controversy. Melissa Chiu's NY-centricity being criticized.
FBI says that 2 suspects in Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist are now dead. Person in recently released video may have been identified.
Hasted Kraeutler Gallery closes amid exchange of accusations by partners.
Knoedler gallery and former director settle three claims over fake paintings with six cases still open.
Honolulu Museum sues Joel Alexander Greene for $880k over donation of allegedly smuggled artwork.
Venice court rejects fast-track request to re-open Biennale Icelandic Pavilion “mosque” by Christoph Büchel.
Workers at the National Gallery go on indefinite strike in a dispute over privatization.
Federal judge rejects Igor Olenicoff's challenge of $640,000 verdict over John Raimondi works he had copied.
Sigmar Polke Estate ordered by court to return allegedly stolen painting to collector.
Jefferson Davis statue considered racist will be relocated at UT Austin.
China creates public art work that looks a lot like Anish Kapoor's Cloud Gate. The artist alleges plagiarism and threatens legal action. Kapoor pens open letter to Mayor Emanuel urging for his support.
Danh Vō parts ways with Isabella Bortolozzi as his gallerist.
Spain sends experts to Corsica to bring smuggled €25mil Picasso's Head of a Young Woman back to Spain. Police transfer the painting to the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid.
Picasso's La Coiffeuse headed back to France after being stolen 14 years ago from Centre Georges Pompidou.
Although art market is strong, Sotheby's share prices continue to shrink.
Heather Flow explains why people should not confuse exhibitions with fairs.
Village Voice writes about how bootleggers and brands became the biggest foes for graffiti artists.
Greece orders tax fraud probe after tourists claimed gift shop at Knossos museum was not providing receipts.
Minneapolis Institute of Arts dropping last "s" off of its name in rebranding effort.
Human evolution and the ability to appreciate and love art.
Los Angeles completely covers its reservoir with black balls.
The Creators Project looks at the art world in Singapore.
Norman Rockwell’s exhibit now on display at the U.N.
Columbia College Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Photography exhibits photographs from North Korea.
Art created by women at York Correctional Institution is on display at Brooklyn Museum.
Profile of Elaine Wynn and her role at LACMA.
Glimpse of REDCAT's programming lineup for the fall season.
Kaleta A. Doolin Foundation gives Nasher Sculpture Center $750k to acquire work by women artists.
Patrum app to bring in donations for restoration projects for Vatican and connect patrons around the world.
Lio Lamca launches LA NAVE in Ibiza with KAWS show.
Thomas Krens planning massive, 160,000 sq. ft. for-profit museum in Northern Massachusetts.
Guggenheim Museum and HarperCollins turning South Street Seaport into culture district.
Why are fashion exhibitions more popular than art shows in museums?
NPR explores whether the art in museums have become irrelevant.
Christopher Knight discusses Noah Purifoy's Watts Riot, on display at California African American Museum.
Annette Michelson donates her papers to the Getty Research Institute.
Guggenheim Museum appoints Hou Hanru and Xiaoyu Weng to expand Chinese contemporary art program.
LA Times writes about the Broad Museum's storage vault. KPCC talks to some of the staff members.
National Gallery of Art gets Mary Cassatt painting from Cassatt family.
Artnet has a list of 8 bizarre crime museums from around the world.
Performa unveils second round of commissions and premieres, including Oscar Murillo and Wyatt Kahn.
No Longer Empty seeks out empty and underutilized spaces for art installations throughout NYC.
Christie’s to sell collection of Arthur and Anita Kahn. They had 80 Calders, among other great works.
Phillips hires three former Christie's employees for its NY location.
Chinese art market contracting, but Poly Auction is still doing well.
Kunsthaus Lempertz announces strong sales as German art market continues to grow.
Bonhams will hold two modern and contemporary art auctions in Hong Kong this fall.
RR Auctions selling photos from the wedding of Princess Diane.
Financial Times thinks that the rise of art advisers hints at frothy market.
Profile of New York real estate moguls that are also prolific art collectors.
Cabinet building new gallery on the former site of the Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens.
Artnet speculates on who should take over the director position for The Armory Show.
Gagosian Gallery now represents the Nam June Paik estate.
Suicide Girls' version of Richard Prince Instagram works now being flipped.
Artsy lists 5 unspoken rules for art collectors.
Julian Radcliffe discusses The Art Loss Register and its 450,000+ artwork database and recovery efforts.
Queer Thoughts opens in New York City after being in Chicago.
Galerie Patrick Seguin expands to a London location.
LA Weekly profiles Loudhailer owner Keith Couser about his real estate and gallery businesses.
Erling Kagge talks about collecting art.
ExhibitionA interviews Henry Relph.
Stephen Smith talks to others about Andy Warhol's hidden side.
Keith J Varadi writes about sincerity in the Art21 blog.
The Kitchen announces September Spring, an installation by Sam Falls featuring daily performances.
Phaidon releasing new Ellsworth Kelly monograph.
Stelarc grows third ear to allow the internet to listen in on his life.
Israel Lund showing with White Flag Projects in Sept.
Artsy profiles Jessica Hess.
