— Prince’s “Canal Zone” Gets a Victory Lap: Richard Prince’s “Canal Zone” series will be making a victory lap at Gagosian’s Upper East Side location in May, following his win of the lengthy court battle over appropriation of an existing photographic series by Patrick Cariou. The series was first shown at Gagosian’s Chelsea location in 2008, and its rehanging will include 12 to 14 paintings on loan from collectors and from Prince, of which only a small number will be for sale. Art dealer Larry Gagosian said, “Because of the litigation, everything was frozen.” He added, “The art has to be put in storage. We couldn’t sell the catalog. But now that the air has cleared, it seemed like a good moment to take another look at the work.” [NYT]
— Another Nazi-Looted Art Movie Casted: Just when we thought the hype surrounding George Clooney’s “Monuments Men” had finally come to an end, news of a new movie centered on Nazi-looted art has been released. “The Woman in Gold” will star Helen Mirren as real-life Jewish refugee Maria Altmann, who successfully reclaimed five Gustav Klimt paintings from Austria in 2000. Ryan Reynolds and Daniel Bruhl will play her lawyers. [Variety]
— Russia and Australia Name Venice Reps: Two more countries have announced their representatives for the 2015 Venice Biennale. Irina Nakhova will be representing Russia and Fiona Hall will be showing at Australia’s pavilion. Nakhova, an installation artist and painter who is a member of the unofficial artists’ group of the Moscow Conceptual School, will make history as the first woman to represent Russia in a solo pavilion. Linda Michael and Simon Mordant will curate the Australian pavilion’s presentation of Fiona Hall. [GalleristNY, GalleristNY]
— Baldessari’s Camel Contested: Republican Congressman Jason Chaffetz is none too pleased about the plan to install a $400,000 John Baldessari camel sculpture at the new U.S. Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan. [TAN]
— Italy Deploys Tech to Save Heritage: Italy has caught a lot of flack lately for their neglect of cultural heritage, but the country is employing two high-tech solutions: a new app that allows people to report art theft and ground sensors and satellites that have been deployed to assess stability at Pompeii. [AFP, AFP]
— Times Critics “Boldly Go”: Lest anyone accuse the Times art critics of being out of touch, they’ve published a new gallery guide in which five writers visit “five districts where the gallery scene is thriving”: the Upper East Side, Lower East Side, Brooklyn, Chelsea, and SoHo. [NYT]
— Turkish artists are concerned about issues of free speech and censorship following Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s pledge “to wipe out Twitter” leading up to his recent elections victory. [TAN]
— The authenticity of a calligraphic scroll on view at China’s newly opened Long Museum is in dispute. [South China Morning Post]
— A recent court ruling in New York requiring collectors to produce additional experts in forgeries cases could make the legal process for such lawsuits even more complicated. [TAN]
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