Art News Daily : 15 December
Damien Hirst’s Xmas tree controversy; hungering after Olafur Eliasson’s vegetables; and is Shia LaBeouf screening Rakewell’s calls?
The familiarity of Maurits Cornelis Escher’s work doesn’t make it any easier to interpret, says Will Wiles
Constable’s ‘The Lock’ was the standout lot at Sotheby’s this week, while a number of major works at Christie’s failed to sell
Hal Foster talks to Fatema Ahmed about art after the end of the Cold War, the cultural dominance of zombies, and why he eavesdrops in museums
Artworks were looted en masse throughout the 20th century: we need far better legislation to resolve the issue
Why are there no Young French Artists?
We may wait years for another generation of French talents to compare with Annette Messager and her contemporaries