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Design & Architecture: Not Your Grandma's Textile Art: See Radical Sculptures, Tapestries, and More From the Japan Society's "Fiber Futures" Show

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 Not showing a single kimono, 30 Japanese artists demonstrate how much you can do with just a bit of thread.

Galleries: Gagosian Store on Madison Avenue Suddenly Closes, a Rare Retreat for the Uber Gallery

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 The shop, which previously sold high-end multiples, artist books, and exhibitions publications, has shuttered after two years of existence.

Fashion: Why Did Kanye West's Paris Fashion Week Debut Flub So Badly? See the Pictures

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 Critics had a myriad of gripes with the the rapper's first foray as a designer, from his lack of focus to his unseasonable use of winter materials.

Design & Architecture: Zaha Hadid Claims Second Stirling Prize Victory — To the Dismay of the Architecture Community

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 The starchitect's Evelyn Grace Academy beat out Bennets Associates's Royal Shakespeare Theatre and Hopkins Architects's London Olympic Velodrome.

Art & Crime: Three Arrested for Brazen $134 Million Heist of Masterpieces From Paris's Modern Art Museum

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 The paintings by Picasso, Matisse, Braque, Modigliani, and Léger remain missing.

Fashion: Jean Paul Gaultier Seduces the Quebecois, Bringing Record Audiences to Montreal Museum

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 The last weekend of the designer’s retrospective drew more visitors than 2009’s John Lennon and Yoko Ono exhibition.

People: What's So Funny?: Steve Martin Plays Straight Man to Peter Schjeldahl in New Yorker Festival Interview

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 The talk spanned Western art history from Rembrandt to Warhol, and put to rest that whole 92nd Street Y imbroglio.

Arts Policy: China Cracks Down on Art Organization's Confucius Peace Prize, Founding Rival Confucius Prize

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 The original award was founded as a Chinese alternative to the Nobel Peace Prize but is now dismissed by officials as "a total failure."

The Daily Checklist: Obama Proclaims October National Arts and Humanities Month, Banksy Strikes Back at Rival King Robbo, and More Must-Read Art News

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 Plus, it turns out Liz Taylor's Frans Hals painting is real after all.

Museums: First Look at Alice Walton's Crystal Bridges Museum Finds No Evidence of "Cultural Money-Laundering"

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 The Washington Post's Philip Kennicott ventured deep into the heart of Bentonville, Arkansas, to report on the Wal-Mark heiress's ambitious compound.

Design & Architecture: Give 'Em Shelter: Shigeru Ban on Creating Innovative (and Cheap) Refuges for Natural Disaster Victims

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 The famed Japanese architect paid a visit to New York over the weekend to share insight into his latest projects, including a slew of humanitarian works made of cardboard tubes.

Fashion: Think Pink: Paris Fashion Week Designers Revive Classic French Romanticism

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 For the opening of Paris's Fashion Week, ARTINFO France describes the new styles of five major designers, including Jean-Paul Gaultier and Kenzo.

Design & Architecture: Bilbao Effect Sputters as Spain Closes Dazzling Oscar Niemeyer Center Just Six Months After Its Opening

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 The regional government plans to shut down the cultural institution due to unexplained "irregularities" in its spending.

The Daily Checklist: LACMA to Create L.A.'s First Movie Museum, Gerhard Richter Slams the Art Market, and More Must-Read Art News

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 Plus, want to be the artist-in-residence at Cern? Just be a genius.

Postwar & Contemporary Art: Pacific Standard Time Inspires Treasure Hunt for the Forgotten Gems of L.A. Art

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 Long-neglected pieces of the city's cultural heritage are coming to light in the citywide exhibition — and artists are finally getting recognition, too.

People: New York Observer's Desperate LBM Smear Misfires — And Is Full of Errors

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 [UPDATED] Could journalist standards at Jared Kushner's media company be more pathetic?

Dance: "Psyche"! Karen Kilimnik Trades Painting Leonardo DiCaprio for Designing Ballet Sets

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 The American artist brings her vision to the backdrops of a Paris Opera Ballet production.

Art and Politics: Latest Architects of Israel's Museum of Tolerance Threaten to Follow Frank Gehry Out the Door

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 Mere weeks remain before construction is set to begin on the controversial Jerusalem museum, which will lie atop a Muslim graveyard.

Design & Architecture: 5 Things We Learned About Diller Scofidio + Renfro From Their 92nd Street Y Talk

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 The trio discussed the "High Line Effect," why they're against architecture school, and Peter Eisenman's jealousy.

The Daily Checklist: Artists Remember Steve Jobs, Ai Weiwei Receives a Human Rights Award from Bianca Jagger, and More Must-Read Art News

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 Plus, France sends disputed Maori heads back to New Zealand.
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