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More stories from the week that ended Jan 25 (click on bolded words for more information):
- Calvin Marcus at C L E A R I N G is an ArtForum critic's pick.
- Death of King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia disrupts 21, 39 Jeddah Arts opening events and programming.
- Ryder Ripps receives an anonymous threat.
- Blue and gold braided beard on the burial mask of Tutankhamun glued back on with epoxy, causing damage.
- Emma Sulkowicz attends State of the Union in push for stronger policies against sexual assault.
- Irreverent: A Celebration of Censorship show to feature LGBTQ art previously censored from major museums.
- Three arrested in Spain for Picasso, Miro, and Matisse forged drawings.
- Five artists arrested for performance in which one nearly dies from being cast in plaster.
- Blue Rider performance group arrested for dousing Lenin’s Mausoleum with blessed holy water.
- Luc Tuymans found guilty of plagiarism for painting Katrijn Van Giel's photo of Jean-Marie Dedecker.
- Jeff Koons plagiarism lawsuit case over Fait d'Hiver could be in the millions.
- Jacobus Rentmeester suing Nike in US federal court for copyright infringement related to Jumpman logo.
- Wildenstein files a lawsuit against Qatar for reneging on its purchase of townhouse.
- Four in Denver arrested for stealing and subsequently destroying three of four Dale Chihuly sculptures.
- Gianfranco Becchina and Ursula Juraschek's warehouses raided and €50mil antiquities recovered.
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Herge museum
cancels Charlie Hebdo magazine tribute exhibition due to security concerns.
- Manhattan DA investigating galleries and art dealers with possible violation of sales tax regulations.
- Spanish government did not accept any art in lieu of tax in 2014 due to low quality of works.
- Court in Berlin rules that drawing by George Grosz may not leave Germany.
- Thaier Helal denied visa to travel to Britain for exhibition of his works in London.
- Professor Nouriel Roubini looks at the troubles in the art market.
- Skate’s 2014 Art Fairs Report found that general attendance at art fairs has dropped significantly.
- US Supreme Court declines to hear Norton Simon's Nazi-loot appeal for its Lucas Cranach the Elder's paintings.
- French Facebook user suing the social media site for closing his account due to sharing Courbet image.
- Berthold Albrecht heirs win €19.4mil judgement against Helge Achenbach, who was accused of overcharging.
- Architecture for Humanity closing and filing or Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection.
- Banksy street piece returning to San Francisco after being removed from side of building years ago.
- A look at Kala Ghoda, Mumbai, India’s emerging art district.
- Creative Time may be participating in Venice Biennale.
- A list of the 10 most popular lists of 2014.
- Creative Interventions uses art to bring people in cities together.
- Colonial Williamsburg accepts donation of iconic Gilbert Stuart portrait of George Washington.
- Visitors to MoMA physically interact with and Instagram Oscar Murillo's participatory works.
- Budi Tek planning "art park" in Bali that could cost $100 for admission.
- Bronx Museum of the Arts and the National Museum of Fine Arts in Cuba announce exchange of works.
- LACMA announces major gifts from two of its big donors.
- Met plans $250mil bond offering to finance capital infrastructure improvements over next decade.
- Why museums do not display large parts of their collections and what is being done about it.
- Live performances and dance gaining popularity with museums.
- V&A decides to print 50,000 more tickets for its Alexander McQueen show.
- George Lucas could turn to Los Angeles if plans fall through for his museum in Chicago.
- Dahesh Museum of Art has new home in New York.
- Los Angeles Nomadic Division looking for backers for its The Manifest Destiny Billboard Project.
- Gormley, Hirst, Lucas, Opie, McQueen, and more donate works to raise money for Gallery at Goldsmiths.
- Record sales in 2014 for both Christie's and Sotheby's, but Christie's still maintains the lead. Christie's post $8.4bil. in results for 2014.
- Christie's selling Tracey Emin's Exorcism of the Last Painting I Ever Made.
- Sotheby’s to sell rare double self-portrait by Francis Bacon.
- Darren Bader crowdfunding for art project to be sold at Christie's.
- Artsy is growing.
- Carol Vogel's parting article for the NY Times takes a look at today's art market and world.
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- Adam Lindemann provides his thoughts on today's art market.
- James Fuentes opens a new project space.
- Garage Magazine organizes garage sale to benefit CalArts and Garage Museum of Contemporary Art's education center.
- Happy birthday, Cindy Sherman - she turns 61.
- Interview with Wilhelm Sasnal.
- Christian Marclay showing at White Cube.
- Mark Bradford, Julie Mehretu, and Kehinde Wiley among winners of U.S. Department of State Medal of Arts.
- David Altmejd answers some questions.
- Elizabeth Jaeger talks about her show at And Now.
- Roman Abramovich buys a large part of a city block in NYC.
- Artnet covers Takashi Murakami's Instagram meet.
- Bomb Magazine interviews Valentin Carron.
- W Magazine does a studio visit with Kon Trubkovich.
- Profile of Daniel Arsham and why celebrities are so into his work.
- Meredith James, Kameelah Rasheed, and Casey Tang wins Queens Museum/Jerome Foundation fellowships.
- Theaster Gates wins the 6th Artes Mundi Prize and shares £40,000 winnings with the other shortlisted artists.
- Jeff Koons presented with Arison Award.
- Q&A with Andrew Black.
- Damien Hirst collaborates with Lalique on limited edition crystal panels.
- Converse x Andy Warhol shoes coming.
- Kenny Schachter talks luxury destinations in London.
- Jonathan Jones reviews Paul Simonon's ICA, London show.
- Artnet writes about Street Art Throwdown reality show coming to Oxygen Feb 3.
- Charles Saatchi gets a haircut, goes on a date.
