Our most-talked-about stories in Visual Art, February 11- 15, 2013:
— Shane Ferro took a look at the pros and cons of investing in luxury assets like fine art.
— Not every art movement makes it into the history books, as Lori Fredrickson points out in her list of 8 art movements that never really took off.
— Judd Tully reported the results of London’s contemporary auction week, covering young auctioneer Alexander Gilkes’s debut at Phillips, Bacon and Basquiat’s big sales at Sotheby’s, and Christie’s stunning takeaway totaling at $128 million.
— We celebrated Valentine’s Day by choosing the most romantic examples of marriage proposals that involved street art, and 14 high-concept (and in some cases edible) artworks made of chocolate.
— Ben Davis rolled out another edition of “The Art Lover” column, and advised on conflicting tastes in art and being jealous of your partner’s studio time.
— Art person James Franco spoke with Alexander Forbes about his new show “Gay Town” at Peres Projects in Berlin.
— American minimalist artist Richard Artschwager passed away at 89, just days after the closing of his Whitney Museum retrospective “Richard Artschwager!”
— German artist Michael Reidel recruited the band Woog Riots to create an advertorial tune for promoting his new show at David Zwirner.
— Tracey Eminlit up Times Square with her “I Promise To Love You” project, as well as partnered with online digital art initiative [s]edition to sell affordable limited-edition, high-resolution versions of the artwork.
— Rachel Corbett reported the latest updates surrounding controversial Russian art collective Voina’s legal troubles. This time, they are suing filmmaker Andrey Gryazev for his 2012 documentary about the group.