More stories from the week that ended Jan 15 (click on bolded words for more information):

  • Aaron Garber-Maikovska’s 2017 exhibition opens at C L E A R I N G New York.
  • Donald Trump’s promise of Reagan-style tax reforms causes alarm with art collectors and institutions.
  • High profile artists and art critics pledge their support to the rapidly growing #J20 Art Strike movement. Some figures criticize the strike. More on how the art world is reacting to the inauguration. How to prepare for the inauguration with art.
  • Tania Bruguera detained and interrogated in Cuba again.
  • Kenny Schachter writes about the fire that ravaged his London home and art collection.
  • Feuer/Melser gallery to close and be replaced by gallery partner Lauren Marinaro’s Marinaro Gallery. Joel Mesler opening a space in the Hamptons.
  • Auctionata having financial difficulties after expected investment falls through.
  • Brice Marden leaves Matthew Marks Gallery for Gagosian Gallery.
  • Nazi-loot panel asks Sprengel Museum to return Schmidt-Rottluff work to heirs, saying it was sold in duress.
  • Johnny Van Haeften opens a gallery in his London home after losing the lease to his Mayfair gallery.
  • Richard Prince appears to denounce a work he made of Ivanka Trump. The New York Times interviews the artist regarding the disavowal. JJ Charlesworth shares his opinion on the art world’s relationship with the Trumps. Jerry Saltz weighs in.
  • Luis Camnitzer petitions Trump to commission Christo to build an orange fence separating Mexico and the US.
  • Speculation growing that the Tate’s next director (to replace Nicholas Serota) will be Maria Balshaw. It is confirmed.
  • French courts clear Wildenstein clan on charges of tax fraud and money laundering.
  • Ben Davis writes about Google Cultural Institute and artificial intelligence in art.
  • Trump’s support called upon for establishment of American Museum of Women’s History at Smithsonian.
  • George Lucas’ Museum of Narrative Art finds its home in Los Angeles.
  • Central Saint Martins creates temporary art school at Tate Modern’s Switch House.
  • Sarah McCrory named director of Goldsmiths’ new contemporary art gallery.
  • Tristram Hunt named the next director of the Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A).
  • The Art Newspaper’s list of The top ten museum acquisitions of 2016.
  • The Art Newspaper’s guide to new museums and expansions in 2017.
  • Hasso Plattner’s new private museum in Potsdam, Museum Barberini, opens on January 23.
  • 10 new museums with architecture that made headlines in 2016.
  • 7 architecturally anticipated cultural institutions opening in 2017.
  • Tom Overton reflects on the life of Tom Berger.
  • Christie’s offering 21 works by Diego Giacometti at auction from the collection of  Hubert de Givenchy.
  • Artnet acquires Artlist.
  • Georgina Adam makes art market predictions for 2017.
  • The changing market for Old Masters works.
  • Jori Finkel writes about the FOG and Untitled art fairs in San Francisco.
  • Eric Shiner to curate section of large-scale works at 2017 Armory Show.
  • Larry’s List provides reasons why you should attend Art Rotterdam.
  • The Art Newspaper’s picks for Five must-see shows at Condo 2017 in London.
  • Max Wolf discusses Red Bull Arts’s branded alternatives to the gallery model.
  • Four artists pay tribute to Barbara Weiss.
  • Agnes Gund may have sold Roy Lichtenstein’s Masterpiece for $150mil.
  • Leonardo DiCaprio buys $125k Ed Ruscha work at Haiti Rising gala charity auction.
  • Steven Mnuchin reveals ownership stake in $15mil. Willem de Kooning painting.
  • Lisanne Skyler discusses the Andy Warhol Brillo Box that her family once owned.
  • The market for Ed Ruscha’s work.
  • Colin Gleadell writes about the market for Josef Albers’ work.
  • Jeff Greene and his art collection.
  • Uniqlo partners with Jeffrey Deitch on Art for All shop-in-shops.
  • Galerie Perrotin will debut its new New York space with a show by Iván Argote.
  • How artist co-ops created NY’s downtown scene.
  • The Guardian profiles Theaster Gates.
  • Frieze reviews Kelly Akashi’s Being as a Thing show at François Ghebaly Gallery.
  • Thomas de Maizière uses Richter painting to illustrate Germany’s “obsessive preoccupation with its past.”
  • Cathy Wilkes wins the inaugural Maria Lassnig Prize.
  • The influence of Henri Matisse’s work on Richard Diebenkorn.
  • Pace Gallery now represents Loie Hollowell.
  • Artnet shows us how Hugo McCloud makes his work.
  • Pannaphan Yodmanee winner of the 11th Benesse Prize.
  • Ball-Nogues and Jacob Hashimoto selected to create site-specific art for Metro facilities in Downtown LA.
  • Vik Muniz includes an image of JR in his work at NY’s 72nd Street station.
  • The Art Newspaper shares 3 shows to see in New York.
  • Show at Unit London explores phenomenon of art popularized on Instagram.
  • Yahoo Style writes about Emily Ratajkowski’s Richard Prince Instagram work hanging in her home.
  • Dean Kissick writes about the art world’s relationship with Ivanka Trump.
  • Works of art by well-known artists populate the Nocturnal Animals sets.
  • Vetements releases “official fake” knockoff version of its raincoat.