Doug Aitken's Station to Station documentary film gets a run in Los Angeles.
Marina Abramovic talks about her youth.
KPCC visits Mark Bradford.
Interview Magazine talks to Luke Diiorio.
JR installs 75-ft ballerina photo in Tribeca.
Glasstire has a conversation with Eileen Maxson.
Anthony Haden-Guest talks to FAILE, OLEK, STIK, and other street artists.
Karen Winters speaks about painting the drying California landscape.
Michael Nicholas plans to lead mass funeral march along the High Line.
12 key figures in Puerto Rico's thriving art scene.
Artnet's must-see art guide for Los Angeles.
Art Production Fund x Alex Katz x Barneys New York items available online.
Mood NYC releases skate deck by Israel Lund.
Pharrell Williams and Adidas Originals unveil superstar Supershell collection.
Other things people collect besides art.
The Many Sad Fates of Mr. Toledano features Phil Toledano acting out his possible fates.
Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe's Just Kids adventures to become Showtime miniseries.
Art-themed bodypainting show Skin Wars: Fresh Paint To Feature RuPaul and Mat Gleason.
Picasso gets a shout-out in Dr Dre's new album.
Eric Poppleton talks about photographing the iconic Straight Outta Compton album cover image.
Sotheby's discusses six Andy Warhol-designed album covers.
A Day in the Life of an Art Museum Phone Operator, in Haiku.
Parrots reciting modernist poetry at the Pérez Art Museum.

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More stories from the week that ended Aug 23 (click on bolded words for more information):

Yayoi Kusama's "Infinity Mirrored Room" is one of the works that will be on display when The Broad opens.
RIP: Alan Fertil, who died at the age of 33 after accidentally falling off a roof.
RIP: Khaled al-Asaad, who died at the age of 82 due to beheading after refusing to lead Isis to antiquities.
RIP: Melva Bucksbaum, who died at the age of 82. She was suffering from cancer.
Roman altar, estimated to be at least 1,600 years old, stolen from Senhouse Roman Museum.
Russia accused of encouraging religious intolerance after rightwing activists attack Manezh exhibit in Moscow.
Nepotism alleged in the appointment of a new head for the Ecole des Beaux-Arts.
The story of Marion True, who was exiled from the art world after alleged looted art conspiracy.
KPCC details a month of graffiti cleanup in Los Angeles.
Coco Chanel Warhol work that includes authentication stamp may or may not be a real Warhol.
Dutch police arrest man suspected of trying to sell a fake Vincent van Gogh painting.
FBI offers $20k cash reward for return of stolen N.C. Wyeth paintings.
Two suspects steal Rodin bust from Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Museum in broad daylight.
National Gallery of Australia removes 13 deity sculptures purchased from disgraced dealer Subhash Kapoor.
Military train from WWII found in Poland may contain Nazi-looted art.
Kurt Perschke's 250-pound ball terrorizes Toldeo, Ohio residents in the streets.
Wild Life's gentrification-based street art sculpture set on fire in Downtown Los Angeles.
Restoration Hardware to close RH Contemporary gallery in New York.
Has London become too expensive for artists?
Andy Warhol Museum of Modern Art in Medzilaborce, Slovakia loses two works in shady loan agreement plot.
Daniel Buren is considering taking legal action against city of Lyon over disrepair of his public artwork.
New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu lays out plans to dismantle statues of Confederacy figures.
LA Weekly writes about East LA's lowrider culture.
Frank Gehry's plans for the LA River opposed by some.
Human Rights Human Wrongs festival in Oslo rejects Roy Zafrani film citing cultural boycott of Israel.
Admission cost may not be a hindrance for people visiting museums.
Vinson Cunningham asks: Can Black Art Ever Escape the Politics of Race?
Washington Post backs Smithsonian's refusal regarding demands to shut down the exhibit.
Laibach becomes first western group ever to perform in North Korea, possibly at Ponghwa Art Theatre.
Heather McHugh uses MacArthur Foundation “Genius Grant” of $500k to start nonprofit called Caregifted.
A look at the sustainability of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center in Greece.
UK department extends deadline over the export of the Egyptian sculpture of Sekhemka.
Agathe Snow's Stamina film premieres at a dance party hosted at Guggenheim Museum.
Hollis Frampton has a retrospective in Buffalo, New York at CEPA gallery.
Palestinian Museum dedicated to history and culture of Palestine over the last two centuries to open in Birzeit.
Artspace writes about The Broad museum.
Kansas City Art Institute receives $25mil from an anonymous donor.
Giant Robot Biennale 4 at the Japanese American National Museum announced.
New Orleans museums confront the memory of Katrina ten years after the hurricane.
Travelling exhibition featuring work by past Turner Prize nominees and winners will tour Scotland this fall.
Italy appoints 20 new directors in its leading cultural institutions. It receives backlash for appointing foreign directors.
Lucía Sanromán hired as new director of visual arts at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.
Carnegie Museum hires Eric Crosby as curator of modern and contemporary art.
Artnet's list of the Top 10 Most Expensive Living Women Artists 2015.
Some items for sale from Sotheby's of Sam Simon's collection.
