• The making of “Hero,” a drawing by Miguel Endara of his dad that took 210 hours and is composed entirely out of 3.2 million ink dots.
  • Ryan McGinley featured in The Telegraph.  Has a new (long delayed) monograph coming out.
  • Larissa Sansour claims she was taken off Lacoste Prize shortlist for being “too pro-Palestinian”.
  • The nature of appropriation today.
  • 500 year-old Leonardo da Vinci painting at Louvre may have been overcleaned, say experts.
  • Helen Frankenthaler sadly passed away this week.
  • E-retailers finally discovering what galleries have known for years – the benefit of drunken shoppers.
  • The L Magazine picks the top ten art shows in Brooklyn in 2011.
  • Jonathan Jones looks back at the year in art for The Guardian.
  • Peter Schjeldahl also reflects on the art world of 2011.
  • Mat Gleason’s top 11 LA art shows of 2011.
  • Alec Soth’s top twenty photo books of 2011.
  • 2011 was a year of new money and new collectors hungry for art.
  • London set to have a trio of big shows, including Hockney, Freud, and Hirst, lined up for 2012.
  • Yayoi Kusama’s flower sculptures brighten the Jardin des Tuileries for the Winter.
  • The finalists announced for Booooooom’s Remake contest.
  • The Traveling Tattoo / Low Brow show Quick and Painful on video.
  • Some new work from Luke Chueh.
  • Platinum Cheese talks to Linnea Strid.
  • Jeff Soto recaps his 2011.
  • Sucklord creates a line of figures based on Work of Art judges.
  • Vandalog interview Stinkfish.
  • A collaboration between INSA and Evisu.
  • A nice wall mural from Remed at the Carhartt Gallery in Germany.
  • Dabs Myla and Witnes on video during Art Basel Week Miami.
  • Herbert Baglione caught on video during the Nuart Festival.