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More stories from the week that ended March 23 (click on bolded words for more information):
- Andrew Russeth reviews Jordan Wolfson exhibition at David Zwirner Gallery.
- Netherlands restitutes two works to heir of Holocaust victim.
- Is Nazi loot among Berggruen Collection’s modern masterworks?
- Norwegian museum has agreed to return looted Matisse painting to family of Paul Rosenberg.
- Disputed Guelph Treasure should stay with Berlin museum and not be given to heirs a German panel says.
- Syria accuses Turkey of turning a blind eye to the systematic looting of the country’s cultural heritage.
- Sentencing of Glafira Rosales has been postponed until at least September. She faces up to 99 years.
- Gustav Klimt painting theft case reopens in Italy 17 years on due to advances in DNA testing.
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Thieves
steal depiction of the goddess Artemis in Rome by chiseling it off with a metallic object.
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Student
destroys 19th-century statue in Italy while climbing onto it to take a selfie.
- Joseph Magnano, aka 9271977, arrested and charged with vandalizing Prada Marfa.
- Peggy Guggenheim's descendents sue the Guggenheim Foundation for violating her conditions of her bequest.
- Richard Prince versus Patrick Cariou copyright case settled and lawsuit withdrawn.
- 555 Nonprofit Gallery and Studios' decision to sell Banksy's Detroit Packard Plant mural sparks outrage.
- Greece protestors angry over government plans to sell off historic national buildings.
- Exhibition of scary masks at the Central Jerusalem Museum of Art causes a mini-riot and brawl.
- Fernando Botero denies that he is obsessed with "fat women".
- According to survey, few Southern California school districts can afford comprehensive arts instruction.
- D.A. Wallach's symptoms of and solutions for the visual art world.
- Atlanta's City Hall wants to regulate art on private property.
- French police successfully recover Child With a Soap Bubble, a portrait attributed to Rembrandt.
- Settlement reached in Twombly Foundation’s lawsuit against Ralph E. Lerner and Thomas H. Saliba.
- New bill seeks to protect art experts from what it describes as “frivolous” lawsuits.
- Terry Richardson responds to recent stories and rumors.
- Adam Sender to sell works from his collection at Sotheby's.
- Larry Gagosian closes $48mil mortgage with Bank of America on Chelsea Gallery space. He is opening an additional location in NYC and also a pop-up in LES.
- Jack Shainman opening 30,000-sq-ft project space in upstate New York.
- Darby English named consulting curator at MoMA. Will focus on developing holdings by black artists.
- Louvre denies reports that a bronze statue of Apollo, discovered off the Gaza coast will exhibited there.
- Baldessari, Kruger, Opie return to MOCA board post-Deitch, as Mark Grotjahn is a brand new addition.
- Dubai museum initiative plans to add art museums inside metro stations.
- Gagosian Gallery seems to be one of the museums Mashable thinks you should follow on Instagram.
- London getting a high line of its own.
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- Are China's new collectors driving the global art market rebound?
- Adam Lindemann writes about ArtRank.
- Poly Auction Hong Kong launches commission scheme to capture market share from Christie's & Sotheby's.
- Sotheby’s private sale margins on a downward trend.
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Sotheby's to offer the largest collection of
John Lennon's work to ever come to the market.
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- The movement and sprawl of gallery spaces in Los Angeles.
- A look at the Beverly Hills collection of Sam & Shanit Schwartz.
- Yoko Ono's show at the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao.
- Richard Colman talks with the undergang armchair.
- Sarah Lucas to represent UK at 2015 Venice Biennale.
- Mickalene Thomas joins Kavi Gupta gallery.
- A look at Leigh Ledare's show at Mitchell-Innes & Nash.
- Grayson Perry becomes first visual artist to win Award for Distinguished Service in the Arts.
- A review of Ahram Park and Wilbur Niewald's shows at Haw Contemporary.
- Could Banksy's works go on show in Stockholm?
- Shepard Fairey creates a tribute to Ai Weiwei in the form of a new portrait print.
- Joslin Van Arsdale curates a photography sale for Paddle8 and highlights some of the lots.
- Moby and Shepard Fairey in conversation.
- Jonathan Jones chooses the 10 weirdest artworks ever.
- How putting John Elway in classic paintings may ruin them.
- Gallerist reviews Art Forum ads in its March issue.
- James Jean collaborates on products with The Hundreds.
- David Choe's Munko now available as a plush toy.
- Stephen Powers, aka ESPO, has a new book coming out.
- Millie Brown vomits on Lady Gaga during performance in Austin.
- Sign project about the San Francisco rental market.
