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Art and Politics: Amid Chinese Reports That Ai Weiwei Has Confessed Guilt, a Global Protest Is Planned and Blackjack Players Remember Their "Guru"

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 A roundup of the latest developments on day 12 of the artist and activist's detention.

Fashion: Such a Fancy Doublet!: See the Dreamy Medieval Styles of the Morgan Library's "Illuminating Fashion" Show

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 Through manuscripts, the exhibition looks a changing styles from the "Fashion Revolution" to the Renaissance.

The Daily Checklist: Performa 11 Commissions Announced, Kate Middleton Portrayed on Miraculous Jelly Bean, and More Must-Read Art News

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 Plus, the finalists for Cannes's Palme d'Or revealed.

Street Art: To Mark Opening of "Art in the Street," MOCA Director Jeffrey Deitch Pledges to Eradicate Actual Street Art

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 As street artworks pop up around the museum to coincide with the show, the LAPD vows to arrest offenders and Deitch offers to clean up the neighborhood.

Performing Arts: In the Wake of Financial Scandal, Salzburg Easter Festival Rises Again

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 Despite an embezzlement controversy, the elite classical music festival will begin as planned tomorrow.

Design & Architecture: SOFA Design Fair Returns to New York With a Mixed Bag of Wares, Some Dazzling

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 The bazaar is taking place at the Park Avenue Armory this weekend, offering pleasures for those who know how to find them

Design & Architecture: Mentally Ill Arsonist Suspected in Disastrous Blaze at Gaudi's Sagrada Familia

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 A man was arrested and hundreds of tourists were evacuated from the site.

The Daily Checklist: Oscar-Nominated "Restrepo" Director Killed in Libya, Warhol's Last Self-Portrait Heads to Auction at Christie's, and More Must-Read Art News

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 Plus, the Yves Saint Laurent show is heading to the U.S., but not where you'd expect.

Art & Crime: The Evilest Art Dealers in the World?: A Digest of the Wildenstein Allegations

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 ARTINFO probes the New York Times exposé's litany of findings, from Nazi-loot charges to shocking betrayals within the family.

Street Art: Space Invader Becomes First Artist Arrested for MOCA's "Art in the Streets"

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 The French artist was reportedly captured near L.A. MOCA with a bucket of grout.

Museums: National Latino Museum Faces Obstacles in D.C., Despite Eva Longoria's Advocacy

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 While a commission will soon present Congress with plans for the latest entrant to the National Mall, the Smithsonian isn't quite so eager to welcome it.

Performing Arts: Meet Gangpol & Mit a French Apocalyptic Cartoon Band... for Kids!

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 ARTINFO spoke to artists Sylvain Quément and Guillaume Gastagné about their new album, "1000 Softcore Tourist People Club."

The Daily Checklist: Kanye West to Take Over MoMA's Garden, Gagosian Gallery Snaps Up Richard Avedon Foundation, and More Must-Read Art News

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 Plus, Martin Roth is chosen as the V&A's new director.

Art and Politics: In Wake of Ai Weiwei's Arrest, Tiananmen Square's Confucius Statue Disappears As Friendly Face of Chinese Culture

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 Authorities won't say where the sculpture has gone, but its vanishing is taken as a sign of a spiral towards hard-line ideology.

Art and Technology: Assessing Life + Times, Jay-Z's New Art and Culture Web Site

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 The site touts art by Lee Quinones, architect Nigel Coates, and even Glenn O'Brien's collecting advice.

Performing Arts: Let's Keep This Brief: A Guide to the Tribeca Film Festival's Best Short Films

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 A survey of the event's smaller gems, from "The Ride" to "Incident in New Baghdad."

Postwar & Contemporary Art: From Kippenberger's Frog to "Piss Christ," the 10 Least Appropriate Easter Artworks

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 On the occasion of the international holiday, ARTINFO rounds up some historic pieces that the iconoclastic zealots in France wouldn't like one bit.

Design & Architecture: Berlin's Baffling New Seesaw of a Monument to German Reunification

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 The interactive "Citizens in Motion" is an homage to collective action, but some worry that it might be a hazard.

Museums: Carlos Slim's Xanadu?: Reactions to the World's Richest Man's Overweening New Museo Soumaya

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 "Eclectic does not begin to describe" the taste in evidence at the mega-billionaire's Mexico City institution.

The Daily Checklist: Eli Broad Bares Soul (Not Quite) on "60 Minutes," Warhol's Legendary Townhouse Hits the Market, and More Must-Read Art News

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 Plus, the Times takes two very different views of Jeffrey Deitch and his "Art in the Streets."
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