Stories of the week:

  • James Jean’s print for the Kingdom Animalia benefit show now available online. Photos from opening here.
  • Kimberly Camp, former Barnes Foundation’s CEO claims financial pretext for relocation was pure fabrication.
  • Five European museums launch ARTtube – online video channel publishing original films about art and design.
  • MOCA makes an official announcement (.pdf)  regarding Paul Schimmel’s departure.
  • Eli Broad discusses ousting of Paul Schimmel at MOCA.  Paul McCarthy and Shepard Fairey weigh in.
  • Which Way L.A.? discusses the future of MOCA with Christopher Knight, Robert Storr, and Lee Rosenbaum.
  • Protest in Spain at Christie’s sale of John Constable’s The Lock (sold for a record £22.4million)
  • Stolen Salvador Dalí drawing returned via Express Mail.
  • Painting that belonged to Frederick the Great of Prussia will be returned after a Red Army officer stole it.
  • 12th-century illustrated guide for pilgrims recovered by police a year after it was stolen.
  • Mark Rothko painting being hung in Christopher Rothko’s townhouse gets impaled by furniture.  Lawsuit follows.
  • Seized artwork being sold online by the Feds.
  • A glimpse at how the new Regen Projects space is going to look.
  • The Guardian gives its picks for the 10 best art galleries in Hong Kong.
  • Life Magazine celebrates artists and their models.
  • Apply for Summer School 2012 at MoMA and be taught by Marina Abramovic & Genesis Breyer P-Orridge.
  • Gustav Klimt musical opening in Austria.
  • Joshua Reynolds’ Omai to remain in UK after culture minister refused to grant a temporary export license.
  • Damien Hirst planning 66 ft. statue of a pregnant woman as landmark for Devon town Ilfracombe. He also completes his live-feed painting.
  • Sarah Thornton writes about Jeff Koons’s newest works.
  • Official website for Martin Creed’s project All the Bells.
  • Brad Elterman exhibits his vintage photographs at Kana Manglapus Projects in Venice Beach.
  • New print from Charming Baker.
  • A studio visit with Meggs ahead of his show in San Francisco.
  • Another interview with Andy Kehoe.
  • A conversation with André and Shepard Fairey.
  • Some ceramic work from Liqen.
  • Dabs Myla illustrates the Pancake Breakfast for LA Weekly.
  • The New York Times interviews Marina Abramovic.
  • Jayson Musson, better known as Hennessy Youngman, set to have a solo painting exhibition at Salon94.
  • An interview with Mark Flood on occasion of his upcoming show of ’80s work at Luxembourg & Dayan.