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Ellsworth Kelly CALIFORNIA DOUBLE FEATURE by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp
Ellsworth Kelly rocks Los Angeles with a show of prints at LACMA and the debut exhibition at Matthew Marks L.A.

WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson
Damien Hirst spots, Eric Fischl friends, Jason Fox Jesus, Antony Johnson trauma and Sarah Kurz romance.

Art Market Watch LONDON SALES OF CONTEMPORARY ART by Jessica Mizrachi
Tweeting the results of the Richterrific sales and Baconfidence at the auctions in London.

Art Los Angeles Contemporary 2012 GO WEST, YOUNG ART FAIR by Pedro Vélez
West Coast élan and plenty of star power at the third edition of Art Los Angeles Contemporary.

ARTNET NEWS
Bushwick and Chelsea go head to head with dueling openings; Marc Jancou sues Sotheby's and Cady Noland; Christian Boltanski to make monthly videos for the rest of his life; Marina Abramovic enlists Rem Koolhaas to design new performing-arts center.

Cindy Sherman THE LAST STAR by Charlie Finch
The triumph of Cindy Sherman, as her retrospective opens at the Museum of Modern Art.

Takashi Murakami HAPPY BIRTHDAY BUDDHA by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp
Takashi Murakami takes his signature artworks to the Arab world.

Yayoi Kusama THE LAST WORD by Rachel Corbett
A new memoir by the eccentric 82-year-old "polka-dot painter" is a catalogue of surprisingly entertaining mind scraps.

Ouattara Watts HEAD OVER HEELS by Walter Robinson
Vladimir Restoin Roitfeld presents 15 new paintings by Ouattara Watts at a provisional space in the far West Village.

Whitney Biennial MITT ROMNEY AND FOREST BESS
On the occasion of the Whitney Biennial, a conflation of Mitt Romney and visionary Texas artist Forrest Bess (1911-1977).

The Ungovernables THE NEW CAPITAL: A CHEAT SHEET
It's here! "The Ungovernables," brings 34 young artists and art groups from around the world to the New Museum Triennial.

Old Masters LOOTED BY THE NAZIS, A ROMANINO IS RETURNED by Paul Jeromack
A dispute over a looted Old Master ends after the work is seized while on loan to a U.S. museum.

Robert Grosvenor TRASH VERSUS ELEGANCE by Charlie Finch
Two new sculptures by Robert Grosvenor at Paula Cooper Gallery, viewed in the context of Damian Hirst spotmania.

Klara Lidén AFTER-CHRISTMAS INVENTORY by Jerry Saltz
Klara Lidén channels the poignancy of discarded streetside trees in her exhibition at Reena Spaulings Fine Art.

NYC Gallery Shows THE NEW YORK LIST, 2/10/2012 by Emily Nathan
Jon Kessler, Alec Soth, Kay Rosen, Anne Truitt, Terry Winters, Willie Doherty, Mary Corse and Zimoun.