Overtime stories of the week:

  • Mark Ryden is releasing a new print tomorrow (December 17th) through Porterhouse.
  • One of the world’s biggest artists – Damien Hirst – leaves the world’s biggest gallery – Gagosian Gallery.
  • Yayoi Kusama also leaves Gagosian Gallery.
  • Vladimir Umanets, who defaced Mark Rothko painting at the Tate Modern, has been jailed for two years.
  • United States attorney’s office files civil complaint against Douglas A. J. Latchford over looted Khmer artwork.
  • 144 pieces loaned to British Empire and Commonwealth Museum may be missing or sold without consent.
  • Turkey turning to human rights law to reclaim sculptures that once sat in the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus
  • British artists and curators reportedly swindled after entrepreneur behind Santorini Biennale “disappeared”.
  • Cooper Union students march to protest the school’s plans to adopt a tuition-based model.
  • Kara Walker’s artwork gets censored at Newark Public Library.
  • University of California suspends rolling out their new logo design due to criticism and outrage by the public.
  • Greenberg Van Doren gallery in New York will close its doors after thirteen years.
  • Russian prosecutors launch investigation on whether Chapman brothers exhibition breached extremism laws.
  • Dallas Museum of Art makes an offer on Leonardo da Vinci Christ as Salvator Mundi painting.
  • Due to massive popularity, Vermeer’s Girl With a Pearl Earring painting to get its own room at The Frick.
  • The Hammer museum acquires Three Weeks in May rape map piece by Suzanne Lacey.
  • Thomas Hart Benton masterwork America Today gets donated to the Met by AXA Equitable.
  • Visitor at Vienna’s Leopold Museum strips naked to view exhibition after being inspired by the art.
  • Next Los Angeles Modern Auctions auction to include work from LACMA’s collection.
  • Tate Modern severely underestimates demand for Kraftwerk tickets and issues an apology.
  • A peek into recent acquisitions made by The Guggenheim, including works by Trecartin, Meckseper.
  • Grand Palais’s current Edward Hopper show on track to become France’s 2nd-best attended exhibition ever.
  • Royal Academy gives Queen 97 works of art, including by Kapoor, Emin, Hockney, as Diamond Jubilee gift.
  • Kochi: India’s first art biennale hopes to provide platform that focuses on the art, rather than on the art market.
  • An interview with Thaddaeus Ropac on the art market.
  • Blake Gopnik thinks we may be in a art market bubble.
  • Art Market Monitor’s Marion Maneke responds to Blake Gopnik’s article with a rebuttal.
  • Felix Salmon responds to Maneke’s response to Gopnik on the possibility of an art market bubble.
  • Kenny Schachter responds to Felix Salmon’s response to Marion Maneke’s response to Blake Gopnik.
  • The Rubells respond to the recent backlash against the contemporary art market.
  • The connection between fine art and luxury goods may be deteriorating due to cooling off in the mid-market.
  • Flash Art magazine is launching its own art fair, taking place in Milan on February 7-10 with 80 dealers.
  • Art+Auction’s Power 2012 list, part 6 – Power Patrons, part 7 – Power Players, part 8 – Power to Watch, part 9 – Power Personalities, and The Roundup.
  • Peter Brant interviews Larry Gagosian for Interview Magazine.
  • Robbie Antonio has commissioned his portrait by 12 artists so far, like Scharf, Minter, LaChapelle, & Opie.
  • The Simpsons get a Taschen store in Springfield.
  • Gold Line Bridge in Arcadia, CA is a massive piece of art.
  • Jonathan Jones thinks Rachel Whiteread is Britain’s greatest living artist.
  • The Telegraph interviews Chuck Close about his portraits.
  • Interview with the new director of The Getty, Timothy Potts.
  • Horny New Yorkers descended upon Miami hoping to whet their abundant sexual appetite with locals.
  • Congratulations to AM contributor Taiyo Watanabe (@mello_yello ) on winning KPCC ‘s Instagram contest.
  • Cyrcle. gets featured by LA Times.
  • David Lynch creating new etchings at historic Parisian location.
  • Damon Dash announces plans to open art galleries in South Carolina and eventually Hong Kong.
  • Naomi Campbell interviews Jeff Koons.
  • Will Cotton creates and designs for Peter & the Wolf.
  • Grisha Bruskin and collective AES+F share top honors for Kandinsky Prize.
  • Celebs such as Jay-Z, Beyonce, Will Smith, P Diddy, and others buy art at Art Basel Miami Beach.
  • Sad news out of Miami Beach as Vito Schnabel breaks off his relationship with Demi Moore.