- Artists pay homage to the late Steve Jobs.
- Part 2 of Sotheby’s well executed Your Art World video series – The Collector – released.
- Artinfo interviews artist Xu Bing.
- Dr. Death – Dr. Jack Kevorkian’s artwork and personal belongings to be auctioned off.
- LS Lowry painting set to go for £6million (a record for the artist) at auction
- Source images for paintings by Bob Dylan in his Gagosian exhibition revealed to be licensed.
- President Obama proclaims October as National Arts and Humanities Month
- Arnold Schwarzenegger commissions at least three huge bronze statues of himself made.
- Park Avenue Armory commissions Tom Sachs to create fictional mission to Mars.
- Drama between Deitch and Schimmel Reason for MOCA’s competing exhibitions in same space?
- Marina Abramovic’s loft on the market for $3.5 million. Apartment once inhabited by Marcel Duchamp also for sale for $4.75 million.
- LACMA to have first large scale museum in LA devoted to film making. It will be steps away from future subway station.
- Gerhard Richter criticizes the current state of the art market. Sarah Thornton examines his market. Also, catch this Q&A with the legendary artist and read about why he is so important.
- Downtown LA’s Art Walk may be in jeopardy due to financial difficulties.
- High Desert Test Sites on Oct 15 & 16 w/ new projects in the SoCal high desert communities.
- Supreme releases skate decks by Harmony Korine.
- New York Times reviews Richard Serra’s exhibition at Gagosian Gallery.
- Video: Pipilotti Rist talks about her new exhibition at the Hayward Gallery.
- Yoko Ono plans exhibition featuring art work by John Lennon and possibly her own.
- German town to establish Neo Rauch foundation.
- Photo Ga releases photo book with proceeds benefiting victims of 3/11 disaster in Japan.
- China Chow provides her tour of the Southern California arts and culture scene.
- The Getty acquires trove of Ed Ruscha photographs.
- Video: watch tattoo artist Toshikazu Nozaka, who has exhibited alongside Usugrow, at work.
- An estimated $350 million worth of art to be shown this year at Frieze.
- Carsten Höller installing big ass slide at the New Museum.
- Penis artist Jaime del Val projects his little friend onto buildings in Madrid.
- Kerry Hyatt wins the Details Guild Rising Star artist award.
- Elroy Elms’ Kilroy character collaborates with Kaws’ Companion on a t-shirt.
- New street work from Gaia (Miami and Manhatten), Isaac Cordal (Brussels), ESPO (Brooklyn), and Jaz (Villa Crespo).
- Richard Ankrom’s guerrilla public service with new, less confusing freeway signs.
- Banksy truck from the past now reappears for sale.
- Ron English releases x-ray version of his McSupersized HUMBERGER vinyl figure.
- Seonna Hong names a couple of her favorite restaurants.
- Joe Vaux directs and creates dream sequence in Family Guy.
- James Jean continues to design for new patterns for OVM.
- Gary Baseman will be releasing his Toby’s Secret Society figures.
