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Sentencing of Mobster Tied to Gardner Heist Delayed – A federal judge has delayed the sentencing of accused mafioso Robert Gentile, who is suspected to have been involved in history’s biggest art heist. The judge has ordered a briefing on Gentile’s competency after the octogenarian said he did not remember pleading guilty in April to illegally selling guns. (Reuters)

How One Artist Retreat Is Recovering From Harvey – Over 42 years, Sue and Rod Bown painstakingly converted a secluded Texas wetlands property into an artists’ retreat and bed and breakfast. But Hurricane Harvey nearly washed it all away. (Los Angeles Times)

David Hockney Is Opening a (Another) New Artistic Chapter – The critic Deborah Solomon visited Hockney at his Hollywood Hills home to discuss his life and work ahead of the Met’s retrospective in November. The 80-year-old is staying busy: He’s embarked on a breathtaking new series of perspectival fantasias on shaped canvas, and is currently completing a 20-foot-tall stained-glass window for Westminster Abbey in honor of the Queen. (New York Times) Read more