Academics determine that art prices follow definite patterns, and these are based on rational judgments.
Artspace talks with Jackie Saccoccio.
T Magazine writes about Shepard Fairey's upcoming show at Jacob Lewis Gallery.
Mary Ellen Mark's last assignment was in New Orleans, ten years post-Katrina.
Jonathan Fletcher Moore's Artificial Killing Machine provides an interactive experience of drone strikes.
Douglas Coupland shares his love of shopping.
Studio visit and interview with Zachary Armstrong.
Guardian teases Banksy's Dismaland. They also interview him. The Onion has some of the public's reaction.
The visual art of William S. Burroughs.
A look at Dushko Petrovich's commute and publishing activities.
Anish Kapoor now on Instagram.
Artspace looks at Marc Quinn's latest White Cube show.
Chris Kraus talks to Leigh Ledare.
Artnet interviews Massimiliano Gioni.
Charles Pétillon to fill the interior of Covent Garden market with 100k white balloons as part of installation.
Phaidon releasing a Theaster Gates monograph.
Ken Johnson reviews the Faile show at the Brooklyn Museum.
Lorenzo Hurtado Segovia creating original works inspired by thrift store finds, then donates his work back.
Courage in Editorial Cartooning Award for 2015 goes to Atena Farghadani.
Ben Davis shares 11 art world hashtags.
Eight of the most heated recent art world beefs.
Artsy discusses The Most Iconic Artists of the 1980s.
The secret behind the Mona Lisa smile.
Ben Davis chooses 5 shows to see in New York in August.
Cait Munro takes a look at the six most popular Instagrammed art shows.
5 Fabulous Art Destinations to Visit on the Côte d'Azur this Summer.
Peekasso's GIF art.
Phaidon releases a book on Daniel Ost's floral art.
A history of lapis lazuli.
Pigalle teams up with Ill-Studio to build basketball court inspired by Kazimir Malevich.
Garrick Stephenson's Southampton estate on the market for $30mil.
Donald Robertson finding success as an artist.
Dr. Roger Lerner's photograph's throughout the decades of LA's Cedar Sinai hospital.
George Zimmerman selling his paintings of confederate flag to raise legal funds and to help gun store owner.
Katy Perry emulates Elizabeth Taylor in Andy Warhol-inspired photo shoot.

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More stories from the week that ended Aug 30 (click on bolded words for more information):

The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art acquires and installs site-specific outdoor Jack Pierson work.
RIP: Marion Boulton "Kippy" Stroud, who died at her own hand at the age of 76. Tributes pour in.
Islamic State destroys ancient temple of Baal Shamin in Syrian city of Palmyra using explosives. Satellite images confirm the destruction. UN's cultural agency says that it is a war crime. A look at the extent of Isil's antiquities trafficking.
Isil bulldozes parts of 1,500-year-old Catholic monastery of Mar Elian near Syrian town of Qaryatain.
Mark Moogalian was one of the men who helped thwart terrorist attack on Paris-bound train.
Iran and US nuclear deal paves way for cultural exchanges and projects between Iran and US and Europe.
Tania Bruguera back in the U.S. after being detained for 8 months in Cuba.
Shadi Alzaqzouq kicked out of Dismaland for anti-Israel protest. Banksy accused of trolling ticket buyers to Dismaland. Merchandise from the park and event already for sale. Banksy interviews Run the Jewels. Brad Pitt gets a private tour of Dismaland. Speculation as to whether Brad Pitt will purchase Dismaland.
Boy in Taiwan trips and punches a hole in Paolo Porpora painting hanging at Huashan 1914 Creative Park. The attribution and value of the painting may have been misrepresented.
Girl at Israel Museum in Jerusalem breaks 2,000-year-old vase by accidentally rocking its glass case.
Dionysis Karipidis destroys his own sculpture rather than be forced to pay a fine.
Pierce Brosnan claims that 10-inch knife he tried to take onto plane was part of his art supplies.
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek museum releases surveillance CCTV photos of suspects in Rodin bust theft.
Argentina to return thousands of stolen archaeological pieces to Ecuador and Peru.
Lumsden Quan pleads guilty to selling black rhinoceros horns to an undercover federal agent.
Stefan Simchowitz and Jonathan Ellis King sue Ibrahim Mahama for breach of contract and other allegations. Greg Allen comments on the case.
Opera Gallery wins $800k judgment against Gailord Bovrisse over two fake Marc Chagall paintings.
NY's Chelsea galleries moving out of the area due to being priced out.
The Illinois State Museum Chicago Gallery to close while budgetary issues are worked out.
LA Arts District criticized for not doing enough for artists in the area.
Marinika Babanazarova fired as director of the Savitsky, accused of replacing originals with fakes.
Staff at the National Museums of Scotland begin seven days of strike action.
Judge rules that chicken sandwich is not a creative work and can not be copyrighted.
Singapore Court of Appeal has unfrozen the assets of Yves Bouvier.
Jonathan Fineberg thinks that looking at art makes you smarter.
Landsberg, Germany has new initiative that converts cigarette vending machines into coin-operated art shops.
