Special XL edition of Overtime this Sunday, covering more stories from the past two weeks. Click on bolded words for more information:
- Olafur Eliasson and Minik Rosing’s Ice Watch piece installed in Paris during UN Climate Summit.
- RIP: Leslie Waddington, who passed away at the age of 81.
- RIP: Victoria Nicodemus, who passed away at the age of 30 after being hit while on a sidewalk by an SUV.
- RIP: Holly Woodlawn, who passed away at the age of 69 after battling brain and liver cancer in Los Angeles.
- RIP: John Trudell, who passed away at the age of 69.
- RIP: Jeriah Hildwine, who passed away at the age of 36, apparently from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
- RIP: Ray Crooke, who passed away at the age of 93.
- Unnamed former Ohio State University employee shoots and kills himself at the Wexner Center for the Arts
- Suspected Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic shooter/killer Robert Lewis Dear was an art dealer.
- Ian Sklarsky physically attacked by Eliexer Reyes with candy bar and fists in NY subway.
- Brian McCarty discovers that his work has been appropriated by ISIS.
- UN advisers launch appeal to stop execution of Ashraf Fayadh in Saudi Arabia.
- Artists protest oil sponsorship at Louvre during UN climate change conference and some are arrested.
- Appointment of Bartomeu Marí as director of MMCA protested by artists due to censorship concerns.
- Markus Lüpertz’s studio is broken into and around 30 paintings, drawings, and prints were stolen.
- Leonardo A. Patterson convicted of smuggling pre-Columbian artifacts and selling fake objects.
- Izabela Depczyk resigns as publisher and CEO of ARTnews magazine after ownership change.
- Amal Clooney’s firm dropped from Elgin Marbles lawsuit after Greece chooses to go diplomatic route.
- The Art Preservation Index assists collectors with evaluating artwork materials that will deteriorate.
- US Senate Finance Committee scrutinizing nearly a dozen private museums and their tax exempt-status.
- Museum of Fine Arts guards protest new, more aggressive training model and their new work scheduling.
- BART in SF accused of censoring Victor De La Rosa’s work on gentrification in S.F.
- Les Couples de la République show featuring photos of gay couples to reopen after multiple acts of vandalism.
- Rijksmuseum replacing racist words and terms from titles and descriptions of works in its collection.
- Met museum sued for “racist” Jesus paintings.
- Danh Vo, Bert Kreuk, and Isabella Bortolozzi finally settle two-year long legal dispute.
- Knoedler Gallery, Ann Freeman, and owners reach settlement with John Howard over fake $4mil. de Kooning.
- Judgment against Ernst expert Werner Spies, who mistakenly authenticated fake work, overturned in appeal.
- Sheridan Tandy caught selling fake prints that he made himself.
- LA’s downtown Arts District too expensive for artists and city needs to do more to assist creative community.
- Catherine Wagley explores the values and risk of nepotism in art.
- Barcelona unions fighting to prevent Picasso’s former art school from being turned into Woody Allen museum.
- Group of French artists send strongly worded open letter to right wing politician Marine Le Pen. Fleur Pellerin warns that her far-right party will trample on artists’ rights.
- Shaun Greenhalgh claims to have painted La Bella Principessa, a painting attributed to Leonardo da Vinci.
- Damien Hirst’s Christmas tree criticized for being insensitive, due to proximity to homeless shelter and church.
- François Pinault denies rumors that he will open a museum in Paris.
- Marc Porter resigns his post at Christie’s and will join Sotheby’s at a later time.
- Christian Viveros-Fauné writes about how the growing narcissism epidemic is killing art.
- Christie’s big Hong Kong sale performs below expectations.
- Caravaggio’s Nativity with St Francis and St Lawrence replica exhibited after original was stolen decades ago.
- Pascal Cotte says he has discovered another painting hidden underneath the Mona Lisa.
- Researchers at the University of Houston study the affects of art on our brain.
- _space jamaica, the Caribbean’s first museum dedicated to contemporary art, opens in Kingston.
- NY Times writes about the opening of National Gallery Singapore.
- Ai Weiwei donates much awaited political Lego Project to National Gallery of Victoria.
- Barbara Lee gifts ICA Boston 20 works by 12 female artists with a value estimated at $42mil.
- Chicago Tribune writes about Stefan Edlis’ $400 collection gift to the Art Institute of Chicago.
- Korea’s Ministry of Culture donates $1mil. to Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- Artinfo looks at the Robert Ryman show at Dia:Chelsea.
- Mickalene Thomas bringing domestic violence, suicide prevention, and other specialists to Aspen Art Museum.
- Ansel Adams and others’ photographs from Japanese-American internment camps on view at Skirball.
- Modern Painters visits the 8th edition of the Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT8).
- Jerry Saltz reviews the Jim Shaw show at New Museum.
- Karen Rosenberg looks at No Man’s Land at the Rubell Family Collection. Sarah Thornton also reviews the show. 7 of the artists in the show discuss their work being included.
- Barnes Art Museum looks to build on its success after controversial move.
