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More stories from the week that ended Nov 9 (click on bolded words for more information):
- Installation image from Dominic Samsworth exhibition at SWG3 Gallery.
- Leonardo di Vinci self-portrait drawing was removed from Turin during WWII so Hitler would not gain magic powers.
- Natali Cohen Vaxberg placed under house arrest for defecating on Israeli flag.
- Diane Ducruet's images from her Mother & Daughter series censored in France.
- Protests continue at Guggenheim in NY over alleged Abu Dhabi Museum labor abuse.
- Tony Shafrazi's landlord trying to evict him from his SoHo loft.
- Ronald Lauder warns Bern Art Museum about accepting Gurlitt trove before provenance has been fully investigated.
- Adolf Hitler watercolor to be auctioned at the Weidler auction house in Nuremberg, Germany.
- James Cuno of The Getty speaks out against repatriation. Jonathan Jones thinks British museums should return objects and artifacts to their "rightful owners".
- Story of the line drawn across the Berlin Wall.
- Statue erected in memory of Steve Jobs dismantled in St Petersburg after Tim Cook came out as gay.
- North Korean embassy in London opening doors to the public for the first time to showcase art from Pyongyang.
- Valentin Carron going to be sued for plagiarism.
- When forged artworks have their own fakes.
- Case of Picasso electrician in possession of allegedly stolen works to go to trial.
- Dia's use of a Dan Flavin work inside a cave for a Allora and Calzadilla work stirs controversy.
- Scott Indrisek criticizes Venus Over Manhattan's recent exhibition programming decisions.
- Pure Evil has some advice and words of wisdom to aspiring street artists.
- Never before seen notebooks used by Jean-Michel Basquiat to go on view at the Brooklyn Museum in April.
- A look at some of the artwork in Abu Dhabi's Guggenheim Museum collection.
- A summary of the LACMA Art + Film Gala.
- British Museum releases scans of artifacts to let you 3D print your own works at home.
- J. Paul Getty Museum acquires Édouard Manet's Spring for over $65mil. at auction.
- Jerry Perenchio to gift 47 works worth over $500mil. to LACMA.
- Charles Claude Johnson Spink and Edith Spink donate 225 works to St Louis Art Museum.
- Benjamin Genocchio reviews the Fondation Louis Vuitton museum.
- Growing number of food carts a problem in front of the Met.
- Banksy's Art Buff street piece removed from wall to go on sale one month after appearing.
- Exhibitor list for Art Basel Hong Kong 2015 released.
- A look at the Artissima art fair in Italy.
- Photo London coming - seeking to be the best photography fair in the world.
- Scott Indrisek reviews the Independent Projects art fair.
- Profile of collectors Nelson Blitz and Catherine Woodard.
- Kelly Crow's profile of Christie's Xin Li.
- How Jay Gorney is operating without a physical gallery space.
- Judd Tully reports on Sotheby's Impressionist and Modern evening sale. Eileen Kinsella also has a report.
- Judd Tully reports on Christie's Impressionist and Modern evening sale. Eileen Kinsella also has a report.
- Wang Zhongjun revealed as buyer of Van Gogh flowers.
- Lauren Bacall's letter to Henry Moore among the items that will be at auction at Bonham's.
- Christie's expands New York ground floor space with more room for private sales.
- Online sales hoping to achieve higher prices for works.
- Art market in UK hurt by The Artist's Resale Right levy.
- Churner & Churner gallery in Chelsea will close at the end of November.
- New owner of building housing Zach Feuer Gallery and Independent Fair asks them to leave.
- Profile of Frank Stella.
- A look at Michael Heizer's City, a project that is over 40 years in the making.
- How Uber allows Drew Heitzler to get out more and drink more and attend more art-related social events.
- Profile and studio visit with Michael Dotson.
- R.H. Quaytman talks about the work in her latest exhibition.
- i-D interviews Asger Carlsen.
- Russ Heath creates comic about being appropriated by Roy Lichtenstein and praising the Hero Initiative.
- A look at Aelita Andre and other child art prodigies.
- Could Banksy be a woman?
- Billboard featuring Dan Colen and Kalup Linzy nude and kissing unveiled on London Bridge.
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Bjarne Melgaard seeking an unpaid intern to create large hair based sculpture and paintings.
- WSJ visits and talks with Kara Walker.
- Terrance Hayes poem paired with Alex Israel painting.
- Billy Name answers some questions.
- Nick Waplington show at Little Big Man Gallery opens.
- Studio visit and interview with Spencer Tunik.
- Pussy Riot, aka Enraged Vaginas in Russia, talk with Klaus Biesenbach at MoMA PS1.
- Q&A with Rashaad Newsome.
- New items available at Peter Sutherland's webstore.
- Tyler Stout 2015 lunar calendar available for pre-order.
- Beyonce dressed as Frida Kahlo and Jay Z as Basquiat for Halloween.
- Jeff Koons to design album cover for Jimmy Page.
- Ai Weiwei photographs clothing for V magazine.
- Vladimir Putin exhibition in Moscow includes a painting of him spanking Obama.
- SFDevotion sets the Guinness Book of World Records record for his Street Fighter collection.
