Art Basel WATCH WHERE YOU STEP by Emily Nathan
Art Basel 43’s public art sector, Art Parcours, takes over the historic neighborhood of St. Johann, and a public art festival comes to roost in Zurich.
Documenta 13 LIVING ARTWORKS by Emily Nathan
The 13th edition of the once-every-five-years super-art-survey in Kassel, curated by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, takes a page from the book of life.
NEW THIS MONTH IN U.S. MUSEUMS
"Posters of Paris," "Made in L.A.," Jasper John prints, Ellsworth Kelly plants, George Bellows, "Visions of Arcadia," David Shrigley, Josiah McElheny, Amanda Ross-Ho, "Signs and Symbols," Richard Diebenkorn, more.
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Bruce High Quality Foundation occupies Lever House, ersatz "plastic bag bomber" Takeshi Miyakawa freed from jail, and galleries at new Frieze Masters art fair.
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Quirky Civil War propaganda at ICP, Austrian Cultural Forum turns ten with artist-led feast, and crowd-sourcing curators at Brooklyn Museum.
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Thaddaeus Ropac's new Paris art complex, critics discuss Defining Contemporary Art at MoMA, dates set for Art Basel Hong Kong.
May 4, 2012
Frieze Projects 2012 STEP OUTSIDE by Emily Nathan
The eight artist commissions for this year's Frieze Projects, curated by Cecilia Alemani, stand out amidst an otherwise business-as-usual art fair.
NEW THIS MONTH IN U.S. MUSEUMS
Renaissance Bronzes, Phyllida Barlow, Taryn Simon, Edouard Vuillard, "Craft Spoken Here," Joan Miró, Mark Dion, Ai Weiwei, Roy Lichtenstein, Christer Strömholm, Omer Fast, "Maharaja," José Bedia, Land Art, more.
May 1, 2012
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New York critics head to Grand Rapids to judge the $100,000 ArtPrize, plus, the art world responds to May Day, and Rachel Feinstein’s rose for Creative Time.
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LA museums take a cue from NY with celeb programming, Naples museum protests budget cuts with art burning, Lucian Freud's daughter memorializes her father in London exhibition.
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110 artists at the 30th Sao Paulo Bienal, critics trash Damien Hirst’s retrospective at Tate Modern and a Cooper Union student’s tuition protest prank.
Apr. 16, 2012
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Coming up Warhol, at the Metropolitan Museum and with William John Kennedy's 1963 photos of the artist. Plus, the third San Juan Poly/Graphic Triennial opens in Puerto Rico.
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All about the new Barnes Foundation facility in Philadelphia, life at the post-biennial Whitney, and Miami's Seven art fair lands in New York.
ARTNET NEWS
A Philip Roth cease and desist, protests greet BMW Guggenheim Lab in Berlin, Met finally gets Brooke Astor bequest, expanded Stedelijk debuts in September 2012.
Apr. 2, 2012
NEW THIS MONTH IN U.S. MUSEUMS
Herb Ritts, Heinrich Kuehn, Alex Katz prints, Daido Moriyama, Cai Guo-Qiang, Rashid Johnson, Stefan Sagmeister, Kraftwerk, Julie Mehretu, Katharina Wulff, Durer's drawings, Japanese woodblock prints, African American Art since the Harlem Renaissance, more.
March
Mar. 30, 2012
Art Market Watch ANDY WARHOL: DOCUDRAMA
Andy Warhol’s self-portrait photostat revealed! Plus, on artnet Auctions, a sale devoted to “The Art of the Photographic Document.”
Mar. 27, 2012
ARTNET NEWS
Red Grooms' baseball folly, Morgan Spurlock's Street Art show, an unknown Cézanne "Card Players" study, an $800 million art cache in Germany, and artists Alina and Jeff Bliumis want invitations to dinner.
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Human Rights Watch update on Saadiyat Island museums. Plus, collector funds new Dubai art district, and study shows art is good for stroke patients.
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Boston artists fight defense contractor, Francesca Woodman at the Guggenheim, a major gift for the Whitney and the Pompidou, and the actress who played Jan Brady gets an art show.
Mar. 15, 2012
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Who is the Armory Show art tagger? Plus, 100 Critics from Davidson College.
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John Ahearn to revive "South Bronx Hall of Fame" at Frieze New York; the Brooklyn Museum Artists Ball's all-women roster; Nahmads deny ownership of possibly Nazi-looted Modigliani; Christie's draws attention to a Dutch Old Masters sale with a world tour kicking off in Doha.
NEW THIS MONTH IN U.S. MUSEUMS
Whitney Biennial 2012, contemporary ceramics, Kehinde Wiley in Israel, Byzantium and Islam, Exquisite Corpse, Keith Haring, the Art of Video Games, more.
Mar. 1, 2012
Brucennial 2012 HIGH AND LOW by Rachel Corbett
Highlights from the Brucennial, the parody version of the Whitney Biennial put on by the agitator-art collective Bruce High Quality Foundation.
Savannah Dispatch THE FRED WILSON TREATMENT by Emily Nathan
In advance of his upcoming exhibition at New York's Pace Gallery next month, artist Fred Wilson intervenes at the Savannah College of Art and Design's newly renovated museum.
ARTNET NEWS
Schachter & Sons in London, the Whitney Houston Biennial, Tobias Meyer restores a Keith Haring for the LGBT center, and police raids unearth an Italian antiquities scam.
ARTNET NEWS
Bushwick and Chelsea go head to head with dueling openings; Marc Jancou sues Sotheby's and Cady Noland; Christian Boltanski to make monthly videos for the rest of his life; Marina Abramovic enlists Rem Koolhaas to design new performing-arts center.