- Cultural corridor, including a contemporary art museum, proposed for Northern Berkshires in Massachusetts.
- Jerry Saltz writes about the Collected by Thea Westreich Wagner and Ethan Wagner show at Whitney.
- A look at the inclusion of black artists’ work in American museums.
- Sharjah Art Foundation acquires an edition of Random International’s Rain Room.
- Allora & Calzadilla’s Puerto Rican Light (Cueva Vientos) is installed and goes on view in a cave in Puerto Rico.
- Franklin Sirmans begins his position as director of the Pérez Art Museum Miami just in time for ABMB.
- MoMA appoints Sean Anderson as associate curator in the department of architecture and design.
- Yaddo artists’ colony in New York receives $250k gift from the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation.
- The Creators Project profiles Jerry Saltz and goes to one of his talks.
- Part 1 of Artnet’s 100 Most Influential People in the Art World list.
- Liu Yiqian relies on information provided by bidding action by others for an object in evaluating its merits.
- Paddle8 hires Stefany Morris as head of fine art auctions.
- Martin Shkreli revealed to be the buyer of the Wu-Tang 1/1 album sold on Paddle8. The sale is analyzed by Ben Davis. The group and Bill Murray may or may not have the right to perform one heist for the work.
- Janis Joplin’s Porsche 356, painted by Dave Richards, sells for $1.76mil. at RM Sotheby’s. Judd Tully analyzes the entire auction.
- How and why collectors develop relationships with auction houses.
- Teriha Yaegashi’s coverage and analysis of Miami art fair week.
- Scott Reyburn writes about the state of the art market.
- The boom in the market for 20th century Italian art.
- Claire Bouchara list of etiquette for art collectors.
- Trong Gia Nguyen is the winner of the 2015 Pulse Prize for his work at mc2gallery’s booth.
- Ellie Rines opens new and larger space at 56 Henry in NY.
- Harper Levine opening Harper’s Apartment in Upper East Side NY.
- The Wall Street Journal profiles Vito Schnabel as he opens his gallery in Switzerland.
- Andrea Rosen Gallery now represents Simon Fujiwara.
- Mindy Rose Schwartz and David Rappeneau show at Queer Thoughts is an ArtForum Critic’s Pick.
- Back in the day when copying and replication was its own art form.
- NPR profiles fabricator Pretty In Plastic.
- Michael Slenske provies an oral history of Noah Davis, as told by those closet to him.
- Barbara Rose talks with Claes Oldenburg.
- Mira Dancy interviewed in Interview Magazine.
- Scott Indrisek interviews Brad Phillips.
- Blake Gopnik relates Frank Stella’s work to Elizabeth Murray’s.
- Interview with Ian Cheng.
- Darja Bajagić interviewed in Interview Magazine.
- ExhibitionA talks to Erik Parker about his work and art collection.
- Sara Cwyner interviewed in Interview Magazine.
- Puppies Puppies in ArtNews’ Consumer Reports.
- Carl Andre and Paula Cooper awarded France’s Order of Arts and Letters.
- Elizabeth Jaeger in Interview Magazine.
- Ryan Foerster and Ashley McNelis converse about the artist’s work.
- Robert Levin’s never-before-seen photographs of Andy Warhol goes on view at Maison Gerard.
- Ajay Kurian answers some questions.
- Artinfo looks at the Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen show at Paula Cooper.
- Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures documentary about Robert Mapplethorpe coming to HBO.
- Behind the scenes with Rosson Crow as she makes her film.
- Igor Levit collaborating with Marina Abramović to fully immerse audience in Bach’s Goldberg Variations.
- Almas Atlason spends a week naked in a glass box as part of performance.
- Artnet’s list of 20 emerging female artists to keep an eye on.
- UK’s Turner Prize for 2015 won by Assemble, a collective group of architects that has restored derelict houses. The implications of architecture instead of art winning the prize.
- Frederick Douglass’ important relationship with the photograph.
- Artspace interviews the Skateroom’s Charles-Antoine Bodson.
- Ben Davis shares some of the highlights from The Art of More.
- Serial podcast returns for much-anticipated season two.
- Christie’s list of the best art books of 2015 as selected by art world figures, authors, critics and others.
- Martin Creed unique edition works available from Tate shop.
- Dynamo Editions releases limited edition print by Masakatsu Sashie.
- The Andy Warhol Foundation collaborates with Barbie on limited edition Andy Warhol doll.
- James Franco to exhibit show of bird paintings at Siegfried Contemporary.
- Speak with Shia LeBeouf and his collaborators as part of performance piece.
- Details interviews Adrien Brody about his art show in Miami.
- E! Online creates artwork inspired by Miley Cyrus’ own work.
- Leonardo DiCaprio – coveted art world husband?
- Kobe Bryant gets a giant snow portrait in China.
- Amar’e Stoudemire declares his intention on becoming a serious art collector. He also wants to connect other NBA players to the art market.
- Rose Quartz and Serenity are Pantone’s colors of the year for 2016.
- New York’s holiday window displays.