Editor's Note

This is Volume 2, Issue No. 3 of Spencer's Art Law Journal. This issue contains a single essay, which will become available by posting on Artnet, January 2012. Volume 3, Issue No. 1 will appear in Spring 2012

As noted in earlier volumes of this Journal, art law is an amalgam of personal property law, contract, estate, tax and intellectual property law relating to the acquisition, retention and disposition of fine art.

The essay in this issue will tee-up the question of how bona fide purchasers and other owners (donees, heirs and the like) can lose possession and title to the "true" original owner. Answers to some of the questions posed by this essay may come from the New York Court of Appeals later in 2012

Three times a year issues of this Journal will address legal questions of practical significance to collectors, dealers, scholars and the general art-minded public.

...cont'd.

ARTNET NEWSWIRE

Close Encounters
TREES TO FOREST: KLARA LIDÉN AT REENA SPAULINGS
by Linda Yablonsky
Feb. 3, 2012
Swedish artist Klara Lidén stages a forest of discarded Christmas trees inside the Lower East Side gallery.

R.I.P. Dorothea Tanning
UTTERLY POSSESSING
by Jerry Saltz
Feb. 3, 2012
Jerry Saltz pays homage to the artist who stood at the center of the Surrealist movement, a "vicious mill for women," and refused to play second fiddle.

ARTNET NEWS
Feb. 2, 2012
Janine Gordon files new brief in Ryan McGinley copyright case. Plus, David Reed does skateboards, Denver law students oppose Christo's Over the River and a Mona Lisa replica sheds new light on the masterpiece.

ANTIQUARIES IN AMERICA
by Walter Robinson
Feb. 2, 2012
"Making History: Antiquaries in Britain, 1707-2007" at the Yale Center for British Art.

Mike Kelley
THE PERVERSE MASTER
by Jerry Saltz
Feb. 2, 2012
RIP Mike Kelley, 1954-2012, who turned L.A. foreboding into an all-out acrimonious art of darkness.

Mike Kelley
MIKE AND IKE
by Charlie Finch
Feb. 1, 2012
RIP Mike Kelley, 1954-2012.

NEW THIS MONTH IN U.S. MUSEUMS
Feb. 1, 2012
Van Gogh, Tacita Dean, Renoir, Juan Downey, Gauguin, John Chamberlain, Cindy Sherman, Rineke Djikstra, Jules Olitski, "The Generational," "The Art Of Golf," Outsider Art, more.

Venice Biennale
MASSI ON MY MIND
by Jerry Saltz
Feb. 1, 2012
As Massimiliano Gioni takes over, new hope for the Venice Biennale.

Art Horoscope
THE FEBRUARY PERSPECTIVE
by Leigh Oswald
Feb. 1, 2012
Despite the global socio / economic / political / environmental mess we find ourselves in, Neptune entering in Pisces from the 3rd onward brings hope for the rebalancing of energies.

Jean Dubuffet
QUIXOTIC QUICKSAND? JEAN DUBUFFET'S "GROUNDLESS" PAINTINGS
by Donald Kuspit
Jan. 31, 2012
In his final years, the 80-year-old Jean Dubuffet continued his experiments with elevating street art to high art.

TREES A CROWD
by James Croak
Jan. 31, 2012
Tracking an increased prevalence of art that deals in organic iconography -- and uses trees in particular.

John Cage
CAGED IN 2012
by Charlie Finch
Jan. 31, 2012
Charlie Finch ponders the legacy of pioneering composer John Cage on the centennial of his birth.

Accra Shepp
OCCUPY THE ART WORLD
by Barbara Pollack
Jan. 30, 2012
An interview with photographer Accra Shepp, who is taking pictures of Occupy Wall Street, one person at a time.

ARTNET NEWS
Jan. 30, 2012
Beach Boys lyricist Van Dyke Parks tells painter Erik den Breejen to "cease and desist." Plus, 1980s AIDS activist collective Gran Fury gets a new survey, and Sandro Kopp paints Skype portraits of his celebrity friends.

Anthony Haden-Guest
THE HATED GUEST
by Charlie Finch
Jan. 30, 2012
Famed scribe Anthony Haden-Guest hosts a benefit for his efforts to recover the contents of his storage locker.

