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More stories from the week that ended Feb 23 (click on bolded words for more information):
- Alex Israel's sky billboard featuring detail of L.A. Dance Project Logo for Ace Hotel & LA Dance Project.
- RIP: Corcoran Gallery of Art. A timeline of the museum's trouble history.
- Robert Vineberg, who allegedly sold heroin to Phillip Seymour Hoffman, also did heroin with Basquiat.
- Kiev History Museum’s collections have been ransacked and looted in Ukrainsky Dom.
- Morocco's anti-Israel lobby objects to Tel Aviv-based artist Keren Cytter’s inclusion in biennial.
- Keith Haring Foundation sued for allegedly not fully evaluating works it labeled "counterfeit" and "fake".
- Paul Branca work valued at $13k thrown out by cleaning lady because she thought it was trash.
- Maximo Caminero allegedly destroys Ai Wewei vase as a protest for artists that don't get shown in museums. Ai Weiwei responds. More from Caminero.
- Ivan Hewett and Dea Birkett debates on whether children should be banned from museums.
- The use of buying and selling art to smuggle and launder money out of China.
- 60 Minutes does a feature on Wolfgang Beltracchi, who may be the successful art forger ever.
- Artists threaten to boycott Biennale of Sydney due to its main sponsor.
- When street art gets covered with graffiti.
- How to remove a Banksy street piece from the walls.
- Denver Museum of Nature and Science returning 30 artifacts in their collection to the Kenyan government.
- University of Oklahoma trying to keep Pissarro painting woman says was stolen by Nazis.
- National Corvette Museum to display cars that were damaged by sinkhole.
- President Obama apologizes for remark about art history majors. Marco Rubio responds to Obama's apology.
- How artists are finding new uses for analogue products like expired film and obsolete paper.
- The exhibitor list for NADA New York 2014 in May.
- FIAC to host a Los Angeles edition of its art fair in 2015.
- Marianne Boesky opening a gallery in Lower East Side to show emerging artists.
-
Getty curators pick the best and worst artist depictions and
art movies ever made.
- The third volume of How to Pronounce Artists' Names.
- Marmottan Monet museum in Paris to showcase Impressionist masterpieces from private collections.
- Privately owned paintings on loan to public collections could be at risk if Scotland becomes independent.
- Norman Rockwell Museum nearly doubles collection of art with new gift from Famous Artists School.
- Paris's Picasso museum to reopen in June five years after a two-year renovation.
- The Hammer Museum announces the artists participating in Made in L.A. 2014.
- Cornelius Gurlitt has set up a website to provide his side of the story. Six claimants are in talks with him, seeking return of artworks stolen from their families by the Nazis.
- NY Times writes about the role of money and investment in acquiring and collecting art.
- Buying art at the lower-priced fine art auction houses in New York.
- Jade Jagger auctioned a painting given to her by Andy Warhol for £362,500.
- Action Comics no. 15 original cover art feat. Superman by Fred Guardineer sells for $286,800 at Heritage.
- Kenny Schachter, on the London auction day sales from last week.
- Banksy's Kissing Coppers street piece sells for $575k. Two other works fail to sell. Seller lowering prices.
- A visual chart of how Mark Grotjahn's butterfly paintings are faring at auction. And a look at Jacob Kassay's 48"x36" silver paintings.
- Five of the six highest-selling lots at Sotheby's were predominantly red in color.
- A look at flow chart art.
- A beginner's guide to looking at contemporary art.
- Jon Rafman's work appears in the new Robocop movie.
- Dan Graham teams up with Günther Vogt to design Met Museum rooftop exhibit.
- Preview of Chuck Close's Nudes show.
- Roberta Smith writes about Hudson's life and work.
- Hans Ulrich Obrist talks with Edi Rama and Anri Sala.
- Paige Powell talks about Basquiat and her photos and exhibition.
- LA Times reviews Oscar Murillo's show at The Mistake Room.
- Crocs releases limited edition Jackson Pollock Studio Clogs.
- Harry Styles revealed to be buyer of £2.8mil. Basquiat.
- Shia LeBeouf spends time hugging fans after his art performance comes to an end. James Franco on Mr. LeBeouf's recent exploits.