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A judge fires the executor of the embattled Allan Stone estate. Plus, the windy city loses Art Chicago but gains new fair Expo Chicago, and PS1 gets a pollution-fighting installation for its courtyard.
Feb. 9, 2012
ARTNET NEWS
A judge fires the executor of the embattled Allan Stone estate. Plus, the windy city loses Art Chicago but gains new fair Expo Chicago, and PS1 gets a pollution-fighting installation for its courtyard.
Feb. 8, 2012
Kiki Smith SORCERY AND SENSUALISM
"Visionary Sugar: Works by Kiki Smith," a survey of new bronze and aluminum sculptures, Jacquard tapestries, drawings on Nepal paper and more at the Neuberger Museum.
Feb. 7, 2012
American Art THE BONEYARD PROJECT
Out at the Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, a show of art made from airplane nose cones, and entire airplanes.
ARTNET NEWS
Twelve of the nation's top 50 donors of 2011 are arts patrons, new Walmart to displace three Miami art fairs, and a tale of fake Basquiats, Harings and Warhols.
ARTNET NEWS
Janine Gordon files new brief in Ryan McGinley copyright case. Plus, David Reed does skateboards, Denver law students oppose Christo's Over the River and a Mona Lisa replica sheds new light on the masterpiece.
Feb. 1, 2012
NEW THIS MONTH IN U.S. MUSEUMS
Van Gogh, Tacita Dean, Renoir, Juan Downey, Gauguin, John Chamberlain, Cindy Sherman, Rineke Djikstra, Jules Olitski, "The Generational," "The Art Of Golf," Outsider Art, more.
January
Jan. 30, 2012
ARTNET NEWS
Beach Boys lyricist Van Dyke Parks tells painter Erik den Breejen to "cease and desist." Plus, 1980s AIDS activist collective Gran Fury gets a new survey, and Sandro Kopp paints Skype portraits of his celebrity friends.
Old Masters NGA SNAGS $1.5 MIL DE KEYSER by Paul Jeromack
In Christie's New York "Old Master Paintings" sale, Jan. 25, 2012, the NGA wins out over fierce competitors to acquire its first painting by Dutch master Thomas de Keyser.
ARTNET NEWS
Hard-boiled crime king Weegee in four new shows, further details on Gagosian-Cowles feud, Indiana artists bank on Super Bowl tourism, and the Design Museum London gets new £80 million home.
ARTNET NEWS
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery gets more heat from last year’s Wojnarowicz censor. Plus, video game art in D.C., and making sense of the Chinese auction boom.
ARTNET NEWS
James Franco to play Mapplethorpe, plus, a provocative Berlin Biennale project by Martin Zet, lingerie models at Musée d'Orsay, and 15 art fairs in the next two weeks.
Jan. 11, 2012
Damien Hirst HOT SPOTS by Rachel Corbett
With spot paintings at all 11 Gagosian galleries around the globe, Damien Hirst dominates once again, and he's still bored by it all.
Jan. 10, 2012
ARTNET NEWS
"Hajj" at the British Museum, Henry O. Tanner in Philadelphia, Jesús Soto at NYU's Grey Gallery and a boost for the Guggenheim's proposed branch in Helsinki.
ARTNET NEWS
Richard Prince gets a show at the Museo Picasso Málaga, a round-up of January art benefits and a Metallica-inspired exhibition in Los Angeles.
Jan. 3, 2012
NEW THIS MONTH IN U.S. MUSEUMS
Jennifer Bolande, Zoe Strauss, Picasso’s drawings, Dana Schutz, Enrico David, Djuna Barnes, Annie Leibovitz, Frank Gaard, Rabindranath Tagore, more.
December
Dec. 22, 2011
ARTNET NEWS
Dread Scott blazes into the New Year with two fiery shows. Plus, watch Professor Kalup Linzy's disciples of melodrama perform their NYU final projects, and a Maine artist tracks down her 600 Facebook friends.
Dec. 20, 2011
ARTNET NEWS
Buy your own Work of Art prints-on-canvas, and Bravo keeps the money. Plus, more on the David Rohn and Evo Love fortune-teller fracas and the India Art Fair beefs up for 2012.
ARTNET NEWS
Abu Dhabi Art treads water. Plus, a PBS newsman opens art gallery, last show for Merce Cunningham dancers, John Baldessari "post-studio art," NADA to Art Cologne, Bank of America gives to RISD.
ARTNET NEWS
Knoedler's and the forgery ring, Voina member escapes from Russian jail, and Rachel Kneebone pairs her work with Rodin at the Brooklyn Museum.
NEW THIS MONTH IN U.S. MUSEUMS
Theaster Gates, Matthew Buckingham, Rodarte, Alfred Wertheimer’s Elvis photographs, 2010 SECA Art Awards, Claire Healy and Sean Cordeiro, conceptual art and the photograph, Sanja Iveković, more.
November
Nov. 30, 2011
Art Market Watch WARHOL'S SEASIDE CHIC
In conjunction with Art Basel Miami Beach, 50 Andy Warhol works go up for sale on artnet Auctions. Plus, a screening of the artist's never-before-seen film San Diego Surf at the Standard Miami hotel.
Nov. 29, 2011
ARTNET NEWS
Martin Creed decorates a London restaurant, Oslo discovers a Rubens, Voina to curate Berlin Biennale and Anselm Reyle designs for Dior.
Nov. 18, 2011
ARTNET NEWS
Gordon v. McGinley copyright saga continues. Plus, Destroy All Monsters in L.A., skateboards from Guyton\Walker, Frieze Art Fair's New York lineup, and the Contemporary Istanbul fair.