Bernhard Martin
PERVERSE PLEASURES
by Gesine Borcherdt
Jan. 30, 2012
German painter Bernhard Martin brings a sense of "bel cazzo vita figa" -- cock-pussy life -- to his show at London's Union Gallery.

Simone Leigh
MOUTHING OFF
by Elizabeth Kley
Jan. 27, 2012
The pioneering black artist "channels the power of prehistoric female craft" with a monumental exhibition of new work at The Kitchen.

Jordan Wolfson's Video
THE SEMITE, SMITTEN
by Emily Nathan
Jan. 27, 2012
The young artist's new CGI animated video, featuring a schizoid character unofficially called "The Jew," goes on view at uptown hotspot Alex Zachary Peter Currie.

Art Market Watch
ARTNET AUCTIONS 2011: A YEAR OF TOP LOTS
by Jessica Mizrachi
Jan. 27, 2012
The highlights of 2011's Artnet Auctions, for those of you who haven't yet started taking note of the haps in online art sales.

Gallery Shows L.E.S.
THE NEW YORK LIST 1/26/2012
by Emily Nathan
Jan. 26, 2012
Klara Lidén, Slater Bradley, Gerald Ferguson, Ben Schumacher, Danica Phelps, Ian Tweedy, Hannah Barrett, more.

Old Masters
NGA SNAGS $1.5 MIL DE KEYSER
by Paul Jeromack
Jan. 26, 2012
In Christie's New York "Old Master Paintings" sale, Jan. 25, 2012, the NGA wins out over fierce competitors to acquire its first painting by Dutch master Thomas de Keyser.

THE BIG FRIEZE
by Charlie Finch
Jan. 26, 2012
London's Frieze Art Fair is not slated to dock in New York until May 2012, but its press minions are already hitting the streets.

Cariou v. Prince
CARIOU FIGHTS COPYRIGHT APPEAL
by Rachel Corbett
Jan. 25, 2012
Patrick Cariou's lawyers filed an appellate brief today challenging Richard Prince and Larry Gagosian's attempts to appeal last year's copyright defeat.

Winter Antiques Show
AMERICANA AND MORE
by Brook S. Mason
Jan. 25, 2012
The 58th annual antique fair, hosted at the Park Avenue Armory, is a barometer of taste, and this year's 73 dealers come bearing plenty of Americana.

American Folk Art Museum
PLUCKED OR PLUCKY? THE AFAM MARKS ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY
by N.F. Karlins
Jan. 24, 2012
With no debt and a new board, the troubled American Folk Art Museum reviews its first 50 years with "Jubilation / Rumination: Life, Real and Imagined."

ARTNET NEWS
Jan. 24, 2012
Hard-boiled crime king Weegee in four new shows, further details on Gagosian-Cowles feud, Indiana artists bank on Super Bowl tourism, and the Design Museum London gets new £80 million home.

Old Masters
PJ's PICKS IN THE NEW YORK OLD MASTER AUCTIONS
by Paul Jeromack
Jan. 24, 2012
Peter Paul Rubens, Frans Hals, Gerrit Dou, Hubert Robert, Ambrosius Bosschaert, Charles-Antoine Coypel, Sandro Botticelli, more.

Old Masters
SUFFERING OF THE BODY
by Paul Jeromack
Jan. 23, 2012
London dealer Sam Fogg brings an unusual selection of medieval panel paintings to Richard L. Feigen & Co.

Wint-O-Green Moth
FOR ETTA JAMES
by Tony Fitzpatrick
Jan. 23, 2012
Etta James' baby face and angel's voice are gone, and winter settles down in Chicago.

POLLOCK/WARHOL 2012
by Charlie Finch
Jan. 23, 2012
Jackson Pollock and Andy Warhol -- they have more in common than you might think.

Bushwick Art Scene
BIGFOOT IN BUSHWICK
by Rachel Corbett
Jan. 20, 2012
With a scattering of new galleries and next month's arrival of Luhring Augustine, locals debate what's next for the prospering Bushwick art scene.

