Stories from the week that just ended:
- The Guardian chooses the best photographs of 2012. Above: Bombs over Aleppo – photograph: Maysun/EPA
- LA Times’ list of notable deaths (including Kinkade, Kelley, Price, Benjamin) in art and culture in 2012.
- Proposal to sell photograph by Edvard Munch in Oslo museum to Centre Pompidou, Paris stirs controversy.
- BBC’s art controversies of 2012 – in pictures.
- L.A. City Council prohibits food trucks from parking on Wilshire, in front of LACMA between 9am and 4pm.
- Battle over estate of Thomas Kinkade between wife and girlfriend ends after secret settlement reached.
- David LaChapelle suing former manager for allegedly cheating him out of more than $2.8 million from sales.
- Fine art insurers face claims of up to half a billion dollars, their biggest ever payout, due to Superstorm Sandy.
- The art market and art criticism to divorce in 2013?
- Financial Times looks back at the art market year of 2012.
- Forbes’ Three Things for Art Buyers and Sellers to Consider in 2013.
- Restorers facing unprecedented challenges as contemporary art uses unconventional methods and materials.
- Hollywood gallery scene expanding – Pepin Moore leaving Chinatown for a location on Sunset Blvd.
- Profile of Larry Gagosian’s recent defections from his gallery, lawsuits, and other issues.
- Art in America’s Top 10 in Painting, 2012.
- GalleristNY’s list of The 30 Best Exhibitions of 2012 in NY.
- Adam Lindemann’s The Art World Game Changers of 2012.
- ArtInfo’s YEAR IN REVIEW: 10 Stories That Moved the Art Market in 2012.
- The Globe and Mail looks back at 2012 and wonders when the art market bubble will pop.
- Vast database of Italian church’s art and artifacts goes live.
- For one month, Christian Marclay’s The Clock is being shown at MoMA during public hours.
- Steven Cohen bought Warhol Maos because he thought “there will be a lot of Chinese billionaires someday”
- The Daily Telegraph interviews Cecilia Giménez. You can buy her original work on Ebay.
- An interview with Caitlin Rider of Taschen.
- Review of Ed Ruscha’s current show at Gagosian Gallery in Chelsea.
- Maurizio Cattelan’s HIM praying Hitler sculpture in former Warsaw ghetto sparks emotion.
- Something new by Bumblebee.
- Photo recap of Nawer’s solo exhibition in Warsaw.
- Frank Gonzales has a piece in the Laguna Art Museum auction.
- More work in progress from Eric Fortune.
- Opening night photos from the Femke Hiemstra and Ryan Heshka show at Roq La Rue.
- VICE Magazine interviews Marina Abramović.
- FriendsWithYou recently releases a new Little Buddy limited edition sculpture.
- Andreas Gursky recently opened an exhibition of his large scale work at Museum Kunstpalast.
