More stories from the week that ended May 18 (click on bolded words for more information):

  • Mark Grotjahn’s first museum exhibition of sculptural works coming to Nasher Sculpture Center.
  • RIP: H.R. Giger, who died at 74 after being injured in fall.
  • Hong Kong show of Antony Gormley’s rooftop statues cancelled after man jumps off roof and kills himself.
  • Takashi Murakami thinks that the art world (including himself) is full of zombies.
  • Cornelius Gurlitt wrote a second will. A look at his final days.
  • Anne Baldassari is dismissed from her job as president of the Picasso Museum.
  • HOWDOYOUSAYYAMINAFRICAN? withdraws from Whitney Biennial due to objection to another artist’s work. Ben Davis hopes this affects change.
  • Cleveland Museum of Art claims it has proof that its Hanuman sculpture was not looted from Cambodia.
  • A piece from Danh Vo’s City Hall Park sculpture stolen while it was being installed.
  • Aboriginal art that is about 60,000 years old has been vandalized in Australia.
  • Numerous new claims of plagiarism accused against Damien Hirst.
  • Jerry Saltz thinks that Wade Guyton may be sabotaging the auction sale of his work.
  • Hauser & Wirth may be tossed from its Chelsea NYC space due to condo development.
  • Judge rules that Detroit bankruptcy creditors may not remove art from DIA walls.
  • Why you ought to short Sotheby’s (BID) stock.
  • Damien Hirst bronze sculpture covered with tarp after village complaints.
  • Van Gogh painting has been discovered in safe deposit box by Spanish tax authorities after raid.
  • Vandalized Rothko painting returns to Tate after eighteen month restoration.
  • How will Bill de Blasio allocate money for the arts in NY?
  • The Paris studio where Picasso worked and lived for 19 years made a National Landmark.
  • Jesús Rafael Soto’s work The Houston Penetrable comes to The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
  • GW University and National Gallery of Art sign agreement to take over DC’s Corcoran Gallery.
  • Holland Cotter takes a look at the September 11 Memorial Museum at Ground Zero. A look at Spencer Finch, who was chosen to create the only work of art commissioned for the museum.
  • Christopher Tsai wants to open a museum dedicated to Ai Weiwei.
  • Detroit Three automakers considering large donation to DIA.
  • Salvatore Ferragamo pledges to donate €600k to renovate eight rooms at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence.
  • Philippe Vergne has been named Chevalier of the Légion d’honneur for his service to the arts.
  • Banksy named this year’s Webby Person of the Year.
  • Profile of Marina Abramović as she prepares for her Serpentine Gallery show.
  • Kathy Grayson chats with Christian Rosa.
  • New York Times looks at Mark Ryden and his Michael Kohn show.
  • Profile of Allison “Hueman” Torneros, who made the cover of LA Weekly’s People 2014 issue.
  • Ryan McGinness talks about his prints at Pace Prints.
  • ArtReview interviews Carsten Nicolai.
  • An interview with CLITERACY artist Sophia Wallace.
  • Artnet’s list of the top 100 most collectable living artists.
  • Fresh to market Mondrian painting could break world record for his work.
  • More than half of the top-grossing art auction houses are now based in China.
  • A report of Christie’s record-breaking $745mil. post-war evening sale. Another report from that sale.
  • Artnet reports on Christie’s If I Live Today I’ll See You Tuesday sales results. Another market report.
  • Judd Tully reports on the Sotheby’s evening sale. Artnet also has their report.
  • Zhang Lan revealed as the buyer for two big pieces at Christie’s.
  • Steve Wynn was the buyer of the Jeff Koons Popeye sculpture.
  • Melva Bucksbaum talks to Kelly Crow about the artists she is collecting now.
  • How works from Edwin A. and Lindy Bergman’s collection fared at auction.
  • Financial Times writes about the week in the art market.
  • Jamie Sterns questions the current state of the commingling of art and money.
  • Antiques Roadshow’s youngest guest ever has a promising art collecting career.
  • GalleristNY reviews Mark Flood’s Insider Art Fair. Interview Magazine looks at the single artist fair. Artsy has a humorous look (including quotes from Flood himself) at ten of the works in the fair.
  • Older, overlooked artists a hit at Frieze NY.
  • A list of shows to see while in Hong Kong for Art Basel. A sales report from the fair.
  • Architectural Digest writes about Thomas Ruff’s techniques.
  • Amtrak puts up Katharina Grosse works in Philadelphia.
  • Blake Gopnik writes about Warhol’s piss paintings.
  • Laurie Simmons to direct her own feature film.
  • An anime version of Pharrell stars in new Takashi Murakami music video.
  • Michael Cartellone (Lynyrd Skynyrd drummer) also paints and has a exhibition.
  • Vito Schnabel a hit with famous older ladies and Jay Z wanted to be just like him.
  • Ten art world couples that you may not have been aware were an item.