More stories below (compiled with the help of YESNIK) from this week (click on bolded words for more information):
- Kaws’ Small Lie figure installation at Hamad International Airport in Qatar (photo credit: @dash.jpg).
- 39 must-see gallery shows in New York this March.
- Russell Crowe “The Art Of Divorce” auction.
- What’s driving nonprofits into the art world’s arms.
- 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair New York 2018 exhibitor list revealed.
- Artists Space NY adds Barbara Gladstone to the board.
- Former Artforum Editor Michelle Kuo joins MoMA as curator.
- Frieze Artistic Director Loring Randolph on how asking smart questions got her in the door.
- What do collectors want from a big-name artist? The name or the work of art?
- Is that Basquiat real or fake? Here’s five tell-tale clues.
- Startup Codex brings blockchain to art authentication with backing from Pantera.
- Sotheby’s shares surge on 60% jump in full-year profit boosted by Picasso, private sales.
- “Vacation” – the New York gallery timeshare that’s signed up a dozen global dealers.
- Saudi Arabia’s Contemporary Art Scene is suddenly buzzing.
- The Mona Lisa may be going on tour.
- Hammer Museum at UCLA launches $180 million campaign to support major transformation.
- Hammer Museum’s ‘Made in L.A. 2018’ artist list.
- Facebook censors 30,000 year-old Venus of Willendorf as “pornographic.”
- Hope to Nope: Graphics and Politics 2008-18 at the Design Museum: March 28 – August 12.
- Iconic Banksy Well Hung Lover artwork defaced by vandals in Bristol.
- Olafur Eliasson unveils new immersive installation in Los Angeles.
- Interview with artist Albert Oehlen, reflecting on his experience as young Berlin artist in the ’70s.
- Albert Oehlen opens new show at Marciano Art Foundation in Los Angeles March 1st.
- Jasper Johns’ Something Resembling Truth, six decades of works now on view at The Broad LA.
- The epic battles of Leon Golub’s paintings.
- Jonas Wood working on Privacy Curtains for Children’s National Health System in D.C.
- Eric Fischl’s unflattering Trump portrait edition.
- Eric Fischl gives out Trump clown posters for London show on US underbelly.
- Peter Saul’s Trump paintings are a highlight of the ADAA Fair.
- Michelle Obama portraitist Amy Sherald gives advice to young artists.
- Murakami & Off White’s Abloh give insights into their collaborative art show for the Gagosian.
- Photographer Julie Glassberg’s anarchic photos show life inside of a Brooklyn bike club.
- How to live, according to Marina Abramović.
- The unlikely friendship of Duchamp and Dalí.
- Peter Chan talks to In Rainbows Mag.
- Steve “ESPO” Powers planning future collaboration with New York City Ballet?
