Lawyer Convicted Of Possessing Stolen Paintings
A retired Massachusetts lawyer has been found guilty of possessing six valuable paintings that had been stolen from a home in 1978....

Artist's Project On Smoking Killed By Smoking Ban
Members of the public were to be invited to smoke inside the booths, which would stand within the Frieze tents. But Westminster council has rejected an application for the "smoking booth" art installation on the grounds that it has insufficient "artistic merit"....

The Cones Of Philadelphia - Why Collectors Collect
"The Cone Sisters of Baltimore: Collecting at Full Tilt is a fascinating narrative that brings the sisters to life as individuals. Yet their motivation, beyond an obvious love of art (and where did that come from, one wonders), remains elusive. Perhaps this is the natural order with many collectors. Perhaps they don't intellectualize their passion in a way that translates readily to speech or writing."...