Party Pictures
ART LOS ANGELES CONTEMPORARY
Photos by Pedro Vélez
Jan. 20, 2012
Good deals and a festive atmosphere abound at Art Los Angeles Contemporary at the Barker Hangar, Jan. 19-22, 2012.

Metro Show
NO MORE BOUNDARIES
by Brook S. Mason
Jan. 20, 2012
The new Metro Show at the Metropolitan Pavilion combines folk art, design, tribal art more, spanning the gamut.

Gallery Shows NYC
THE NEW YORK LIST 1/19/2012
by Emily Nathan
Jan. 19, 2012
Damien Hirst, Shirin Neshat, Doug Wheeler, Rashid Johnson, Weegee, Mat Collishaw, Matt Hoyt, Bill Jensen, Taylor Mead.

Artnet Design
VISIONARY THOMAS HEATHERWICK
by Brook S. Mason
Jan. 19, 2012
Thomas Heatherwick's revolutionary designs come to roost at Haunch of Venison's Chelsea space.

Detroit: 138 Square Miles
RUIN PORN GALORE FOR BOTH RICH AND POOR
by Pedro Vélez
Jan. 19, 2012
Considering Julia Reyes Taubman and her massive picture book, Detroit: 138 Square Miles, published by the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit.

Art Market Watch
BAKU IN LONDON AND PRINTS IN NEW YORK
by Jessica Mizrachi
Jan. 18, 2012
"Fly to Baku: Contemporary Art from Azerbaijan" at Phillips de Pury & Co. in London, and "Editions" at Phillips de Pury & Co. in New York.

ARTNET NEWS
Jan. 18, 2012
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery gets more heat from last year’s Wojnarowicz censor. Plus, video game art in D.C., and making sense of the Chinese auction boom.

Diary of an Art Star
EXCLUSIVE! AN INTERVIEW WITH HANKSY
by Reverend Jen
Jan. 17, 2012
Who is "Hanksy," the mysterious new artist taking the Lower East Side by storm? Reverend Jen has the exclusive report.

Chelsea Stroll
THE BLACK BOX
by Charlie Finch
Jan. 17, 2012
An amble through the art district, with Murad Khan Mumtaz, Kim MacConnel and "Diggers."

THE CHAIN GANG DREAMS OF KRYPTONITE
by Tony Fitzpatrick
Jan. 17, 2012
The state of democracy in America is a sad affair.

OCCUPY MOMA
by Barbara Pollack
Jan. 17, 2012
The Occupy Museums group stages a political action at the Museum of Modern Art.

Damien Hirst
SPOTS, SHARKS, MAGGOTS AND MONEY
by Jerry Saltz
Jan. 13, 2012
How Damien Hirst took over the world.

Maurizio Cattelan
FAMILY BUSINESS GALLERY OPENS AT ANNA KUSTERA
by Rachel Corbett
Jan. 13, 2012
He's not retired yet -- Maurizio Cattelan teams up again with curator Massimiliano Gioni to open a mini-gallery in Chelsea.

Martin Luther King
MLK: AN ART EXEGESIS
by Charlie Finch
Jan. 13, 2012
Dr. Martin Luther King, the most "formidable, handsome and compelling subject in American history," has been ignored by the arts.

American Art
NEW AMERICAN ART GALLERIES FOR THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM
Photos by Walter Robinson
Jan. 13, 2012
The Metropolitan Museum unveils its new galleries for American art on June 16, 2012.

Pacific Standard Time
THE CUTTING EDGE AT POMONA
by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp
Jan. 12, 2012
The Cutting Edge at Pomona College Museum from 1970 to 1972.

ARTNET NEWS
Jan. 12, 2012
James Franco to play Mapplethorpe, plus, a provocative Berlin Biennale project by Martin Zet, lingerie models at Musée d'Orsay, and 15 art fairs in the next two weeks.

Damien Hirst
HOT SPOTS
by Rachel Corbett
Jan. 11, 2012
With spot paintings at all 11 Gagosian galleries around the globe, Damien Hirst dominates once again, and he's still bored by it all.

Edgar Degas
A MATCH MADE IN PARIS
by N.F. Karlins
Jan. 11, 2012
Reverence and freedom in "Degas and the Nude" at the Boston MFA.