ARTNET NEWS
Chamberlain, Picasso, Woodman, Djikstra and more come to the Guggenheim next year. Plus, the 2012 ADAA Art Show and a new fair for Casablanca.
Walton Ford MONKEY MAN by Rachel Corbett
Daphne Guinness, Padma Lakshmi and friends celebrate wildlife painter Walton Ford’s new show at Paul Kasmin Gallery.
NEW THIS MONTH IN U.S. MUSEUMS
Maurizio Cattelan, New York's Photo League, Francesca Woodman, Sherrie Levine, Diego Rivera, Clifford Owens, Hide/Seek, Jenny Saville, New Islamic galleries for the Met, Korean Eye, Prix Pictet photographers, more.
Nov. 1, 2011
ARTNET NEWS
Helly Nahmad Gallery snagged in Nazi loot suit, E.V. Day for Sephora, cat fancy for the PAN Amsterdam fair, and "The Radical Camera."
Artnet News IFPDA PRINT FAIR PREVIEW
Ninety top print dealers convene at the Park Avenue Armory for the annual International Fine Print Dealers Association Print Fair.
Oct. 28, 2011
ARTNET NEWS
New Armory Show star Theaster Gates, Fernando Botero's "Passion of Christ," and a couple of hypotheses about Maurizio Cattelan.
Art Toronto CANADA'S OWN ART FAIR
An art-market funhouse, a Sol LeWitt dance-brawl and a collage party join more than 100 galleries at Art Toronto this weekend.
Kalup Linzy LONDON FRIEZE OUT? by Rachel Corbett
After a cool reception to his Frieze week performance, Kalup Linzy talks London vs. New York, the revival of his soul-singer persona Taiwan and what's next for him and James Franco.
Oct. 14, 2011
ARTNET NEWS
Uli Sigg Museum? Plus, cancelled Poster Boy exhibition is back on, Schiaparelli and Prada at the Met, National Arts Awards from Americans for the Arts, Take Home a Nude, Art Review Power 100, more.
ARTNET NEWS
"David Smith: Cubes and Anarchy" at the Whitney, Schwarzenegger in bronze, and the "Art in Odd Places" festival.
Oct. 3, 2011
NEW THIS MONTH IN U.S. MUSEUMS
Pacific Standard Time rules in Los Angeles. Plus, Degas dancers, Degas nudes, “Art and Black Los Angeles,” “Dance/Draw,” Alfred Stieglitz’s artists, Impressionist works on paper, Caravaggio, Hans Haacke, Tristan Lowe, Carsten Höller, more.
ARTNET NEWS
Changes at the Armory Show, three art fairs bow in Los Angeles, Marcus Harvey curates, Winslow Homer's studio opens, classic art from India.
Sept. 19, 2011
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Germany honors slain Egyptian blogger Khaled Said with a Berlin Wall portrait. Plus, trade time for an artist-cooked lunch, Tom Otterness installation stalled, Ireland auctions debtor’s $2.8 mil art collection.
ARTNET NEWS
New commissions from Performa 11, National Academy Museum reopens, Met tourists boost NYC economy and Whitney honors Calvin Tomkins. Plus, Joe Forkan's Big Lebowski art.
ARTNET NEWS
David Adjaye gets Design Miami honor, MAD opens wearable sculpture, Tate oil tanks, new Sluice Art Fair in London.
Sept. 7, 2011
ARTNET NEWS
Get a manicure at the New Museum, Dia grows in Chelsea, David Shrigley tattoos fans, "Speculative Realism" at CUNY's Graduate Center, a petition for Freddie Mercury.
Sept. 7, 2011
New Art FOUR DAYS IN SEPTEMBER
If you haven't started yet, you're already behind: 30 art openings in 4 days in New York.
Artnet News
Ryan McGinley files for court costs in Janine Gordon copyright case. Plus, Jeff Koons lends Old Masters, Hennessy Youngman in Chicago, KAWS thief caught.
NEW THIS MONTH IN U.S. MUSEUMS
Zaha Hadid, Willem de Kooning, “Warhol on the Mall,” Swoon, ASCO, Ezra Jack Keats, Xu Bing, Fluxus, Eva Hesse, De Wain Valentine, Bertrand Goldberg, and September 11th commemorated.
August
Aug. 31, 2011
ARTNET NEWS
The art of anger? Plus, Banksy fans protest removal of Palestinian stencils, 80 galleries head for (e)merge, Bard Graduate Center does color, and Stephen Jones brings 250 hats to New York.
ARTNET NEWS
Art events on Governor's Island, controversy over Bulgaria's new Socialist Art Museum, Cook Fine Art sued for $5.3 million, a "Beauty Contest" at the Austrian Cultural Forum, and fair producer George Little Management changes hands.
Aug. 25, 2011
ARTNET NEWS
"Work of Art" is back! Plus, Jennifer Rubell makes tamales, Kansas botches its NEA funding, Patti Smith checks in at the Chelsea, SpongeBob's Todd White sues dealer.
Aug. 24, 2011
ARTNET NEWS
Uncertain reception for MLK Memorial, art by David Byrne and other rockers, Romare Bearden's 100th, more.
Aug. 24, 2011
Art Market Watch ARTIST EPHEMERA
For the most avid collector, signed artworks and other items that were an intimate part of artists' lives.
Aug. 22, 2011
ARTNET NEWS
Odd Nerdrum sentenced to prison for tax evasion; Beastie Boy films Peter Schjeldahl documentary; Jean Paul Gaultier heads to Dallas.
