Sheik to Rescue Gutenberg Museum, Basquiat Stolen in Paris, and More

Your art news roundup for October 20.

Sheikh Sultan Bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, the ruler of Sharjah, viewing a work by by Lebanese artist Marwan Rachmawi at the Sharjah Biennial 7 in 2005. (Courtesy Rabih Moghrabi/AFP/Getty Images)
Sheikh Sultan Bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, the ruler of Sharjah, viewing a work by by Lebanese artist Marwan Rachmawi at the Sharjah Biennial 7 in 2005. (Courtesy Rabih Moghrabi/AFP/Getty Images)

Edith Wharton’s baby rattle up for auction.

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Sheik of Sharjah steps in to rescue Gutenberg museum.

$10M Basquiat stolen last week in Paris.

In related news, $64 Basquiat burger now available in Manhattan.

Joe Sheftel shuts down his gallery to join Hammer Museum.

Longest running play in America now coming to NYC.

Lupita Nyong’o heads to Broadway in a play about war crimes in Liberia.

Jamie Kenyon jumps ship from Gavin Brown’s Enterprise for 47 Canal.

A bunch of deleted Terry Gilliam animations from Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

Collector and “Potash King,” Dmitri Rybolovlev settled his heinous divorce; wife gets fraction of his billions.

Sheik to Rescue Gutenberg Museum, Basquiat Stolen in Paris, and More