Victoria Stapley-Brown
Three to see: New York
Faff about with Vito Acconci and double your pleasure with Stuart Davis
Former French culture minister calls for halt to restoration of Galerie Vivienne
The character of the 19th-century glass-covered gallery, a National Historic Monument, would be wiped out by the renovation, Jack Lang says
Azerbaijani artist Faig Ahmed accuses retailer Topman of plagiarism
For the moment, the artist and his team are not pushing for compensation
Three to see: New York
Spot familiar faces at the Whitney and pump up the jam at the Brooklyn Museum
Peter Doig v Pete Doige: a case of mistaken artistic identity?
The artist is being sued for $5m by a corrections officer who says he bought a work by Doig for $100 in the 1970s
Fears over the future of a Keith Haring mural in New York
The director of the artist’s foundation once called the piece “a lexicon of his vocabulary”
Three to see: New York
From the rigours of fashion at the Met to the power of sport in Brooklyn
Stone-age skier irreparably damaged by well-intentioned youth
Two minors carved over a pictogram at one of Norway’s most important archaeological sites
National Museum of Oman opens in Muscat
Institution to focus on the display and conservation of the sultanate’s cultural heritage from prehistory to the present
Three to see: New York
Step inside an Impressionist Garden in the Bronx and peek into the psyche of a compulsive collector at the New Museum
Stolen Salvador Dalí and Tamara de Lempicka works recovered
The two pieces were taken in 2009 from a Dutch museum during opening hours
Orlan loses plagiarism case against Lady Gaga
In the first Paris court ruling, French “carnal artist” has been ordered to pay Lady Gaga and her record label €20,000
Artist takes on the American prison industrial complex at Alcatraz
Installation by Nelson Saiers uses American football to tackle social issues
Impressionism leaps off the canvas and into the Bronx
Exhibition brings a period garden and 20 US Impressionist works to New York
Québec City museum doubles space for local artists with $103m expansion
OMA-designed Pierre Lassonde pavilion opens in the Parc des Champs-de-Bataille
The ICP takes the downtown plunge with Bowery reopening
New venue has roughly the same exhibition space as its former midtown site, but offers easier public access in a more art-friendly location
Hidden antiquities stash discovered in diplomatic car travelling from Jordan to Jerusalem
The local driver was arrested on antiquities smuggling charges last week and has been released on bail
Grand Palais closes as the Seine continues to rise
Huang Yong Ping’s Monumenta commission among the shows temporarily shut down in a “preventive measure”
Louvre and Orsay shut down due to flood threat
Both institutions have enacted emergency plans to protect works, as days of rain put the country on high alert
Study tracks the Louvre's 'hot spots'
Visitors’ spent the most amount of time near the Victory of Samothrace—a popular rest stop—and the ticket counter
Political message on Hong Kong’s tallest tower pulled from exhibition
The message included a countdown to the expiration date of a political agreement between China and Hong Kong
Little museum, big gift: Renaissance Society receives $1.5m in pledged funding for artist commissions and shows
The University of Chicago kunsthalle, content to stay small, focusses on producing new work
Divers discover 1,600-year-old shipwreck in Israel
Ruins of merchant ship includes rare bronze items in ‘an amazing state of preservation’
Gardens of earthly delight: how Eden was recreated by Roberto Burle Marx
The Brazilian designer created landscapes that resemble abstract paintings
Top shows to see during Frieze New York
Our pick of exhibitions at museums in the city
Lacma nearly halfway to goal for new building with two pledges totalling $75m
Museum has raised $275m towards $600m Peter Zumthor-designed project—but the donations come with a deadline