ARTNET NEWS
Timothy Greenfield-Sanders’ "Latino List," new blood art from Jordan Eagles, attendance rises for free museums, Elizabeth Streb open rehearsals, Chihuly and Tara Donovan in Jackson Hole, Gagosian’s new mansion.
Aug. 16, 2011
ARTNET NEWS
Art dealer sues SpongeBob artist, bronze prices vex sculptors, Lisa Perry’s Lichtensteins, rent-to-own art, Mumbai Christian museum, Marei von Saher’s settlement, Rembrandt found.
Aug. 15, 2011
Art Market Watch CONTEMPORARY MIDDLE EAST
Artnet Auctions Middle Eastern Art sale offers provocative and inventive artworks by artists from Iran, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and other countries in the region.
ARTNET NEWS
A Futurist dinner in D.C., golf art in Atlanta, rare violins disappear, KAWS painting stolen from Marc Ecko, Elvis in African art show.
Aug. 11, 2011
Art Market Watch TOP TEN LOTS, JULY 2011
The art market moves to London and China for the summer, while the top ten lots total almost $150 million for July.
Aug. 10, 2011
ARTNET NEWS
Dia negotiates Spiral Jetty lease; ArtCrush Aspen breaks records; R. Crumb snubs Australia, and Brice Marden lands in the tabloids.
Aug. 9, 2011
Kenny Schachter presents BILL WYMAN, PHOTOGRAPHER
At London's Kenny Schachter/ROVE, an exhibition of photographs taken by former Rolling Stones' bass guitarist Bill Wyman is slated for October, 2011.
Aug. 8, 2011
ARTNET NEWS
McQueen makes Met history, Anselm Kiefer gets documentary, Chris Johanson debuts music festival, Rocco DeSimone goes broke.
ARTNET NEWS
Art fairs and biennials in 2011: Dublin Contemporary, ShContemporary 2011, Lyon Biennial, Houston Fine Art Fair, Art Beat Istanbul, 12th Istanbul Biennial, 15th Art Moscow, Moscow Biennale and the Joburg Art Fair.
Aug. 3, 2011
"Ocularpation" NAKED ON WALL STREET
Artist Zefrey Throwell's happening, Ocularpation: Wall Street, "exposes" the Financial District to 50 actors playing downtown types who drop trou in front of the NYSE.
Aug. 3, 2011
ARTNET NEWS
The BMW Guggenheim Lab opens in dilapidated lot; ArtAspen returns; "Float" biennial at Socrates; a Richard Hambleton retro; Stephen Keene in Santa Monica, and El Museo del Barrio gets new director.
Aug. 1, 2011
NEW THIS MONTH IN U.S. MUSEUMS
Rembrandt and the Face of Jesus, Ai Weiwei, Yoshua Okon, "Richard Prince: Covering Pollock," Dieter Ram, Carlito Carvahlosa, Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, more.
July
July 28, 2011
ARTNET NEWS Contretempts over Artforum bootleg, Bob Dylan at Gagosian, Cindy Sherman for MAC, $20 mil from Alice Walton for Crystal Bridges, new artist visa in the U.K.
July 27, 2011
ARTNET NEWS Bad Teacher? Enroll in James Franco's summer school class at MoMA PS1. Plus, raising funds for a Chihuly for Boston MFA, Asia Society gets delayed art show from Pakistan, and new "Art in the Streets" commissions in L.A.
July 26, 2011
Art Market Watch Skate's Market Notes on Poly International Auction. Plus, a Ming Dynasty horse at Duke's in Dorset.
July 26, 2011
Artnet News Art writer Sarah Thornton wins libel case against Daily Telegraph book reviewer, plus NADA Hudson and ArtCrush Aspen.
July 25, 2011
Artnet News Fire Island gets LGBT artist residency, NZ galleries out at Auckland Art Fair, Chelsea Art Walk, Ai Weiwei on Google+, more.
ARTNET NEWS Old Master art fair debuts, a Warhol tribute album, Stephen Powers at Ogilvy & Mather, White Cube Hong Kong, Rirkrit Tiravanija parades L.A., Gray at the New Museum, more.
ARTNET NEWS
Transformers 3 & the iconic Milwaukee Art Museum. Plus, Frans Hals at the Met, the art of cruelty, Russian art collector Leonid Mikhelson, more.
ARTNET NEWS
Questions about Serpentine benefit art auction, Otterness lions rejected for Battery Park library, Pollock physics, Calder in Paris, Rockwell at the White House, Mottola gallery, more.
July 6, 2011
ARTNET NEWS
Is Qatar the new world art capital? Plus, long-lost Leonardo to go on view, Ai Weiwei in Minnesota, and Kal Spelletich's jet-pack art.
ARTNET NEWS
States cut arts funding, Will Ryman's roses, new Stavros Niarchos Center, artist in a crate, Rose Art Museum news, more.
July 1, 2011
NEW THIS MONTH IN U.S. MUSEUMS
Helmut Newton, Fabergé, Chitra Ganesh, George Herms, Spiral, "Talk to Me" design at MoMA, Frans Hals, TASS posters, more.
June
June 30, 2011
Artnet News SUMMER ART SCENE HITS THE HAMPTONS
Coming up in July, two art fairs (ArtHamptons & artMRKT Hamptons), the Parrish Art Museum benefit, the Bridgehampton Biennial and "Uncommon Ground II."
June 27, 2011
ARTNET NEWS
Van der Neer in Boston, Feigen and Rosa Bonheur, London's Cultural Olympiad, biennials in the Bronx & New Orleans, Art Moscow 2011, more.
ARTNET NEWS
SOFA launches Americana fair, artists out at Greenpoint art convent, Patti Smith museum show, Teen Art Gallery, Museum for African Art delays opening, more.
