More stories from the week that ended Sept 25 (click on bolded words for more information):
- Karon Davis’ Pain Management at Wilding Cran exhibition images are up on the gallery’s website.
- RIP: Annie Pootoogook, who passed away at the age of 47. Her death is being investigated.
- RIP: Jan Statman, who passed away at the age of 81 after being involved in a vehicular accident.
- RIP: Wilf Roberts, who passed away at the age of 75 following an illness.
- RIP: Hassan Sharif, who passed away at the age of 65 due to cancer.
- RIP: Hassan Sharif, who passed away at the age of 65.
- RIP: William Louis-Dreyfus, who passed away at the age of 84.
- RIP: Teodoro González de León, who passed away at the age of 90 due to a heart attack.
- Fire breaks out at Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm and the entire building is feared destroyed.
- Closure: Kansas gallery closes after five years.
- Closure: Hokitika’s Carnegie Gallery closes until further notice following seismic report.
- Metropolitan Fine Arts & Antiques in NY busted for multimillion dollar illegal ivory operation.
- Kelley Walker’s work depicting police brutality showing at CAM in St Louis causes controversy.
- Christopher Wool painting and more in dispute during Robert and Melissa Soros divorce proceedings.
- Tara Subkoff wants $10mil. in her divorce from Urs Fischer.
- Dutch court orders Marina Abramović to pay Ulay over €250k over disputed collaborative works.
- Banksy’s Love Plane removed from Liverpool street and will enter “street art museum”.
- Car crashes into Museum of Broken Relationships as two people are injured.
- Stefan Kalmár leaves Artists Space to be director of ICA in London.
- Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s divorce could put their art collection in jeopardy.
- Andrew Russeth does not like Thomas Heatherwick’s Hudson Yards public art piece.
- How relationships with dealers and collectors have changed and evolved in recent times.
- Sir Nicholas Serota tells residents living across Switch House that they should buy curtains if they want privacy.
- French president François Hollande announces $100mil. fund to protect cultural heritage in the Middle East.
- Markus Lüpertz calls Berlin’s cultural scene “completely overrated.”
- Scott Reyburn writes about the struggles faced by Paris art fairs trying to get back on track.
- Activists in Boyle Heights march, protest, and serve galleries with eviction notices.
- Linda Yoblansky’s weekend in Los Angeles.
- High Museum of Art to reduce price of adult admission to $14.50.
- Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari’s Toiletpaper project at the Fondation Beyeler Summer Night’s Gala.
- Jeffrey Gundlach gives $42.5mil. to Albright-Knox Art Gallery.
- Dusseldorf’s state museums acquire over 200 works from gallery owners Dorothee and Konrad Fischer.
- Tate acquires its earliest picture by a female artist, a work by Joan Carlile.
- Laura Sparks named first woman president of Cooper Union.
- Aria Dean brought in as new assistant curator of net art at Rhizome.
- Manuel Rabaté appointed director of Louvre Abu Dhabi.
- Socrates Sculpture Park to get first permanent building and design is revealed.
- Smithsonian Institution’s Archives of American Art wins the first Don Tyson Prize and $200k.
- 2017 Venice Biennale will focus on artists and not on big themes.
- Newly-discovered sketch leaf by Beethoven for “Emperor” concerto to be offered at auction by Sotheby’s.
- Katya Kazakina reports on the Phillips New Now sale.
- Original painting for E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial movie poster to be offered at Heritage Auctions.
- What it feels like to conduct an auction.
- Scott Indrisek previews EXPO Chicago and writes about what you might want to buy there. Artnet’s list of the top ten booths at EXPO Chicago.
- Exhibitor list released for NADA Miami Beach 2016.
- Rirkrit Tiravanija and Tomas Vu to Open Surf Shop at UNTITLED’s fair in Miami Beach.
- Brexit could provide an advantage for the UK art market.
- How Victoria Miro is managing sales for Njideka Akunyili Crosby’s works.
- Andrew Russeth writes about the golden age of art dealing.
- Niels Kantor and Stefan Simchowitz discuss the market for young artists previously hot at auction.
- Stefan Simchowitz installs rotating display of art in the new ICM Partners offices.
- Why investors are looking at Sotheby’s stock performance and the art market in general.
- What Loretta Würtenberger, founder of the Institute for Artists’ Estates, is doing for artist estates.
- Part 1 of Kenny Schachter’s summer art and car adventures. And also part 2.
- Art Jobs interviews Ken Harman.
- Larry’s List interviews Amy Phelan.
- Theaster Gates acquires gazebo at the site of where Tamir Rice was shot. The Art Newspaper talks to David Adjaye and Theaster Gates.
- Mary Reid Kelley and Lauren Redniss among the winners of 2016 MacArthur “Genius” grants.
- Artnet profiles Manuel Mathieu.
- Julie Mehretu appears on The Modern Art Notes podcast.
- Josh Faught and Ruth Laskey win San Francisco Artadia Awards and $10k each.
- LA Times visits Larry Clark’s show at UTA Artist Space.
- Arnet interviews Harmony Korine.
- Frieze visits Rachel Rose’s show at Pilar Corrias.
- Artspace has a Q&A With Jorge Pardo.
- Paper Mag interviews Sasha Frolova.
- Flaunt Magazine profiles and talks to Chris Coy.
- Artinfo has a Q&A with Sara VanDerBeek.
- Artnet writes about the Os Gemeos show currently at Lehmann Maupin.
- Solveig Settemsdal wins the Jerwood Drawing Prize and £8k.
- Roger Hiorns wins 2016 edition of the Faena Prize for the Arts and gets $75k to create work.
- Artspace surveys folks about what artists should and should not do during a studio visit.
- Artnet covers the week in art events.
- TOILETPAPER x Daft Punk limited edition vinyl record now available.
- Page Six previews Alberto Mugrabi’s wedding to Colby Jordan.
- Michael Kohn’s model train collection.
- Whitney Museum shop sells limited edition honey.
- A look at Sophia Coppola’s art collection.
- Madame Tussauds separates wax figures of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie in their exhibit.
- Kanye West joins Instagram and says it will be his art.
- Jared Leto to star as Andy Warhol in upcoming Hollywood film.
- Whoopi Goldberg wears a Vetements hoodie on the View