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More stories from the week that ended March 9 (click on bolded words for more information):
- Parker Ito's show where he gave all of the pieces he created away for free.
- RIP: Norman Yonemoto, who died at the age of 67 following numerous strokes.
- Norway has chosen Jonas Dahlberg to create three memorial works for the 2011 Utøya massacre.
- Israel steps up effort in the search for Nazi looted art.
- David Toren is first American to file a lawsuit against Germany for return of artwork from Gurlitt trove.
- US federal officials seize hundreds of items from relative of Subhash Kapoor that they value at $8 million.
- Louis Lassalle arrested & charged with stealing Aamar Stewart paintings from Cotton Candy Machine Gallery.
- Christopher Sensabaugh identified and sought by police as man who attempted to steal New Orleans Banksy.
- Protesters picket KSU museum over censorship of racially-linked Ruth Stanford installation.
- Steve McQueen withdraws his name from consideration for the 2014 Hugo Boss Prize.
- Sydney Biennale chairman Luca Belgiorno-Nettis quits over company's links to detention centers.
- City Council approves removal of $943k from Ann Arbor's public art fund.
- Why destroying and damaging statues of Lenin in Ukraine won't solve problems.
- Art.com sued for allegedly hacking and obtaining customer information from Gotham City Online.
- Basquiat estate sues Christie’s, accusing it of trying to sell possibly fakes & falsely suggesting authentication.
- Frieze New York meets with union leaders for the first time to discuss the organization's labor practices.
- Zaha Hadid criticized for her views on migrant worker deaths in Qatar.
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Damage found in ancient ruins of Pompeii and areas affected have been closed the public.
- One woman shares her experience modeling for Terry Richardson.
- Richard Prince kicked off of Instagram, then was reinstated.
- Damien Hirst finding it difficult to write autobiography since he does not remember about ten years of his life.
- US and China renew import deal restricting the import of cultural objects.
- Denver pushing public policy in a pro-arts direction over the next seven years.
- Getty Images makes 35 million photos free to use, in an effort to combat piracy.
- A handy guide that shows you how to recognize the famous artists of paintings.
- How the Whitney Biennial separates itself from art fairs and other commercial ventures.
- Princeton study shows that some people may only like certain art because others also like it.
- More information about what happened with Corcoran Gallery of Art and University of Maryland.
- A look at 13 women leaders of institutions in the Washington/Baltimore area.
- Irina Nakhova is the first women to be selected to represent Russia at the Venice Biennale.
- Cleveland Museum of Art receives new $10mil. gift and will use it to diversify its audience.
- Kimball Art Center expansion plans will nearly double the center’s existing space.
- Federal appropriation requests for Smithsonian & National Gallery increased in Obama’s 2015 budget.
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British Museum was the most visited attraction in Britain last year.
- Former fire station in Doha is due to be transformed into a space for artist residencies and exhibitions.
- Oakland wants George Lucas to open his museum in their city.
- The practice of lending pieces to museum shows to immediately boost its value for sale or auction.
- Interview with Alexis Adler about Basquiat and his work that she is selling at auction.
- Zach Feuer, on the power of Instagram to sell art at fairs.
- Recently attributed Leonardo da Vinci painting Salvator Mundi was sold privately for over $75 Million.
- Adam Lindemann's analyses of last month's auction sales in London.
- Jane and Marc Nathanson are selling three works from their collection.
- How Dan Colen bird shit paintings have been performing at auction.
- The influence of the most wealthy collectors on the art market.
- Artprice releases its report for 2013.
- According to report from Knight Frank and WealthInsight, fine art was worst performing collectible in 2013.
- Art Basel Hong Kong will move from May to March in 2015.
- The humorous artworks at the 2014 Armory fair.
- The story of Still House.
- Interview with Tali Wertheimer about her new Two Rams gallery in LES.
- Banksy's Facebook page racks up millions of likes very quickly.
- Pictures from Jacob Hashimoto's Gas Giant opening at MOCA PDC.
- Ethan Cook in Interview Magazine.
- About Ross Bleckner's show at Mary Boone Gallery.
- Daniel Joseph Martinez on KPCC's Take Two.
- Interview with Pearl Lam.
- Tim Marlow goes from White Cube to the Royal Academy as its first director of artistic programmes.
- Counter Editions releases a print (each unique) set by Eddie Peake.