June 14, 2011
Art 42 Basel PICTURE POST
A preview of the mother of all art fairs, Art 42 Basel, June 15-19, 2011.
ARTNET NEWS
Vishnu & Devi in NYC museums, inside the Rockefeller art scandal, art goes aquatic in New York, fashion designer Mary Katrantzou, Chris Gollon Painting in Twilight, more.
ARTNET NEWS
What’s on at the Philadelphia Museum, public art on the High Line, the new M+ art museum in West Kowloon, "Pursuit of Porcelain" at Ferrin Gallery, Merton D. Simpson "Encore!" and Mo David North.
June 6, 2011
ARTNET NEWS New York Close Up debuts online, Guggenheim boycott continues, curators out in Canada, Russian art embargo hits LACMA, more.
ARTNET NEWS
Magritte's dirty pictures, Gagosian's iPad app, exposition CHICAGO for 2010, Moving Image to London, Serra sculpture for Qatar, more.
June 1, 2011
Artnet News VENICE BIENNALE 2011
Mike Nelson, Christian Boltanski, Yael Bartana, the Starn Twins, Oksana Mas, Richard Phillips, Neville Wakefield, more.
June 1, 2011
NEW THIS MONTH IN U.S. MUSEUMS
Ryan Trecartin, Ed Ruscha, Frank Stella, Wassily Kandinsky, Lee Ufan, Bryan Hunt, Dorothea Rockburne, Lyonel Feininger, "John Waters curates," Joseph Cornell, more.
May
May 31, 2011
ARTNET NEWS
The mysterious death of Wlodzimierz Ksiazek. Plus, Art HK 11, Steve Martin's forged Campendonck, Peter Brant raises funds, National Academy reopens.
May 26, 2011
ARTNET NEWS
Koons Museum for rural Pennsylvania? Plus, Linda McCartney photo blowout, new Kunsthalle Detroit, street artist Becca Midwood, and what happened at the Whitney Art Party.
MIDDLE EAST REPORT by Nazy Nazhand
The Arab art community comes together in April for the fifth edition of Art Dubai, the 10th Sharjah Biennial and the launch of Dubai Art Week.
May 24, 2011
ARTNET NEWS
Whitney Museum goes bigtime. Plus, art architect Max Gordon, artists’ magazines, the Kitchen celebrates its SoHo years, ACRIA benefit, design criticism at SVA, and new art spaces from LeRoy Neiman and André Leon Talley.
ARTNET NEWS
Frieze Art Fair comes to New York, new director for the Frick, Michal Rovner at the Louvre, brides protest Pae White installation, trial in Giacometti scam, more.
ARTNET NEWS
Ai Weiwei fallout for Art HK? Plus, graffiti bienal at El Museo, to-do lists at the Morgan Library, Xu Bing & tobacco at the VMFA, supercollectors Rosen and Lis in court, more.
Art Market Watch ALLAN STONE COLLECTION
Chamberlain, de Kooning & Thiebaud from the late Manhattan art dealer sell for $54.8 million at Sotheby's New York.
May 10, 2011
ARTNET NEWS
Copyright suit for Sarah Morris, bad "knight" for Rashaad Newsome, Francesco Clemente at the Uffizi, more.
May 6, 2011
ARTNET NEWS
The New Museum’s StreetFest street fair, Turner Prize 2011 shortlist, more on Sasha Grey’s photographs, more.
ARTNET NEWS
Clark Art Institute sells Monet, Kiefer in Venice, Moby the photographer, Howl Fest in NYC, Kantor LA, Animal Art Fair, more.
May 2, 2011
ARTNET NEWS
Alexander McQueen at the Met, Sasha Grey in L.A., Quentin Roosevelt's China, Charlie Finch curates, Poet's Den, ABC No Rio benefit, more.
May 2, 2011
NEW THIS MONTH IN U.S. MUSEUMS
Alexander McQueen, FutureFarmers, the Cone Sisters, Francis Alÿs, Uta Barth, Gustav Metzger, "The Steins Collect," Titian, Cory Arcangel, more.
April
Apr. 29, 2011
ARTNET NEWS
Party at the Spring Show, Knox Martin's new mural, Jasper Johns' new sculpture, David Bowie the artist, Rachel Harrison, more.
Apr. 28, 2011
ARTNET NEWS
Ai Weiwei Worldwide, Benetton cancels African American art show at Venice, Jodorowsky's "The Holy Mountain" at MoMA PS1, Yvon Lambert to retire, Cindy Tower's clearance sale, more.
Apr. 28, 2011
ARTNET NEWS
Ai Weiwei Worldwide, Benetton cancels African American art show at Venice, Jodorowsky's "The Holy Mountain" at MoMA PS1, Yvon Lambert to retire, Cindy Tower's clearance sale, more.
Apr. 27, 2011
ARTNET NEWS
Spring Show NYC, Tintoretto in Venice, "Soutine / Bacon" at Helly Nahmad, Josh Smith & "The American Dream," more.
ARTNET NEWS
Graffiti crackdown in L.A., "Degas & the Nude," courtroom artist sues, Danziger Projects moves, Bertrand Delacroix Gallery, more.
Apr. 25, 2011
ARTNET NEWS
Protest for Ai Weiwei, Art Brussels 2011, Anthony Caro at the Met, Eli Broad on "60 Minutes," Rema Hort Mann Foundation, Ellipse Foundation, a job at the NPG, more.
Artropolis 2011 CHICAGO, OUR FAIR CITY
Artropolis 2011 brings three art fairs -- Art Chicago, NEXT and The Merchandise Mart International Antiques Fair -- to Chicago, Apr. 29-May 2, 2011.
