More stories from the week that ended March 12 (click on bolded words for more information):
- RIP: Howard Hodgkin, who passed away at the age of 84.
- RIP: Bill Leak, who passed away at the age of 61.
- Visitor attacks and smashes bottle over security guard’s head at Met Museum.
- Chaos during Louvre’s current Vermeer exhibition as large crowds and threat of strikes by security staff ensue.
- Anti-oil activists stage protest performance at Louvre, calling for museum to drop sponsorship deal with Total.
- German police raid Julian Charrière’s studio and seize cannon that shoots a single coconut.
- Lisa Jacobs ordered to pay $1mil. she made in private sale of Basquiat painting in violation of agreement.
- Jeff Koons found liable for infringement in a Paris court for plagiarizing Jean-Francois Bauret.
- Hyperallergic interviews Martin Herbert about why some artists have rejected the art world.
- Blake Gopnik discusses Thomas Campbell’s misguided commitment to numbers at the Met.
- Andrew Fabricant thinks that the art auction market is propped up by two Asian buyers.
- Halt Action Group puts up posters of Donald Trump’s sexual assault monologue in the streets of NY.
- The Art Newspaper wonders if American buyers will show up to Tefaf Maastricht.
- Musée du Vieux Granville authenticates work by Gustave Courbet that it had in storage since 1945.
- US’s Art in Embassies program to survive under Trump.
- Institute of Arab and Islamic Art to open in New York in May.
- Former Musée des Arts et Traditions Populaires to be converted into arts and crafts center by LVMH. More on the Frank Gehry-designed museum.
- KPCC’s The Frame profiles the National Museum of Women in the Arts.
- Partick Moore will succeed Eric Shiner as director of Andy Warhol Museum.
- Jenny Holzer is the fourth artist, and first female one, to exhibit at UK’s Blenheim Palace.
- Christopher Knight reviews Desert X.
- Sotheby’s previews the Whitney Biennial.
- Artnet previews the first-ever Garage Triennial in Russia.
- The pussyhat enters the V&A’s permanent collection.
- Museum exhibitions and acquisitions reveal a renewed interest in female Old Masters artists.
- Upcoming exhibitions celebrate centenary of the death of Rodin.
- Larry’s List interviews The Esker Foundation’s Jim Hill.
- Chus Martínez discusses the relevance of public sculpture today.
- The Art Newspaper reports on Christie’s contemporary art evening sale. Colin Gleadell also analyzes the sale.
- Colin Gleadell covers Sotheby’s contemporary evening sale. The Art Newspaper also looks at the sale.
- Kenny Schachter’s adventures in New York during the Armory fair week.
- Artnet’s list of 5 Things to Know From the TEFAF 2017 Global Art Market Report.
- Experts discuss various trends in different fields leading up to Tefaf Maastricht. The Art Newspaper has highlights from the fair. Artnet also previews some works.
- Artnet has a sales report from TEFAF Maastricht 2017.
- Artinfo on what to see at Art Basel Hong Kong’s 2017 Conversations and Salon.
- Observer covers the Art on Paper Fair in NY.
- Damien Hirst, Peter Doig, and others donate art to Cure3 project, rasing money in fight against Parkinson’s.
- Linda Yablonsky’s adventures in New York during Armory fair week.
- First ever Gallery Weekend Beijing (GWBJ) will take place in March 2017, with 18 galleries and art institutions. Art Review has a preview.
- Bruce High Quality Foundation launches Kickstarter to provide free art education in Zambia.
- Elton John discusses his love for photography.
- Rineke Dijkstra wins 2017 Hasselblad Foundation International Award in Photography and €100,000.
- LA Times profiles Frank Romero.
- Olivier Zahm interviews Vanessa Beecroft for Purple.
- Artnet interviews Eric Mack.
- Puppies Puppies interviews Nancy Lupo.
- Hyperallergic reviews Gabriel Orozco’s OROXXO at kurimanzutto gallery.
- Gallery hopping in NY with Stephen Shore.
- Joel Meyerowitz photographs Marc Jacobs’ presentation at the Park Avenue Armory.
- Mark Rothko’s relationship with color.
- LA Weekly looks at Ren Hang’s Taschen book.
- Appraising the Brady Bunch’s art collection.
