More stories from that week that ended Sep 10 (click on bolded words for more information):
- LA Weekly previews the opening of the Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (ICA LA).
- RIP: Greg Escalante, who passed away at the age of 62.
- RIP: Pierre Bergé, who passed away at the age of 86.
- RIP: Linda L. Cathcart (1947-2017).
- RIP: Kate Millett (1934–2017).
- RIP: DeLoris “Dolly” Fiterman, who passed away at the age of 93.
- Carroll/Fletcher Gallery closes.
- Dakota plan to bury, not burn the wood used for Sam Durant’s Scaffold sculpture.
- BP or Not BP? protests during National Portrait Gallery’s annual portrait prize exhibition.
- Berkshire Museum severs Smithsonian affiliation over deaccessioning decision.
- Three suspected thieves charged with stealing 15 Georg Baselitz works.
- Miami museums prepare for Hurricane Irma.
- Uffizi Gallery director Eike Schmidt leaves the institution in order to lead Vienna’s Kunsthistorisches Museum.
- Robert Smith writes about the Met’s issues.
- Victoria and Albert Museum raising admission price for Pink Floyd show to £30.
- Value of classic cars and fine art down, but photographs up.
- Interview with Jean-Claude Freymond-Guth about the closure of his gallery.
- V&A says it is honoured to get donation from Trump donor Len Blavatnik.
- Robert Soros and Melissa Schiff may have to sell art collection if they can not agree on value.
- DNA tests disprove psychic’s claim to be Dalí’s daughter.
- Keith Haring 88-ft high Tower mural restored in Paris.
- Inverleith House gallery saved from closure after public outcry and petition.
- Louvre Abu Dhabi to open on Nov. 11.
- British Museum plans sweeping redisplay of its collection.
- Fondation Louis Vuitton partners with MoMA.
- How Julie Mehretu created two of contemporary art’s largest paintings for SFMOMA.
- Frida Kahlo’s wardrobe to be exhibited at Victoria & Albert Museum.
- Gerhard Richter’s four-part Birkenau series goes on permanent display in Reichstag.
- “Monet Collectionneur” (“Monet the Collector”) show currently up at Musée Marmottan Monet.
- Andrew Goldstein interviews Thomas Campbell.
- The Art Newspaper interviews Manuel Rabaté.
- Profile of Indianapolis Museum of Art director and CEO Charles Venable.
- Brooklyn Museum hires Jennifer Y. Chi as Deputy Director and Chief Curator.
- Frank Gehry to design Extreme Model Railroad and Contemporary Architecture Museum.
- The Art Newspaper on new leadership and a change of name for the Biennale Paris.
- Artists for 2018 Adelaide Biennial announced.
- Anren Biennale announces participating artists.
- Experts discuss artist residencies in Europe.
- Five works to see at the Lofoten Islands International Art Festival. Artnet has a preview.
- Rediscovered Francis Bacon Pope painting to be auctioned by Christie’s.
- Sotheby’s estimates that Berkshire Museum art could fetch $46mil. to $68mil.
- Sotheby’s launches first-ever contemporary photography auction.
- Newly-authenticated Tom Roberts painting bought for £7.5k could sell for $1mil.
- CRN Auctions to offer recently uncovered works by Bill Traylor.
- Exhibitor list released for Art Basel Miami Beach.
- New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA) adds 13 new members.
- Artnet writes about the CHART Art Fair and also the Governors Island Art Fair.
- Lévy Gorvy to open Shanghai office. Hires former Christie’s specialist Danqing Li.
- Downs & Ross moves to new location in LES.
- Observations on the art market from Vanessa Carlos.
- The new generation of Chinese art collectors.
- Gladstone Gallery now represents Ian Cheng.
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Martine Syms now represented by Sadie Coles HQ.
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Mariah Robertson joins Van Doren Waxter gallery.
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Sean Scully on collecting
- Jerry Saltz reviews Kara Walker’s show.
- JR puts up baby image on border wall.
- Bosco Sodi to build wall in New York park, which will then be dismantled.
- Demilitarized zone is tattooed onto young Korean man in Douglas Gordon film.
- Jean-Michel Basquiat’s friends and those that knew him best talk about him.
- NY Times story on David Hockney.
- Preview of Ai Weiwei’s new film Human Flow.
- Harpers Books to host Enoc Perez – Nudes exhibition.
- Massimo Agostinelli producing work from his Art Basel trash can prank.
- Artnet chooses 13 Things to See in New York This Week. Preview of gallery shows in NY.
- Eight things to see during Berlin Art Week.
- Frieze has a preview to Brussels during Brussels Gallery Weekend.
- Artwork from this year’s Burning Man.
- Antonio Banderas signs on to play Picasso in second season of National Geographic’s Genius.
