This year had plenty of staggering auction sales, blockbuster exhibitions, and art scandals. But some of the most popular stories on ARTFIXdaily were not the big headlines.

Since 2009 we've been compiling an annual list of the news that attracted the most traffic on ARTFIXdaily, and in 2014 a few stories spread like wildfire on social media.

Here are the most-read art stories of 2014 on ARTFIXdaily:

1. President Obama Apologizes for Art History Remark

2. Bunny Mellon's Rothkos Top $158.7 Million Sale

3. Museum Visitor Destroys Ai Weiwei Vase "In Protest"

4. Historians Say Holy Grail Discovery in Spain is No Joke

5. The President Hangs Edward Hopper Paintings in Oval Office

6. Art Historian Spots Lost Masterpiece While watching Stuart Little

7. Christie's to Auction Estate of Copper Heiress Huguette Clark

8. Thoreau and Walden Pond re-imagined in 'Walden, revisted' exhibition at deCordova Museum

9. Recently Attributed Leonardo da Vinci Painring Sold for Over $75 Million

10. Philippines Wants Return of Art Linked to Imelda Marcos