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This week in art news: a new report suggested that Bavaria’s State Paintings Collections sold off Nazi loot after World War II, satellite imagery confirmed that ISIS destroyed the Temple of Nabu in Nimrud, and Kanye West released a new music video inspired by the work of artist Vincent Desiderio.
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This week in art news: Christo's floating walkways were damaged following huge numbers of visitors, a 350-foot-tall statue of Christopher Columbus was inaugurated in Puerto Rico, and Banksy's spray-painted SWAT van headed to auction.
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This week in art news: Johnny Depp consigned nine Basquiat paintings to Christie's, Tate Modern unveiled its new wing, and artist Ronnie van Hout installed a 16-foot-tall sculpture of his hand atop the Christchurch Art Gallery.
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This week in art news: Gilbert & George announced plans to open a contemporary art center in London, the Manhattan block where Norman Rockwell grew up was renamed in his honor, and archaeologists found what they believe are remains of Kublai Khan's imperial palace.
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This week in art news: Syrian troops were accused of looting the ancient city of Palmyra after recapturing it from ISIS, Spain refused to extradite a suspect in the Knoedler forgery scheme, and artist Ciara Phillips paid homage to the razzle dazzle camouflage designs of WWI.
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This week in art news: Qatar's royal family settled a legal dispute with Larry Gagosian over a Picasso sculpture, Rome put out an emergency call to corporations and philanthropists for €500 million to preserve its landmarks, and street artist JR made the Louvre's glass pyramid "disappear."
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This week in art news: bronze statues and coins were salvaged from a Late Roman shipwreck, artist Pyotr Pavlensky was convicted of vandalism over a pro-Ukraine performance, and the Brooklyn Museum offered employee buyouts to help close its $3 million budget deficit.
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This week in art news: Ukrainian border guards recovered 17 paintings stolen from the Castelvecchio Museum, Greece renewed its bid to have the Parthenon Marbles repatriated, and a neurologist claimed to have diagnosed the condition of the woman in Andrew Wyeth's iconic work "Christina's World."
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This week in art news: MoMA offered buyouts to members of staff, Rosemarie Trockel's $34 million art collection was destroyed by a fire at her home, and the Bodleian Libraries acquired a map of Middle Earth annotated by JRR Tolkien.
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This week in art news: a fire gravely damaged New Delhi's National Museum of Natural History, artist Pyotr Pavlensky invited sex workers to testify at his trial, and Anish Kapoor complained that the addition of Carsten Höller's slide to his London tower was "foisted" upon him by London Mayor Boris J
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This week in art news: the Metropolitan Museum intends to offer buyouts and cease new hires to curtail its multimillion-dollar deficit, a rug designer found one of the UK's largest Roman villas buried in his backyard, and Maurizio Cattelan prepared to install a solid gold toilet at the Guggenheim.
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This week in art news: Long Island City's iconic Pepsi-Cola sign was designated a landmark, the US Senate passed a bill to ban imports of Syrian antiquities, and an underwater robot discovered the sunken Loch Ness Monster model built for Billy Wilder's 1970 film The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes.