Overtime stories of the week:

  • Jesus backs Pussy Riot on South Park.
  • Galleries in Chelsea suffer damage as a result of Sandy storm.  More from Hyperallergic and NY Times. Adam Lindemann’s picture of the devastation caused by Sandy in Chelsea.
  • Sandy forces closures for Broadway, concerts, museums in NYC and mid-Atlantic region of US.
  • Sandy forced the Whitney and dozens of nonprofits to cancel their galas and fundraisers.
  • Sandy inflicted “extensive” damage to National September 11 Memorial, built at World Trade Center site
  • A image of Superflex’s Flooded McDonald’s tries to get passed off as a Sandy causality.
  • Greenpoint, Brooklyn studios and artwork wrecked by Sandy, destroying years of work.
  • Printed Matter hit hard by Sandy.
  • Dustin Yellin loses all his work as Kidd Yellin artist studio in Red Hook floods.
  • Christie’s opens its doors to displaced art and dealers affected by Sandy.
  • Ben Davis on how Sandy may change New York’s art world.
  • Logan Hicks benefit print for Hurricane Sandy.
  • Vatican to have pavilion at the next Venice Biennale.
  • How knowledge of art and company of friends affect our engagement with art in museums.
  • Picasso ceramics not seen for 40 years gets exhibited at Tashkent’s State Arts Museum.
  • Fate of Corcoran Gallery of Art lies in its board of trustees and its chairman.
  • Keith Haring Foundation gives $1-million grant to Whitney Museum.
  • Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago gets $10 million donation from Zell Family Foundation.
  • The Getty’s Pacific Standard Time initiative generated $111.5 million in spending.
  • Film and entertainment names mingle with artists at LACMA’s Ruscha and Kubrick gala.
  • Hauser & Wirth Somerset set to open in Bruton farm.
  • Hotel Gallery in London to close its doors.
  • Commercial galleries today providing spectacular destinations for viewing large scale/monumental art.
  • Chinese government aims to tackle the “three fakes” in the country’s art market: works, sales, and auctions.
  • Banksy artwork among the items confiscated from money launderers in South Woodford.
  • Two plead guilty to trying to sell $3mil. Matisse painting stolen from museum in Venezuela 10 years ago.
  • Arts Council England cutting 21% of workforce (more than 100 jobs) under its latest organizational restructure.
  • US collectors selling blue chip works, fearing that capital gains taxes on fine art could rise from current 28%.
  • New York auction houses may be forced to reveal consignors and buyers.
  • Sheikh Saud Bin Mohammed Al-Thani reportedly owes estimated $60mil. to auction houses around the world.
  • Gender equality for women in fine art steadily improving.
  • Why Shepard Fairey is voting for Obama.
  • Interview with Bill Powers about Exhibition A and collecting art.
  • Well executed Obama – Hope poster Halloween costume.
  • Danh Vo has won this year’s Hugo Boss Prize.
  • Adrian Searle interviews Luc Tuymans.
  • Matthew Barney films in the East River.
  • James Turrell installs Skyspace at Arizona State University’s Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts.
  • Interview with Bridget Riley, who wins the Sikkens prize for her work in color.
  • William Wegman gets asked and answers 21 questions.
  • Chloe Early preparing for her show at Corey Helford next week.
  • Photo recap of Saner’s show at New Image Art.
  • Pixel Pancho and 2501 narrowly escape annihilation by Sandy.
  • Monica and Souther Salazar’s The Trading Tortoise in San Diego.