More stories from the week that ended Jan 17 (click on bolded words for more information):

  • Vice writes about Awol Erizku’s show at Duchamp Detox Clinic. W Magazine also looks at the exhibition.
  • RIP: David Bowie, who passed away at the age of 69 due to cancer. Bowie’s influence on contemporary art. A look at his art collection. Artnet throws it back to when Bowie chatted with Tracey Emin in 2001. The art world pays tribute to Bowie via Instagram. The time he was involved in a Nam June Paik project. Tony Visconti thinks his death was a work of art.
  • RIP: Ashley Olsen, who passed away at the age of 35 after being found strangled in her bed. Suspect in the case has been arrested.
  • Ashraf Fayadh sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia after he is found to have denounced Islam.
  • Ten people killed as result of fatal bomb blast in Istanbul near Blue Mosque in historic Sultanahmet.
  • Kalakakshi art collective claim Indian police attacked them unprovoked while they were working on a piece.
  • Fire at the Church of Saint-Louis in Fontainebleau, France during theft suspected to be arson.
  • Muhammad cartoons censored (one removed and one partially covered) at Charlie Hebdo exhibit in Tel Aviv.
  • Two people arrested after being caught smuggling a painting which experts suspect is by Anthony van Dyck.
  • Indictment imminent for Natali Cohen Vaxberg after she defecated on the Israeli flag.
  • Some UK museums to charge admission fees or deaccession works from their collection amid funding cuts.
  • RIME’s lawsuit against Jeremy Scott to head to trial.
  • Larry Gagosian going to court against royal family of Qatar over ownership of Picasso’s Bust of a Woman. Eileen Kinsella wonders if litigation will result in knowledge of Gagosian’s buyer.
  • The Supreme Court declines to hear an appeal over California Resale Royalties Act.
  • Tony Shafrazi sued for $1mil. in unpaid rent accrued during time which he refused to vacate house.
  • Vice calls out Tyler Shields for copying other artists’ work.
  • Vaj Graff vandalizes 19th-century statue of Queen Victoria in Bristol by painting naked legs and pubic hair.
  • J.K. Rowling vandalizes marble bust in her hotel room and it becomes memorialized.
  • Colin Gleadell thinks that the art market bubble is deflating.
  • Lego reversing its policy on bulk purchases following Ai Weiwei’s reaction and the support he received.
  • Ben Davis explores the role of growing up with the benefit of wealth as an artist.
  • Possible Warhol painting discovered in a Yucca Valley thrift store.
  • Frances Morris appointed as the new director of the Tate Modern.
  • Louise Bourgeois to be one of the first artists exhibited at Tate Modern’s new museum when it opens June 17.
  • Abstract details in Chauvet Caves paintings, created 36,000 years ago, could depict volcanic eruption.
  • Marwan Zakhem to open Gallery 1957, a contemporary private art museum in Ghana.
  • Elizabeth Verdow, teacher and former Detroit Institute of Arts volunteer leaves museum $1.71mil. gift.
  • Becky Benaroya gifts Tacoma Art Museum 225 artworks from her family’s collection and $14mil.
  • Artis—Naples receives $15mil. gift from Kimberly K. Querrey and Louis A. Simpson.
  • JMW Turner painting Dutch Boats in a Gale will remain at National Gallery following death of Harry Hyams.
  • Whitney museum acquires painting by Archibald Motley for its collection.
  • Lloyd DeWitt named chief curator and Irene Leache curator of European art at Chrysler Museum of Art.
  • New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science now affiliated with the Smithsonian.
  • How Sothbey’s acquisition of Art Agency, Partners may impact Dallas Museum of Art.
  • Sotheby’s acquires Art Agency Partners for as much as $85mil. Judd Tully analyzes the effect of the acquisition on the company. Artinfo looks at the effect of the uneasy situation the acquisition foregrounds.
  • Marina Picasso selling some of her collection of her grandfather’s works at Sotheby’s.
  • Two Lucian Freud paintings of two daughters to be sold at Christie’s.
  • Eskandar and Fatima Maleki’s Gerhard Richter painting could break the artist’s record for a work.
  • Andy Warhol’s Fourteen Small Electric Chairs is the highlight of Bonham’s upcoming London sale.
  • The Art Newspaper profiles Paula Cooper.
  • Massimo De Carlo gallery to open a location in Hong Kong.
  • i-D writes about the burgeoning gallery scene in NY’s Chinatown.
  • Paddle8 looks at Andrea Franchini and his art collection, mainly consisting of photographic works.
  • Larry’s List interviews Jane Wesman.
  • Christie’s talks to Kathy Grayson about her art collection.
  • Irma Zandl talks about her street art collection.
  • Paddle8 looks at Jamie Tisch’s collection.
  • W Magazine profiles Joshua Roth.
  • ARTnews Ltd. names Vincent Fremont as chief executive officer.
  • Kenny Schachter profiles Joe Bradley.
  • Modern Painters interviews Catherine Opie.
  • W Magazine profiles and interviews Alex Israel.
  • The Guerrilla Girls appear on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.
  • Ai Weiwei discusses his installation at Le Bon Marché.
  • Scott Indrisek profiles Brian Belott.
  • An interview with Chantal Joffe.
  • Artinfo looks at the Larry Poons show at Loretta Howard Gallery.
  • Jimmie Durham awarded the 2016 Goslar Kaiserring.
  • Creative Capital announces winners of its 2016 awards, including Liz Glynn, Ahamefule J. Oluo, and more.
  • Phaidon looks at Saul Leiter.
  • Erica Simone’s nude photography project in New York.
  • MBW creates a family portrait of the Kardashian’s in Renoir’s style.
  • Alejandro Aravena receives the 2016 Pritzker Architecture Prize.
  • Duane Hanson’s former downtown NY loft, in building with preserved SAMO tag, now available for rent.
  • Andrew Kuo reminisces about LCD Soundsystem.
  • Yves Béhar provides a design and technological update of the Super 8 camera for Kodak.
  • Upper Playground offers Jeremy Fish’s Bison Van OG edition.