More stories from the week that ended Oct 6 (click on bolded words for more information):

  • Long-lost Napoleon portrait by Jacques-Louis David in 1813 resurfaces in New York after painting is cleaned.
  • Leonardo da Vinci experts identify painting as Isabella D’Este portrait previously lost for 500 years.
  • Magritte’s missing nudes found hidden under paintings after 80 years thanks to the help of x-rays.
  • RIP: Mario Montez, who was one of Warhol’s superstars, died at 78.
  • Daniel Loeb has called for the resignation of Sotheby’s CEO William F. Ruprecht in a letter filed with SEC.
  • Many national agencies, parks, and museums closed in US due to forced federal government shutdown. Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum working behind the scenes to stay open despite shutdown to keep its ArtPrize exhibition available for viewing [show goes on as it moves to a tent outside]. Greek prime minister shut out of exhibition featuring Greek collections due to opening being canceled.
  • David Dodde’s ArtPrize entry removed following criticism from locals and Alexander Calder Foundation.
  • The numerous shortcomings, wastes, and deficiencies of Doug Aitken’s Station to Station expedition.
  • Youssef Abdelke released after being held for more than two months by forces loyal to Syrian president.
  • Defenders and supporters rally around Elmgreen & Dragset’s Prada Marfa from Texas Department of Transportation.
  • Has art buying evolved into a privilege that only the rich can engage in?
  • Christopher Knight writes about a suggestion to replace art with reproductions in bankrupt Detroit.
  • DIA comes up with a plan that it hopes will help save its artwork from being sold.
  • Growth in the art market online has brought a proliferation of forgeries, frauds, and misleading descriptions.
  • Two Laguna Beach men have been arrested on suspicion of making and selling counterfeit Damien Hirst artwork.
  • Alan Kass sentenced to six months in prison and additional six months home confinement for selling fake prints.
  • Court in Manhattan rejects motion to dismiss two lawsuits brought against Knoedler, Ann Freedman, and Glafira Rosales.
  • What Glafira Rosales’s guilty plea in the Knoedler forgery case means for Ann Freedman and the rest of the players.
  • National Museum of the American People may be in competition for bid against U.S. Latino Museum.
  • Replica of Joseph Paxton’s Crystal Palace could be rebuilt on the same site as the original building in south London.
  • Transformazium creates program to lend art (including work by Wade Guyton and Taryn Simon) via a library in Pittsburgh.
  • Damien Hirst creates book of ABCs for kids, using his well-known artworks to represent the letters.
  • Florentijn Hofman’s giant rubber duck makes  its US debut on Pittsburgh’s Allegheny River.
  • Los Angeles International Airport  hosts its very first art exhibition ever with show by Sarah Elgart and Yuval Ron.
  • Museum of Fine Arts in Boston acquires two Doris Lindo Lewis paintings that were discovered after her death.
  • ICA to have exhibition that aims to shed light on John Cheim’s (Cheim & Read) career as a book designer.
  • Tate launches live performance art YouTube channel called Tate Live: The Performance Room.
  • Mass MoCA opens 10,000 sq ft building dedicated to long-term exhibition of Anselm Kiefer’s art.
  • Hungarian government plans to erect five new museum buildings in the forthcoming years.
  • Exhibition of Japanese shunga art at British Museum is its most explicit show ever.
  • Jordan Schnitzer donates $5mil. toward an effort by Washington State University to build new museum on school’s campus.
  • Dallas Cowboys Art Collection acquires Anish Kapoor’s Sky Mirror.
  • ArtTactic launches ArtTactic Forecaster.
  • A beginner’s guide to Chinese porcelain vase shapes.
  • Kenny Schachter writes about his quest for a Wade Guyton piece and the gazump now apparent in art buying.
  • Zeng Fanzhi’s The Last Supper (2001) sells for $23.3 million at Sotheby’s in Hong Kong.
  • Major Andy Warhol Death and Disaster work from 1963 to be sold by Sotheby’s for a reported est. of $60-80mil.
  • Oceana Bal Harbour condo project in Florida enticing buyers by offering them ownership of two works by Jeff Koons.
  • Restoration Hardware (now known as RH) entering the art market with RH Contemporary Art.
  • Cory Allen of Cory Allen Contemporary Art, seeking donations to help pay for his father’s cancer treatment.
  • Ai Weiwei discusses China and his imprisonment.
  • Frank Gehry talks about Disney Hall on occasion of its tenth anniversary.
  • Joshua Smith on Josh Smith and his new monochrome paintings.
  • The Guardian takes a look at Sarah Lucas’s exhibition at Whitechapel.
  • The Art Newspaper interviews Robert Indiana.
  • Alex Greenberger interviews Josh Smith.
  • Paola Pivi interviewed by Christopher Mooney.
  • Walton Ford q&a by Paddle8.
  • Paper Magazine interviews Erin Falls.
  • Swoon, New Orleans Airlift, and other collaborators launch Dithyrambalina-Musical Architecture Kickstarter.
  • Arkitip’s Phil Frost hand-embellished neon prints from 2007 available again for $350 each.
  • 1963 Ferrari 250 GTO becomes most expensive car after selling for $52 Million.