More stories from the week that ended Sept 28 (click on bolded words for more information):
- JR’s exhibition Unframed — Ellis Island in NY Times. Image: Joshua Bright for The New York Times.
- Two American tourists allegedly steal 30kg artifact from the ruins of Pompeii.
- Uffizi Gallery in Italy damaged by flooding after massive hail storms.
- Ownership of set of 396 prints by Jörg Immendorff in dispute in court.
- WSJ provides information and tips for dividing art work in case of a divorce or death.
- Stifel Nicolaus cuts Sotheby’s earnings projection due to slowing in China.
- Human zoo exhibition at Barbican Theater in London featuring black actors cancelled after protests.
- Artists and others band together to fight Arizona revenge porn law.
- John Kerry cites the interest of protecting cultural heritage sites in Iraq and Syria as a reason for intervention.
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UNESCO thinks that Djoser pyramid in Egypt may have been damaged during restoration.
- How museums are hurting themselves by not allowing picture-taking.
- Eisenhower Memorial panel moves forward with controversial design by Frank Gehry.
- Some in Houston consider Jorge Marin’s nude statues displayed publicly as too pornographic.
- United Brothers offers soup with radioactive daikon radish grown in Fukushima at Frieze Art Fair.
- Artspace shows us How to Think About Conceptual Art.
- Unfinished Adoration of the Magi work by Leonardo Da Vinci nearly restored.
- DIS announced as the curatorial team for Berlin Biennale.
- Sondra Gilman Gonzalez-Falla and Celso Gonzalez-Falla promise a gift of 75 photographs to Whitney Museum.
- A look at State of the Art: Discovering American Art Now survey show at Crystal Bridges.
- The Aga Khan, North America’s first Islamic Art Museum, opens in Toronto.
- Visitors will continue to be able to visit Paleolithic art at Altamira Caves in Northern Spain until Feb ’15.
- International Center of Photography moving from Midtown to the Bowery in NY.
- SculptureCenter’s Pothole, Puddle, Portal show includes Jamian Juliano-Villani, Chadwick Rantanen, and more.
- LA Times looks at The Los Angeles Project show at Ullens Center for Contemporary Art.
- Sotheby’s will be auctioning small Jasper Johns Flag (1983) painting during Nov auction.
- A look at the current art investment boom.
- A sales report from Art Berlin Contemporary.
- Shane Campbell Gallery moving to new 8,500 sq. ft. space in Chicago.
- LA Canvas takes a look at Roberts & Tilton Gallery.
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Kammer & Reinhardt doll sells for record £242,500 at Bonhams.
- David Frum talks about his dad, collector Murray Frum.
- ARTNews interviews Jeffrey Deitch.
- Michael Manning’s Carl Kostyal show a Artforum Critic’s Pick.
- Ai Weiwei’s Alcatraz show features Lego portraits.
- ABC7 Eyewitness News takes a look at Andy Warhol: Shadows.
- Artsy writes about Sterling Ruby’s shows in Asia.
- Aperture interviews Sara VanDerBeek.
- Eric Gibson writes about Jeff Koons’ Whitney retrospective.
- Lana Newstrom makes invisible art.
- A look at Gary Hume.
- Van Hanos show at Tanya Leighton a Artforum Critic’s Pick.
- A look at Pierpaolo Ferrari and Maurizio Cattelan’s Toiletpaper.
- Profile of Julia Dault.
- Denise De La Rue uses Picasso’s Guernica in her film shown at the UN’s General Assembly.
- Andrew Russeth reviews some exhibitions in Chicago.
- Images of Marlborough Chelsea’s Broadway Morey Boogie public art installation.
- Some art books releasing this fall season.
- Ace Hotel’s Atelier Ace Issue releases limited edition, signed and numbered Peter Sutherland print.
- Edition of 500 Jean Baptiste-Bernadet Fugue book available from Triangle Books.
- PCP releases Faith47 limited edition, signed and numbered print.
- Victor Vasarely products released by Artware Editions.
- Vincent van Gogh musical opening next year.
- John Malkovich inserts himself into classic art and photographic masterpieces.
- Mr. Bean inserted into historical portraits.
- Stevie Nicks to show Polaroid self-portraits at Morrison Hotel Gallery.
- Shia LaBeouf will jog around the perimeter of the Stedelijk Museum and invites participants to join him.
- A call for a stop to James Franco’s multimedia activities.