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

  • Greg Parma Smith’s show at David Lewis is a Artforum Critic’s Pick.
  • RIP: Malick Sidibé, who passed away at the age of 80.
  • RIP: Julie Becker, who passed away at the age of 44.
  • Siyuan Zhao, who stabbed a Art Basel Miami Beach fairgoer, pleads guilty to attempted murder.
  • Swiss prosecutors raid storage facility in Geneva in search of disputed Modigliani painting. Bloomberg reveals that the painting has been confiscated. Institut Restellini identifies sitter in painting as Georges Menier.
  • Oscar Murillo detained and deported after destroying his British passport while enroute to Sydney.
  • Singapore branch of Pinacothèque de Paris closes its doors for good.
  • MoMA closing architecture and design galleries ahead of renovation and expansion.
  • Townhouse gallery in Cairo partially demolished following collapse. It is going to be restored.
  • Sales at SP Arte go mainly to collectors outside Brazil due to recession gripping the country.
  • Guggenheim Museum cancels scheduled loans of works to El Paso Museum of Art due to financial reasons.
  • FBI offers $25k reward for Warhol prints stolen from Springfield Art Museum.
  • The troubles surrounding the German art market.
  • Looted Bartholomeus van der Helst painting withdrawn from Im Kinsky at France’s request.
  • Bill to eliminate legal hurdles for heirs of Holocaust victims to claim Nazi-looted art introduced into Congress.
  • Christie’s has consigned David Hammons work removed from his exhibition at Mnuchin Gallery during its run.
  • Andrew Schoultz, Kristen Liu­Wong, and other creatives discuss what they miss about leaving SF for LA.
  • Zocalo Public Square discusses pretentiousness in art.
  • Met Opera director James Levine to retire after 40 years at the job due to health issues.
  • Italian historians track down 35 living relatives of Leonardo da Vinci.
  • A look at the few remaining El Salvadorian artists dedicated to restoring the country’s ancient Catholic artifacts.
  • Ukraine recovers four of twenty-four paintings that were stolen from Westfries Museum in 2005.
  • How Peggy Guggenheim made Jackson Pollock.
  • Possible lost Caravaggio painting worth $135mil. found in attic in France. Experts approve of the work as authentic. Art History News has some facts on the find.
  • Canadian government pledges to invest $1.4bil in nation’s arts and culture over the next five years.
  • Artists selected for Current:LA Water exhibition, Los Angeles’ first public art biennial. LA Weekly also covers the announcement.
  • The Guardian discusses Conceptual Art.
  • Le Corbusier tapestry unveiled at the Sydney Opera House, 58 years after it was commissioned.
  • Pepsi-Cola sign in Long Island City now an official New York City landmark.
  • Study by Invaluable reveals that millennials prefer Instagram to museums.
  • Clyfford Still Museum makes rare loan of 9 major works to the Royal Academy of Art in London.
  • Libeskind Studio to build Kurdistan Museum in Northern Iraq.
  • Iraq converting Saddam Hussein’s Basra palace into a museum that is opening in Sept.
  • Anne Pasternak explores issues and challenges faced by the Brooklyn Museum.
  • Sjarel Ex discusses the Public Art Depot of the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen.
  • Ruya Foundation launches first online database for Iraqi artists to show and possibly sell work.
  • Jean Nouvel–designed Louvre Abu Dhabi is now 95% complete.
  • NY’s International Center of Photography (ICP) will reopen on June 23.
  • Artnet discusses Seeing Nature: Landscape Masterworks from the Paul G. Allen Family Collection.
  • Hunter Drohojowska-Philp discusses Betye Saar’s retrospective at Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art.
  • Q&A with Adrian Cheng on his K11 Art Malls and Incubating Communities.
  • Yana Peel appointed CEO of the Serpentine Galleries.
  • Tania Bruguera raises $100k to open Institute of Art Activism. Pussy Riot will be first artists-in-residence.
  • Donald Trump donates $100k to National September 11 Memorial & Museum.
  • The first Antarctic Biennale is due to launch next spring in South Pole.
  • Elmgreen & Dragset chosen as curators of Istanbul Biennial in 2017.
  • Christie’s to offer major Jean-Michel Basquiat painting to lead its evening sale in May. Brian Boucher wonders if it will break the artist’s record at auction. Adam Lindemann is reportedly the seller.
  • Heritage Auctions to offer items from Anita Reiner’s estate.
  • Liu Yiqian buys Beijing Council International Auction Co. for $415.4mil. to open his own auction house.
  • Picasso ceramics continue to do well at auction.
  • WME-IMG invests in Frieze Art Fair so that they may expand their digital presence.
  • Artnet previews the Dallas Art Fair. Artsy’s choices for 10 artworks to collect from the fair. Eileen Kinsella has her picks for the top booths there.
  • Artinfo’s choices for the must-see booths at AIPAD Photography Show.
  • Kenny Schachter’s adventures during Art Cologne. Artnet’s choices for the best booths at Art Cologne.
  • Q&A with Elizabeth Dee on Independent Brussels.
  • Artspace profiles and interviews Jack Hanley.
  • Larry’s List interviews Suzanne Syz about her collection.
  • Henri Neuendorf details the top ten German art collectors.
  • Artnet details Dallas’ power collecting couples.
  • NY Times visits Amalia Ulman, Jared Madere, Neïl Beloufa, and Darja Bajagić’s studios.
  • David Salle discusses his Nice Weather group show at Skarstedt Gallery.
  • How a painful childhood accident led Chris Burden to employ extreme personal danger in his artworks.
  • Interview with Charming Baker.
  • Hauser & Wirth now represents Jack Whitten.
  • Theaster Gates wins Kurt Schwitters Prize, worth €25k. It is also announced that he is now represented by Regan Projects.
  • Artsy’s list of emerging artists to watch this Spring.
  • Keith J Varadi Life Task book available for purchase.
  • Orion Martin limited edition book available from Whitney Shop.
  • Bloomberg writes about Jeff Koons’ magenta Balloon Dog edition.
  • Scott Marsh’s Kanye Kissing Kanye print (perhaps with licensing rights) reported to have sold for $100k.
  • $11.3mil. Tuscan villa on the market believe to have been owned by Mona Lisa.
  • Coachella promises most expansive art installations in its history.
  • DIS officially endorses Bernie Sanders.
  • Is culture killing America’s poor?