MOCA offering free membership to anyone who brings Broad admission ticket during Broad's first two weeks.
Crystal Bridges will open Frank Lloyd Wright home for free visits.
The Joan Mitchell Center opens in New Orleans.
ArtInfo reviews Dinh Q. Lê’s “Memory for Tomorrow” at the Mori Art Museum.
Review of Josh Kline: Freedom at Modern Art Oxford.
Segerstrom Center in Costa Mesa launches $68mil. drive to redesign plaza and cover fundraising failure.
Takashi Murakami’s private collection will go on display at the Yokohama Museum of Art.
Michel Houellebecq gets an exhibition at the Palais de Tokyo.
Victoria and Albert Museum announces exhibition celebrating artistic legacy of Sandro Botticelli.
Ashmolean Museum announces Venetian old master drawing exhibition.
Tan Boon Hui appointed VP for global arts and cultural programs, and director of Asia Society Museum.
The Met to renovate Breuer Annex prior to opening. The Met will also be open until midnight for the closing weekend of China: Through the Looking Glass.
The Nevada Museum of Art receives $2mil. gift from John La Gatta.
Museums in Philadelphia bracing themselves for arrival of Pope Francis with exhibitions and programs.
Harry Ransom Center at University of Texas acquires Kazuo Ishiguro archive.
Places to go around downtown LA when you are visiting The Broad or MOCA.
New York Times writes about new school art advisors.
Kenny Schachter, Edward Winkleman, Willima Powhida, and others comment on Magnus Resch's book.
Aristophil's collection of rare manuscripts to be sold.
Adrian Cheng plans to build 17 new shopping malls, which will double up as exhibition and gallery spaces.
Part 1 of Larry's List's top 50 collectors to follow on Instagram.
Vauxhall Art Car Boot Fair moving to Margate. Tracey Emin, Gavin Turk, and Peter Blake to participate.
Larry's List gives you reasons to visit the Amsterdam International Art Fair.
Artnet shares its investigation into the 10 Surprising Habits of Millennial Art Collectors.
Artspace visits Keltie Ferris in her studio and interviews her.
Watch from under the canvas as Jackson Pollock makes his drip paintings.
Sarah Sze talks about installing her Tanya Bonakdar Gallery show.
William Kentridge creating monumental frieze along the banks of the river Tiber in Rome.
Artsy writes about seven street artists including Shepard Fairey, Ron English, RETNA, JR, and more.
Paddle8 has a text interview with Richard Phillips.
LA Times reviews the Is This This That show at Greene Exhibitions.
Zachary Armstrong and Rose Wylie showing this September at GNYP Artspace.
Artinfo's list of 8 must-read art books coming out this fall.
Paddle8 follows art world summer adventures through Instagram. Artnews also lives its summer vicariously through artists on Instagram.
The listing for Swizz Beatz and Alicia Key's house previews some of their art collection.
Greg Renoff writes about the story of Zero Zero and Zero One.
What Jerry Saltz and others are looking forward to this fall. Artnet also has its exhibition choices.
20 of the wackiest art news stories of the summer.
Jessica Stockholder edition available from ICI shop.
Bumblebee artist shirts available from Common Artist Project.
Olivia Barr's Not-A-Camera functional spy camera available at Whitney Museum shop.

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More stories from the week that ended Sept 6 (click on bolded words for more information):

RIP: Noah Davis, who died at the age of 32 from complications of a rare cancer. NY Times also writes about his death. Papillion remembers him. Polaroid image above by Quam Odunsi.
RIP: Nelson Shanks, who died at the age of 77.
RIP: The Pizz, who died at the age of 57 after killing himself.
Jacob Antonio Weiss is the fourth suspect sought in the stabbing of man who tried to stop graffitiing.
Yves Bouvier vows to seek revenge on Dmitry Rybolovlev.
Minnesota State Fair censors Nick Rindo's portrait of Bill Cosby made of rapeseed.
Shepard Fairey's case in Detroit to proceed to trial.
Tanya Habjouqa has her books “detained” by Israeli authorities at Tel Aviv airport.
Britain has a art collection, most of which it does not display, worth £3.5bil.
How North Korea uses portraits of its leaders to inspire and intimidate, but they may be losing their power.
Karl Waldmann alleged to be a made-up artist.
NY Times thinks that the market for emerging art is cooling down.
Second edition of Singapore Art Fair has been cancelled.
The Broad museum's online reservation system crashes on the first day it's up.
Palmyra's Temple of Bel still standing despite attempt by IS militants to blow it up.
USC’S MFA program begins the year with only one student.
3D image-taking cameras given out across Mid-East in bid to preserve ancient sites from destruction by IS.
Cooper Union enters agreement with Save Cooper Union and AG of NY, paving return to tuition-free policy.
Black Chronicles II exhibition opens at Harvard University.
Pérez Art Museum Miami names Franklin Sirmans as new director.
Jean-Marc Bustamante appointed director of the École Nationale supérieure des beaux-arts in Paris.
Casa Vicens, designed by Antoni Gaudí, being renovated so it can be converted into a museum-house.
The British Museum signs €2mil. deal to send a series of high-profile exhibitions to Spain.
Jean Nouvel’s MoMA tower residence plans revealed.
Savannah College of Art and Design will open new fashion museum on its Atlanta campus.
Miami zoning officials approve plans for Bruce Berkowitz to build private museum on Biscayne Boulevard.
Jeff Koons’s Pluto and Proserpina to be displayed in Piazza della Signoria next to Michelangelo’s David.
New York State to create Edward Hopper Citation of Merit award to be presented every two years.
Alfred Taubman collection to be sold by Sotheby's. Sotheby's has a slideshow of some highlights.
Christie's The Artist’s Muse sale to feature $100mil. Modigliani painting. Eileen Kinsella wonders if the estimate is accurate. Seller is revealed to be Laura Mattioli Rossi.
Sotheby's to open an office in Mumbai, India.
Phillips makes two big hires ahead of fall sales. It also teams up with eBay for live auctions.
Blum & Poe launches online store.
PULSE Miami Beach announces its list of 2015 exhibitors.
The Art Newspaper profiles Benedikt Taschen.
Brad Hajzak gives a tour of his collection.
Apollo Magazine's 40 Under 40 lists for the USA and Europe.
The rise of the celebrity curator.
Artspace writes about how and why comedy is increasingly embraced by today's artists.
Alastair Barford hired by Illustrated London News to paint portrait of Queen Elizabeth II as his first commission.
Scott Indrisek interviews Dana Schutz.
Phaidon shares the story about one of Theaster Gates' first shows.
Interview with Brie Ruais.
Paul Weiner has tips for using Instagram to build an art career.
Artsy profiles Cleon Peterson.
Interview with Daniel Buren.
Scott Indrisek interviews Norm Laich.
Camille Henrot makes a series of drawings inspired by Nicki Minaj.
Casey Kaplan gallery now represents Hugh Scott-Douglas in New York.
Tyler Sayles interviews Alex Da Corte.
Zócalo Public Square writes about Sister Corita Kent.
John Baldessari among the 11 recipients of the 2014 National Medal of Arts.
OC Weekly writes about Mike Miller on occasion of his show at Dax Gallery.
New Ellsworth Kelly monograph coming. How watching birds played a role in his art.
Shepard Fairey to create mural and billboard for Mana Contemporary.
Did you know about these James Turrell works in Europe?
Artsy visits the home and studio of Robert Rush.
Artspace's list of artists to watch this September.
Christie's details six contemporary Cuban artists you need to know about.
Lego “Master Sculptor” Veronica Watson designs Yoko Ono figurine.
Artnet's list of 14 Young Power Players Set to Become the New Art World Aristocracy.
Ben Davis' list of must-read art essays.
Tate Shop releases Michael Craig-Martin letterpress print.
On Daido book gets a reprint.
Stephanie Pfriender Stylander's Kate Moss photographs available on her website.
TOTO opens toilet museum in Japan.
Joel Strong photographs the Mad Decent Block Party tour.
Ovation to air Art Breakers, a reality show featuring two art advisors.
Artnet provides a look at where the cast of Gallery Girls is now.
Artnet's list of The 8 Best Auction Scenes in Hollywood Films.
Adam Stoneman compares Rich Kids of Instagram to the oil paintings of European elites.
Satirical look at Jeffrey Deitch's return to MOCA.

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More stories from the week that ended Sept 14 (click on bolded words for more information):

Images and info for Jamian Juliano-Villani's Nudge the Judge at Tanya Leighton up on gallery's website.
RIP: Dahlia Yehia, 25, who was beaten to death after traveling to Nepal to assist in earthquake relief efforts.
RIP: John Perreault, who died at the age of 78 from complications resulting from gastrointestinal surgery.
Someone spray-painting "NO MORE CHINESE" graffiti around multiple locations in San Francisco.
Anish Kapoor refuses to remove anti-semitic graffiti from his Versailles sculpture after it is vandalized again. Fabien Bouglé accuses the artist of inciting racial hatred. His work is vandalized a third time.
Atena Farghadani could see her prison sentence extended after shaking her lawyer's hand.
Detroit Institute of Arts to lose paintings on loan from A. Alfred Taubman after they will be pulled for auction.
Forged Dada artwork proliferating in Germany.
City of Los Angeles cleaned up 32.4mil. sq. ft. of graffiti in 2014.
Petition demands that Sinebrychoff Art Museum put end to its “Coca-Cola Bottle 100 years” exhibition.
9 Andy Warhol prints stolen from office in LA and replaced with fakes.
Adam Solow threatening to sue US government after Goncalo Mabunda’s War Throne piece confiscated.
Clara Zevi questions Massimiliano Gioni's knowledge of women.
The future of some of Isaumu Noguchi's works in doubt.
Kenneth Rogoff thinks that Chinese art buyers will buy less art and that will highly impact the art market.
NY Times writes about Banksy and the problem with sarcastic art.
Baroness Elsa/Else Hildegarde Plötz may have been the real artist behind Duchamp's Fountain.
Scientists discover another massive Neolithic monument just one mile away from Stonehenge.
