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More stories from the week ended May 19:
- New Yorkers upset over neighbor Arne Svenson's photos taken through windows for art exhibit.
- Chinese authorities begin demolishing ancient capital of Lhasa to transform city into a tourist destination.
- Construction company destroys one of Belize's largest Mayan pyramids to extract crushed rock for project.
- RIP: Thomas M. Messer, longtime director of the Guggenheim Museum, who died at the age of 93.
- British police interrupt stunt by Voina on London Tower Bridge.
- Activists occupy Budapest’s Ludwig Museum protesting the removal of museum director Barnabas Bencsik.
- Real punks gather to protest The Met's "inauthentic" punk exhibit.
- Some paintings attributed to Johannes Vermeer may actually be the work of his daughter, Maria.
- Criminals are increasingly using artwork to launder money.
- Beloved Beatles mural painted over in New York due to filming for Liam Neeson movie.
- A profile of art crime in the US and those that track and solve them.
- Six lots of Egyptian material had to be withdrawn before Christie’s sale because they were suspected looted.
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Poland's culture minister Bogdan Zdrojewski seeks return of art
seized by Soviet Russia in 1945.
- Cambodia asking museums to examine Khmer antiquities acquired after 1970 and requesting possible return.
- Ai Weiwei's hair cutting skills criticized.
- Ai Weiwei unveils map of China made from baby formula tins, in response to fears surrounding milk safety.
- Anish Kapoor feels that Britain is fucked in terms of its respect towards art and artists.
- Cooper Union occupation enters its second week.
- Arizona man find himself jailed, unemployed, and homeless after photographing courthouse.
- France considering smartphone, tablet, and other net-connecting devices tax to fund cultural content.
- Germany's dealers and country’s culture minister oppose 12% tax hike on purchase of original works of art.
- Interpol targets Qaddafi family treasures and artwork is high on the list.
- MOCA architecture show opening pushed back two weeks, to June 16.
- Hirshhorn Museum’s proposed “Bubble” project would operate at loss in every scenario examined in report.
- Controversy erupts again as Banksy's Slave Labour removed street mural reappears for sale.
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Georg Baselitz in trouble with German
tax authorities due to being in list of clients of Swiss bank UBS.
- Fascinating article about the Warhol Foundation and the Warhol Art Authentication Board and its dealings.
- Damien Hirst spent his Turner Prize winnings of £20,000 on drinks at the bar that night.
- Leonardo DiCaprio raises about $39 million for wildlife conservation at his Christie's benefit art auction.
- Peter Doig denies painting a work that is attributed to him, but admits to taking LSD as a youth.
- Mao photo taken by his wife sells for $55,300 at auction.
- Dasha Zhukova, Mike Bloomberg introduce Circle, an art-tech symposium to be held in St. Petersburg.
- The Vatican's plans for its Venice Biennale pavilion.
- Countries that are struggling financially still spending heavily on their Venice Biennale pavilions.
- Lost paintings by Mary Beale, Britain's first professional female artist, goes on view at Tate.
- Artwork now exhibited at London Tower.
- Museums today are increasingly loosening their camera policy due to ubiquity of camera phones.
- The multiple locations of Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks, revealed.
- Art Ltd. Magazine puts its spotlight on the Laguna Beach art scene.
- Profile of Jersey City's Mana Contemporary.
- The 2013 Calder Prize will be awarded to Darren Bader.
- Stan Douglas wins annual Scotiabank Photography Award that includes a $50,000 cash prize.
- Damon Dash exhibits artwork by kids at his gallery.
- Andrew Lamberty buys Stik garage door, thinking he is the next Banksy.
- Kenny Schachter's Frieze Week NYC diary.
- Ben Davis on Jeff Koons's exhibition at David Zwirner.
- Roberta Smith reviews recent showings by Paul McCarthy and Jeff Koons.
- Vanity Fair interviews Tracey Emin.
- Tiny Showcase released a papercut with print backing by Saelee Oh.
- Chris Brown's neighbor defends the graffiti mural on his house.
- An interview with ESPO.
- LA Taco talks to Hanksy.
- A visit to Travis Millard's cabin by The Hundreds.
- A look at the Easter Island exhibition from Daniel Arsham at Galerie Perrotin.
- An interview with Souther Salazar about his current show in New York.
- Brad Downey was in Moscow.
