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ARTNET NEWS
Dread Scott blazes into the New Year with two fiery shows. Plus, watch Professor Kalup Linzy's disciples of melodrama perform their NYU final projects, and a Maine artist tracks down her 600 Facebook friends.

Jane Wilson THE ECLIPSE OF LANDSCAPE by Donald Kuspit
In Jane Wilson's landscape paintings, an apotheosis of the whole of nature, restored to its naked state in a modern urban world.

Art Jokes HOLIDAY ARTOONS by Anthony Haden-Guest
Six new art-world cartoons -- artoons -- from the man-about-town and author of In the Mean Time: The Other Ends of the World (2011).

Artnet Design DESIGN WORLD NEWS by Brook S. Mason
New Design fair for Lincoln Center, PADNY's unsure future, French Flair at Demisch Danant, Thierry Despont's "Cabinet of Curiosities," more.

Top Ten 2011 THE YEAR IN ART by Jerry Saltz
The Cold War, 1950s brushstrokes and a pickup artist run amok.

John Chamberlain AUTOPILOT by Charlie Finch
RIP John Chamberlain, 1927-2011, second generation Abstract Expressionist artist widely known for his car-crash sculptures.

Ron Athey YOUR BLOODY BIRTHDAY by Elisabeth Kley
Controversial "extreme performance" artist Ron Athey returns to New York to perform a blood-drenched Resonate/Obliterate.

ARTNET NEWS
Buy your own Work of Art prints-on-canvas, and Bravo keeps the money. Plus, more on the David Rohn and Evo Love fortune-teller fracas and the India Art Fair beefs up for 2012.

Art Market Watch THE MILLION-DOLLAR DESIGN FLOCK by Jessica Mizrachi
Before Christmas, big prices for Francois-Xavier and Claude Lalanne, Eileen Gray, Frederick Kiesler, Naum Slutzky, Paul Lobel, more.

Mickey Cartin THE REBBE by Charlie Finch
A New York collector with eclectic taste and an almost Talmudic attachment to language.

Jean-Luc Moulène MINIMUM OPUS by Rachel Corbett. Dia:Beacon takes its chances with a little-known French sculptor and photographer in a sprawling new year-long exhibition.
Dia:Beacon takes its chances with a little-known French sculptor and photographer in a sprawling new year-long exhibition.

Gallery Shows NYC THE NEW YORK LIST 12/19/11 by Emily Nathan
For the die-hards, a few exhibitions to see before the New Year -- and after, in the first weeks of 2012.

Art Embargo IRANIAN ART & THE SANCTIONS by Daniel Grant
With a range of global sanctions against Iran, how does one buy Iranian art?

Cariou v. Prince MORE ON ARTISTS' COPYRIGHT CLAIMS by Walter Robinson
"What We Talk about When We Talk About Appropriation: Contemporary Art after Cariou v. Prince" at the New York City Bar Association.

Artnet Design TEN QUESTIONS FOR CRAIG ROBINS by Brook S. Mason
The Miami Design District tycoon discusses his ever-growing art neighborhood and setting his sights further.