More stories from the week that ended Jan 4 (click on bolded words for more information):
- Mitchell-Innes & Nash’s three-person show with Jo Baer, Anne Neukamp, and Diane Simpson.
- Family sues Majestic Collection Fine Art Gallerie after sculpture kills their toddler.
- Elana Pritchard illustrates her experience in jail and with the legal system.
- 14-year-old girl in Hong Kong arrested for drawing chalk flowers on a wall at protest site.
- Tania Bruguera arrested three times in two days in Cuba.
- Authenticity in use of Tracey Emin’s bed in My Bed piece questioned. Others think it doesn’t matter.
- Wife of Jean-François Bauret accuses Jeff Koons of plagiarizing her husband’s work.
- Gallery 63 Antiques accused of selling a Rockwell forgery.
- Wales had plans to hide art treasures in underground tunnels if a civil or nuclear emergency arose during the 1980s.
- The unveiling of The Broad’s facade reveals that actual construction not as good as rendering.
- Jonathan Jones asks why the poor are not depicted in art today.
- Play-Doh makes a toy that looks like a penis.
- The rise of narcissism in art in 2014.
- The mutual admiration and rivalry between Picasso and Dali.
- The 15 most bizarre, wild, and weird art stories of 2014.
- Scott Indrisek’s top ten worst art world moments of 2014.
- Harvey Weinstein issues a challenge to Banksy.
- Andrew Goldstein talks about the art bubble.
- Christian Viveros-Fauné’s list of the 50 most exciting artists of 2014.
- WOAH’s top 12 Los Angeles art picks for 2014. Connie Butler also has her LA top choices. Paris, LA’s LA culture’s top 10.
- Ben Davis’ list of The Most Important Art Essays of the Year.
- 8 under-the-radar shows that Artinfo is looking forward to in 2015.
- Artists talk about their favorite films of 2014. And choose their favorite art exhibitions of 2014.
- Roberta Smith’s views on some of the art-related films that came out in 2014.
- New York City art life still lively and vibrant.
- Damien Hirst’s art complex in south London will open in 2015 and have free admission.
- Artwork from Myron Kunin’s collection goes on loan at Minneapolis Institute of Arts.
- A look at the institutions in New York undergoing expansion in 2015.
- Bloomberg looks at the blue chip sales numbers of 2014.
- A look at the record purchases at auction in 2014.
- Georgina Adam’s art market predictions for 2015.
- Cuba prepares for a boom in demand for its art and artists.
- A look at the upcoming Los Angeles art fairs.
- The Indian art market still struggling to recover.
- List of the 10 best European art fairs of 2014.
- Adeline Ooi hired by Art Basel for Asia Director Post.
- Profile of Anne Anka and a look at how she built her art collection.
- Anselm Kiefer visits Cern, Europe’s particle physics center.
- Anish Kapoor to have 2015 solo show at Versailles.
- Obey Clothing interviews James Jean.
- The Standard interviews Liu Bolin.
- A Q&A with Jordan Wolfson.
- Financial Times interviews Luc Tuymans.
- Interview with David Ostrowski.
- Martin Bruckner turns his 3 year-old daughter’s sayings into art.
- Rob Pruitt’s Instagram series of artist and celebrity look-a-likes.
- New York Times profiles Stefan Simchowitz and takes a look at a day in his life.
- Andrew Goldstein interviews Mark Landis.
- 50 artists from Singapore that you may want to know about.
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Lina Selander to represent Sweden at the Venice Biennale in 2015.
- Timothy Spall learned to paint so he could play the part of J.M.W. Turner in film.
