More stories from the week that ended July 3 (click on bolded words for more information):

  • Sui Park creates sea creature sculptures using cable ties.
  • RIP: Kenworth Moffett, who passed away at the age of 81, due to complications of heart disease.
  • RIP: Peter J. Amdam.
  • RIP: Lisa Liebmann, who passed away at the age of 61.
  • RIP: Ben Patterson, who passed away at the age of 82.
  • RIP: Wellington Ward, who passed away at the age of 81.
  • Isil destroys Temple of Nabu in the Assyrian city of Nimrud in northern Iraq.
  • Codacons filing complaint with Lombardy spending watchdog to investigate costs of Christo installation.
  • Bavarian government revealed to have sold looted art to Nazi families instead of returning to heirs.
  • Rosamund Felsen Gallery closing its space.
  • Site of Mark Leckey’s Liverpool Biennial work hit by arson attack, forcing him to find a new venue.
  • Germany’s tough new cultural objects law could destroy the country’s antiquities market.
  • Kraemer Gallery pulls out of Biennale Des Antiquaires in aftermath of forgery scandal.
  • Spain’s Supreme Court rules that Dalí foundation has no legal standing to protect artist’s image.
  • The dispute and feud over Basil and Elise Goulandris’ $3bil. art collection.
  • More on Dai Zhikang leaving real estate to invest in artwork.
  • Lesedi La Rona diamond fails to find a buyer at Sotheby’s sale.
  • Peter Schjeldahl and Brooke Alderson annual Fourth of July blockbuster celebration ends.
  • What not to do during an art auction sale.
  • Troll Museum evicted after owner fails to pay rent for months.
  • Donut Time appears to have closed for good.
  • Michael Musto’s list of NYC’s coolest lost stores and galleries from the ’70s and ’80s.
  • Ben Davis writes about what art must do post-Brexit.
  • Charges against Shepard Fairey in Detroit dismissed.
  • 12 art world figures share the exhibition that they regret missing most.
  • Are art world peripheries becoming its new centers?
  • Henri Neuendorf interviews Michael Govan about LACMA and the future of museums.
  • New York’s International Center of Photography opens in downtown.
  • Steve Martin hosts preview of The Idea Of North: the Paintings of Lawren Harris at Art Gallery of Ontario.
  • Vasiliki Dwyer donates 23 artworks, mostly by Northwest artists, to Tacoma Art Museum.
  • The Stedelijk Museum receives major donation of 600 works from Thomas Borgmann.
  • Wayne Thiebaud donates four major paintings of his to the University of California, Davis.
  • Ronald Perelman donates $75mil. for arts complex at World Trade Center site.
  • Katharina Grosse takes over building in Rockaway, Queens, for MoMA PS1’s new site-specific installation.
  • The Art Institute of Chicago acquires newly discovered High Renaissance painting by Sebastiano del Piombo.
  • Former residence and studio of architect Michael Graves will be bought by Kean University for $20.
  • Norton Museum set to re-open July 5 with free admission, after being closed for one month.
  • Guy and Myriam Ullens are looking for a new owner for UCCA.
  • Artinfo interviews Michelle Grabner about the Portland Biennial.
  • W Magazine profiles M Woods’ Michael Xufu Huang.
  • Kenny Schachter writes about Brexit’s effect on the art market and on the London auctions.
  • Judd Tully reports on the Phillips 20th Century and Contemporary Art sale. Colin Gleadell also covers the sale.
  • Colin Gleadell reports on the Sotheby’s contemporary art evening sale. Judd Tully gets in on the action. ArtForum gets in on the action. The results are further analyzed.
  • Judd Tully reports on the Christie’s Post-War & Contemporary art auction. Colin Gleadell writes about the sale as well.
  • Colin Gleadell reports on Christie’s Defining British Art auction. Judd Tully is along for the sale too.
  • Candy Coleman joins Sotheby’s after leaving Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills.
  • The New Yorker’s extensive profile of Loïc Gouzer.
  • Ray Entwistle now chairman of Bonhams Scotland.
  • Lock of David Bowie‘s hair sells for $18,750 at Heritage.
  • MCH Group, parent company of Art Basel fairs, acquires Curiator.
  • When artists collect work by other artists.
  • The determining factors of an artwork’s value.
  • Six characteristics of next-gen art collectors.
  • Marian Goodman awarded Independent Curators International’s 2016 Leo Award.
  • Thaddaeus Ropac opening a gallery in Mayfair, London in spring of 2017.
  • Chapter NY gallery expands to a larger location in Manhattan’s LES.
  • A look at the Kathy and Keith Sachs art collection.
  • Interview with Antonio Mugica about his collection.
  • Profile of Ken Okuyama and his car designs and collection.
  • Jean-Michel Basquiat gets a plaque in NoHo, New York.
  • Is Lauretta Vinciarelli an overlooked master painter?
  • Dazed Digital profiles Meatwreck.
  • Patrick Jackson at Ghebaly Gallery is an ArtForum Critic’s Pick.
  • Mirabelle Jones creates 600 sq. ft. gay pride flag.
  • Profile of Richard Duardo and information about an upcoming exhibition of his work.
  • Vincent Desiderio discusses Kanye West’s Famous music video, which was inspired by his work. He also reacts to it in the NY Times. Lena Dunham criticizes the work.
  • ARTnews reviews Pentti Monkkonen’s show at Jenny’s.
  • Emma Sulkowicz receives the 2016 Woman of Courage award by the National Organization for Women.
  • David Hockney’s return to portraiture.
  • Donald Judd Catalogue Raisonné committee has an open call for the artist’s works.
  • David Zwirner Gallery’s People Who Work Here show features work by the gallery’s staff.
  • LA Times reviews Martin Werthmann’s show at Wilding Cran Gallery.
  • Hiwa K wins City of Kassel’s biennial Arnold–Bode-Preis.
  • Fiona Tan named artist in residence for 2016-17 at Getty Research Institute for 2016–2017 Scholars Program.
  • Images from Hotel Art’s Remains of the Day: Might, WiIl Return show, curated by Keith J. Varadi.
  • Kanye West says that Matthew Barney is his Jesus.