The most-talked-about stories on ARTINFO, October 30 - November 4, 2011:

– In New York, the talk of the town was Maurizio Cattelan’s retrospective at the Guggenheim, which saw him hang his entire oeuvre from like a mobile in the center of the building. We interviewed him at the beginning of the week about the show.

– ARTINFO UK’s Coline Milliard interviewed Scottish artist Karla Black, who is on the shortlist for this year’s Turner Prize.

– Judd Tully reported from the big New York Impressionist and Modern Art Sales, where Christie’s took in an “anemic” $141 million, while Sotheby’s soared to a robust $200 million.

– In the first of a two-part ARTINFO video interview, Japanese art star Takashi Murakami talked about his upcoming charity auction of works for Japan relief.

– In Germany, He Xiangyu’s lifelike sculpture of a dead Ai Weiwei triggered charges of disturbing the peace.

– Marina Abramovic celebrated Halloween — and her online art show for Paddle8 — with a costume party.

– ARTINFO France reported on the striking, $28.4 million renovation of the Musée d'Orsay.

– We had “26 Questions for Artist, Poet, and Musician Billy Childish,” whose show has just opened at Lehman Maupin.

– The Performa biennial kicked off with Elmgreen & Dragset’s “Happy Days in the Art World,” starring Joseph Feinnes of “Shakespeare in Love.” Ben Davis was not a fan.

– Kyle Chayka spotlighted an emerging trend of creating portraits of the flesh-and-blood people on the other side of various Internet phenomena.

– Janelle Zara recapped episode 4 of Bravo’s “Work of Art,” for which contestants had to collaborated with children, and street artist Tewz was voted off the show.