Michael Williams, AIPAD, Wang Jianwei, Amy Sedaris, and more

ONLINE NOW  Consumer Reports: Michael Williams "Consumer Reports" is a recurring feature that profiles an artist's consumption of any and all media throughout one work week. Over the past decade, Michael Williams has amassed a singular and idiosyncratic body of paintings, some of which are currently on view in the exhibition "The Forever Now," which was curated by Laura Hoptman at MoMA. His most recent works—drawings made in Photoshop, printed onto canvas, and then sometimes airbrushed or painted over—deftly explore new techniques with a painterly expertise steeped in art history.  ALSO ONLINE  TEFAF Hires Patrick van Maris as CEO, Paul Hustinx Retiring The European Fine Art Fair, or TEFAF, which takes place annually in Maastricht, the Netherlands, and which is known for its top-flight galleries, top-notch canapés  (150,000 were served at the preview in 2011, the last year on record) and generous beverage program (1,800 bottles of Champagne were served at that preview), announced today that it has hired Patrick van Maris, the managing director of Sotheby's Europe, to take the place of Paul Hustinx, who had led the fair for 17 years with the title of managing director. Don't Miss Amy Sedaris at Invisible-Exports in New York This winter has offered an impressive selection of winter group shows in New York, among them "Fetching Blemish" at Invisible-Exports, which offers work by Nicole Eisenman, Genieve Figgis, Cindy Sherman, and, in a twist, the comedian Amy Sedaris. Here Is the 2015 AIPAD Photography Show New York Exhibitor List From April 16 to April 19, the AIPAD Photography Show New York, the annual fair dedicated to photography and held by the Association of International Photography Art Dealers, will return to the Park Avenue Armory for its 35th edition. Today, the show announced a list of the 89 exhibitors that will be showing at this year's AIPAD. The full exhibitor list follows below. Farber Foundation Announces Finalists for Cuban Art Awards On the heels of news that the U.S. will begin to ease relations with Cuba and controversy surrounding the detention of Cuban performance artist Tania Bruguera, the Farber Foundation has announced the finalists for the first Cuban Art Awards. The awards, which are going to be given out biennially, are broken into two categories—the Cuban Artist of the Year (which comes with $10,000) and the Young Cuban Artist of the Year ($3,000), presented to an artist under 35. Selected by a jury of collectors, curators, and scholars, the winners will be announced in May. The Anatomy Lesson: Miranda July Channels Her Inner Roth In Debut Novel M.H. Miller reviews the artist and author's latest book in this selection from the January issue of ARTnews, which is on newsstands now. FROM THE EDITORS Happy January! The art world is finally back in action after the long holiday break, and the first fairs of 2015 are coming up fast. This week we wanted to draw your attention to the Top 200 Collectors section of ARTnews site, where we will be running regular coverage of art patrons—the people whose money keeps the market humming. Within that section is a new regular feature: Collector's Corner, which provides a close-up look at these amassers and their collections. The first edition is with Ryan Kortman, of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Thank you for reading. —The Editors    AROUND THE ART WORLD    MFA Houston announces $450 million redevelopment plan. — Houston Chronicle U.S. arts attendance is down, according to NEA studies. — Hyperallergic Harun Farocki at Hamburger Bahnhof. — Contemporary Art Daily FAA regulations may limits artists' use of drones. — The Art Newspaper Gagosian London will recreate Henry Moore's studio. — The Guardian Off and Running: James Shalom on His Offsite Project Tucked away on the fifth floor of 195 Chrystie Street, a hulking studio building on New York's Lower East Side, is "Seven Artists in Two Rooms," the latest exhibition from Offsite, an itinerant curatorial project run by James Shalom. It's a handsome one, and its seven artists are pleasantly, unusually eclectic, ranging from stalwarts David Wojnarowicz, Jessica Diamond, and Donald Moffett to young guns Ned Vena, Enzo Shalom, Greg Parma Smith, and Kyle Thurman. Because of the nature of the show, it's having a brief run, open only from January 7 through January 29. Shalom told ARTnews about the project. It's About Time: Wang Jianwei at the Guggenheim Below, an excerpt from Barbara Pollack's profile of Wang Jianwei, which was published in the January 2015 issue of ARTnews on page 64. The full story is on newsstands now. 9 Art Events to Attend in New York This Week Lisa Moore plays Philip Glass, Djordje Ozbolt at Hauser & Wirth, Dan Walsh at Paula Cooper, Philip Taaffe at Luhring Augustine Gallery and more.  Cuban Performance Artist Tania Bruguera Speaks Out About Her Recent Detention Over at the Los Angeles Times, Carolina A. Miranda (who has been a contributor to ARTnews) has an interview with artist Tania Bruguera, who was recently detained by state security authorities following her attempt to stage Tatlin's Whisper #6 in Havana.