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

Lawnews

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

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