The Jean-Michel Basquiat work that smashed records for the artist’s work at auction will get a one-painting show at the Brooklyn Museum, suitably titled One Basquiat. “I am thrilled to be sending Basquiat’s masterpiece home to Brooklyn,” owner Yusaku Maezawa said in a press release. “It is my hope that through the exhibition and extensive programming accompanying it, the young people of the borough will be inspired by their local hero, just as he has inspired so many of us around the world.” (more…)

A collection of works thought to be by Amedeo Modigliani, which were previously shown at Genoa’s Palazzo Ducale, have been declared fake. “Finally it’s come out into the open,” says expert Carlo Pepi. “I’ve been fighting against fake Modiglianis for years. The situation is grotesque – it sometimes seems that he painted more when he was dead than when he was alive. This is just the tip of the iceberg.” (more…)

The Art Newspaper has a piece on how various artists are responding to a Trump presidency, including how they see their work responding to the current state of the U.S.  “I have no illusions that the power of ridicule in the halls of the coastal elites will have any real-world impact, but it seems that it’s the least I can do,” says artist Jim Shaw. (more…)

Influential curator Kynaston McShine, the organizer behind landmark conceptual shows like Information and Primary Structures, as well as a number of major exhibitions at MoMA, has passed away at the age of 82. (more…)

Artist Sanford Biggers gets a profile in the New Yorker this week, as the artist reflects on his recent work, and his challenges to the racist undertones of American culture. “Some of this might be my own historical sense of restriction, but the work has to do so many things when it comes from a person of color,” he says. “And comedy can be misread, and misinterpreted, and become problematic. But that’s what art does: it problematizes things. So I think I’m finding more comfort in that.” (more…)

As he celebrates his gallery’s 25th year of operation, David Zwirner is planning a $50 million, five floor gallery in Chelsea. “As fortune favors the brave, we are looking back exactly when we’re opening in Hong Kong and looking forward,” Mr. Zwirner said. (more…)

Damien Hirst is preparing a new show of his spot paintings at at Houghton Hall in Norfolk. “They are literally going to replace Old Master paintings [at Houghton] and will be displayed like they are Old Master paintings, in a very different way than if it was a classic white cube gallery,” says curator Mario Codognato. (more…)

David Zwirner is profiled in the Wall Street Journal this week, as the dealer celebrates 25 years in business. “If​ ​the​ ​artist​ ​is​ ​not​ ​happy,”​ ​he​ ​says,​ ​“I​ ​am not​ ​doing​ ​my​ ​job.” ​ (more…)

Artist JR is profiled in the Telegraph this week, as the artist’s installation on the border between Mexico and the United States continues to capture visitors’ attention. “I’ve always adapted to architecture, and you see my images taking over buildings and then the buildings almost becoming too small,” he says. “I’m not looking to do the biggest piece ever, it’s really not that.” (more…)

Marfa Contemporary, the Texas town’s prominent contemporary arts center, will shut its doors for good this month. Curator Kate Green is leaving the gallery this year to take up a position as of curator of the El Paso Museum of Art.   (more…)

NADA New York has announced its exhibitor list for 2018, featuring 100 galleries from 17 countries at Skylight Clarkson Square. Thirty-three new exhibitors will also join the show. (more…)

Philadelphia’s LaSalle University is deaccessioning 46 artworks from its collection to help cover a $12 million budget shortfall, including pieces by Vuillard and Georges Rouault. “We are doing what we feel is in the best interest of our students,” University spokesperson Janie Lucas says. (more…)

Artist Andrea Fraser has been named chair of the UCLA Department of Art in the university’s School of the Arts and Architecture.  The artist has long held a professorship at the university. (more…)

The Met is changing its 50 year policy on free admission, now requiring non-New York residents to pay to access the museum collections. “What we’re trying to do is find the right balance in generating revenue to support this enterprise and admissions income has fallen behind,” says president. “Everybody who benefits from this institution is being asked to contribute to its well-being because we are fundamentally a community resource.” (more…)

Artist Richard Long has received a knighthood for ‘services to art,’ recognizing the artist’s long contributions to his field in the UK. Long’s work mixes performance, land art and traditional sculpture into an experiential and intuitive practice. (more…)

A UK Government-commissioned review examines Britain’s glut of new museums, and notes that the nation should instead focus on funding and support for the ones currently in existence, the Telegraph reports. “It is unlikely that there will be significant additional money available for the sector in the immediate future. The main thrust of our recommendations is, therefore, to ensure that we use existing funding in the best way possible,” researcher Neil Mendoza wrote in his report.  (more…)

The Art Newspaper reports on the market for copies of Leonardo Da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi after the work became the most expensive work to ever sell at auction.  The piece focuses on brothers Semjon, Michael and Eugen Posin, whose Berlin studio turns out meticulous copies of the work for around $12,000.  (more…)

The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is now offering a $10 million reward for information that leads to the return of its notorious stolen works, but only through the end of 2017, in hopes that the doubled reward will encourage tips on the missing works. “Right now we’re laser-focused on this deadline,” says museum spokeswoman Kathy Sharpless. “Clearly there’s a sense of urgency on our part. We want our paintings back.” (more…)

Bloomberg does a bit of digging against the claim that the Da Vinci Salvator Mundi portrait was the last of the artist’s works in private hands, finding several corroborating reports that two smaller works remain held privately. “They are both in private hands,” says Martin Kemp, a da Vinci scholar and emeritus research professor of art history at Oxford University in the U.K. “I know both owners.” (more…)

Facing harsh criticism, Düsseldorf Mayor Thomas Geisel has backtracked on the cancellation of a show at city’s Stadtmuseum about Max Stern, a Jewish art gallery owner who fled Nazi Germany in 1938.  “It was never my intention to sweep the life and career of Max Stern under the carpet,” Mr. Geisel says. (more…)

Artist Mark Bradford will open Hauser & Wirth’s new gallery space in Hong Kong, the Art Newspaper reports. “Venice created an entirely new and huge wave of interest for one of the most relevant artists of our time, not only from mainland China and Hong Kong but also wider Asia, including Indonesia, Taiwan and Japan,” gallery president Iwan Wirth says.  (more…)

The Broad is opening a massive retrospective of the work of Jasper Johns, the first in the U.S. in 20 years, LA Times reports. “We already know that there’s strong buzz for this show,” director Joanne Heyler said. “And it’ll only get stronger as we get closer, as the exhibition approaches. It’s extremely rare to bring a full survey of this artist’s work — so rare that it hasn’t happened in over 50 years in Southern California.” (more…)

Vanity Fair has a piece this week on how institutions in Southern California are planning and adapting to the increasingly frequent wildfires in the hills of the region. “After this, what else is there to burn? It’s demoralizing. I’ve had it with the fires,” says collector Jim Lichtman. (more…)

The Cultural Development Fund of New York City’s Department of Cultural Affairs has received over $40 million in funds this year, including funding for Mayor DeBlasio’s CreateNYC plan. “Together with our partners in City Council, we’re taking steps to ensure New Yorkers in every corner of the city are able to participate in our unrivaled cultural life,” the Mayor said. “CreateNYC gave New Yorkers the opportunity to speak up and be heard, and now we’re building on our long history of supporting the arts while directing new funding to communities where it can do the most good.” (more…)