More stories from the last week (click on bolded words for more information):
- Parker Ito - A Lil Taste of Cheeto in the Night opens at Chateau Shatto's off-site exhibition space.
- RIP: Phyllis Diebenkorn, who died at the age of 93 in San Francisco.
- Man with large knives shot dead by police outside of Groninger Museum
- Victoria & Albert museum removes a depiction of Prophet Mohamed from its website due to security concerns.
- Why censorship of art is wrong.
- Artists share how "Shoah" has inspired them to create new narratives about the Holocaust.
- Loris Gréaud accuses critic Lauren Smart of being undersexed and ignorant.
- Frank Lloyd Gallery closes and Frank Lloyd discusses why.
- BP revealed to have donated £3.8mil to Tate over 17-year period.
- Police in Spain uncover ring of art forgers specialized in the creation of counterfeit Old Masters.
- US and UK collaborate to halt illicit trafficking of antiquities from Syria and Iraq.
- Sotheby's raises its rates on buyer's premiums.
- Art market affected by the decline in the Euro.
- Zaha Hadid withdraws lawsuit New York Review of Books and Martin Filler after settlement reached.
- Luc Tuymans talks about his plagiarism court case and subsequent fine.
- How artists are reacting and resisting the art market and flipping.
- Neil Simmons's once-decapitated marble statue of Lady Thatcher now viewable only by appointment.
- What you need to know about sales and use tax for artwork purchases and sales.
- San Francisco street artists replace anti-Islamic ads with adjustments and Kamala Khan images.
- Tom Lentz to step down as director of Harvard Art Museums.
- Philippines returns to Venice Biennale after a 51 year hiatus.
- Street art appears in the ruble of demolished buildings in Shanghai.
- US Army seeks experienced curators, art historians and museum directors to provide expert advice in combat zones.
- Interview with David Kordansky about the art scene in Los Angeles.
- King Salman bin Abdulaziz pledges $267,000 for each art club in Saudi Arabia.
- Smithsonian to open its first international space in a London cultural complex.
- Keanu Reeves to give a talk at the Foundation Beyeler about Gauguin.
- Craft & Folk Art Museum's "Man-Made: Contemporary Male Quilters" features quilts by male artists.
- Skirball Cultural Center to host Rock & Roll Billboards of the Sunset Strip exhibition.
- Christopher Knight reviews Dan McCleary retrospective at the USC Fisher Museum of Art.
- National Museum of Animals and Society (NMAS) opens Fall 2015 and is crowdfunding.
- Seattle Art Museum and the Clark Art Institute of Williamstown, Mass. make Super Bowl bet.
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden asking docents it previously let go to return, reducing minimum hours.
- Williamsburg cultural center looking for arts ideas for its firehouse space that it will renovate.
- Renovation of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Hollyhock House complete.
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Artnet's 2014 Annual Auction Results findings show global fine art auction market reaches $16.1bil.
- Damien Hirst butterfly work sells for $1.6mil at Art Stage Singapore.
- Steve Lazarides' Banksy works at Bonhams sells (30 of 33 lots) for $691,113 total.
- Background on Peter Doig's piece coming up for sale at Sotheby's.
- Christie's Old Master paintings and Renaissance sales could break records. It wound up being a disaster.
- Constable painting purchased in 2013 for $5,300 sells for $5mil. at Sotheby's.
- Art Cologne and NADA joining forces again this year to present second edition of COLLABORATIONS fair.
- Interview with Liz Craft about the Paramount Ranch art fair.
- Artspace has a list of artists to watch at Paramount Ranch and ALAC art fairs.
- Pierre Bismuth making film about search for Ed Ruscha's Rocky II fake rock and is crowdfunding for it.
- Pamela Rosenkranz to exhibit at the Pavilion of Switzerland at the 2015 Venice Biennial.
- Trisha Donnelly, Camille Henrot, Ragnar Kjartansson, and Frances Stark among those shortlisted for Absolut Art Award.
- Shepard Fairey makes an appearance on Portlandia.
- Profile of Kehinde Wiley.
- Artinfo reviews Harmony Korine's show at Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills.
- Jeremy Millar creates and exhibits a sculpture of himself dead.
- James Bridle recreates images of British detention centers, closed courts, and other areas used to deport people.
- Laurie Simmons now photographing people for the first time.
- Paddy Johnson reviews Ryder Ripps' show at Postmasters.
- El Anatsui limited edition available on Artspace.
- Puma collaborates with Ethan Cook on shoes.
- Larry Gagosian-owned Kappo Masa has one of the most overpriced dishes in NY, according to NY Post.