Yes Men seem to be offering their activist art on the open market for any campaigning organisation with a capitalist target – be it government or multinational – that might want to harness, for a fee, their surreal brand of protest.

The Bank of Ireland is to sell its art collection – diverting the proceeds into other areas of corporate social responsibility – as it sets out to raise €3.5bn in new capital, the Irish Independent reports.

It's trebles all round for Sotheby’s Chief Executive William Ruprecht.

The Hammer museum and LAX Art art collaborating on an LA biennial planned for 2012, reports the LA Times. The biennial will feature artists based in the LA and the surrounding area, and will take place on the institution's two sites and in other spaces around the city.

The Puerto Rico-based duo Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla have been named as the US representatives at the Venice Biennale 2011, reports the New York Times.

According to the LA Times, Jeffrey Deitch and LA MOCA have designs on the LA Municipal Art Gallery in Hollywood's Barnsdale Park, as the city's cash-strapped government looks to outsource several of its art facilities, in the hopes of saving $1.3 million a year.