[This week on the Artblog Reader Advisor: Will Smith shows up in Cuba to buy art; HuffPo rounds up influential street art; a Japanese artist is in trouble for making her genitals into a water-worthy vessel. — the Artblog editors]
Surpassing Picasso and Francis Bacon, Warhol Claims Spot as Top-Selling Artist of 2014, via Bloomberg
In a Shockingly Myopic Move, Japan Moves to Indict Artist for “Vagina Kayak,” via NPR
The Israel-Palestine Conflict Continues: Palestine Now Seeking War-Crimes Against the Jewish State, via Gawker
In Cuba, the Art World is About to Flourish, via New York Times
Here’s the Huffington Post’s Roundup of 2014’s Most Influential Street Art, via Huffington Post
Artnet Has Delivered a List of the Wackiest Art Stories of 2014, via Artnet
Check Out This Informative Interview With Michael Krigsman, Chief Digital Officer for the MET, via ZDNet