Stories of the week:

  • A look at Babara Kruger’s new Belief + Doubt installation at the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, D.C.
  • RIP – Wael Issa Kaston, who died at the age of 46 due to torture.
  • Four plead guilty to stealing 18 ancient Chinese artifacts from the Fitzwilliam Museum’s permanent collection.
  • MOCA Mobilization petition builds support worldwide, including from some big art world names.
  • The Atlantic profiles Jeffrey Deitch’s tenure at MOCA.
  • LA Downtown News imagines Seven Groundbreaking Exhibits From Jeffrey Deitch.
  • Jeffrey Deitch defends seriousness of his MOCA shows.
  • William Poundstone dispels the Broad Conspiracy myth.
  • Dubai opens first museum in its region dedicated to the accomplishments of women.
  • Around 88,000 advance tickets have already been sold for Pablo Picasso show at Milan’s Palazzo Reale.
  • Robert Adams, along with curators, select 169 prints from his own holdings for the National Gallery to acquire.
  • The Greek economic crisis has affected the country’s commercial art market with many galleries closing.
  • Former queen talks about Iran’s collection – most valuable set of Western modern art outside of US/Europe.
  • Fan Jianchuan builds sprawling private museum complex in China.
  • Torrance Chick-fil-A hit with street art aimed at CEO’s gay marriage stance controversy.
  • Christopher Larson must divide up $100 million+ art collection due to divorce.
  • Newly discovered Goya painting to be auctioned in Zurich.
  • A painting by Roy Lichtenstein has been found in a New York warehouse after 40 years.
  • Poland’s long-lost Raphael painting – Portrait of a Young Man, missing since 1945, reported to be in bank vault.
  • Solar flashlights do exist.  Olafur Eliasson makes them a reality (at a $25 cost) during his Tate exhibition.
  • Interview with Marina Abramovic, who is banning men from attending her Meltdown show.
  • Ai Weiwei gives his take on the London Olympics opening ceremony and compares it to Beijing’s.
  • David Hockney criticizes the London Olympics opening ceremony.
  • Chris Burden’s Small Skyscraper to go up in Pasadena.
  • Art21 blog discusses Rineke Dijkstra’s Guggenheim Museum retrospective exhibition.
  • Jeff Koons pays a visit to the Colbert Report.
  • James Franco adds fashion photographer to his CV.
  • Leo Villareal creates a honeycomb of LEDs on the ceiling of new Bleecker Street Station.
  • Christo delays plan to drape 5.9 miles of fabric over the Arkansas River due to lawsuits and federal appeals.
  • An interview with Erica Il Cane.
  • A look at Mike Giant’s new installation under the Manhattan Bridge in Chinatown.
  • Urban Maeztro uses street art to encourage Hondurans think about how violent their country has become.
  • Cartoon Network’s 20th anniversary poster.
  • A glimpse of the art collection of Bobby Ruiz of Tribal Streetwear.
  • Deth P. Sun’s embossed wallet.
  • New work from APAK.
  • Hotels increasingly offer art for sale in their guest rooms.