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

  • Gilbert & George presents Waking (1984) on the High Line billboard – up until Oct. 1.
  • RIP: Michael McManus, who died at 60. He was the former chief curator at Laguna Art Museum.
  • Dennis Szakacs, director and CEO of the Orange County Museum of Art, will resign effective Dec 31.
  • New Stalin monument defaced in Georgia after locals say it was erected without their permission.
  • Egyptians use Twitter to save their heritage from looting and plundering.
  • The Archive for Metaphysical Art issues challenge to De Chirico authentication board with a series of studies.
  • Russian police seize painting of Putin & Obama by Vera Donskaya-Khilko featuring many penises & erections.
  • The director of the Detroit Institute of Arts addresses the issue of selling art from the museum’s collection.
  • Jeremy Scott vs. Phillips-NHS copyright dispute resolved as Scott admits his mistake.
  • Van Gogh’s own words after cutting off his ear recorded in Paris newspaper a day after incident.
  • The mystery of the missing Van Gogh Sunflowers painting.
  • A painting purchased for £30 from a cardboard box revealed to be a £250,000 Constable original.
  • London’s Mayfair District lures big name New York galleries and rents are rising about 40% on Bond St.
  • Christie’s raises buyer’s premium for auction item sales.
  • Sotheby’s extends guarantees to $166mil. before sales in order to win more consignments.
  • Artists of heady glass coming out of the shadows as marijuana is legalized in many states in US.
  • Serett Metal Works tasked with stabilizing hacked off Banksy wall as it ships from NY to Italy.
  • Study finds creative professionals relatively low-paid, more likely unemployed & robustly satisfied with work.
  • Thanks to support from Congress, the budget of The National Gallery of Art is increasing while others shrink.
  • Peter Brandt consigning Koons Balloon Dog to Christie’s to raise money for Brandt Foundation endowment.
  • Willem de Kooning Foundation gives 10 late de Kooning paintings for Gagosian Gallery to sell to raise money.
  • Ingvild Goetz is donating her Munich museum and 375 contemporary artworks to the state of Bavaria.
  • The Center for the Holographic Arts debuts its first exhibit in Long Island City.
  • It’s not too early to plan for Art Basel Miami Beach – here is the complete exhibitor list for 2013.
  • 6 artists, including David Shrigley, Mark Leckey & Marcus Coates compete for next fourth plinth commission.
  • Rachel Uffner moves east to a larger gallery space after five years at her former LES location.
  • How artists are using technology and how art and technology influence each other.
  • Mystery human mummy in sarcophagus found in German attic by a 10-year-old boy in grandparents’ attic.
  • Jones Soda pays tribute to Michigan with labels featuring state’s imagery, including Jerry Vile’s fist piece.
  • The art of William Faulkner.
  • Profile of John Kasmin, the gallerist who discovered David Hockney.
  • Ron English writes about street art and how he got started.
  • Images from Diplo’s Blow Your Head exhibition at Sonos.
  • Alison Goldfrapp named the Lowry’s first performer as curator.
  • Exhibition A does a Collector’s Q&A with Will Leung.
  • Q&A with Roger Ballen.
  • Women’s Wear Daily interviews John Baldessari. Frank Gehry is designing his new house.
  • Reshma Chhiba has installed a walk-in vagina in a Johannesburg women’s prison.
  • Gagosian Gallery shop starts carrying Leica products.
  • Adam Harvey’s anti-surveillance pieces make the jump from art to product.
  • Peter Duggan’s Artoons in which Gary Hume and Sarah Lucas present their work to Michael Craig Martin.