More stories from the week ended July 21:

  • Christian Marclay puts images from Maurizio Cattelan’s Toiletpaper mag on windows of Palais de Tokyo.
  • Henri Matisse’s (previously banned) candid views from 1941 on his work & depression set to be published.
  • Finnish museum refuses request from Iraq to return artifacts donated to president by delegation from Iraq.
  • Looted art from Cypriot churches is returned by Germany after they were seized sixteen years ago.
  • China shuts down $88million museum after discovering that it has had scores of fake exhibits.
  • Founders of Dia Art Foundation send letter to board voicing opposition to deaccessioning work.
  • Cooper Union students that occupied the president’s office ends occupation after reaching an agreement.
  • Old Damien Hirst photo with him posing with a severed head provokes outrage from Richard III archaeologists.
  • Art thief Matthew Taylor sentenced to 7.5 years in federal prison for art theft and tax evasion.
  • Glafira Rosales indicted for selling $30 million in fake paintings by Rothko, Polluck, de Kooning, etc.
  • Jerome Bengis sentenced to a year in prison for selling fake Picasso prints and originals.
  • Six Romanians will stand trial over theft of seven masterpieces from Kunsthal museum in Rotterdam.
  • Thieves stole ten paintings from the Van Buuren Museum on the outskirts of Brussels.
  • The FBI and Scotland Yard Veterans to present The World of Art and the Fine Art of Crime seminar at SMU.
  • Alexander Historical Auctions sued after allegedly not paying owner for sold Hitler items he consigned.
  • Jonathan Meese heading to court after he saluted Hitler during a public appearance.
  • Nigella Lawson and Charles Saatchi to make no financial claims in divorce.
  • Temporary export bar placed on £16.5 million Rembrandt painting in hopes that it could stay in UK.
  • Dave Gibbons has some controversial thoughts on the artwork of Roy Lichtenstein.
  • 10-year old painter Kieron Williamson has sold his latest collection of paintings for more than £340,000.
  • Oliver Bienkowski investigated for projecting United Stasi of America onto the the US Embassy in Berlin.
  • Woman in Malibu, CA discovers that a unknown item in her house is actually a James Turrell piece.
  • Gus Foster has pledged to give the University of New Mexico’s Harwood Museum of Art his collection.
  • Team at University of Konstanz in Germany has developed painting robot called e-David.
  • Curators of Degas show decides to put his model sculptures on IKEA-like shelving units.
  • Pablo Picasso’s granddaughter, Diana Widmaier-Picasso writing a new inventory of  his sculptures.
  • Sotheby’s to start selling African art from Allan Stone’s legendary collection this November.
  • A look at the thriving gallery scene in Mayfair as Marion Goodman looks to be adding a space there.
  • Christie’s to hold its first art auction in India in December.
  • Christie’s to auction off works from the collection of Jan Krugier and the sale is expected to bring in $160mil.
  • Christopher Knight reviews Richard Artschwager’s show at the Hammer Museum.
  • MoMA to recreate the American Photographs exhibition (its first solo show of photographs) by Walker Evans.
  • Art museums are promoting bicycle culture and exhibiting bikes.
  • Hong Kong’s M+ museum hires MoMA curator Doryun Chong to be its chief curator.
  • Art+Auction profiles Pae White.
  • Interview with Rodney Parrott, the head of Rescued Art, and known as the king of thrift store art finds.
  • The High Line in NYC to get a apartment building designed by Zaha Hadid next to it.
  • Jill Magid and Alexander Provan have been named 2013–15 Vera List fellows.
  • Interview with David Lynch, where he talks about his moving paintings and other things he’s involved with.
  • W Magazine visits Gavin Brown at home and gives us the latest on what he’s been up to.
  • Marina Abramovic talks about her naked five-day performance art bootcamp and peeing in slow motion.
  • Artillery Magazine covers Martin Schoeller’s show at Ace Gallery.
  • Damien Hirst designs album cover for Babyshambles’ album Sequel To The Prequel.
  • Forbes takes a look at the art references in Jay Z’s Magna Carta Holy Grail.
  • Ruby Rose gets a Basquiat crown tattoo.