More stories from the week that ended Oct 20 (click on the bolded words for more info):

  • Pieter Brueghel the Younger painting unknown to the world for 400 years will be shown at Frieze Masters.
  • RIP: Carter Wellborn, who died at the age of 86 due to a heart attack.
  • RIP: Leslie Sacks, who died at the age of 61 due to cancer.
  • Heirs of seller who sold Klimt Frieze at huge discount pressing Austria to return it to family.
  • Two poster collections, including work by Mucha and Klimt stolen by Nazis returned to family & now for sale.
  • Another giant bronze Henry Moore sculpture stolen, probably for its value as scrap metal.
  • Artist who created sculpture depicting Red Army soldier raping pregnant woman facing two years in prison.
  • Fear of litigation arising from Knoedler case makes art historians even more reluctant to give their opinions.
  • 5Pointz files lawsuit attempting to block the planned destruction of their Long Island City headquarters.
  • Steven Cohen selling works from his art collection in order to pay for fines imposed on SAC.
  • DIA looking for ways to leverage artwork in collection without selling any of it to help out city financially.
  • Mayor Michael Bloomberg not a Banksy fan due to the law-breaking nature of the artist’s street work. NYPD may be intent on arresting Banksy.
  • Jerry Saltz writes about the trouble that occurs when artists start showing with mega-galleries.
  • When galleries expand & need more artists, poaching becomes a bigger problem for smaller galleries.
  • Handprints identified on cave walls indicate that cave art was mostly made by women.
  • Louise Bourgeois’s home to be preserved.
  • Ben Davis writes about social practice art and what it means to be a political artist.
  • Marion Maneker and K2 Intelligence launch The Art Compliance Company, which will look at title of works.
  • The Artprice 2012-2013 Contemporary Art Market Annual Report is now available for download.
  • The James Turrell exhibition at the Guggenheim museum was its highest-attended exhibition of all time.
  • 5,400 images from the Getty Research Institute’s special collections now available as open content.
  • Tate’s Unlock Art films use celebrities to introduce viewers to ideas in art history.
  • Wayne Thiebaud donates a painting and six prints to Laguna Art Museum.
  • Touch Art Fair, featuring works that you can feel with your hands, opens during Frieze.
  • Os Gêmeos officially joines the Lehmann Maupin artist roster.
  • Katz’s Deli to open a pop-up gallery space called The Space.
  • The controversial work of Leigh Ledare.
  • Duke Riley trained 50 homing pigeons to fly from Havana to the Florida Keys carrying illicit cigars and cameras.
  • Ai Weiwei has an older half-brother who is also a well-known artist. He also wants is in talks with officials to stage a show at Alcatraz, in the San Francisco Bay.
  • The Organist episode 8 features an oral history of Mike Kelley.
  • How Jean-Michel Basquiat influenced Robert 3D Del Naja and Massive Attack.
  • Michael Chow finding a second successful career as a painter?
  • Ryan McGinness comes out as a straight ally and discusses his NCOD design.
  • Evan Hecox designs state of Colorado’s new logo.
  • An interview with Jen Stark, as well as images of her work and studio.
  • Artnet has a video interview with Wangeci Mutu.
  • Haas and Hahn want to paint the entire favela of Vila Cruzeiro.
  • Florentijn Hofman’s gigantic yellow rubber duck to receive big farewell ceremony in China.
  • Slideshow of Anish Kapoor’s Sky Mirror at Arlington’s AT&T Stadium.
  • Jerry Saltz writes about Banksy’s New York residency.
  • Financial Times visits David Hockney, who is back in Los Angeles and painted a portrait of Larry Gagosian.
  • Marina Abramović talks about her work while filmed in her home.
  • Q&A with James Franco about his new novel Actors Anonymous.
  • Emmanuel Perrotin gives a tour dressed in a horse costume.
  • Exhibition A has a Q&A with Simmy Swinder.
  • 22 funny graffiti interventions.
  • Neiman Marcus offers shoppers the opportunity to stay a night at Philip Johnson’s Glass House. They are also selling Jeff Koons’s Dom Pérignon Balloon Venus.