Museum of Modern Art
MOMA'S EYE CANDY
by Charlie Finch
Jan. 10, 2012
"De Kooning: A Retrospective" comes to an end, but the pretentious intellectualism of MoMA's contemporary vision goes on.

ARTNET NEWS
Jan. 10, 2012
"Hajj" at the British Museum, Henry O. Tanner in Philadelphia, Jesús Soto at NYU's Grey Gallery and a boost for the Guggenheim's proposed branch in Helsinki.

Malanga v. Chamberlain
THE MYSTERY OF THE MISSING CHAMBERLAIN WARHOL
by Rachel Corbett
Jan. 10, 2012
Where is 315 Johns, the putative Andy Warhol portrait of John Chamberlain?

Gallery Shows NYC
THE NEW YORK LIST 1/9/2012
by Emily Nathan
Jan. 9, 2012
"Corporations," Bertien van Nanen, James Nares, Hassan Sharif, Michael Snow, Margaret Evangeline, Thomas Woodruff, "Diggers," On Kawara, Joel Sternfeld, Ai Weiwei.

John McWhinnie
BOOKWORLD
by Charlie Finch
Jan. 9, 2012
RIP John McWhinnie, 43, art and book dealer, in a snorkeling accident in the British Virgin Islands.

Art Market Watch
TASTEMAKERS, AMERICANA, OLD MASTERS AND MORE
by Jessica Mizrachi
Jan. 9, 2012
Marketing the art auctions -- "Tastemakers," "Americana Week" and "Old Masters Week" in January 2012.

Close Encounters
NOW DIG THIS!
by Linda Yablonsky
Jan. 6, 2012
The black art renaissance, now and then, via Clifford Owens in New York, "Now Dig This!" in Los Angeles, plus David Hammons and more..

New Art
OVERLOAD
by Charlie Finch
Jan. 6, 2012
Stonehenge, the Beach Boys, and new art by Erik den Breejen at Freight & Volume and Janet Malcolm at Lorie Bookstein Fine Art.

Jenny Saville
METAMORPHOSIS: A LOVE STORY
by Patricia Cronin
Jan. 5, 2012
Jenny Saville has her first U.S. museum survey at the Norton Museum in West Palm Beach.

Stephen Douglas Hooper
REMEMBERING HOOP
by Charlie Finch
Jan. 5, 2012
RIP Stephen Douglas Hooper, aka Hoop, 1947-2011, master of the hippie funny car.

ARTNET NEWS
Jan. 4, 2012
Richard Prince gets a show at the Museo Picasso Málaga, a round-up of January art benefits and a Metallica-inspired exhibition in Los Angeles.

Work of Art
SUCKLORD’S ACTION FIGURE
by Jerry Saltz
Jan. 4, 2012
The critic reviews his portrait -- Jerry Saltz on Sucklord’s Important Art Critic: Defender of Taste and Culture.

NEW THIS MONTH IN U.S. MUSEUMS
Jan. 3, 2012
Jennifer Bolande, Zoe Strauss, Picasso’s drawings, Dana Schutz, Enrico David, Djuna Barnes, Annie Leibovitz, Frank Gaard, Rabindranath Tagore, more.

OUR BODIES, OURSELVES IN 2012!
by Charlie Finch
Jan. 3, 2012
Predicting the fate of Ai Weiwei, Glenn Lowry, the Old Master market and more.

Beverly Fishman
DECEPTIVE PLEASURES
by Donald Kuspit
Jan. 3, 2012
The neuron spikes in Beverly Fishman’s new abstract paintings at Galerie Richard in New York.

Art Horoscope
THE JANUARY PERSPECTIVE
by Leigh Oswald
Dec. 30, 2011
2012 will be the year of the artist’s voice, louder than ever before.

Work of Art
THE DRAMA’S DONE
by Jerry Saltz
Dec. 29, 2011
Jerry Saltz looks back on a year’s worth of judging Work of Art, Bravo TV’s reality series.

CRAZY FRANK IN THE BIG WORLD
by Tony Fitzpatrick
Dec. 29, 2011
Tony Fitzpatrick pays homage to his long-lost pal Crazy Frank, a violent man more akin to an ape than a human.

