More stories from the week that ended June 11 (click on bolded words for more information)

  • AQNB writes about Smart Objects, after the gallery opens a second location in Landers, CA.
  • RIP: Benjamin Cho (1977-2017).
  • RIP: Mauro ”Malang” Santos, who passed away at the age of 89.
  • RIP: Barry Lett, who passed away at the age of 77.
  • RIP: Jozef Jankovič, who passed away at the age of 79.
  • Two people, including landlord Derick Almena, arrested in Oakland’s deadly Ghost Ship fire.
  • London museums pledge to stay open, with increased security, after terror attack.
  • ACME Gallery in Los Angeles closes after 22 years.
  • Hard Brexit could damage UK’s world-class museums due to possible inability of free staff movement.
  • How UK artists are doing all they can to oppose Theresa May. Banksy forced to issue a product recall and can no longer give away a free print to anti-Tory voters. Martin Creed composes a song for the UK election. UK election results leaves May’s Brexit strategy in disarray. The art world reacts to the election results.
  • Andrea Fraser mapping connections between major US museums and the political elite.
  • D. Thomas Miniatures stages an anti-Trump art exhibition featuring miniature works.
  • Michael Moi sues Dale Chihuly, claiming that he created some of his work.
  • Owner of largest Star Wars memorabilia collection robbed over time by his own close friend.
  • Ricky Denzler claims that over $2mil. worth of artwork was stolen from his motel room in Texas.
  • UCCA founder Guy Ullens continues to sell work as many are unhappy about it.
  • Yanis Varoufakis criticizes documenta 14 Athens.
  • Rudolf Zwirner rallies Germany’s top gallerists in campaign against country’s protectionist art laws.
  • Frank Ocean accused of plagiarizing Jesse Osborne-Lanthier and Grischa Lichtenberger’s artwork design.
  • Is the work of Dansaekhwa artists currently in a art market bubble?
  • More than 100 light sconces designed by Le Corbusier withdrawn at last-minute from Artcurial sale.
  • East Oregonian writes about How to collect art but not pretentiousness.
  • Sam Durant’s Scaffold piece is dismantled but may not be burned after all. Olga Viso discusses her responsibility in acquiring the work.
  • Should art groups still accept money from Koch brothers?
  • Carolina A. Miranda updates us on the art scene in Mexico City.
  • Both the Conservative and Labour parties in the UK are pledging to provide more funding for the arts.
  • The German parliament approves plans to build a Memorial to Freedom and Unity in central Berlin.
  • Full-scale replica of Titanic ship being built in China.
  • Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney urging NYC mayor Bill de Blasio to preserve Fearless Girl statue.
  • The rise of performance art in the 21st century.
  • Julia Stoschek shares five works that shaped the history of video art.
  • Google partners with 180 institutions to launch We Wear Culture art and fashion platform.
  • Alex Farquharson discusses the future of Tate Britain.
  • Profile of documenta 14 director Adam Szymczyk. The Art Newspaper has some highlights from the survey. Ben Davis covers the merch at documenta 14, as well as exhibition highlights. Hili Perlson and Ben Davis have more highlights. How social media is reacting.
  • Andrew Russeth writes about Skulptur Projekte Münster and Kasper König. Frieze has a Critic’s Guide. Artnet has photo highlights.
  • Why Documenta and Münster are the artists’ favorite shows.
  • Minneapolis Sculpture Garden at the Walker Art Center is opens to the public.
  • LACMA launches its first-ever Kickstarter campaign, bringing egg-shaped art museum to LA from Guatemala.
  • Peabody Essex Museum hires neuroscientist Tedi Asher.
  • Virginia Museum of Fine Arts hires Valerie Cassel Oliver as Modern and Contemporary Art Curator.
  • Monet & Architecture show on Claude Monet at London’s National Gallery next year.
  • Alexander Calder’s functioning motorized sculptures exhibited at the Whitney.
  • Dan Colen to get career-spanning show at Newport Street Gallery.
  • Grayson Perry draws inspiration from Brexitand The Art Newspaper for his Serpentine Gallery show.
  • Ai Weiwei teams up Herzog & de Meuron to transform Park Avenue Armory into high-tech surveillance state.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum reveals plans for photography center.
  • Artinfo looks at Moholy-Nagy: Future Present exhibition at LACMA.
  • The Art Newspaper looks at Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s show at the Fondazione Prada.
  • Myriam Ben Salah to curate 2018 Abraaj Group Art Prize.
  • Christie’s to sell artwork from the estate of David Rockefeller, with proceeds going to charity.
  • Peter Bläuer’s provides us with a guide to Basel.
  • FIAC announces the exhibitor list for its 2017 fair.
  • Paula Wallace shares 6 tips for getting started in collecting art.
  • Where art world insiders go to shop for furniture, design products, and art.
  • Condo New York brings 20 galleries from elsewhere in the world to Manhattan.
  • Shepard Fairey celebrates 21 years as a gallerist with Subliminal Projects.
  • Hauser & Wirth now represents Piero Manzoni.
  • A look at the Servais family collection.
  • NY Times tours Alexander S.C. Rower’s penthouse office in Chelsea.
  • A tour of Marianne Boesky’s home and art collection.
  • Bruce Berman discusses his collection.
  • Lizzie Fitch and Ryan Trecartin discuss their collaborative process.
  • Ryan McGinley and Marc Hundley in Purple Magazine.
  • Nicole Eisnman’s new aluminum cast face sculptures in her Anton Kern show.
  • Artnet interviews George Condo about his Michael Flynn trial painting.
  • Excerpt of Mary Kelly in conversation with Douglas Crimp.
  • Never-before-seen Polaroids of David Hockney by Andy Warhol seen for the first time.
  • Yumna Al-Arashi’s latest project involve bathhouse nudes of Arab women.
  • Natalie Frank discusses how New York City’s dominatrix community has affected her art.
  • Artnet interviews Markus Lüpertz.
  • Pope.L (aka William Pope.L) has been named the recipient of the 2017 Bucksbaum Award.
  • The unique system Vito Acconci used to organize his library.
  • Martha Stewart enjoys Walter Robinson’s work and sends him a note and some bedsheets.
  • A look at Tina Knowles-Lawson’s favorite artists and artworks.