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More stories from the week that ended Jan 18 (click on bolded words for more information):
- Images from Michael Rey's solo exhibition at Cherry and Martin up.
- RIP: Milton Hebald, who died at the age of 97 in West Hollywood, CA.
- Charlie Hebdo’s new issue after terrorist attack features prophet Muhammad on cover. JR's images of Charlie Hebdo contributors appear on the streets of Paris.
- Jean de Boulogne bronze sculpture stolen at Musée des Arts Décoratifs later found in restroom trash can.
- Joseph Gibbons robs bank as art.
- Nestlé has trademark infringement claim against Anthony Antonellis.
- Helge Achenbach confesses to more fraud of his clients.
- Is the Brant Foundation a elaborate scam to reduce taxes?
- American Royalties Too Act (ART) dead for now.
- George Zimmerman arrested after dispute over a painting.
- Andres Serrano may sue AP for their prior licensing of his Piss Christ image.
- Two academics claim that arts coverage in all British newspapers breaches suicide reporting guidelines.
- Art gallery assistant chases down booze thief, who gets arrested by police.
- Governor Brown's budget plan would slash California's arts grant spending.
- New FAA regulations may restrict the use of drones in works of art.
- Lombard Freid Gallery to close due to differences between the partners.
- Area surrounding Louvre-Lens in France facing eviction conflict.
- Grace Kook-Anderson leaves her position as curator of contemporary art at Laguna Art Museum.
- Doug Fishbone puts forged painting in Dulwich Picture Gallery as his conceptual art project.
- The mystery of who Banksy is.
- Ben Davis thinks NY's art scene is doomed.
- George Washington University to sell Corcoran College’s historic Fillmore building.
- Street that Marcel Duchamp and Norman Rockwell once lived on target of naming controversy.
- 20 major museum directorships open in Italy as the country looks for candidates who can fundraise.
- Advocate groups want the US to adopt new art standards to get schools to focus on art again.
- The findings from three new NEA reports on the arts in the US.
- Kenny Schachter writes about art debate and Jerry Saltz on Facebook.
- What Aby Rosen has been doing as New York's arts council chairman.
- Museum of Fine Arts, Houston unveils $450mil. expansion plans.
- Ten J.E.H. MacDonald artworks found and donated to the Vancouver Art Gallery.
- Pierre Huyghe to create an installation on the Met's rooftop.
- Seattle Museum Month offers visitors staying in city's hotels 50% off admission at more than 40 museums.
- Study finds average art museum relies overwhelmingly on donors, the government, and return on endowment for its income.
- Museums using creative ways to raise big cash.
- Future of Corcoran Gallery of Art's art collection up in the air.
- The release of Björk's next album will coincide with her MoMA show.
- Dasha Zhukova hires Rem Koolhaas to be the architect of Garage Museum of Contemporary Art.
- Mark Di Suvero's Dreamcatcher sculpture coming to UCSF Mission Bay.
- Possible second version of Mona Lisa by da Vinci goes on tour in Asia.
- Sotheby's to auction Monet's Les Peupliers à Giverny, which is being sold by MoMA. The auction house also wins in court over Caravaggio painting lawsuit.
- Francesco Bonami organizing auction of Italian art at Phillips in New York.
- Works from the 1960s dominate contemporary art auctions.
- A list of The 10 Most Expensive Auction Trophies of 2014.
- Will the art market bubble burst in 2015?
- Survey shows that art dealers think the art market will continue to boom.
- Will Chinese collectors ever catch on to photography?
- Interest in Jesús Rafael Soto's market gaining steam.
- Damien Hirst, Takashi Murakami, and other artists donate Lionel Messi work to benefit charity.
- Artnet writes about the LA Art Show.
- Gagosian Gallery to recreate Henry Moore's studio in London.
- Exhibition A interviews Paul Bright.
- Interview with Jacob Lewis, who is probably in his silk pajamas right this moment.
- Chris Stein exhibits photographs of Debbie Harry at Somerset House.
- Vito Acconci hired to create new piece of public architecture in Hobart.
- Studio visit with Eva and Adele.
- Nicholas Pilato's exhibition at Anat Ebgi featured on 2-Times.
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- John Waters has a show up at Marianne Boesky Gallery.
- Zhang Huan's Buddha sculptures arrive in Sydney.
- Andrew M. Goldstein interviews Tomi Ungerer.
- Interview with Tania Bruguera on her detention and work.
- Gordon Shrigley runs for political office in the UK.
- One Fine Bid has their artists to watch list for 2015.
- Hugo Guinness gets an Oscar nomination.
- Yung Jake making portraits of celebrities using emojis.
- Adam Pendleton limited edition available from Whitechapel Gallery.
- Signed and numbered David Shrigley print available.
- Callum Innes prints available from Ingleby Gallery.
- New limited edition items by Julia Chiang.
- Lazarides releases new Antony Micallef print.
- Kate Middleton's art history degree and how it is helping her with her royal duties.
- Amber Heard honored at Art of Elysium Heaven Gala, which featured Marina Abramovich performances.
- McDonald's redesigns takeout bags, giving it a more minimalist design.