Apr. 19, 2011
WILDENSTEIN DYNASTY UNDER FIRE IN PARIS
Guy Wildenstein, president of Wildenstein & Company, leaves New York for Paris to face French anti-fraud investigators this week.
GRAFFITI STAR LOCKED IN RIKERS
While “Art in the Streets” makes headlines, New York graffiti writer LA II sits in Rikers, facing a felony charge.
Apr. 18, 2011
ARTNET NEWS
Demonstrations demand freedom for Ai Weiwei, Azerbaijan to Venice Biennale, Mimmo Paladino's turboprop jet, Laurie Simmons on Gossip Girl, more.
Apr. 15, 2011
ARTNET NEWS
What’s happening with Ai Weiwei? Plus, Performa commissions, Kiefer does Rembrandt, orchids for sale at The Artist’s Institute, more.
Apr. 12, 2011
Art Market Watch NAKED ON THE BLOCK
Nudes, lingerie, corsets, bondage, models, a tricycle -- a voyeur’s report on the spring photo sales in New York City.
Apr. 8, 2011
ARTNET NEWS
Tracey Emin v. Dinos Chapman, Guggenheim Foundation fellows, open call for performance artists, Maira Kalman pop-up store, more.
NEW THIS MONTH IN U.S. MUSEUMS David Smith, the Freer's Peacock Room, Gabriel Metsu, Richard Serra, Street Art, Renaissance prints in daily life, more.
PICTURE POST
A selection of images from gallery exhibitions opening worldwide during Mar. 17-Apr. 29, 2011, in London, Berlin, Copenhagen, Milan, Athens, New York and Paris.
Mar. 23, 2011
ARTNET NEWS
Kevin Spacey speaks for the arts. Plus, suitcases from Crash, new Whitney café, random Richard Prince copyright news, more.
Mar. 21, 2011
ARTNET NEWS
Richard Prince loses copyright lawsuit over Rastafarian "Canal Zone" artworks.
ARTNET NEWS
Boycotting HuffPo, USA Projects seed money for artists, art benefits, more.
Mar. 1, 2011
NEW THIS MONTH IN U.S. MUSEUMS
Chagall in Paris, William Leavitt, Glenn Ligon, "Clay on the Skin," Sonia Delaunay, Sheila Hicks, "German Expressionism: The Graphic Impulse".
February
Feb. 24, 2011
ARTNET NEWS
Museum of Modern Art preview, plus graffiti and folk art at Venice Biennale, Gagosian Gallery sued, more.
Feb. 24, 2011
PICTURE POST
Get it while it's hot -- gallery exhibition openings worldwide, in New York, Los Angeles, Cologne, London, and Brussels.
Feb. 22, 2011
ART MARKET WATCH
New art stars at contemporary art auctions at Christie’s, Sotheby’s and Phillips de Pury & Company in London.
Feb. 22, 2011
NEW YORK ART FAIR WEEK 2011
The Art Show, the Armory Show, Volta, Pulse, Scope, Independent, Moving Image, Verge Brooklyn and more.
Feb. 17, 2011
ARTNET NEWS
Harriet Bart’s commemoration of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire. Plus, “Heroines” in Madrid, “De Kooning: A Retrospective,” art as trophy at Tribeca Film Fest.
BROOKLYN LOCAL by Emily Nathan
An exhibition of contemporary film and video illuminates St. Cecila's Gallery -- the Greenpoint convent turned bustling Brooklyn art space.
Feb. 15, 2011
ARTNET NEWS
Zabludowicz Collection in NYC, 11th Lyon Biennale, Yves Tanguy and Kay Sage, ARCO 2011, collector Dimitris Daskalopoulos, more.
Feb. 11, 2011
PICTURE POST
Hot new art for the cold month of February -- no valentines included.
Feb. 11, 2011
ARTNET NEWS
The American International Fine Art Fair. Plus, all about Los Angeles art with "Pacific Standard Time."
Feb. 9, 2011
ARTNET NEWS
Chris Burden's Metropolis II, new Houston art fair, Brazil in Ohio, the war on drugs in L.A., more.
Feb. 7, 2011
THE MET’S NEW "HOLY FAMILY" by Paul Jeromack
The mysteries of the Metropolitan Museum’s new acquisition, Perino del Vaga’s Holy Family with the Infant St. John the Baptist.
Feb. 4, 2011
ART MARKET WATCH
After-sale reports from the VIP Art Fair and for Donald Ellis Gallery at the Winter Antiques Show.
Feb. 4, 2011
PICTURE POST by Emily Nathan
That's hot! New contemporary art shows from galleries in Tokyo, San Francisco, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Barcelona and Munich.
Feb. 3, 2011
ARTNET NEWS
Wojnarowicz censorship update, hard times at Folk Art Museum, Finley at the Gugg, Drawing Center expands, more.
Feb. 2, 2011
CAA STORMS MANHATTAN
CAA’s 99th Annual Conference gets under way at Manhattan’s Hilton Hotel, featuring a roster of 200 plus intellectual discussion panels.
Feb. 1, 2011
NEW THIS MONTH IN U.S. MUSEUMS
Gabriel Kuri, Luis Camnitzer, Fischli & Weiss, Carlos Cruz-Diez, Lynda Benglis, Cézanne’s "Card Players," Picasso’s guitars, Rembrandt, Van Cleef & Arpels, Gauguin, more
January
Jan. 31, 2011
PICTURE POST by Pedro Vélez
Three art fairs, three museums and galleries galore, the Los Angeles art scene is wide awake.
