More stories from the week that ended June 8 (click on bolded words for more information):

  • Benjamin Redford draws a portrait of the entire internet.
  • Frenchman Mehdi Nemmouche claims responsibility in Brussels Jewish Museum shooting.
  • Katara Art Center to close at the end of the month due to loss of funding.
  • Three allegedly-Islamist men steal a portion of John Latham’s God is Great (#4) work at Portikus.
  • Patrick Vialaneix may face ten years in prison for conspiring to sell stolen Rembrandt he was obsessed with.
  • Long lines to see Kara Walker’s A Subtlety: Or the Marvelous Sugar Baby.
  • Eli Broad’s The Broad Collection sues Seele Inc. for their work on the museum building.
  • Helly and David Nahmad sued for allegedly hiding a $20mil. Modigliani painting stolen by the Nazis.
  • Bloomberg takes a look at art theft and forgeries.
  • Aby Rosen’s neighbors protest his display of 33 foot Damien Hirst statue in their neighborhood.
  • The growing problem of memorial sprawl.
  • The National Academy Museum and School lays off several staff members.
  • Students that majored in art face highest unemployment rate among recent graduates.
  • Ai Weiwei writes about the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre.
  • Crocker Museum kept precious items (including artwork) safe for Japanese sent to WWII relocation camps.
  • Scientists and preservationists attempting to save yellowing Da Vinci self-portrait.
  • Hauser Wirth & Schimmel to have a 100,000 sq. ft. space in downtown Los Angeles opening in January. LA Times interviews Paul Schimmel.
  • Jonathan Jones discusses originality in contemporary art.
  • A list of art world gossip books to read this summer.
  • François Pinault launching an artist residency program in France.
  • Who Pays Artists? launches in order to create a dialog on money and work for artists.
  • deviantART wants to be the administrator for the .art domain.
  • Rodi Gallery and the case for or against mobile art trucks.
  • San Gabriel Valley school district teaching ceramics and getting students interested in it.
  • Art can help relieve stress.
  • The upcoming shows at The Mistake Room include Korakrit Arunanondchai.
  • Foam in Amsterdam exhibiting Larry Clark’s Tulsa and Teenage Lust together.
  • Melissa Chiu has been chosen as director for the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.
  • Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation to open in Monaco.
  • The Storm King Art Center acquires three major long-term loans, including Newman, Smith, Nevelson.
  • Kunstmuseum Bern plans to vet Gurlitt collection first before deciding whether to accept it.
  • Collectors that donated to MOCANoMi want clarification that artwork was donated to museum and not city.
  • Centre for Art and Media in Karlsruhe exhibits copy of Van Gogh’s ear grown from a relative’s cells.
  • Sotheby’s to offer Francis Bacon’s Three Studies for Portrait of George Dye.
  • Banksy’s Mobile Lovers received appraisal of £400,000 on Antiques Roadshow.
  • Georgina Adam reflects on the current global art market boom.
  • Iran’s domestic art scene thrives despite economic sanctions. Tehran art auction sells out.
  • FIAC has announced the list of galleries participating in its Oct fair in Paris.
  • Premier League soccer players are using their rising salaries to buy art.
  • Part II of Kenny Scharf’s stories from his early days in NYC.
  • Noelle Bodick interviews Anthony Haden-Guest.
  • The Brooklyn Rail interviews David Ostrowski.
  • Jeff Koons talks to Details Magazine about 4 of his works.
  • An interview with Amalia Ulman. About her talk with Dr. Fredric Brandt at The Swiss Institute of New York.
  • Dan Colen talks with Blair Hansen at Neuehouse.
  • Andrew Russeth reviews Lucien Smith’s Tigris show. Village Voice’s look at the show.
  • Artfridge interviews Luc Fuller.
  • Ed Ruscha’s favorite things from his personal collection.
  • Salvador Dalí’s swimsuit designs.
  • Jerry Saltz shares his thoughts on Kara Walker’s A Subtlety: Or the Marvelous Sugar Baby.
  • Christopher Knight reviews Peter Plagen’ new Bruce Nauman book.
  • Sam Bitters finally receiving the spotlight after making work since the ’60s.
  • Financial Times has lunch with Guo Jian, who recently covered Tiananmen diorama with ground pork.
  • Jeff Friesen uses Lego pieces to recreate Banksy works.
  • Photos from MOCAtv’s thejogging event.
  • Francesca Gavin chooses ten artists to watch in abstract painting.
  • Venus Over Manhattan exhibits LIFE by The Journal Magazine.
  • Ben Davis reviews Cindy Sherman’s $0.99 app.
  • Deborah de Robertis does a live recreation of Gustave Courbet’s L’Origine du monde in front of the painting.
  • Hungry Castles create Laser Cat, a sculpture of a cat that projects video and shoots beams.
  • Steve Roden creates unique prints to benefit Side Street Projects.
  • Hand-painted multiple unique edition by RISK.
  • Bumblebeelovesyou releases a set of stenciled editions with HPM Project.
  • Pari Ehsan named Fashion Instagrammer of the Year by CFDA.
  • Prince Williams’ taste in art questioned after he reveals to liking unflattering Kate Middleton portrait.
  • Kanye West gives Kim Kardashian a Bambi portrait of herself as a wedding gift.