Overtime stories of the week:

  • It’s agreed. Damien Hirst’s giant, naked pregnant mother to stand tall over seaside town.
  • MOCA has postponed its annual fundraising gala.
  • Board of MOCA scheduled a special meeting Tuesday, aiming to unite trustees.
  • Christie’s will sell $100 mil. art trove by Andy Warhol (from Foundation) over the coming five years or more.
  • Andy Warhol’s Marlon from the collection of Donald L Bryant may fetch $20 million at Christie’s auction.
  • Shepard Fairey sentenced to two years of probation and fined $25k.
  • Shepard Fairey makes a statement regarding his legal case.
  • NY court to decide if lap dancing is tax-exempt art form.
  • Giacometti Foundation and Picasso estate jointly found the International Union of Modern and Contemporary Masters, to promote legal protections “against the circulation of counterfeit works of art.”
  • Collectors that believe they may have purchased forged works of art are left with unknown recourse.
  • Knoedler will sell a portion (34 lots) of its holdings at Doyle Auction House.
  • Sotheby’s sales for the first six months of 2012 fall by 12%.
  • Connery, Pissarro, Seydoux: new powerhouse partnership forms after Giraud, Pissarro, Ségalot dissolution.
  • The art market in Brazil is heating up with rise in middle class income.
  • The once red-hot art market in China is slowing way down.
  • The Stedelijk Museum and Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam reopens after major renovations.
  • The Museum of Contemporary Art of Buenos Aires in Argentina has just recently opened.
  • SH Contemporary, art fair held at the Shanghai Exhibition Center sees high level of censorship.
  • Regen Projects’s new space in Hollywood may anchor the next hot gallery district in Los Angeles.
  • Theaster Gates remaking and transforming his Grand Crossing neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side.
  • Rem Koolhaas rumored to become the next director of the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2014.
  • ArtInfo’s list of 10 Young British Dealers to Watch.
  • Art performance marriage proposal? Alexey Bykov faked death immediately prior to proposing to girlfriend.
  • SFMOMA acquires its first major Margaret Kilgallen piece.
  • Take a look inside the Mission district, San Francisco home of Barry McGee and Clare Rojas.
  • Damien Hirst, Maurizio Cattelan, Rachel Whiteread and others create chess sets for show at Saatchi Gallery.
  • The 127 winners of the Hirst Spot Challenge will receive nicely-sized and personally inscribed 61″x55″ prints.
  • Exhibition A releases a limited edition, signed canvas print of one of Lucien Smith’s rain paintings.
  • Photos by Reserve Result at HVW8’s A&C Shop opening night.
  • A closer look at all the new Audrey Kawasaki paintings for her New York solo.
  • Eric Haze is partnering up with New Era to put forth his own cap collection.
  • A look at TitiFreak’s new show in Osaka, Japan.
  • James Jean has released his new line of “Bone” jewelry thru OVM.
  • Cyop & Kaf made their third visit to Fame festival, some work they left behind.
  • Hypebeast’s Essentials feature on Krink. And, they visit the studio of Erik Parker.
  • New work from Slinkachu in Hong Kong.
  • A sweet new commission piece from Dan May for a lucky collector.
  • Eric Fortune walks through the creation process of his latest painting.
  • An interview with Marco Zamora.