Each week, we scour the internet for the most significant, surprising, and outrageous art news—helping you stay informed (and sound smart). Have a suggestion? Let us know on social media (@meetmeural) with the tag #thisweekinartnews.

1. “ ‘Lost Michelangelo’ goes missing from Belgian church” by Daniel Boffey, The Guardian

Ah, another day, another missing painting. This time it’s a “lost masterpiece,” supposedly by Michelangelo. If the story’s lede doesn’t catch you, possibly nothing will: “It is a storyline worthy of a Hercule Poirot whodunnit. After confiding in just 20 trusted people of his suspicion that a painting in his church was a lost masterpiece, a priest in the small Flemish town of Zele, 45 miles north of Brussels, has had to call in the local police over its sudden disappearance.”

2. “The Dubai Effect” by Eleanor Heartney, Art in America

Those obsessed with the idea of art storage lockers should have already found this article; those who aren’t might still find it intriguing. A project called Lock Up International is showing art where it’s usually lost on the public: in storage facilities. Viewings are, naturally, by appointment only.

3. “The Museum Is Closed? These Paintings Have a Digital Life” by Jason Farago, New York Times

Well, duh. At Meural we’ve known the power of the digital life of paintings for a while now. Anyway, thanks to the government shutdown, the Hirschhorn Museum in Washington, D.C. has been closed. Still set on writing about an exhibit there, Jason Farago ends up with a meditation half on the work of artist Charline von Heyl, and half on what it means to experience artwork online.

4. “Frida Kahlo’s Friendship with Dorothea Lange Was Good for Her Health” by Karen Chernick, Hyperallergic

Though this should probably be filed under “random historical ephemera,” it is a visceral reminder that artists are real people. The documentary photographer Dorothea Lange and the thoroughly celebrated painter Frida Kahlo both suffered from Polio as children. When the two finally met, Lange recognized the off-kilter gait of Kahlo; it was her own. Eventually, Lange introduced Kahlo to her doctor, Dr. Leo Eloesser, who would become not only Kahlo’s physician but her confidante—and subject.