- KAWS announces the end of OriginalFake via Instagram.
- Van Gogh’s Sunflowers slowly turning brown as a result of exposure to LED lighting.
- Printed Matter talks about the devastation from Superstorm Sandy on NPR.
- The College of Visual Arts in St. Paul, Minnesota will close its doors forever in June due to recession.
- Chris D’Amelio will close his gallery and join David Zwirner at his.
- More than 100 paintings by H. Widayat stolen from the H. Widayat Museum in Central Java.
- Picasso murals under threat as Oslo considers tearing down buildings damaged during terrorist attack.
- $500,000 bond imposed on Uriel Landeros while he awaits trial on charges of graffiti and criminal mischief.
- Christian Parisot and Matteo Vignapiano arrested following two-year investigation for Modigliani fakes.
- Inspired by Ken Johnson’s writing, two upcoming panel discussions address racism and sexism in art.
- On Monday, Dallas Museum of Art institutes new policy of free general admission and free memberships.
- Denver Art Museum to have exhibitions featuring Monet, Degas and Cézanne, among others.
- Curator Rebecca Morse leaves her position at MOCA to join LACMA.
- Two museums in Chicago raising their admission fees.
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Diego Rivera painting worth a million dollars appraised on Antiques Roadshow.
- Giovanni Battista Torriglia painting worth $20,000 discovered in a Virginia Goodwill store.
- Tate Britain to mount the first major retrospective devoted to LS Lowry since the artist’s death in 1976.
- Audrey Kawasaki and Edwin Ushiro to show at Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles in Feb.
- Munich hoping a program consisting of public art installations will help to win tourists back from Berlin.
- A look at California’s art schools.
- Galleries and its architecture are affecting the neighborhoods they decide to locate in.
- Scottish government injects £7 million over three years into culture.
- Ben Davis discusses some “truths” about the art market.
- Sotheby’s and Christie’s think the auction market his year will start off with a bang in London.
- Christie’s managed to win a larger share of the market last year over Sotheby’s perhaps due to larger budget.
- Items from Studio 54 to be auctioned off.
- n+1 writes about Steven Cohen, his art collecting, and edge.
- Andrew Purchin organizes A Thousand Artists: Inauguration 2013 performance during inauguration.
- Andy Kaufman – today’s hottest performance artist.
- Whitewall writes about Bettina Korek and ForYourArt.
- Sarah Braman is the 2013 recipient of the Maud Morgan Prize from Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts.
- Thaddaeus Ropac named Chevalier of the French Légion d’Honneu.
- Wu Tsang and Matt Hoyt among winners of $25,000 Foundation for Contemporary Arts grants.
- Trisha Brown honored with first-ever Rauschenberg Award.
- Tom Waits and Anton Corbijn release a book together.
- New Dan Attoe Accretion 41 painting.
- The story of how Frank Gehry came about creating his fish lamps.
- Mona Lisa recreated on the moon using lasers.
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Barry McGee to have a show of new work at The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth opening on March 31.
- Dabs Myla designs artwork for LA Weeky’s Plate event.
- A profile of Matthew Porter and his flying muscle cars.
- Artsy interviews Artsy founder Dasha Zhukova.
- Interview with Hank Willis Thomas.