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The Daily Checklist: Lady Gaga Glorifies Self With New Art Contest, No One Wants Charles Saatchi's Mega Brit Art, and More Must-Read Art News

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 Plus, architecture critic James Russell really tears into Renzo Piano's new Whitney design.

Art and Politics: Dark Past as Torture Center Haunts a New Contemporary Art Museum in Seoul

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 South Korea's National Museum of Contemporary Art is occupying the Kimusa building, allegedly an "epicenter of human rights violations" in decades past.

Museums: Museum for African Art Postpones Opening of Its New Manhattan Home... Again

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 The institution's R.M. Stern designed-building was slated to open this fall, but will remained shuttered for another year as further funds are raised.

Style: Why Would a Socialite Steal?

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 Socialite and fashion designer Beata Boman's arrest for shoplifting an $11,500 scarf in Greenwich, Connecticut, raises eyebrows.

Performing Arts: A Preview of the Prague Quadrennial, the World's Largest Festival of Theater and Performance Design

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 Some 62 countries show off the latest in theatrical design in the Czech Republic.

The Daily Checklist: Is Alice Walton the Art World's Next J.P. Morgan?, Why Babies Prefer Cubism, and More Must-Read Art News

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 Plus, RISD's museum at long last finds a new director.

People: James Franco Takes to Kickstarter to Help Launch a Museum of Non-Visible (More or Less Non-Existent) Art

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 Franco has already helped Brainard and Delia Carey raise $10,000 through the sale of an artwork that consists of pure air.

Performing Arts: New York Birthplace of John Coltrane's "A Love Supreme" Declared an Endangered Treasure

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 Fans are waging a campaign to restore the jazz legend's last home in Long Island.

Art and Politics: Walid Raad on Why the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi Must Be Built On a Foundation of Workers' Rights

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 A Q&A with the artist about the boycott against the high-profile museum, which is set to be build on the emirate's Saadiyat Island.

Fashion: LACMA Acquires Rodarte's New Bernini-Inspired Collection, Unveiled at Florence's Pitti W

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 The design duo Laura and Kate Mulleavy also debuted their upcoming monograph with Catherine Opie and Alec Soth at the fashion trade show.

Art & Crime: Eminent Max Ernst Expert Sued as Fallout From $49 Million German Forgery Ring Spreads

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 A Paris gallerist and an German art historian are being taken to court for damages in the sale of a fake Ernst painting.

Art and Politics: Watching the Arts Run Dry: Lost Arts Web Site Debuts to Chronicle the Fallout of the UK Cultural Cutbacks

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 Eight unions banded together to deliver up-to-date tallies of just how deep government cuts have hacked into the the coffers of art organizations.

The Daily Checklist: Art Academy Honcho's Fury Makes Damien Hirst Relevant Again, MoMA Lamp Designer Dies After Mugging, and More Must-Read Art News

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 Plus, Eli Broad is peddling bonds to pay for his fancy museum.

Art and Technology: The App That Tamed Basel: How New Startup ArtBinder Seduced Pace, David Zwirner, Gavin Brown, and L&M

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 Launched by two well-connected New York twentysomethings, the new app allows gallerists navigate the insanity of art fairs with ease.

Performing Arts: Do Celebrity Headliners Really Bring in the Big Bucks on Broadway?

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 As Blair Underwood is set to star in a 2012 Broadway production, ARTINFO looks at celebrity ups and downs on the Great White Way.

Performing Arts: The Mouse is Mine: Paul McCartney Blocks Auction of His Adorable Cartoon Critter Drawings

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 The musician says sketches for the never-released "Bruce McMouse Show" belong to him, not to the animator's heir.

The Daily Checklist: Murakami's Self-Promoting Solstice Google Doodle, Daniel Buren Cancels China Show to Protest Ai Weiwei Detention, and More Must-Read Art News

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 Plus, Alice Cooper reminisces about his collaboration with Salvador Dali.

Postwar & Contemporary Art: Welcome to the "Piccadilly Community Center": Christoph Buchel Transforms Hauser & Wirth's London Gallery Into a Hub for Yoga and Adult Education

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 Taking over the blue-chip gallery's space, the mercurial Swiss artist has invited local charities to set up shop inside.

Art and Politics: Picasso at the Checkpoint: $7 Million "Buste de Femme" Crosses Security Barriers to Enter the West Bank

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 The Cubist masterpiece arrived in Ramallah on Sunday, escorted by armed guards.

Fashion: "Balenciaga and Spain" at the de Young Versus "McQueen: Savage Beauty" at the Met: How Do They Compare?

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 ARTINFO's style editor compares the two arguably largest U.S. museum fashion exhibitions of 2011.
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