From the blasphemous La Ricotta to the acclaimed Gospel According to St. Matthew to scathing condemnations of the bourgeoisie.

When the holiday (ahem, consumerist) season gets you down, go interrogate the meaning of capitalism at an art exhibition in a defunct bank!

Body art as a marketing tactic? Challenge accepted.

The museum and gallery openings are quiet this week due to the masses flocking towards the Art Basel Miami mecca. If you find yourself in the city, here are some events to check out.

Art Basel from sunset to sunrise.

From December 6-9, Miami hosts one of the world’s ultimate gatherings of art and culture. Everyone in the art world will be hopping between art fairs, openings, and Miami-style after parties.

Roy Lichtenstein: A Retrospective displays over one hundred popular paintings, drawings, and sculptures from throughout Lichtenstein’s career.

This week in New York, the Museum of Arts and Design mounts an olfactory exhibition, and filmmaker Jim Jarmusch releases an album at MoMA PS1.

From Chilean socialism to a Queens-bound A train.

Hurricane Sandy and the recent nor’easter hitting the East Coast have gotten many of us thinking about the looming threat of climate change. Artist Diana Thater’s Chernobyl at David Zwirner gallery reflects on a manmade catastrophe from the recent past.

If you’re into extremes, this is your week: Chernobyl, the apocalypse, and eerily empty rooms square off against a comedy show at MoMA PS1, the New York Comedy Festival, and a Brooklyn comic festival.

Richard Artschwager is one of the most influential trailblazers of American contemporary art.