British works are in the spotlight for the sale of Old Master, Modern and Contemporary Prints at Sotheby’s London on Sept. 19. [ArtDaily]

Artist Theaster Gates is building up his South Side neighborhood of Grand Crossing, turning a complex of neglected Chicago Housing Authority apartments into mixed-income artist housing with an arts center. [The Art Newspaper]

Invisible-Exports will present a group show with work by Joseph Beuys, Paul P. and Amanda Ross Ho. [ArtDaily]  Read More

Toyo Ito, of Japan, won the Golden Lion for best national pavilion at the Venice Biennale for architecture. [Architectural Record]

Rachel Mason’s Kissing President Bush (2004) sculpture. [Field Projects Gallery via @kristoncapps] Read More

500-year-old sculpture raided by Nazis returns to rightful heirs. [Bloomberg]

Paul Signac painting threatened by spitballs at the d’Orsay. [The Art Newspaper]

Here’s a preview of the Brooke Astor collection, coming soon to Sotheby’s. [NYT]

The Michener Art Museum in Bucks County is drawing record crowds with its exhibition “Treasures Read More

MoMA showcases Gaumont thrillers. [WSJ]

“Museums, however, rarely invite artists to join their boards because the artists could benefit unfairly from the inclusion of their work in a collection—or the exclusion of others. (MoCA was an unusual case: Artists were integrated into the board from its founding days.)” [WSJ]

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Eli Broad has skipped out on his scheduled payments to L.A. MOCA because the museum has $2.1 million it hasn’t used for exhibitions. [Bloomberg]

The work of Cleveland outsider artist extraordinaire, Reverend Albert Wagner, who died in 2006, will be auctioned off in the fall. [ArtDaily]

Artist Susan Philipsz runs a national anthem Read More

Medieval bras discovered in an Austrian castle. [The Guardian]

A man trying to sell Matisse’s 1925 work Odalisque in Red Pants is apprehended by FBI in sting operation in Miami. [Local 10 Miami]

Randy Kennedy on the “fine art of being a curator.” [NYT]

Montclair Art Museum’s sculpture garden is going digital. Read More

Former Barnes Foundation boss: “We never said we were ‘bankrupt.” [The Philadelphia Inquirer]

British Museum “vows to help regional collections through tough times” with loans. [The Guardian]

Here’s Bloomberg on the Sotheby’s Old Master auction which closed out the London auction season Tuesday night. [Bloomberg]

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The cultural building boom between 1994 and 2008 was the result of “overambitious trustees,” “self-interested architects,” unrealistic financial projections and cultural institutions expanding because everyone else was; expansion doesn’t always work out as planned. [NYT]  Read More

Here’s a piece about an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery that explores the War of 1812. [NYT]

Art critic Adrian Searle finds everything about Munch retrospective at the Tate terrifying. [Guardian]

Here’s Martin Creed on his plan to ring every bell in England for the Olympics. Read More

On June 24, Lacma will dedicate its giant rock statue, “Levitated Mass.” [NYT]

Frieze Masters exhibitor list released. [The Art Newspaper]

“A lawyer for South Africa’s president broke down in tears Thursday as he tried to convince three judges that the display of a portrait that depicts the president’s genitals is unlawful.” Read More