NPR discusses the art scene in Saudi Arabia.
Tokyo's art scene goes high tech.
Musée d'Art Moderne's upcoming CO- WORKERS show includes Darja Bajagić, Ryan Trecartin, and more.
Ben Davis reviews “Picasso Sculpture" show at MoMA.
Israeli artists, academics, activists launching exhibition space in Jerusalem to celebrate Iranian culture.
Maze made of 125k sunflowers on Museumplein on occasion of Van Gogh museum entrance hall opening.
Roy Lichtenstein's destroyed mural at Leo Castelli Gallery comes back to life as Greene Street Mural.
LA Times interviews Eli Broad as the Broad is about to open. Christopher Knight discusses the Broad's plans for lending out works from its collection. Knight also looks at 5 important works of Pop Art in the Broad's collection.
A review of the Istanbul Biennial.
A look at the use of technological guides during the museum viewing experience.
Sotheby's and Artsy teams up on a online sale.
Sotheby's gave Taubman estate an approx. $500mil. guarantee according to SEC filings.
Christie's names Sonya Roth managing director for its Southern California office.
Katya Kazakina writes about the new staff at Phillips.
Some of Mets’s collection of English furniture and decorative arts will be deaccessioned at Christie's.
Kenny Schachter writes about the art market this past summer and what to expect coming up.
Christie's lists 7 reasons to get excited about collecting photography.
Exhibitor list for Art Basel Miami Beach released.
Carole Server's picks her favorite works from the EXPO fair. Deborah Aaronson also takes a shot.
Artspace provides their guide to the Chicago scene on occasion of EXPO.
Chelsea appears to still be New York's top gallery district.
Bloomberg Business profiles Michele Maccarone.
Jeffrey Deitch to stage Marjorie Cameron Parsons Kimmel show at his former space on 76 Grand Street.
Interview with Stefan Simchowitz on SFAQ.
Wall Street Journal visits Phillip Lim's house and we get a glimpse of his art collection.
The story of Luciano Benetton's collection of small works.
Visit and interview with Frank Stella on occasion of his upcoming show at the Whitney.
Jerry Saltz writes about Pablo Picasso's sculptural work.
Alex Israel talks about Chris Burden.
Christopher Rothko talks about Mark Rothko.
Mitchell-Innes & Nash to present survey of Tom Wesselmann's works.
M.H. Miller discusses Mike Kelley's Kandor works.
Paddle8 lists Tauba Auerbach's 8 Most Inter-Disciplinary Moments.
Autre interviews Brian Kokoska.
Flash Art reviews Darja Bajagić's show at Bed Stuy Love Affair.
CBS News interviews José Parlá.
Soraya Doolbaz takes photographs of dressed-up penises.
James Franco to speak at UCI about art and life.
Holand Cotter discusses the upcoming art season.
Hans Ulrich Obrist wins International Folkwang Prize for 2015.
Banksy may be working as a parking lot attendant at Dismaland.
André Saraiva opens Café Henrie, which will serve breakfast and coffee and have Peter Shire-designed cups.
Tommy Hilfiger teams up with Jeffrey Deitch and Shepard Fairey on Rock Style show in London.
T Magazine's photoshoot of artists, musicians, and cultural figures that defined New York in the 70s and 80s.
Leonardo DiCaprio gets the VIP treatment at Hauser & Wirth.
Artnet's 31 Women Share Their Secrets to Art World Success: Part Three.
Collected images from Instagram of the art displayed at Burning Man.
Artnet's list of ten high profile college art professors.
John Slattery spotted buying art at the Affordable Art Fair.
Mark Jenkins tape babies available from Freeway Editions.
The Thing releases Michelle Grabner soccer ball.

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More stories from the week that ended Sept 20 (click on bolded words for more information):

Bloomberg provides a tour of the Broad museum. KPCC gives a behind the scenes tour. Christopher Knight reviews the inaugural show at the Broad. Holland Cotter of the NY Times also reviews the museum. LA Times reveals the opening festivities. Artnet writes about why The Broad one of the best museums in North America. How the Broad hires and trains its staff. Image above by Iwan Baan.
RIP: Phoebe Fairweather, who died at 23 after jumping from the 16th floor of her family's apartment.
RIP: Nereo López, who died at the age of 95.
Vandals write anti-semitic graffiti on Munich's Haus der Kunst.
Yves Bouvier to be questioned in Paris court over 60 missing Picassos stolen from the artist's stepdaughter. He is charged with theft.
Judge rules that Banksy's removed Art Buff street piece is to be returned to Folkestone, where it originally was.
Tate's World Goes Pop show highlights pop art by women ignored by sexist establishment in '60s & '70s.
Activists contesting art sponsorship of museums by oil companies stage protests across London institutions.
Perry & Donna Golkin sue Danese Corey after unknowingly buying stolen Jasper Johns painting.
Joel Alexander countersues Honolulu Art Museum saying that his name has been unfairly tarnished.
Angry neighborhood resident threatens Shin Gallery over its massage parlor installation.
USC administration has Roski students’ blog shut down.
Charlie Hebdo’s new drawing of drowned Syrian toddler sparks controversy and criticism.
