Art news round-up

Below are selected stories from the art news of the week, each with a link you can click on to find out more about the story. All of them (and more) have appeared on the Agora Gallery twitter feed this week, so remember that if you want to be more regularly updated during the week you can follow the Agora_Gallery account there. But as the week draws to a close, here are some of the highlights!

News stories from the art world:

Under layers of grime, the Met finds it had a Velazquez all along http://bit.ly/4AwpNl

One of the newest frontiers in the contemporary art world proves to be somewhat unexpected – it’s Azerbaijan http://bit.ly/82CjbX

The stunning new wing of London’s Victoria and Albert Museum gives artifacts a new voice, and the audience a new version of art history to ponder http://bit.ly/91MCJ9

Canada’s AGO opens with a blockbuster of a show – but it doesn’t come from ‘in house’ and not everyone is happy http://bit.ly/8YjhyU

Art Basel Miami Beach presents a dreamscape on the beach http://bit.ly/5pXkOc , but new changes please some and not others http://bit.ly/54JAJ3

Popular stories from the week:

Brain scanner results indicate the brain deals differently with different types of art http://bit.ly/7gimEQ

Warhol in the news again: his work in a fraud case http://bit.ly/8pwY86, his life in a musical http://bit.ly/6v6Ck1

The story of restoring Da Vinci’s famous ‘Last Supper’, pixel by pixel http://bit.ly/4u8UXn

And last but not least, the art of ‘camera-tossing’ apparently exists http://bit.ly/76hKn3 If any readers have tried this, please do let me know – I am intrigued!