Artnet Design
DESIGN TOP TEN 2011
by Brook S. Mason
Dec. 28, 2011
Elizabeth Taylor, Alexander McQueen, the High Line, Asia Week and more design, fashion and art-fair triumphs for 2011.

Lola Schnabel
DRINK YOUR LOLA COLA
by Charlie Finch
Dec. 28, 2011
Lola Montes Schnabel debuts her paintings at the Hole on the Bowery in Manhattan.

Helen Frankenthaler
A WIND THAT LASHES EVERYTHING AT ONCE
by Jerry Saltz
Dec. 28, 2011
RIP Helen Frankenthaler, 1928-2011, pioneering woman painter who bridged Abstract Expressionism and "what was possible."

Helen Frankenthaler
EBB AND FLOW
by Charlie Finch
Dec. 27, 2011
RIP Helen Frankenthaler, 1928-2011, American Abstract-Expressionist painter who was a pioneer of the Washington Color School.

Jane Wilson
THE ECLIPSE OF LANDSCAPE
by Donald Kuspit
Dec. 23, 2011
In Jane Wilson's landscape paintings, an apotheosis of the whole of nature, restored to its naked state in a modern urban world.

David Ellis
FAST AND FURIOUS
by Walter Robinson
Dec. 22, 2011
Street Artist David Ellis kicks creativity up a notch in his new show at Joshua Liner Gallery.

ARTNET NEWS
Dec. 22, 2011
Dread Scott blazes into the New Year with two fiery shows. Plus, watch Professor Kalup Linzy's disciples of melodrama perform their NYU final projects, and a Maine artist tracks down her 600 Facebook friends.

Art Jokes
HOLIDAY ARTOONS
by Anthony Haden-Guest
Dec. 22, 2011
Six new art-world cartoons -- artoons -- from the man-about-town and author of In the Mean Time: The Other Ends of the World (2011).

Artnet Design
DESIGN WORLD NEWS
by Brook S. Mason
Dec. 22, 2011
New Design fair for Lincoln Center, PADNY's unsure future, French Flair at Demisch Danant, Thierry Despont's "Cabinet of Curiosities," more.

John Chamberlain
AUTOPILOT
by Charlie Finch
Dec. 21, 2011
RIP John Chamberlain, 1927-2011, second generation Abstract Expressionist artist widely known for his car-crash sculptures.

Top Ten 2011
THE YEAR IN ART
by Jerry Saltz
Dec. 21, 2011
The Cold War, 1950s brushstrokes and a pickup artist run amok.

ARTNET NEWS
Dec. 20, 2011
Buy your own Work of Art prints-on-canvas, and Bravo keeps the money. Plus, more on the David Rohn and Evo Love fortune-teller fracas and the India Art Fair beefs up for 2012.

Art Market Watch
THE MILLION-DOLLAR DESIGN FLOCK
by Jessica Mizrachi
Dec. 20, 2011
Before Christmas, big prices for Francois-Xavier and Claude Lalanne, Eileen Gray, Frederick Kiesler, Naum Slutzky, Paul Lobel, more.

Mickey Cartin
THE REBBE
by Charlie Finch
Dec. 19, 2011
A New York collector with eclectic taste and an almost Talmudic attachment to language.

Jean-Luc Moulène
MINIMUM OPUS
by Rachel Corbett
Dec. 19, 2011
Dia:Beacon takes its chances with a little-known French sculptor and photographer in a sprawling new year-long exhibition.

Gallery Shows NYC
THE NEW YORK LIST 12/19/11
by Emily Nathan
Dec. 19, 2011
For the die-hards, a few exhibitions to see before the New Year -- and after, in the first weeks of 2012.

Art Embargo
IRANIAN ART & THE SANCTIONS
by Daniel Grant
Dec. 16, 2011
With a range of global sanctions against Iran, how does one buy Iranian art?

Cariou v. Prince
MORE ON ARTISTS' COPYRIGHT CLAIMS
by Walter Robinson
Dec. 16, 2011
"What We Talk about When We Talk About Appropriation: Contemporary Art after Cariou v. Prince" at the New York City Bar Association.

