Stories of the week:
- Warhol & Basquiat’s collaborative 1985 Olympic Rings painting at London’s Britannia St. Gagosian Gallery.
- Christopher Knight details the mess at MOCA and explains why the leadership’s thinking is flawed.
- The MOCA Four trustees disenchanted with Jeffrey Deitch – respond to Eli Broad and his vision for MOCA.
- John Baldessari becomes fifth MOCA board member to leave since February. Subsequently, Barbara Kruger and Catherine Opie resign leaving Ruscha as the only artist-trustee remaining.
- Nine year-old artist Kieron Williamson set to become millionaire after his exhibition sells out in fifteen minutes.
- James Franco to star in controversial homo-sex-art-film.
- A near-riot broke out at Downtown LA’s Art Walk as Chalk Walk & Occupy protestors clashed with LAPD.
- Spanish police arrest four people for trying to sell a forged Pablo Picasso painting for up to US $1.5 million.
- Henry Moore sculpture stolen from Hertfordshire museum – may have been melted for scrap value.
- After successful rescue, 3rd century Buddhist figures valued at over $10mil. Destroyed at police station.
- $9.5mil. Sandro Botticelli painting may be sold to provide relief to creditors of Salander-O’Reilly Galleries.
- Another (third) collector sues Knoedler, claiming to have been sold a forged Willem de Kooning painting.
- Another Banksy street piece is whitewashed over.
- Philly’s Rodin Museum is set to reopen after three years.
- The Getty Foundation is helping to fund the conservation of a 17th century work by Peter Paul Rubens.
- The Getty plans a sequel to successful Pacific Standard Time.
- Jay Sanders now a full-time curator at Whitney Museum.
- Plan to remove Old Masters from Gemaeldegalerie sparks online petitions & newspaper column protests.
- See the first ever photo (20 years old) on the internet.
- LA Weekly illustrates 20 Ways to Pose for Photos at the LACMA Rock.
- Leon Black revealed as the buyer of Munch’s $120 million Scream pastel drawing.
- Some high profile figures name their favorite spots for viewing art outdoors.
- Kenny Schachter commissions Zaha Hadid to build a boat inspired by Batman.
- Vince Leo reviews Found Photos in Detroit, by Arianna Arcara and Luca Santese.
- China’s Forbidden City to publicize a catalogue of its collection of art and other cultural relics.
- Profile of Zhang Xiaogang and the state of his health.
- Expatriate Chinese artist Weinming Chen sues Taiwan President Ying-jeou Ma.
- Art Observed interviews Dan Colen.
- Sarah Thornton profiles Tino Sehgal and discusses his next situation.
- Chuck Close battles with digital artist who created the Chuck Close Filter.
- Profile of Yayoi Kusama (retrospective has traveled to Whitney Museum). Louis Vuitton unveils her collection.
- Olafur Elaisson brings another sunlight installation back to Tate Modern.
- Curtis Kulig opens Love Me Shop pop-up web store.
- RISK produces an item for Morphik (which also has products by Bob Dob, CRASH, Nathan Ota, and others).
- Vice Magazine interviews Aaron Rose about his Fire Sale.
- Jilly Ballistic plants computer error messages around New York’s transit system.
- NPR does a feature on Julian Beever, who does 3D work on the streets and on paper.
- Equine art auction to feature painting by an actual horse.
- Kidult interviewed on Hypebeast.
- Check out some photos from The Painted Desert Project.
- David Lynch will meet with you and read your screenplay if you win charity auction.
- Kevin Tong releasing some prints based on H.G. Wells imagery at SDCC.
- Barry McGee interviewed for Bl!ss Magazine.
- The first in a series of Hip Hop Buildings designed by Zvi Belling with Melbourne graffiti writer Prowla.
