Overtime stories of the week:

  • Impossible Architecture, a series of works utilizing digital collaging technique & real photos from Filip Dujardin.
  • Nigeria seeking return of art from Britain, which they say looted works from them more than a century ago.
  • Workers uncover six murals by Otto Dix behind a bookshelf in the artist’s former home during renovations.
  • The story of how Peru High School in Peru Indiana acquired its multimillion dollar art collection.
  • William Cole criticizes today’s art market and wonders aloud if we are in a bubble.
  • TEFAF looks at the Gerhard Richter market.
  • Daily Paintworks, which sells paintings and charges artists a monthly membership fee, is thriving online.
  • The Economist writes about Artsy and the digital realm of the art market.
  • What’s next for Simon de Pury and Phillips now that they’ve gone their own separate ways?
  • Today’s artists are rediscovering wallpaper due to improved new technology.
  • US art will travel to South Korea and in exchange Korean art will be coming to America in cultural exchange.
  • Anonymous donor gives Seaport Museum $500,000 for post-Sandy repairs.
  • Tim Noble and Sue Webster divorce, but will continue to make art together.
  • Australia’s totemic ghost gum trees made famous by Albert Namatjira’s watercolors burnt in suspected arson.
  • NY Times culture editor Jonathan Landman to accept buyout and leave paper.
  • George Ball sues Cook Fine Art for $5.3 million due to missing art.
  • Epidemic of sculpture knock-offs plaguing the art world while law enforcement has a difficult time keeping up.
  • Picasso authentication now streamlined and simplified to a single person – his son Claude.
  • Joerg Colberg looks back at the best photobooks of 2012.
  • Miami NewTimes’ Top 10 New Wynwood Murals.
  • Quentin Blake has been knighted in the New Year honours list for his work as an illustrator.
  • Bedford (UK) coffee shop boasts Michelangelo fresco recreation will last thousands of years.
  • Kanye West is going to design Lil Wayne’s new album cover.
  • Pharrell Williams to collaborate with Zaha Hadid.
  • Paula Deen is also an artist.
  • A look at Lena Dunham’s art world roots.
  • The first image from Nate Frizzell’s upcoming solo show released.
  • Martha Cooper had her portrait painted by Os Gemeos.
  • Street Art London unveils an iPad app
  • Dabs Myla choose some music for a road trip.
  • Eric Fortune documents a new piece he is working on.
  • Phlegm’s new drawing and new year’s greeting.
  • WeiWei-isms – A Dissident’s Tips for Survival – new book from Ai Weiwei.