• A collection of works by Henri Matisse, originally created for the Chapelle du Rosaire in Vence on the French Riviera, will be shown at the Vatican in Rome later this year. Large-scale sketches, silk garments, and a belltower bronze cross will enhance the modern and contemporary religious art collection of the Vatican. For the full story, head to The Art Newspaper. • An agreement was reached last Tuesday between the US government, the Estate of Lea Bondi Jaray and the Leopold Museum of Vienna to conclude one of the longest running stolen art cases in history. Egon Schiele’s painting Portrait of Wally, stolen by a Nazi agent in 1930, will stay in its home at the Leopold in return for a $19 million cash settlement paid to the Bondi heirs, its rightful owners. Click here to read a description of the case. • Work by internationally acclaimed British artist Jane South will be featured at the Knoxville Museum of Art in the exhibition Jane South: Shifting Structures (Aug. 7 - Nov. 7). Many pieces seem to blur the line between sculpture, installation and architecture, using little more than hand painted balsa wood and folded paper. Head to Art Knowledge News for more. • The Louisiana State Museum in New Orleans in October will open Living with Hurricanes: Katrina and Beyond, an exhibition meant to serve as a documentary showcase and memorial to the storm’s devastation. Eyewitness accounts, photographs and video, as well as scientific explorations will educate while they powerfully evoke the suffering of a major US city. A centerpiece of the exhibit is a ruined baby grand piano recoverd from the home of jazz legend Fat Domino. Check out the full story here.