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More stories from the week that ended May 25 (click on bolded words for more information):
- Damien Hirst's Gone But Not Forgotten sculpture raises $15mil. at Amfar fundraiser.
- RIP: Lynne Cohen, who died at the age of 69 following extended battle with lung cancer.
- Big fire breaks out at the Glasgow School of Art building.
- Lee Wen claims that he was attacked and left unconscious in bathroom at Hong Kong's City University.
- Egypt has looting problem with its antiquities and is fighting it with spacecraft and statecraft.
- FBI says it has confirmed sightings of missing artwork from Gardner heist.
- 3 museum collections in Netherlands may include pieces and artifacts looted by Nazis from a Jewish family.
- Israel Museum purchases and acquires rare Gustav Klimt painting that evaded Nazi destruction.
- Tensions and drama escalate between MOCA NoMI and North Miami.
- Artists protest Carl Andre retrospective with chicken blood and guts outside of Dia:Chelsea.
- Facebook censors and blocks Sight+Sound's page due to nude image posted.
- Loic Gouzer and Wade Guyton carry out public drama on Instagram.
- Kevin Sutherland, who was convicted of trying to sell fake Hirst paintings, sentenced to six months in prison.
- Chinese police shut down Lucheng museum after discovering a third of the 8,000 items on display are fake.
- Supposed Van Gogh painting recently discovered in Spain turns out to be a fake.
- The process of how graffiti was removed from the vandalized Mark Rothko painting.
- Another fire reported at Larry Gagosian's Hamptons house.
- The Met planning to rebuild its wing for Modern and contemporary art. What Jerry Saltz wants them to consider. Justin Davidson questions the renovation plans.
- Artwork by black artists is still overwhelmingly consumed more by white people.
- Two long lost Salvador Dalí pieces authenticated by the Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation. Oil painting purchased for $200 becomes certified as Salvador Dali's first Surrealist work.
- Max Levai and Pascal Spengemann from Marlborough Chelsea organize outdoor public art show in NY.
- Artspace's list of 6 Artist Texts That Are Defining Today's Avant-Garde.
- Artnet's list of the World’s Top 20 Biennials, Triennials, and Miscellennials.
- New York Academy of Art slowly improving on its reputation.
- Rory Pullens leaves Duke Ellington School of the Arts for position in L.A. Unified's arts education program.
- Count of the number of US museums revised to 35,144 nationwide.
- Todd DeShields Smith named new chief executive and director of OCMA.
- Final group of artwork from Paul Mellon's collection arrives at museums.
- Musée Rodin utilizes crowd-funding to help raise remaining amount needed for an acquisition.
- Walters Art Museum awarded $913,000 in grants to support renovations and exhibitions at the museum.
- Saudi Arabia spending over $1.7bil. on building 230 new museums to promote the country’s culture.
- List of artists for 2014 Taipei Biennial released.
- Images from LA><ART’s second annual UNGALA.
- Will Cotton’s portrait painting of Katy Perry heads to National Portrait Gallery.
- Mana Contemporary to open world's first permanent museum dedicated to street art and graffiti.
- Kenny Schachter writes about his experience in NY for the art fairs and auction week.
- Why the art market is not in a bubble.
- Why market for Norman Rockwell's work has been heating up.
- Art Basel Hong Kong a success for participating galleries. A sales report from the fair.
- Founders of ArtHK planning new satellite fair for Hong Kong.
- A profile of Xin Li of Christie's.
- LA Times has a extensive profile of Llyn Foulkes.
- U.S. Soccer names Futura art director for men's national team World Cup campaign.
- Michael Schmidt wns 2014 Prix Pictet photography prize
- Shepard Fairey creates his first neon work and will create new murals in South Carolina. Paper interviews him.
- What Harmony Korine has been up to as his Gagosian show opens.
- Peiqi Su discusses her wall of penises work.
- Robert Irwin testing prototype fabric for scrim at Cuesta College.
- 10 interesting stories and facts about Takashi Murakami.
- Andres Serrano raising awareness about the homeless in New York.
- NY Times profiles Pierre Soulages.
- Céleste Boursier-Mougenot will represent France at the 2015 Venice Biennale.
- LAist has photos from Ann Magnuson-curated Bacchanal (to celebrate Mike Kelley) at MOCA.
- Hammer shop has limited edition temporary tattoo set by Baldessari, Kunath, Muller, Owens, and Pettibon.
- Amy Sillman ceramic vase editions available at Whitney shop.
- Limited edition Harmoy Korine canvas bag released.
- Juliette Binoche creates all the artwork that appears in her film that she stars in.
- Cindy Sherman: Art Intelligence app now on iTunes.
- Play a game in which you can drop and break Ai Weiwei vases.
