More stories from the week that ended March 20 (click on bolded words for more information):

  • Artinfo visits David Hammons: Five Decades at Mnuchin Gallery. Brian Boucher shares 11 things we should know about David Hammons.
  • RIP: Henrike Grohs, who passed away at the age of 51 after being killed by terrorists.
  • RIP: Giuseppe Rossi, the surgeon who saved Andy Warhol’s life after he was shot.
  • RIP: Anita Brookner, who passed away at the age of 87.
  • Toronto’s Feature art fair shuts down.
  • Five Francis Bacon paintings stolen from home in Madrid.
  • Italian police arrest 13 suspects in connection to  €15 mil. Castelvecchio Museum heist of 17 paintings.
  • Venice, Italy declared the most endangered heritage site in Europe by Europe Nostra.
  • Officials seize looted artifact headed to New York’s Asia Week. NY Times writes about law enforcement’s focus on antiques smuggling.
  • High-ranking Russian culture ministry officials and businessmen under investigation for embezzling state funds.
  • Nicholas Serota warns that the high cost of living in London is threatening its position as a creative capital.
  • More details regarding Picasso bust battle as trial intensifies.
  • Wilhelm-Hack-Museum seeking to raise funds to purchase looted Kirchner painting after reaching settlement.
  • Christie’s loses $700k court case of damage to art Chowaiki Gallery had stored with Christie’s.
  • Two Medieval buildings (one was to feature Bosch lightshow) collapses in Hieronymus Bosch’s home town.
  • Cindy Sherman refused to appear in Robert Mapplethorpe documentary because she did not like him.
  • David Choe wants you to leave Banksy’s identity alone.
  • Anthony Gormley unhappy that Vote Leave projected messages and logo across his sculpture.
  • Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McClaren’s burning £5mil. punk collection.
  • US citizen Otto Warmbier sentenced to 15 years hard labor for attempting to steal North Korean sign.
  • French Culture Ministry reappoints Guy Cogeval as president of Musée d’Orsay for shortened term.
  • National Academy decides to sell two Beaux-Arts buildings on Fifth Avenue at 89th Street in NY.
  • Car crashes into wall after Road Runner-style street art tunnel painted on it.
  • Broad Museum charging to view some special exhibitions.
  • Russia and Iran strengthen ties through cultural relationships.
  • Muhammad ibn al-Dheeb al-Ajami given royal pardon and freed after receiving 15-year prison sentence in 2011.
  • Carolina A Miranda provides a history of the Downtown Los Angeles art scene. And includes more.
  • Aegean Airlines, Documenta’s airline sponsor, will fly weekly between Athens & Kassel during show.
  • Emma Lavigne appointed curator of the 14th Biennale de Lyon.
  • Pakistan to get Lahore Biennale in 2017. Rashid Rana named as artistic director.
  • Scientists turn to nanotechnology to conserve and restore acrylic paint.
  • Molly Gottschalk writes about virtual reality as an artistic medium.
  • Christian Boros reviving classic 1920s publication Die Dame (The Lady).
  • Guggenheim Museum announces recent acquisitions, including Jamian Juliano-Villani and Hito Steyerl works.
  • Images inside the Breuer building after the Whitney and before the Met occupies it.
  • The Met’s Crime Story exhibition examines the objectivity of crime scene photos and mug shots. Artinfo interviews Doug Eklund about the show.
  • Darja Bajagić: Street Steve opens at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia’s Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery.
  • Mark Flood to have a Contemporary Arts Museum Houston survey show.
  • Aspen Art Museum to present first solo museum exhibition of Adam McEwen’s work.
  • Artnet looks at Taryn Simon’s exhibition at Garage Museum. NY Times has timelapse of Rashid Johnson’s Garage Museum 2-week installation.
  • Crocker Art Museum has a exhibition of Andy Warhol’s pop portraits.
  • As One collaboration between Marina Abramović Institute and NEON, opens at Benaki Museum in Athens.
  • Ulay to perform Invisible Opponent at the Musée d’art et d’histoire of Geneva on April 5.
  • Isaac Mizrahi: An Unruly History survey opens at the Jewish Museum. Mizarhi is interviewed on the occasion.
  • Museum of Broken Relationships exhibits heartbreak.
