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More stories from the week ended Aug 25 (click on bolded words for link to more information):
- Egypt’s Malawi National Museum ransacked, looted and smashed up by vandals as result of unrest in country.
- Marx & Zavattero closes their gallery after twelve years in San Francisco.
- John Cleese sells off collection of art and memorabilia to help pay for divorce from third wife.
- Profile of Pei-Shen Qian, who is identified as artist who painted the Knoedler fakes.
- The story of Mark Landis, man who donates forgeries to museums (must be subscriber to NewYorker to read full article).
- Repatriation of Apache items delayed due to classification designation by American Museum of Natural History.
- Ali Ferzat exiled from Syria to Kuwait after being attacked for drawing satirical cartoons of President Bashar al-Assad.
- Police alerted of Marina Abramovic's planned live recreation of The Scream in Oslo.
- Trustees for Robert Rauschenberg seeking over $60 million from foundation in court.
- Axa sues Christie's storage services over Sandy damage alleging negligence in not taking steps to prevent damage.
- Two Damien Hirst prints stolen from Museo de Arte Contemporáneo during concert find their way back to the museum.
- More about Jasper Johns' former assistant, James Meyer, who is accused of stealing and selling his work.
- Despite being warned, Sotheby's sells Jan Schoonhoven piece that was stolen from the Museum van Bommel van Dam.
- Street art in LA by Strömberg mistakenly credited to Banksy.
- The top jobs in UK art institutions are still mainly going to men over women.
- The changing role of and ability to be a curator.
- New York Observer writes about new school art collectors that are acquiring works based on social reasons.
- Sarah Maple gets 500 volunteers to replace pages from The Sun newspaper featuring topless women.
- Kodak receives court approval to emerge from bankruptcy as a much smaller digital imaging company.
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Kröller-Müller Museum receives
donation of over two hundred works from the Art & Project / Depot VBVR Collection.
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Hester Diamond (Mike D's mom)
gives a Veronese painting to the Worcester Art Museum.
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Städel Museum boosts its photography collection after acquisitions and generous donation by Rudolf and Annette Kicken.
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MoMA to open sculpture garden to general public for
free each morning until 10:30am.
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The Louvre's
Winged Victory of Samothrace is set for a nine-month
restoration next month that will alter its appearance.
- The Museum for African Art now actually the New Africa Center and will be more of a policy center than art museum.
- James Durston gives his thoughts an opinion on today's museums.
- How the constant traveling and art fair participation due to globalization is affecting dealers and the market.
- Auction market for books, letters and manuscripts seems to be taking off after David Foster Wallace sale.
- Gregory Siff creates artwork from Superstorm Sandy debris to benefit storm relief.
- Marina Abramovic Institute becomes fully funded on Kickstarter, as does the Art Story film.
- A look at Damien Hirst's 9,000 square-meter studio - the world's largest art production site.
- Matador Networks has their list of the 30 coolest art installations ever at Burning Man.
- Show Me More: A Collection of DickPix gallery show to feature sexting images collected by women.
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Maine offers
Robert Indiana license plates to help support arts in the state.
- Profile of Peter Blake, who opened Laguna Beach's first contemporary art gallery.
- Jeffrey Deitch serves as sounding board for Calligraffiti show at Leila Heller Gallery.
- Larry Gagosian has the most technically superior screening room at his house in the Hamptons.
- Interview with David Choe, where he reveals a upcoming collaboration with Takashi Murakami on a show.
- Roberta Smith reviews Rudolf Stingel's show at Palazzo Grassi.
- Max Snow is the artist-in-residence at The Surf Lodge in Montauk and he also organized a André Saraiva show there.
- Miranda July's email project includes message from Kristen Dunst to Gavin Brown regarding Elizabeth Peyton piece.
- The Avant/Garde Diaries features Agathe Snow and Bill Beckley.
- Jeff Soto interviews Rob Sato.