Santa Barbara County Arts Commission decides that Steve Olson work should be moved near restroom.
Angelique Hartigan claims that landlord sold her paint-spattered studio carpets as original works.
Alfred Taubman's widow locked out of the flat she shared with him by her step-children.
German culture ministry tones down controversial cultural property bill after widespread protests ensued.
Nazi-era restitution claim for Renoir landscape at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery rejected.
Metropolitan Opera House trying new things after attendance levels have been struggling.
ArtRio loses momentum and shrinks due to Brazil's recession and general pessimism.
Archiv Franz West accuses Gagosian Gallery of using unauthorized versions of artist's work in its exhibition.
Ai Weiwei and Anish Kapoor take to Instagram to call for protest walk for refugees. The Guardian and The Art Newspaper cover the walk.
Hamptons Expo Group (ArtAspen, ArtHamptons, and Palm Springs Fine Art fairs), sells to Urban Expositions.
Frank Gehry provides pro bono design for Children's Institute Inc. in Watts, CA.
Citywide Mural Program in LA calls for $750k to be spent on restoration, preservation, & creation of art murals.
Gucci and Ferragamo each donate funds to help Italian museums.
Bloomberg Philanthropies gives out $30mil. in grants from AIM program to 262 arts organizations.
Koch family donates $10.5mil. gift of land and money to the Wichita Center for the Arts.
Time Out's list of the 26 best art museums in America.
Salvador Salort-Pons named new director of Detroit Institute of Arts.
ICA Miami appoints Ellen Salpeter as its new director.
Hirshhorn adds Theaster Gates and three others to its Board of Trustees.
Artinfo looks at the Frank Gehry show at LACMA.
Sheffield hosts city-wide Going Public art exhibition project. Jake and Dinos Chapman install Cyber Iconic Man sculpture in Sheffield Cathedral.
Milo Moiré to make an appearance at the NRW-Forum museum in Düsseldorf.
Sotheby's to auction $60mil. estimated Cy Twombly painting owned by Audrey Irmas. It also gains $200mil. in credit to finance guarantees.
Emily Ratajkowski highlights some works from Sotheby's Contemporary Curated sale. Carter Cleveland also chooses some works.
RM Sotheby's to sell Janis Joplin's Porsche, painted on by Dave Richards.
Christie's specialists discuss six artists included in its sales.
1stdibs raises between $50mil. and $60mil. in funding from Insight Venture Partners.
Maya Angelou's art collection sells for ~$1.3mil at Swann Galleries auction.
Michelle Grabner makes some artwork picks from the EXPO Chicago art fair. Forrest Nash also provides his choices. Andrew Goldstein makes some picks and discusses eight rising stars from the fair. Ben Davis chooses his 10 best booths at the fair. Scott Indrisek writes about the fair.
Artnet previews works at the Frieze London art fair.
Exhibitor list for the UNTITLED Miami Beach 2015 art fair released.
Artinfo recommends some things happening during the New York Art Book Fair.
Artnet covers the Art Berlin Contemporary art fair.
Introducing Art:i:curate, a startup injecting crowdfunding methods to finance and invest in emerging artists.
NY Times profiles and provides an update on Joshua Roth's agency.
Artnet has a guide on how dealers can keep their artists happy.
Forbes writes about wealth management for wealthy art collectors.
Linda Yablonsky writes about the opening art season in New York.
NY Times writes about today's Downtown Los Angeles gallery scene.
Cait Munro talks about the best and worst things about gallery openings.
WSJ provides an extensive look at the market for Damien Hirst works.
Peter Halley interviews Wolfgang Tillmans.
ArtReview interviews Yoshitomo Nara.
How Anish Kapoor's Cloud Gate sculpture was constructed.
Interview Magazine interviews Servane Mary.
Artspace interviews Trevor Paglen.
Hyperallergic's interview with Jonas Wood.
ExhibitionA interviews Ben Whine.
Ryan Steadman interviews Robert Blumenthal about his artwork.
Shortlist for Artes Mundi prize announced and includes Hito Steyerl, Neïl Beloufa, and Bedwyr Williams.
Tauba Auerbach limited edition screen print on Duralar released by Song Cave.

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More stories from the week that ended Sep 27 (click on bolded words for more information):

Images and information up for Derek Paul Boyle - Roleplay exhibition at Smart Objects.
RIP: Brian Sewell, who died at the age of 84 after being diagnosed last year with cancer.
Anish Kapoor forced by French court to remove anti-semitic vandalism from his Versailles sculpture. The artist will perform an artistic intervention on the piece. He is appeals the decision and discusses more about the vandalism. Kapoor decides to cover the vagina sculpture with gold leaf.
BBC criticized for spending £8.16mil. on the space, which is referred to as a bizarre "digital arts" project.
Ashley Powell causes a stir by installing "White Only" and "Black Only" signs around SUNY Buffalo.
Zaha Hadid abandons a new bid for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics stadium design.
Musée d’Orsay closes for first day of Splendour and Misery show due to staff strike.
Teachers union holds protest outside Broad museum on public opening day Sunday.