Jan. 27, 2011
ARTNET NEWS
Documenta 13 revs up, museums & the Superbowl, Elizabeth Catlett, Armand Bartos, more.
Jan. 25, 2011
ARTNET NEWS
Thomas Hoving Master Pieces app, art at Davos, Oppenheim in Las Vegas, Tod’s & the Colosseum, Maira Kalman, Michael Werner, AICA-USA art awards, more.
ARTNET NEWS
Warhols at the Huntington, CAA art awards, new Haden-Guest book, more.
Jan. 10, 2011
PICTURE POST by Emily Nathan
Browse a selection of images culled from gallery exhibitions opening worldwide between Jan. 10 and Jan. 25, 2011.
Jan. 6, 2011
ARTNET NEWS
Ready to look at some art? Here’s a list of art fairs taking place in January 2011.
Jan. 1, 2011
NEW THIS MONTH IN U.S. MUSEUMS
Matika Wilbur, Esteban Vicente, "The Deconstructive Impulse," Filippino Lippi, Ter Bruggen, Wang Qingsong, "The Peacock Male," Jim Nutt, more.
December
Dec. 30, 2010
SPENCER’S ART LAW JOURNAL Edited by Ronald D. Spencer
Entrustment, The Hidden Title Risk of Leaving Your Artwork in the Care or Possession of Others -- Will Your Fine Art Insurance Cover Your Loss? Probably Not, by Elizabeth C. Black
Dec. 23, 2010
HOLIDAY GREETINGS
A virtual mantle displaying some of the many holiday email cards received via cyberspace.
Dec. 21, 2010
ARTNET NEWS
Modern British Sculpture, the Singapore Biennale, cell-phone photography, The Woodmans, more.
ARTNET NEWS
The IFPDA Print Fair, the NY Art Book Fair, E/AB, Artissima and Abu Dhabi Art. Plus, Chris Brown & Ron English, Lena Dunham’s Tiny Furniture, more.
Nov. 2, 2010
TWENTY TOP SHOWS IN U.S. MUSEUMS
Michelangelo Pistoletto, "The Global African Project," Norman Rockwell, Vija Celmins, "How Wine Became Modern," more.
October
Oct. 28, 2010
ARTNET NEWS
Aussie art center kills printer art project, new art fair for Moscow, Anthony Caro jewelry, motorcycle jackets at the Warhol, more.
Oct. 25, 2010
ARTNET NEWS
Warhol Foundation blues, MoMA PS1 does the fashion thing, NYC gallery boom, Kiki Smith perfume, more.
Oct. 25, 2010
ARTNET NEWS
Get ready for Art Toronto 2010, and all the exhibitions the city has to offer.
ART MARKET WATCH
"Divine Comedy" and more at Sotheby’s New York.
Oct. 5, 2010
ARTNET NEWS
Political change in Hungary leaves New York artist Janos Stone in limbo.
Oct. 5, 2010
TWENTY TOP SHOWS IN U.S. MUSEUMS
Paul Thek, "The Artists Museum," Jan Gossart, "Free," Yoshua Okón, "The Pre-Raphaelite Lens," My Barbarian, "Chaos and Classicism," Emily Wardill, more.
September
Sept. 30, 2010
Artnet News
Fine Art Asia 2010, Versailles art program relocates, sex expert offers art collection, time/bank for artists launched, more.
Sept. 28, 2010
Artnet News
Russian censorship at the Louvre? Plus, FTC charges LACMA pavilion patrons, Steve Martin news, art & money laundering, Rutger Hauer as Brueghel, more.
Sept. 23, 2010
Artnet News
Gang assaults Turkish galleries. Plus, Miami Sculpture Biennial, Prospect 1.5 New Orleans, more.
Sept. 21, 2010
Artnet News
Artist in coat heist, religion and porno don’t mix in Australia, "The Global Africa Project". Plus, Jose Luis Brea, RIP.
Artnet News
Faith Ringgold Children’s Museum, NADA Artists Ball, ad hacks rip off artist, Rob Pruitt’s art awards, more.
Sept. 14, 2010
Artnet News
Battle of arts funding in Britain. Plus, "Walk-around Warhols," nude boat event news, Keith Edmier’s Messerschmidt heads, "Alternative Histories," more.
ARTNET NEWS
Puerto Rico & Venice, together at last. Plus, prison break for Ringgold mural, Enron figure becomes art advisor, the Hirst market, more.
Sept. 7, 2010
ARTNET NEWS
Murakami and Britney fight censorship! Plus, Saatchi museum on hold, disgraced lawyer art to Phillips, more.
Sept. 3, 2010
ARTNET NEWS
The “pee in the pan” saga continues: Ann Liv Young vs. Georgia Sagri, Round II.
Sept. 1, 2010
TWENTY TOP SHOWS IN U.S. MUSEUMS
Lee Friedlander, Yoshitomo Nara, Alberto Burri, Faith Ringgold, Arcimboldo, Scaasi, Khubilai Khan, more
August
Aug. 24, 2010
Artnet News
Opposition grows to Christo’s Over the River, censorship squawk in Toronto, more.
Aug. 18, 2010
Artnet News
Venice Architecture Biennale, "The Artist’s Museum," Eva Hesse on stage, Bob Flanagan returns.
Aug. 16, 2010
Artnet News
The São Paulo Bienal, "All Tomorrow’s Parties," Free Beer, "Twisted Pair" symposium, The Hedonist’s Guide to Art, more.
Aug. 9, 2010
Artnet News
Tax break for museum directors, Chelsea Museum in crisis, Bronzino in Florence, Hirst wheel covers, more.
