Culture Clicks: Weekly Art News Roundup

The new Medieval and Renaissance galleries at London's Victoria & Albert Museum. Image via The Wall Street Journal.
In Europe, Arts Ask for Alms (NY Times)
Making Art Out of an Encounter (NY Times)
Online, It’s the Mouse that Runs the Museum (NY Times)
Scorsese, Govan Talk Film Preservation and Hint at Future Collaboration (LA Times)
Critic’s Notebook, MOCA Begins to Roll Out Future Exhibition Plans (LA Times)
A Renaissance at the V&A (WSJ)
Klein, Fontana Collectors Lenz to Auction $19.5 Million of Art (Bloomberg)
Mapplethorpe’s Racy Images Shocked Even Punk Rocker Patti Smith (Bloomberg)
Deitch’s NYC Finale? Shepard Fairey (ARTINFO)
Nazi Plundered Paintings Remain at Norton Simon, For Now (ARTINFO)
David LaChapelle Co-Hosts Photo L.A.’s Opening Benefit (ARTINFO)
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Tags: David LaChapelle, film, Fontana, Govan, Jeffrey Deitch, Klein, LACMA, Mapplethorpe, MOCA, Norton Simon, Patti Smith, Photo LA, Scorsese, Shepard Fairey, V&A
Excellent article. I’m going through some of these issues as well..