— We ran down the pre-fame jobs and careers of 30 art stars, from Ed Ruscha's years spent as a layout artist working at Artforum under the pseudonym Eddie Russia, to Carolee Schneeman's time as a walk-on actor in pornographic films.
— Julia Halperin reported from the Dallas Art Fair, which appears to be growing by leaps and bounds.
— On the occasion of the Iron Lady's passing, Rozalia Jovanovic looked back at the controversy surrounding Hans Haacke's portrait of Margaret Thatcher at the Tate in 1984.
— Kelly Chan explored the origins of the Seagram Building, whose revolutionary design can partly be credited to a 27-year-old liquor empire heiress.
— Terri Ciccone investigated the many occasions on which Facebook has censored images of artworks, and the arcane obscenity policies that have led the social network to not recognize photography as art.
— The Queens Museum of Art announced that it will restore and repurpose Robert Moses's famous New York City panorama.
— Kris Wilton checked in on the market for works by Claes Oldenburg on the eve of his retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art, highlights from which we later perused.
— Collector and cosmetics magnate Leonard Lauder donated some 78 Cubist artworks to the Metropolitan Museum, a trove of works reportedly worth $1 billion. We highlighted some of the most amazing pieces.
— Shane Ferro offered five useful tips for reading news about the art market.
— Alanna Martinez surveyed experts on creating top-notch visual artists' websites and came away with some essential guidelines to follow (and a few that can be broken).
— Janelle Zara speculated that the prevalence of wit and humor in the offerings at Milan's Salone del Mobile was a response to Italy's economic hardships.
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