More stories from that week that ended April 23 (click on bolded words for more information):
- The Art Newspaper previews Awol Erizku’s upcoming show at Ben Brown Fine Arts.
- RIP: Barkley L. Hendricks, who passed away at the age of 72.
- RIP: Cyrus James Tilton, who passed away at the age of 39.
- RIP: Magdalena Abakanowicz, who passed away at the age of 86.
- RIP: Mervyn ‘Skip’ Williamson, who passed away at the age of 72.
- Animal rights campaigners calling for cancellation of a performance in Australia by Hermann Nitsch.
- May Xue to resign as CEO of Ullens Center for Contemporary Art.
- Great-grandchildren of Peggy Guggenheim accuses Guggenheim Foundation of defying her wishes.
- Getty Center evacuated and closed early on Tuesday after receiving bomb threat.
- Five residents of apartment building located next door to new Tate Modern extension sue, claiming voyeurism.
- Street artists threaten legal action over unauthorized use of their artwork by McDonald’s.
- Alec Baldwin’s lawsuit against Mary Boone heads to trial, but judge dismisses one count.
- The rise, fall, and comeback of Richard Hambleton.
- Laura Poitras learns the reason why she was detained at airports for years.
- The Artist Pension Trust withdraws 18 lots from Sotheby’s auction.
- Jerry Saltz talks about his past life as a failed artist.
- Otto Piene’s former studio open for last time before closing to become ZERO Foundation’s headquarters.
- The Independent and Art Brussels fair battle for dominance in Brussels.
- Artnet on why the market for Damien Hirst’s work isn’t as bad as it appears.
- Marc Porter back at Christie’s after short 3-month stint at Sotheby’s.
- Steven Cohen revealed to have donated $1mil. to Trump inauguration.
- Where you should live in the US if you want to work in the arts.
- The possibilities for Seattle becoming an art and culture powerhouse.
- Steven Murphy thinks that next major art market boom will be in the US West Coast.
- Inaugural Los Angeles Arts Datathon was this weekend.
- Wikipedia edit-a-thon results in 6,500 more women artists having expanded Wikipedia entries.
- Mr. Porter profiles and speaks with Michael Govan.
- Opening exhibition at Institute of Arab and Islamic Art in NY will include works by four female artists.
- The Art Newspaper interviews Massimo Osanna about the preservation of Pompeii.
- Gillian Wearing to become first woman to create statue for Parliament Square, with one of Millicent Fawcett.
- Susan Cianciolo’s Run Restaurant opens three-day duration at the Whitney Biennial.
- Museum of Ice Cream gets a run in Los Angeles.
- Sotheby’s to offer Jean Michel Basquiat’s Untitled painting from 1982, which could sell for $60mil.
- Christie’s to offer Brancusi’s sculpture La muse endormie in it’s Impressionist and Modern Art NY sale.
- Preview of Art Brussels 2017.
- Artnet’s recommended shows and events to see during Berlin Gallery Weekend 2017.
- A look at the Rodin market.
- Artsy writes about how galleries support their artists.
- Artsy explores the role of the art advisor.
- Sprueth Magers announces worldwide representation of Otto Piene.
- Jeffrey Grove joins Sean Kelly Gallery after stint as curator at Dallas Museum of Art.
- Vulture shows us what Kara Walker is up to.
- Kerry James Marshall included in Time Magazine’s list of The 100 Most Influential People.
- Sam Jablon interviews Keltie Ferris.
- How Andy Warhol turned Marilyn Monroe into a star.
- Ben Davis on the influence of Merce Cunningham on art history.
- Silke Otto-Knapp chooses five things to do in Los Angeles.
- Gael García Bernal to star in film about Christmas Eve robbery of Museo Nacional de Antropología.
- Arts students pitch business ideas in a friendlier shark tank at CalArts.
- Behind the scenes of virtual reality-based artwork creation.
- Art and artist-based film in the Tribeca Film Festival.
- The Kitchen offers limited edition benefit vinyl record by John Cale.
- Some social events, openings, and parties from the past week.
- The art installations at Coachella.