Artnet Design
TEN QUESTIONS FOR CRAIG ROBINS
by Brook S. Mason
Dec. 15, 2011
The Miami Design District tycoon discusses his ever-growing art neighborhood and setting his sights further.

Miami Art Week
ART DEALER'S DIARY
by Kenny Schachter
Dec. 14, 2011
Art fairs are like casinos, with no outside light, and no sense of time or place.

Paul McCarthy
SNOW WHITE AND THE PHALLIC BRONZES
by L. Brandon Krall
Dec. 13, 2011
A few works on Paul McCarthy's "The Dwarves, the Forests" at Hauser & Wirth in Manhattan.

The Art Prophets
CONFIDENCE MEN
by Pedro Vélez
Dec. 13, 2011
The profiles in Richard Polsky's The Art Prophets suggest that many visionaries are wolves in sheeps' clothing.

Claudia Hart
A FEAST OF UNEARTHLY DELIGHTS
by Rupert Goldsworthy
Dec. 12, 2011
Tempted by Cheetos and Fun Yuns -- or by a genetically altered apple?

ARTNET NEWS
Dec. 12, 2011
Abu Dhabi Art treads water. Plus, a PBS newsman opens art gallery, last show for Merce Cunningham dancers, John Baldessari "post-studio art," NADA to Art Cologne, Bank of America gives to RISD.

Claire Fontaine
THE DANGER OF LIAISON
by Emily Nathan
Dec. 8, 2011
The Paris-based "collective artist" explores the notion of collaboration in a multi-media exhibition at Chelsea's Metro Pictures.

Andy Warhol
WARHOL AUTHENTICATION BOARD BLUES
by Walter Robinson
Dec. 8, 2011
Should artist-endowed foundations get into the authentication business? Most certainly not.

Michael Dweck
PHOTOGRAPHING HABANA LIBRE
by Christopher Sweet
Dec. 8, 2011
Cuba as a world of sexy encounters in a new photo book by Michael Dweck.

Sloan Schaffer
TEN QUESTIONS FOR SLOAN SCHAFFER
by Brook S. Mason
Dec. 8, 2011
Miami dealer and collector Sloan Schaffer, proprietor of 101/exhibit, is currently on a roll.

ARTNET NEWS
Dec. 7, 2011
Knoedler's and the forgery ring, Voina member escapes from Russian jail, and Rachel Kneebone pairs her work with Rodin at the Brooklyn Museum.

Close Encounters
THE ART WORLD NAMING BLIGHT
by Linda Yablonsky
Dec. 7, 2011
From Jorge M. Pérez to Stephen A. Schwartzman, the One Percent loves to slap its brand on public institutions.

Miami Art Week
PULSE, SCOPE AND MORE ON MIAMI 2011
by Walter Robinson
Dec. 5, 2011
Bill Powers, Richard Phillips, Ultra Violet, Thierry Alet, Maxwell Davidson, Paloma Teppi, Hamburg Kennedy, the Amazing Ultran, Devon Dikeou, Tracey Emin, Robert Chambers, Mette Tommerup, more.

Miami Art Week
PAPER CHASE
by Deborah Ripley
Dec. 5, 2011
Prints and multiples by Buckminster Fuller, Larry Bell, Wolf Kahn, Yoshitomo Nara and more at Art Basel Miami Beach, INK, the Design District, Art Miami and elsewhere.

Howard Hodgkin
THE MARK OF COLOR
by Jennifer Samet
Dec. 2, 2011
Howard Hodgkin's "dynamic, emotionally resonant" paintings unite stroke, pigment and frame into one cohesive experience.

Art Basel Miami Beach
MORE ON MIAMI ART WEEK
by Walter Robinson
Dec. 2, 2011
Photios Giovanis, Thomas Kovachevik, Scott Reeder, Rose Marcus, Jeannie Weisglass, Win McCarthy, Mara Hoffman bikinis, more.

