- 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.
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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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Overtime: June 22 – June 28
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Streets: Urban Nation / Project M/8 –“FREEDOM” (Part I)
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Streets: Faith47 (Jersey City)
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POW! WOW! Long Beach ’15: James Jean
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Streets: Urban Nation / Project M/8 – (Part II) – Maya Hayuk
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Streets: Pejac (Tokyo)
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Recap: POW! WOW! Long Beach ’15











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Overtime: June 29 – July 5
- 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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Streets: 1010 (Las Vegas)
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Recap: Coney Art Walls
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Streets: Deih (Istanbul)
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Overtime: July 6 – July 12
- 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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Art Focus: Lisa Ericson
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Streets: Aryz (Spain)
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Rewind: Jun 7 – Jul 13
- Heavy Dreamers project from Booooooom that features artists from POW! WOW!.
- CYRCLE x Drew Merritt, Vyal and Mear One working on a VNA project in the desert
- A feature on Handiedan.
- A review of the POW! WOW! mural program for SXSW.
- Kidult - "Funeral Fanfare."
- Skrillex and Diplo "Where Are Ü Now" with Justin Bieber music video filmed at The Seventh Letter.
- VernissageTV visits Art Basel Unlimited.
- VernissageTV visits the Liste fair.
- Jamian Juliano-Villani on Art21.
- Larry Bell's show at Peter Blake Gallery.
- Lek & Sowat create a litho.
- Korakrit Arunanondchai has a new film.
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Studio Visit: Huskmitnavn
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Studio Visits: Ryan McGinness x Hennessy – VS Cognac Bottle
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Streets: Interesni Kazki / AEC –“Odysseus Escape From Polyphemus” (Sicily)
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Streets: Conor Harrington (Warsaw)
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Streets: Ernest Zacharevic (Lisbon)
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