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More stories from the week that ended Nov 27 (click on bolded words for more information):
- The importance of Kara Walker's work in today's times.
- Opening of the Louvre Abu Dhabi is delayed again.
- Len Blavatnik sues the Wildenstein family over £63mil. deal to buy New York townhouse.
- Alec Baldwin's complaints and attacks against Mary Boone continue in court papers.
- Dealers’ group that owned Da Vinci painting threatening to sue Sotheby’s over Dmitry Rybolovlev flip.
- Jenni Lomax to step down as director of Camden Arts Centre after 26 years.
- Ben Medansky exhibiting works that were left/"created" after his studio was destroyed by a fire.
- After raising funds, National Gallery's acquisition of Pontormo portrait under threat due to drop in pound.
- Victor Pinchuk’s revealed in Trump Foundation filing to have donated $150k gift.
- Christie’s, Sotheby’s and Phillips change dates of Feb. auctions in London to avoid clash with Lunar New Year.
- German government to fund research into Nazis’ campaign against “degenerate art” at Berlin’s Free University.
- Artnet collects responses for 28 Ways to Change the Art World For the Better.
- Aga Khan Museum offers free admission to all Syrian newcomers during run of Syria: A Living History show.
- Jeff Koons will gift a Bouquet of Tulips statue to the city of Paris in memory of the victims of terror attacks.
- The Broad's special Creature exhibition currently up at the museum.
- Ben Davis shares 10 Treasures of the Metropolitan Museum to Broaden Your Mind and Lift Your Spirits.
- The story behind Mark Rothko’s Seagram murals.
- Sumida Hokusai Museum, dedicated solely to the work of Katsushika Hokusai, opened November 22.
- The Prada Foundation launching new photography gallery in Milan’s the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II.
- Norman Foster to work with Spain’s Carlos Rubio to renovate an extension of the Prado Museum.
- Mats Stjernstedt will curate a group exhibition for the Nordic Pavilion at the 2017 Venice Biennale.
- 42 paintings from Vatican Museums’ Pinacoteca going on show at the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow.
- Conservators at Courtauld Gallery believe that its version of Manet’s Le déjeuner sur l’herbe is an original.
- Alex Israel presents a portrait of his mom for Using Walls, Floors, and Ceilings: Alex Israel at Jewish Museum.
- Sam Falls and Urs Fischer decorate Ceders Sinai Hospital rooms to comfort young children.
- 2019 Bauhaus centenary will be marked by events across Germany and beyond, including museum openings.
- 50 well-known museums and arts organizations on board with .ART domain, launching Nov 28.
- Sotheby’s held a single-owner sale of Picasso ceramics from Attenboroughs collection sells out for £3mil.
- First half of Christie’s Latin American Art sale totals $17.6mil., with seven artists' world auction records set.
- Art Market Monitor covers Heffel’s Fall sale in Toronto, which set records for several artists.
- Colin Gleadell unpacks the meaning of the post-election NY auction week sales.
- Kenny Schachter writes about his adventures in NY during auction week.
- Andrew M. Goldstein covers the auction day sales in NY.
- Gary Nader discusses the future of the Latin American art market on the Artelligence Podcast.
- ARTnews updates us on artists and artworks that were previously speculated upon and flipped.
- Sarah Cascone has a guide to the 24 art fairs in Miami during Art Basel Miami Beach.
- Artnet previews what dealers are bringing to the Art Basel Miami Beach fair.
- David Bowie is the inspiration for Art Basel Miami Beach fair’s Public sector.
- The private collection shows occurring during Art Basel Miami Beach.
- Artspace shares Michael Xufu Huang’s favorite works from NADA Miami Beach 2016. Gean Moreno provides his choices, as does Tiffany Zabludowicz.
- List of exhibitors for 2017 Armory Show released.
- Larry's List announces its Collector Awards for 2016.
- KQED on what White Walls'/Shooting Gallery's Justin Giarla has been up to.
- Tom Wesselmann estate to be represented by Gagosian Gallery and Almine Rech.
- David Hockney to design stained-glass window, to be unveiled in 2018, for the Queen in Westminster Abbey.
- Scott Indrisek interviews Tracy Thomason.
- Bob Dylan discusses his paintings.
- Curate.LA has a studio visit with Kandis Williams.
- Frank Gehry and Maya Lin among the recipients of this year’s Presidential Medal of Freedom.
- Artinfo interviews Samuel Levi Jones.
- Scott Indrisek interviews Chloe Wise.
- Artnet's list of The 50 Most Exciting Artists in Europe Right Now, Part I. And also, Part II.
- Pinchuk Art Center announces twenty-one artists shortlisted for the Future Generation Art Prize.
- Artnet collects 10 Young Female Artists’ Perspectives on Femininity Today.
- A look at what drives art world ambition.
- Artnet writes about the key players in London’s alternative art scene.
- Cultured list of 30 young artists to watch in 2017.
- Artnet's list of 10 Emerging Artists to Keep on Your Radar.
- Artnet's list of Five Gorgeous Art Books to Peruse This Thanksgiving.
- format magazine's A Guide to the CIA’s Favorite Artists.
- Artspace's list of art documentaries to watch over the holidays.