Art Basel Miami Beach 2011
SAY HELLO TO THE IPHONE ART FAIR
by Walter Robinson
Dec. 1, 2011
Collecting art via smart phones, plus David Cohen, Frank Bernarducci, Amanda Coulson, Jorge Perez, Jennifer Rubell, Andy Warhol, Barbara Kruger, David Salle, Eric Fischl, Martha Friedman, Larry Gagosian and more.

DAVID, DELACROIX AND REVOLUTIONARY FRANCE
by N.F. Karlins
Dec. 1, 2011
The art of political unrest in France between 1774 and 1852, at the Morgan Library & Museum.

NEW THIS MONTH IN U.S. MUSEUMS
Dec. 1, 2011
Theaster Gates, Matthew Buckingham, Rodarte, Alfred Wertheimer’s Elvis photographs, 2010 SECA Art Awards, Claire Healy and Sean Cordeiro, conceptual art and the photograph, Sanja Iveković, more.

Design Miami
BIGGER, BOLDER, BROADER
by Brook S. Mason
Dec. 1, 2011
The Design Miami fair steps out from the shadow of Art Basel Miami Beach onto its own grand platform.

Art Horoscope
THE DECEMBER PERSPECTIVE
by Leigh Oswald
Nov. 30, 2011
Astrological good news from a harmonious trine of Saturn in Libra.

Collaborative Projects
THE COLAB CONSPIRACY
by Walter Robinson
Nov. 29, 2011
A personal look at “A Show about Colab (and Related Activities)” at Printed Matter.

ARTNET NEWS
Nov. 29, 2011
Martin Creed decorates a London restaurant, Oslo discovers a Rubens, Voina to curate Berlin Biennale and Anselm Reyle designs for Dior.

Henri Matisse
MATISSE AND THE MODEL
by N.F. Karlins
Nov. 28, 2011
An exhibition exploring Matisse's symbiotic relationship with his models, at the Eykyn Maclean Gallery.

William Powhida
GIVE ME MY FUCKING MONEY
by Walter Robinson
Nov. 28, 2011
So say the super-rich, that is, in gadfly artist William Powhida's new exhibition at Postmasters in Chelsea.

"Hide/Seek"
MOSTLY HIDDEN AT "HIDE/SEEK"
by Barbara Pollack
Nov. 18, 2011
"Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture" at the Brooklyn Museum.

ARTNET NEWS
Nov. 18, 2011
Gordon v. McGinley copyright saga continues. Plus, Destroy All Monsters in L.A., skateboards from Guyton\Walker, Frieze Art Fair's New York lineup, and the Contemporary Istanbul fair.

WEEKEND UPDATE
by Walter Robinson
Nov. 18, 2011
Spartacus Chetwynd, Georges Braque, Paul McCarthy, "Grisaille," Charles Simonds, Diego Rivera, Judy Hudson, Nick Poe, Terry Richardson, Urs Fischer, Margaret Lee, more.

Spencer's Art Law Journal
Edited by Ronald D. Spencer
Nov. 17, 2011
Opinions about the Authenticity of Art, by Ronald D. Spencer.

David Altmejd
CREATION THEORY
by Rachel Corbett
Nov. 17, 2011
Peter Brant's newest star, David Altmejd, transforms the rustic Brant Foundation Art Study Center in Greenwich, Conn., into a bizarre cosmos of the beautiful and the grotesque.

Rembrandt, Picasso & McQueen
THE BLOCKBUSTER MYSTERY
by N.F. Karlins
Nov. 16, 2011
"Rembrandt and the Face of Jesus" at the Philadelphia Museum of Art prompts some musings about museum blockbusters.

Artnet News
MIAMI ART WEEK 2011
Nov. 15, 2011
Bienvenidos a Miami! The global art world is about to descend upon Miami for Miami Art Week -- herewith, a preview.

Joseph Nahmad
NAHMAD EMPIRE EXPANDS INTO CONTEMPORARY ART
by Rachel Corbett
Nov. 14, 2011
Say hello to 21-year-old Joseph Nahmad, who is spurning his family's Impressionist and modern art business in favor of contemporary art.

Artnet Design
IT'S ALL ABOUT STYLE
by Brook S. Mason
Nov. 11, 2011
Patrick Perrin’s inaugural Pavilion of Art and Design swings into high gear at the Park Avenue Armory.