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More stories below from this week (click on bolded words for more information):
- Jonathan Gold, food critic who celebrated L.A.’s cornucopia, dies at 57.
- The rapid rise of Millennial collectors will change how art is bought and sold.
- As attendance plummets, New York dealers are scrambling to secure their future.
- Why one gallerist says Berlin is no longer hospitable to contemporary art dealers.
- What does gallery foot traffic really look like at Chelsea’s inaugural Art Walk?
- Ralph Rugoff’s Venice Biennale will respond to the rise of fake news.
- Trump’s State Department is over 3 months late announcing U.S. artist for Venice Biennale.
- The House overwhelmingly rejects a Republican proposal to slash funding for the NEA and NEH.
- US dealers move against Trump’s proposed 10% tariff on Chinese art and antiques.
- Banksy shares illegal letter of imprisoned Turkish artist Zehra Dogan.
- As emerging art galleries struggle, this Sotheby’s vet thinks he’s found the key to success.
- The eclectic art collection of beloved actor Robin Williams is headed to Sotheby’s this fall.
- Sacha Baron Cohen tries to dupe an art advisor. Can you guess how she fared?
- Saatchi Gallery Director Nigel Hurst named head of contemporary arts at the Box, Plymouth.
- White Cube poaches Warhol expert Eric Shiner from Sotheby’s to lead its American operations.
- KAWS joins George Condo, Cindy Sherman and more for Skarstedt Gallery's NY summer showcase.
- Yasiin Bey, formerly known as Mos Def, is opening a gallery in the South Bronx.
- Japanese art collective TeamLab is bringing its high-tech immersive art experiences to NYC.
- A High Line art walk with curator Cecilia Alemani.
- Art dealer Sean Horton of New York’s Horton Gallery heads to Dallas.
- Galleries, studios, exhibitions open for inaugural Detroit Art Week.
- When can artists bend ethics for the sake of art?
- Germany’s Green Party calls for artistic freedom.
- The woman who dedicated her life to uncovering the female artists of the Italian Renaissance.
- A viral Instagram account is inserting actor Timothée Chalamet into historical paintings.
- The Hong Kong Museum of Art has received a major $480 million donation.
- Beijing Galleries given just 13 days to relocate ahead of government-ordered demolition.
- How Constantin Brancusi brazenly redefined sculpture.
- Agnes Martin on how to be an artist.
- Roberta Smith talks shop with “In Other Words” host Charlotte Burns.
- A republished tome reveals the color wisdom and poetics of 19th-century artist Emily Noyes Vanderpoel.
- Viral stand-up sensation Hannah Gadsby is giving viewers a dose of art historical criticism.
- Want to get into New York’s best museums for free? Now all you need is a library card.
- New Yorkers booked 9,500 free museum tickets in four days, new passes arrive August 1.
- A petition calling on MoMA PS1 to change its ‘discriminatory policies’ gains 18,000 signatures.
- MoMA’s union employees have been working without a contract for nearly two months.
- Nan Goldin, activists bring Sackler protest to Harvard Art Museums.
- Glenstone Museum’s 50,000 sqft. expansion will feature heavyweights of modern art.
- Sweden’s Nationalmuseum will reopen significantly increased the museum’s exhibition space in Oct.
- A towering figure of Venezuelan modernism gets his first solo North American exhibition.
- Jonathan Chapline & Case Studyo Team up on 'Reclining Nude' sculpture.
- Olafur Eliasson on how cooking fuels his art practice.
- Jennifer Samet interviews painter Alfredo Gisholt.
- The photograph that launched Edward Steichen’s career.
- Winning images from the 2018 iPhone Photography Awards (IPPAWARDS).
- Azuma Makoto curates iconic photos of "War and Flowers" for upcoming exhibit.
- Why creative people need stress in their lives.
- A new mural by Macon Reed confronts our fears of looking at the unknown.
- After years of painting Van Gogh replicas, a Chinese artist fulfills his dream to visit Europe.
- Peter and Sally Saul on how to thrive as a creative couple.
- Will Robert Indiana’s legacy get stuck in a legal battle?
- Texas museum mounts 30-foot portrait of today’s KKK. Can it avoid controversy?
- Examining Henry Taylor’s groundbreaking paintings of the black experience.
- Never-before-seen drawings by Nelson Mandela unveiled on his 100th Birthday.
- Mosaic vermin invade New York City as part of Jim Bachor’s latest pothole interventions.
