CRIME
Ann Freedman tells her version of the events in the ongoing Knoedler Gallery forgery case. [The Art Newspaper]
A Mayor de Blasio donor, real-estate investor Jona Rechnitz, “used his connections to siphon $655,000 over the past two years from the City Council to fund a law-enforcement sensitivity seminar at the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s Museum of Tolerance.” [New York Post]
A THINKING MAN’S DONALD TRUMP
Here’s a profile of philanthropist and art collector Nicolas Berggruen, whom one interviewee calls “a thinking man’s Donald Trump.” [The New York Times]
James Franco makes a case for his art to Jerry Saltz. [New York Magazine]
INDIGINEOUS ART
Here’s a guide to buying indigenous art ethically. [The Guardian]
A look at what may be Australia’s most remarkable museum, the Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) in Hobart, Tasmania. [Newsweek]
EXTRAS
A profile of Carmen Herrera. [The New York Times]
Mira Schor at Lyles & King in New York. [Contemporary Art Daily]