More stories from the week that ended Sept 7 (click on bolded words for more information):
- Totally Thames launches Florentijn Hofman’s first-ever UK commission, HippopoThames.
- RIP: Thawan Duchanee, who died at the age of 74 due to hepatitis.
- RIP: Lida Moser, who died at the age of 93.
- Three charged in the murder of Bilal Berreni, aka Zoo Project, in Detroit.
- Robert Rauschenberg’s Collection assists in solving decades-old murder case.
- Thoma Vuille, aka M. Chat, on trial for graffiti, but has much support.
- Public art has been losing battles in the courtrooms.
- Frank Gehry’s design for Performing Arts Center at the World Trade Center rejected.
- Opening arguments for Detroit’s bankruptcy trial underway as the issue of selling artwork is discussed.
- The price of rent for studio space in Berlin is rising.
- Police raid the home of Aaron and Sam Taylor-Johnson due to someone spotting a disarmed machine gun.
- Bert Kreuk sues Danh Vo for $1.2mil. after not receiving a work.
- Vernon Steward sues the American Museum of the Moving Image because he tripped over a baby and fell.
- Scrovegni Chapel’s frescoe’s by Giotto damaged by lightning.
- São Paulo Biennial curators and artists join in demanding return of Israeli sponsorship money.
- Two problems in the art world that stick out to Jerry Saltz from perusing Art Forum magazine.
- Students still choosing Cooper Union despite of (or because of) new tuition cost.
- Engraving discovered at cave in Gibraltar could be most compelling evidence yet for Neanderthal art.
- Archaeologists say for certain that Stonehenge was once a complete circle after dry weather shows revelation.
- Jen and Paul’s One Stop Shopping Souvenir City offers tours and art souvenirs in NY.
- Some familiar work by artists you’ll notice on the clothes during New York Fashion Week.
- 150 street artists made work on the walls, rooftops, and water tanks in Djerba.
- Ben Davis writes about Emma Sulkowicz’s performance art piece Mattress Performance.
- Officials have found a Monet landscape painting in a suitcase Cornelius Gurlitt took to a hospital.
- Hitler’s childhood home in Branau, Austria to become Holocaust museum.
- Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Moscow has Russia’s first uncensored library of contemporary art.
- MoMA PS1 to restore and renovate James Turrell’s Meeting.
- First Pop-Up Pompidou to open in Malaga next spring.
- Louvre museum to undergo decades-long refurbishing initiative.
- Kunsthalle Zurich names Daniel Baumann as director to replace the departing Beatrix Ruf.
- Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center to double its physical size after award of $646k in funding.
- Tech industry money still not after buying artwork in San Francisco and Silicon Valley.
- Art+Auction’s list of 50 Women Artists Worth Watching.
- Hans Peter Haselsteiner majority owner of new company that will purchase Essl collection for €115 mil.
- Andy Warhol’s Triple Elvis and Four Marlons paintings to go on sale at Christie’s in Nov.
- Sotheby’s to have a pop-up show of William Eggleston’s work in Palo Alto.
- Christie’s launches the Watch Shop.
- Portuguese judge rules that Portuguese government may sell cache of 85 works by Joan Miró.
- Art Moscow may or may not happen.
- Artnet finds the most extravagant places to stay on Airbnb for Art Basel in Miami Beach.
- Sam McKinniss writes about Jamian Juliano-Villani.
- Profile of Darja Bajagic.
- Garage Magazine issue to come with virtual Jeff Koons piece accessible by app.
- Q&A with Joel Mesler.
- Pari Eshan interviews Jackie Saccoccio.
- Justine Kurland answers 20 questions.
- Brandon Stanton of Humans of New York goes one a eleven country tour.
- Kadar Brock answers some questions and announces future shows.
- The Hundreds interviews Scott Caan.
- Culture Type’s list of The Season’s 16 Most-Anticipated Art Exhibitions.
- Rosalyn Deutsche takes a look at the September 11 Memorial Museum.
- Seth Carmichael talks about IDEA and the artists they are working with.
- Nicholas Bowers in Artillery Magazine.
- Jeff Koons and Paloma Picasso talk about habits.
- Profile of Michelle Joan Papillion.
- Artspace takes a look at Ólafur Elíasson’s career.
- List of nominated artists announced for the 2014 Vincent Award.
- Marc Newson joining Apple as part of Jonathan Ive’s team
- Warp releases Aphex Twin’s Syro design artwork by The Designers Republic.
- New Parker Ito screen print released.
- Sculptured vase now available from Case Studyo designed by Steve Harrington.
- Angelina Jolie’s wedding dress was covered in her children’s artwork and illustrations.
