More stores from the week ended Aug 11:
- Andy Warhol Bridge yarn bombed. (above photo by CBS Pittsburgh)
- RIP: Ruth Asawa, first Asian American woman to receive recognition as a sculptor, dies at age 87 in SF.
- RIP: Israel Hernandez, killed by Miami Beach police for putting up graffiti on abandoned building.
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Experts investigating Rotterdam heist find burnt remains of at least three different oil paintings.
- Two men rush stage, kiss, gropes Yan Yinhong during her performance about sexual violence against women.
- Van Gogh specialists reaffirm opinion that his death was a suicide and not a murder.
- Matthew James Schultz walks into gallery in Napa Valley and allegedly exposes himself and masturbates.
- MOCA says that Jeff Koons exhibition is not canceled and could open in Los Angeles in 2015.
- Four brothers from Ontario that purchased a painting from eBay believe that it is a authentic Edward Hopper.
- Itzhak Zarug arrested in connection with international art forgery ring.
- Tokyo man discovers Sotheby’s auctioned his Renoir that he claims was stolen in 2000.
- Burglars steal jewelry and artwork worth more than $5mil, including prints by Monet and Pissarro from SD home.
- Spain’s austerity drive halts work on new Goya museum.
- The Cleveland Museum of Art’s new atrium skylight springs two small leaks.
- Judge upholds Green Day’s right to use Dereck Seltzer’s image for concert, citing fair use.
- Voyeuristic photos of New York family taken by Arne Svenson through their window is protected art, judge rules.
- More than 350 Frida Kahlo photographs to be restored.
- The Womb, Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne’s gallery, reopens with party and new exhibit after being closed since 2011.
- Christie’s to appraise portion of Detroit Institute of Art museum collection amid city’s bankruptcy.
- DIA artwork could potentially be leased as collateral to raise money for a loan.
- Olympic legacy murals painted by outside artists met with outrage by local London street artists.
- Monroe Warshaw returns two Hopi sacred items to tribe after he purchased them at auction in Paris.
- American tourist breaks finger off 600-year-old statue at Museo dell’Opera del Duomo by accident.
- How Superstorm Sandy has affected art insurance.
- Two Banksy street pieces have survived in Toronto since the artist visited and created seven.
- The Telegraph reviews play Banksy: The Room in the Elephant at Pleasance Courtyard.
- Richard Prince curates a show of Stuart Sutcliffe’s paintings and drawings at Harper Books.
- Amazon has launched a new online fine art store.
- Theaster Gates gets $1.3 million contract to create two art pieces for the 95th Street Red Line station.
- Marina Abramovic gets Lady Gaga to appear in her video. You can buy a hug from Abramovic for $1.
- A look at how female artists have sold. Joan Mitchell is the best-selling of all time by auction revenue.
- Mary Coble’s Deferral performance piece at Corcoran takes on blood donation, gay rights.
- A look at the artist studios of the past.
- MoMA gets its very first Tumblr account
- MoMA to have show of works from Ileana Sonnabend’s collection.
- All about CSA – Community Supported Art programs.
- Hans Ulrich Obrist spends a productive full day in Los Angeles.
- Business Week interviews David Zwirner.
- Opening Ceremony visits Nate Lowman at his studio and interviews him.
- Financial Times talks with Jeremy Deller over lunch.
- Eko Nugroho creates some products for Louis Vuitton.
- Tony Shafrazi causes a scene at restaurant by chewing out Owen Wilson in front of Peter Brant.