Overtime stories of the week:

  • First confirmed images (from 2001 in Mexico) of Banksy have been revealed.
  • At MOCA, having five billionaires on its board isn’t enough to solve its problems.
  • Ongoing issues plaguing The Power Plant in Toronto, as more turnover has occurred at the highest levels.
  • Eli Broad may be angling to loan from MOCA’s art collection for his own museum.
  • Mao Sugiyama, artist who cooked & served own genitals during performance, faces indecent exposure charge.
  • Larry Gagosian misses crucial court appearance because he had shows opening that day.
  • Felix Salmon’s take on the Perelman vs. Gagosian lawsuit(s).
  • Michael Hammer, chairman of the gallery, added to Knoedler Gallery fraud lawsuit.
  • Over $10 mil. worth of paintings by such artists as Mondrian & Jasper Johns stolen from Santa Monica home.
  • Independent News and Media selling off its art collection due to need for cash and lack of wall space.
  • The Getty Center was evacuated when a fire broke out across the 405 Freeway.
  • Crystal Bridges Museum receives a $5 million commitment from the Tyson family and Tyson Foods, Inc.
  • San Francisco Museum of Craft and Folk Art closing permanently after current exhibition ends.
  • Sotheby’s signs 10-year joint-venture agreement to form the first international auction house in China.
  • Enormous Roman mosaic found under farmer’s field in southern Turkey.
  • Edvard Munch’s The Scream pastel to go on view at MoMA for six months beginning Oct. 24.
  • Philip Johnson’s Giacometti sculpture that he shipped to Paris in 1966 to be restored has been found.
  • Berlin may lose the Heiner and Ulla Pietzsch collection due to Old Masters dispute.
  • Jackson Pollock’s reported final painting removed from auction – sale postponed at least until next year.
  • Collection of 400+ recently rediscovered prints by Dennis Hopper to be shown at Martin-Gropius-Bau.
  • Damien Hirst’s record-breaking show at Tate Modern attracts 463,000 visitors in five months.
  • Sarah Lucas curates Free exhibition, which showcases prison inmates’ creations at Royal Festival Hall.
  • Controversial statue of John Paul II by Oliviero Rainaldi gets a nine month makeover.
  • ArtInfo’s The 100 Most Iconic Artworks of the Last 5 Years includes Fairey, Swoon, JR, Hirst, McGinley, etc.
  • 860,000 people (14% more than the last one) visited dOCUMENTA (13) in Kassel.
  • Linda Yablonksy curates the art collection of a billionaire in the set of the film Arbitrage.
  • Printing Show – a rare opportunity for participants to create their own #ed/LE photobook by Daido Moriyama.
  • Damon Dash opening his Poppington Gallery at 60 Orchard Street in NYC.
  • David Roberts opens huge new arts centre in 12,000sq ft former furniture factory in Camden Town.
  • Jeff Koons & Richard Meier among those that will advise on aesthetics of a new Tappan Zee Bridge.
  • Andy Goldsworthy installing a major sculptural commission at Saint Louis Art Museum.
  • Mark Grotjahn discusses his sculptural show at Gagosian Gallery.
  • Ralph Heimans moved from Australia to London for a highly coveted sitting with the Queen.
  • Nars produces a cosmetics collection featuring Andy Warhol.
  • Wild Life hoaxes Los Angeles with series of street signs.
  • The Onion visits the art museum.