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More stories below from this week (click on bolded words for more information):
- This hip-hop producer’s Basquiat could be a hit at Phillips in May.
- The Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s new $650-million building was approved.
- Can a museum for progressive artists have an arms-manufacturer vice-chairman?
- Guggenheim 'decommissions' conceptual and Minimalist works over questions of authenticity.
- Salvador Dalí Museum in Florida plans $38 million expansion.
- Patronage without pretension abounds at the 2019 edition of the Dallas Art Fair.
- Art Basel to unite across continents to celebrate 50th anniversary.
- Carlo Ratti’s Mycelium Arches at Milan Design Week.
- Smaller Art Cologne caters to our short attention spans.
- The best of Buenos Aires beyond arteBA.
- Mike Kelley Foundation awards $400k to Los Angeles arts organizations.
- Another shake-up in art finance sector as Athena sold for $170 million.
- New York City officials have voted to demolish the art-filled Elizabeth Street Garden.
- Chris Martin on breaking the rules of painting in the 1980s.
- Peter and Sally Saul in studios in upstate New York.
- An inside look at Johan Van Mullem's "Reverence" exhibition in London.
- Blue is the most relaxing color, scientists say.
- Dorothy Iannone’s statue of sexual liberty.
- Nettle Grellier’s tender paintings show how we can occupy space as equals.
- Dale Chihuly’s glass sculptures are in bloom at Kew Gardens.
- The enduring legacy of Joseph Duveen, America’s first mega-dealer.
- The collecting couple promoting emerging, diverse art in Dallas.
- Leelee Chan’s sculptures turn urban detritus into natural-looking forms.
- When performance art takes to the street, the results are moving.
- PODCAST: What inspired Munch's Scream? Plus, the Shed.
- PODCAST: Power, purpose and privilege with artists Nari Ward and Derrick Adams.
- World Press Photo reveals the top photojournalism images of 2018.
- Kwame Brathwaite’s photographic vision of a black female utopia.
- The photographers who documented youth culture through the ages.
- Why Madame X scandalized the art world.
- X-ray of Uffizi's Artemisia Gentileschi reveals a tantalizing underpainting.
- The forgotten women who hand-painted the first color films.
- The vengeful female ghosts in Japanese Ukiyo-e prints will haunt you.
- The divine art of Japanese Shinto gods.
- What makes a figurative painting good?
- French sculptor Claude Lalanne has died aged 93.
- Vik Muniz exposes his shared roots with Ruinart.
- 5 places that inspired Vincent van Gogh’s art.
- I held the gun that probably killed Van Gogh—and here is its story.
- The radiant paintings of Les Nabis, the movement started by Bonnard and Vuillard.
- Why the Google doodle pays tribute to 100 years of Bauhaus.
- 4 artists share tips for using Instagram to grow your art practice.
- The first image captured of a Black Hole that's 55 million light-years from Earth.
- Unraveling the mysteries of ancient Egypt’s spellbinding mummy portraits.