  • Lucy Dodd show open at Whitney for 4 days.
  • Jon Rafman exhibition coming to Stedelijk Museum.
  • Brera Art Gallery to hang Perugino and Raphael paintings of The Marriage of the Virgin side-by-side.
  • Jane Woodward opens private art foundation dedicated to just Tony Foster’s works.
  • Art museums increasingly seeking more environmentally friendly building designs.
  • The Clarion List looks at art insurance.
  • Francis Bacon’s Two Studies for a Self-Portrait to be offered at Sotheby’s in May sale.
  • Phillips announces appointment of Jonathan Crockett as head and deputy chairman in Asia.
  • The Black Leather Jacket auction run by Christie’s benefits LGBT Community Center and White Columns.
  • Bonham’s to hold first sale of Lebanese modern art by an international auction house.
  • Antiques dealers gather in New York to discuss 1stdibs’ new rules.
  • CNBC summarizes Gooding & Co. and RM Sotheby’s classic car auction.
  • Artinfo has images of highlights from TEFAF. The Art Newspaper writes about sales at TEFAF.
  • Artnet has a sales report from Art Dubai.
  • NADA NY 2016 releases exhibitor list.
  • Art Stage Singapore will be expanding to Jakarta with Art Stage Jakarta.
  • Eileen Kinsella examines the market for Fischli/Weiss works.
  • Carolina A. Miranda’s guide to galleries to visit during your trip to Downtown Los Angeles. Architectural Digest also has its picks for galleries in DTLA.
  • KCET interviews Paul Schimmel about Los Angeles and Hauser Wirth & Schimmel. Artinfo interviews Jenni Sorkin about the show. Jenni Sorkin and Paul Schimmel discuss works in the gallery’s debut show. Artillery Magazine visits the opening.
  • Art Market Monitor looks at the Nigerian art market.
  • Artsy writes about the market boom for figurative art.
  • Jeffrey Deitch to return to his former Deitch Projects location at 18 Wooster.
  • Joseph Nahmad opening Nahmad Projects in London.
  • Derek Blasberg interviews Ivan Karp.
  • Artspace interviews Rod Barton.
  • NY Times interviews Christiane Fischer about art insurance and running AXA Art Americas.
  • 247365 releases its official artist roster.
  • Larry’s List interviews Raimund Berthold and looks at his collection.
  • Curb visits Aby Rosen’s Midtown Tower sales gallery, which has some Warhols and other artwork.
  • ARTnews visits and talks to Ed Ruscha.
  • Tracey Emin creates jewelry for Stephen Webster.
  • Lisa Solberg interviews Jen Stark.
  • Artsy profiles Jesse Mockrin on occasion of her Night Gallery show.
  • Artinfo interviews Alphachanneling.
  • Freedman Fitzpatrick now represents Julien Nguyen.
  • LA Times reviews Christine Nguyen’s show at Baik Art.
  • Ai Weiwei hosts concert for Nour Alkhzam, who is currently stuck at refugee border camp. He also gets a public haircut by a migrant barber.
  • ARTnews visits and talks to Catharine Opie.
  • Richard Prince replies to Kanye West tweet.
  • Paper Mag interviews Shawné Michaelain Holloway.
  • ARTnews reviews Channa Horwitz and Haroon Mirza at Ghebaly Gallery.
  • Interview with Raymond Pettibon.
  • Petra Collins and Madelyne Beckles’ performance at the Art Production Fund gala.
  • W Magazine profiles Myla Dalbesio.
  • Scott Indrisek’s must-see gallery shows in New York at the moment.
  • Vantablack S-VIS paint available in spray form.
  • The Creators Projects writes about the history of flowers in art.
  • Jonathan Jones on British artists and their interest in clouds.
  • Francesco Clemente interviews Fran Lebowitz for Interview Magazine.
  • How Andy Warhol felt about Donald Trump.
  • Artnet has 6 of the most artful watches at Baselworld 2016.
  • Fashion brands discovering artists via Instagram.
  • Pee-wee Herman’s return and art world origins.
  • Ariel Hart creates series of Lisa Frank-branded tarot cards.
  • The Creators Project suggests 6 Art Masterpieces to Replace Facebook’s Reaction Emojis.