Artists Space's landlord forces the venue’s temporary closure and the delay to construct a penthouse addition.
Valinda Freed caught on camera writing on business card using Thomas Hart Benton mural as support.
Jonathan Waxman recalls the time he turned down a portrait by Andy Warhol in exchange for food credit.
Guggenheim v Guggenheim case thrown out by French court and family has to pay foundation's legal fees.
PETA sues David Slater on behalf of monkey, claiming he had no right to sell monkey selfie from his camera.
Performers in museums seeking adequate wages.
Jennifer Russell plans to retire from her position at the Met at the end of December.
5 successful gallery dealers that had to struggle before hitting it big.
The Chinese market is slowing down. Bloomberg looks at how the slowdown is affecting the art market.
Penta Daily warns of a art market bubble.
Fortune discusses fakes and art authentication issues.
Fox News thinks that Leonardo DiCaprio painted the Mona Lisa.
Larry Gagosian thinks Yves Bouvier's former position as head of freeports poses conflict of interest.
Marco Rubio criticized for planned fundraiser at home of Harlan Crow, since he owns Hitler paintings.
Banksy request visitors to Dismaland on Friday wear masks so he can attend without being photographed.
Artsy explains why Walter Benjamin is the art world's favorite theorist.
£7mil program aims to promote British culture in China.
Jeff Koons to unveil Pluto and Proserpina next to statue of David to coincide with Italy antiques biennial.
Netherlands and Rijksmuseum to buy two rare works by Rembrandt van Rijn for $90mil. each.
National Gallery of Art preparing to add more of Corcoran’s collection to its own.
Tate Modern's expansion set to open in June of 2016.
Hartwig Fischer to become first foreign-born director of British Museum since 1827.
Ng Teng Fong family gives $15mil. to The National Gallery Singapore.
Christopher Knight reviews Matthew Barney's show at MOCA Geffen.
William Poundstone reviews The Art of Our Time show at MOCA Grand Ave.
Kara Walker appointed as Rutgers University’s Mason Gross School of the Arts’s Tepper Chair.
Diana Widmaier Picasso talks about Picasso.mania at the Grand Palais
Sotheby's to offer Kazimir Malevich's Mystic Suprematism (Black Cross on Red Oval) at $35-45mil. estimate. They also have Vincent van Gogh's Paysage sous un ciel mouvementé at $50-70mil.
Christie's teams up with Simon de Pury to offer Lambert Collection online.
19th-Century "Continental School" painting sold by Nye and Company could actually be a real Rembrandt.
Heritage Auctions launches contemporary art department and sale.
Artnet looks at the Vienna Contemporary 2015 art fair.
Richard Calvocoressi joins Gagosian after being director of Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art.
Wall Street Journal writes about Luxembourg’s Le Freeport art storage warehouse.
Philip Guston now represented by Hauser & Wirth. Vija Celmins is now with Matthew Marks Gallery.
Artnet writes about Maccarone's new LA location.
Artinfo explores Daniel Joseph Martinez as a collectible mid-career artist.
The Seen visits the private collection of Nancy and David Frej.
David Leppan talks about collecting Spanish and Italian portraitures and Old Masters artwork.
Emily Ratajkowski talks about art and art collecting with Sotheby's.
Kenny Schachter writes about art and billboards.
Greg Allen talks about his “Ex Collectio: The Bernard Madoff Provenance Project”.
Beatrix Ruf selected as recipient of Independent Curators International’s Agnes Gund Curatorial Award.
Postcommodity collective of artists will install two miles of scare-eye balloons at the U.S.-Mexico border in AZ.
Donald Judd prints to be exhibited in his Soho home.
Marta Gnyp interviews Carl Andre.
Artspace interviews Katherine Bernhardt.
Jim Nutt wins Artists’ Legacy Foundation’s 2015 Artist Award.
Village Voice reviews Dana Schutz' show at Petzel.
Richard Prince to exhibit single work exhibition at Gladstone Gallery.
Laurie Anderson talks about her project of bringing Guantánamo to Park Avenue.
Juha van Ingen, and Janne Särkelä create 1000-year-long animated GIF.
Darren Bader looking for women with specific names for an artwork.
Candida Höfer is the winner of this year’s Cologne Fine Art Prize, which includes €10,000.
Roberta Smith reviews Ron Nagle at Matthew Marks Gallery.
Math Bass talks to Courtney Malick.
Studio International interviews Petra Cortright.
Michael Slenske writes about Graham Wilson.
Scott Indrisek talks to Keltie Ferris about her show.
Craig Hubert talks to Adrian Tomine.
Scott Indrisek reviews Stanya Kahn's show at Marlborough Chelsea.
Artnet looks at the best cities for artists in the 21st century.
David Ebony chooses his top 10 NY shows for the fall. Martin Herbert picks ten Oct shows around the world he thinks you shouldn't miss.
Jerry Saltz briefly reviews some shows in NY.
Zaha Hadid becomes first woman to win RIBA Royal Gold Medal for architecture.
Artcurial will be the exclusive European retailer of Jeff Koons’s Yellow Balloon Dog plate.

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