More stories from the week that ended April 24 (click on bolded words for more information):
- NY Mag visits Vito Schnabel’s apartment. They also tour Adelaide de Menil’s place.
- RIP: Richard Smith, who passed away at the age of 84.
- RIP: Huang Zhuan, who passed away at the age of 58 after a battle with cancer.
- Picasso works among those stolen from the corporate collection of Portigon AG.
- Wilma “Billie” Tisch realizes after several years that her $1mil. Picasso is missing and being sold in Fl gallery.
- Bankruptcy trustee takes over Ace Gallery as Doug Chrismas fails to make court-ordered payment.
- Perry Rubenstein arrested in Santa Monica after he was charged with grand theft by embezzlement.
- Blake Gopnik explains the truth about the Warhol soup cans stolen from Springfield Art Museum.
- Metropolitan Museum of Art announces cutbacks and layoffs to curb its $10mil. deficit.
- Ann Freedman speaks about the Knoedler Gallery scandal.
- Jeremy Scott and Moschino’s legal team claim that graffiti can not be copyright protected.
- Austin Peay State University student had no malicious intent in creating rainbow colored nooses installation.
- Damien Hirst’s formaldehyde works discovered to leak noxious gas. Hirst and Tate dispute the findings.
- Clare McAndrew thinks that the art market is becoming even more opaque and secretive.
- Why Christie’s closed its Palm Beach, Florida office.
- Replica of Palmyra arch destroyed by Isil rises over Trafalgar Square.
- The last building that Marcel Breuer designed before his death is under threat of demolition.
- G.U.L.F to resume demonstrations aimed at Guggenheim Museum concerning labor practices.
- Smithsonian American Art Museum director Elizabeth “Betsy” Broun will be retiring at the end of this year.
- Exhibition of Cornelius Gurlitt’s collection at museums in Bonn and Bern postponed due to court decision.
- Stein Erik Hagen opens up his art collection to Norwegian National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design.
- Marilyn Minter creates work with Miley Cyrus and it will be sold to benefit Planned Parenthood. It is available on Artsy.
- Townhouse Gallery in Cairo announces that their headquarters will be restored.
- How virtual reality is being used to make art.
- Zaha Hadid Architects will continue to operate and be under the leadership of Patrick Schumacher.
- Shepard Fairey and Cleon Peterson design library card for Los Angeles Public Library.
- Cornelia Parker’s Transitional Object (PsychoBarn) goes up on roof garden of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- Brooch made by Paul Gauguin for his wife Mette goes on display at the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek.
- Helmut Lang, Dan Colen, and Paola Pivi shows open at Dallas Contemporary.
- David Hockney show coming to National Gallery of Victoria.
- Wolfgang Tillmans announces Feb 2017 Tate Modern exhibition.
- Tate Britain to host Queer British Art exhibition in 2017.
- David Geffen gives $100mil. donation to MoMA.
- Oakland Museum of California opens Altered State: Marijuana in California exhibition on 4/20.
- Millennium Iconoclast Museum of Art (MIMA) opens in Molenbeek, Belgium.
- Maurizio Cattelan installing a solid gold 18-carat toilet at the Guggenheim.
- LACMA’s Collectors Committee acquires five works of art and two collections this year. How the event played out.
- Gary Nader would like his own museum in Miami.
- Interview with Marina Fokidis about Documenta 14.
- Mark Bradford will represent the United States at the Venice Biennale.
- Christie’s explores work by seven artists with work in its Bound to Fail sale.
- Clement Greenberg’s heirs selling works from his collection at auction at Christie’s in May.
- Unpublished diary of Salvador Dalí to be offered by Sotheby’s.
- Artspace’s choices for the 10 best artworks at Art Cologne 2016. And its picks for emerging artists to discover at the fair.
- Scott Indrisek’s thoughts on Art Brussels.
- Artnet has a list of people for you to network with at Art Brussels.
- Artsy covers the Independent Brussels art fair. Artnet’s choices for the top 10 booths at the fair.
- A preview of the Frieze New York art fair.
- Art Basel announces its 2016 film and video program.
- VOLTA 12 announces its list of exhibitors for this year.
- Damien Hirst is back with Gagosian Gallery.
- Artpsace profiles the dealer couple behind Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler.
- Liu Yiqian says he will continue to buy and will focus on Western art as well.
- Mary Rozell discusses the UBS art collection, which will acquire more Asian works.
- The market for Marcel Broodthaers’ work.
- Stefan Simchowitz, Paul Schimmel, and Amy Cappellazzo speak on panel with Sarah Thornton. Five lessons Amy Cappellazzo gives us about today’s art market.
- Charles Saatchi makes a nice profit selling Charlie Billingham works at auction.
- Wally Findlay Galleries and David Findlay Jr. Gallery reunite and are to operate as Findlay Galleries.
- Architectural Digest interviews Naomi deLuce Wilding and Anthony Cran.
- Eye on LA interviews Billy Shire about Wacko and La Luz de Jesus.
- Exhibition A interviews Rod Barton.
- Artspace interviews Super Dakota’s Damîen Bertelle-Rogier.
- Artspace profiles 12 galleries in Brussels.
- The Clarion List tells you five questions you should ask yourself before buying a piece of artwork.
- Why galleries don’t display prices of artwork.
- Postmodernism is making a comeback in the market.
- Robert Longo discusses his work.
- Bettina Korek profiles Martine Syms for Surface Magazine.
- NY Times reviews The Propeller Group’s show at James Cohan.
- Gagosian Gallery exhibits show of Jean Piggozi’s photographs from his famous pool.
- Dylan Kerr visits and interviews Fanny Allié.
- Sarah P. Hanson talks to Glenn O’Brien.
- ARTnews visits Amanda Ross-Ho.
- Vulture profiles Richard Prince.
- Huck Magazine talks to John Baldessari.
- Hernan Bas discusses how his collecting influences his art-making.
- Catherine Fairbanks at Wilding Cran Gallery is an Artforum Critic’s Pick.
- Artinfo covers R. Crumb show at David Zwirner’s London location.
- LA Times reviews Lawrence Weiner’s show at Regen Projects.
- Tom Sachs gets a Jeffrey Deitch Gallery show.
- Frank Stella appears on Modern Art Notes Podcast.
- The Creators Project visits Dan Colen.
- Max Maslansky speaks on The Conversation podcast.
- LA Times reviews Scott Anderson’s show at CES Gallery.
- Cesar Garcia in conversation with Jim Shaw and Daniel Guzmán at Neuehouse, Los Angeles.
- Rebecca Bates interviews Ross Bleckner.
- Vulture’s list of 11 artists poised to have a breakout year.
- Yale University Press to release Hieronymus Bosch catalogue raisonné, with two other major books.
- How Daniel Arsham spends his Sundays.
- Jerry Saltz talks with James Franco.
- Derek Blasberg interviews Bret Easton Ellis.
- The story behind Willem de Kooning’s Woman I.
- The Mona Lisa may have been based on Leonardo da Vinci’s male lover.
- Harmony Korine directs a Rhianna music video.
- Artspace chooses the best in brutalist architecture.
- Bernie Sanders visits The Art of a Political Revolution NYC show he inspired.
- The power of Prince’s image.
- A look at the art installations at Coachella.
- Louise Blouin lists her Southampton residence for rent in August for $1mil. for the month.
