More news from the week that ended Sept. 29 (click on bolded words for more information):

  • Prada Marfa installation by Elmgreen and Dragset may be at risk due to attention caused by Playboy piece.
  • The Mallawi Museum in Egypt recovers 13 more looted items & arrest is made in connection with ransacking.
  • International Council of Museums’ emergency red list of Syrian cultural objects in danger of being looted.
  • The Auction Room website crashes during last half-hour of bidding in Saatchi’s Middle Eastern art sale.
  • Alexandre Arrechea sculptural installation in Pizzuti collection in Columbus vandalized for the second time.
  • Why Pussy Riot’s Nadezhda Tolokonnikova is on her hunger strike.
  • Dmitri Ozerkov, head of Hermitage’s contemporary art dept., says St Petersburg art scene at all-time low.
  • Corcoran Gallery of Art settlement with Clark estate, getting $10 million, board seat, & part of Monet proceeds.
  • LACMA’s plans to redesign its campus may adversely affect the Page Museum and six of its tar pits.
  • Zaha Hadid may be involved in billion-dollar plan to build new national museum in Baghdad.
  • USPS to pay Frank Gaylord $685,000 in retroactive royalties for unauthorized use of an image of his work.
  • Jerry Saltz discusses Balthus’s controversial painting The Guitar Lesson.
  • Leaning Tower of Pisa straightens up by about 2.5cm.
  • Potential government shutdown may interrupt some exhibitions at Smithsonian National Museum.
  • Open School East is a new non-fee paying art school opening in London.
  • Previously unattributed Titian painting discovered by Austrian professor Artur Rosenauer.
  • Christie’s first art auction in China a success, but long-term fortune appears to involve a tough battle ahead.
  • Eric Clapton to sell another of his Gerhard Richter paintings at Christie’s.
  • Patrick McClymont, partner at Goldman Sachs, is now the new CFO at Sotheby’s.
  • Leonardo DiCaprio spotted at Phillips auction.
  • Phillips in partnership with Tumblr will conduct its first-ever digital-art auction.
  • Christie’s to hold its first auction in mainland China.
  • Michael Bloomberg will be the next chairman of the Serpentine Gallery.
  • Major exhibition devoted to Jack Vettriano opening in Glasgow at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum.
  • Mercedes-Benz to open museum in Beijing in bid to boost Chinese automobile sales.
  • National Gallery receives promised gift of 250 paintings, sculptures, drawings & photos from Virginia Dwan.
  • The Perez Art Museum Miami receives $1mil. grant to buy contemporary works by African-American artists.
  • Morgan Library to digitize collection of over 10,000 drawings and make the images available to view for free.
  • Have video games evolved to become a form of art?
  • Models of the six shortlisted projects for London’s fourth plinth commission go on show.
  • LA Confidential’s list of 7 LA Artists to Watch includes Matthew Brandt, RETNA, and Mark Hagen.
  • Peter Saville to create identity design work for Kayne West.
  • Arne Glimcher has been promoted to the rank of Officier of the French Légion d’Honneur.
  • Profile of Zeng Fanzhi by Financial Times.
  • Ai Weiwei to join Stockholm Film Festival jury, even though he likely will not be allowed to attend in person.
  • Q&A with Jeff Koons about his Dom Pérignon collaboration and upcoming Whitney retrospective.
  • Carolina Miranda and Ed Ruscha discuss Twentysix Gasoline Stations and Every Building on the Sunset Strip.
  • Shepard Fairey talks to TMZ after leaving Chateau Marmont and has a update to his Obama piece.
  • Artnet takes a look at the work of Raymond Pettibon.
  • Ellen Mara De Wachter interviewed Sam Falls in Feb.
  • Dazed Digital interviews Jim Mangan.
  • ArtInfo interviews Jon Rafman.
  • Artnet interviews Matthias Arndt.
  • Cool Hunting interviews Eric Yahnker.
  • Bob Dylan to show seven iron works at Halcyon Gallery in London.
  • The landscape art found in Grand Theft Auto 5.