Aug. 6, 2010
ART MARKET WATCH
First-half reports from Sotheby’s and Christie’s, plus new auction records in July.
Aug. 5, 2010
ARTNET NEWS
Art for Iran, two new fairs for Frieze Week, Kenneth Anger for Missoni, Sperone Westwater on the Bowery, Isabella Rossellini at the Wolfsonian-FIU, more.
Aug. 4, 2010
ARTNET NEWS
Swoon builds houses in Haiti, the blockbuster is dead, "Underground Pop" and "Women Pop Artists," The Anthropologist, more.
Aug. 2, 2010
TWENTY TOP SHOWS
Leonard Nimoy, late Dalí, Superflex, "Underground Pop," "Work of Art: The Winner," more.<
July
July 29, 2010
ARTNET NEWS
"Work of Art: The Winner," artists and writers against SB1070, Tauba Auerbach rocks, more. Plus, Jan-Erik von Löwenadler, RIP.
July 26, 2010
Spencer’s Art Law Journal
"Stolen Art: Who Owns it Often Depends on Whose Law Applies" by Arabella Yip
July 21, 2010
MIDSUMMER ART DREAMS
For summer, the art market action is centered in cyberspace, with "artnet Auctions."
July 16, 2010
ARTNET NEWS
BP protestors target British Museum. Plus, re-cut a commercial for $$, Milwaukee Art Museum in Transformers sequel, more.
ARTNET NEWS
ArtHamptons for free, art-product tie-ins, painted beaver controversy, more.
July 7, 2010
ART MARKET WATCH
A cruise through the new auction records set in June 2010.
July 1, 2010
NINETEEN TOP SHOWS
Christian Marclay, "Performative Actions," Norman Rockwell, Brion Gysin, Dennis Hopper, Charles Ledray, "Matisse 1913-1917," Thomas Eakins, more.
July 1, 2010
ARTNET NEWS
Still more New York group shows. Plus, RIP Doug Ohlson, Rammellzee and Helene Seeman.
June
June 29, 2010
ARTNET NEWS
BP the arts patron. Plus, more group shows for summer, and the Rolex protégés.
ARTNET NEWS
A few words about the super rich, plus some summer shows.
June 22, 2010
ARTNET NEWS
Site Santa Fe Biennial online, plus Site Santa Fe’s new director, art wishes online, "Painting and Feminism," James Franco live on General Hospital, Baer Faxt golf tournament, more.
June 17, 2010
ARTNET NEWS
Jerry Saltz on YouTube at the Gugg, "Beyond New York" goes international, San Jose’s high-tech biennial, more.
June 10, 2010
ARTNET NEWS
A tombstone for Beauford Delaney. Plus, Chapman Brothers do a Brueghel, Hockney and the iPad, Hole opens in SoHo, "Creamier" is coming, more.
Artnet News
Inside the Turner Prize, artists for the Berlin Biennale, searching for Leo & Gertrude, more.
May 1, 2010
TWENTY TOP SHOWS
Allen Ginsberg’s photos, Mark Bradford, Julie Mehretu, "Kurt," Yves Klein, Petah Coyne, more.
April
Apr. 28, 2010
Artnet News
Anticipating "Artropolis," Baibakova moves out of Red October Chocolate Factory, artists unhelpful to Labour, Yves Klein: Facebook guru, more.
Apr. 27, 2010
Artnet News
Ambra Medda leaves Design Miami, Banksy does band art, Charles Saatchi’s "Newspeak," more.
Apr. 23, 2010
ART MARKET WATCH
Christie’s "Green Auction," BRIC at Phillips, Sotheby’s Russian and Turkish sales, and photos in New York.
Apr. 22, 2010
Artnet News
An Abramović inventory, Georgia arts in trouble, Johnny Cash art video, more.
Apr. 20, 2010
Artnet News
Massimiliano Gioni’s "Gwangju Biennial," Christie’s "Green Auction," Barbara Pollack’s "Wild, Wild East," more. Plus, Purvis Young, RIP.
Artnet News
Shirley Manson in Douglas Gordon horror film? Plus, "Dali Dance and Beyond," artists and technologists team up, Sudan Unite, more.
Apr. 13, 2010
Artnet News
Art teacher pioneers "electronic civil disobedience." Plus, "Blasphemous" in Dublin, Avalanche facsimile, Ohio Op, more.
Apr. 8, 2010
Artnet News
Bravo’s "Work of Art" reality show, an update. Plus, visa trouble for Iraqi artists, Feigen Collection at Yale, Larry Rinder in New York, more.
Apr. 7, 2010
ARTNET DESIGN
Milan welcomes the design world for I Saloni de Mobile 2010.
Apr. 6, 2010
Artnet News
Tom Hoving’s Met memorial, Koons goes abstract for BMW, EU Charter as poetry, putting public art on Wikipedia, Glasgow Art Fest, more.
Apr. 1, 2010
TWENTY TOP SHOWS
Henri Cartier-Bresson, Dr. Lakra, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Daria Martin, Tara Donovan, more.
Apr. 1, 2010
Artnet News
Lawrence Rinder’s tell-all, Germany vs. USA (for painters), Cremaster Cycle, Great Nude Invitational, Carla Bruni’s art grants, more.
March
Mar. 29, 2010
Artnet News
Jerry Saltz, Rabblerouser? Plus, Lowell Darling, Craig Robins, Marina Abramovic, Anya Liftig, Andrea Fraser, Maurice Berger, Dan Asher, more.
Artnet News
Historic Chelsea street art destroyed, fluffernutters at the Whit, Pompei silver at the Met, more.
Feb. 18, 2010
Artnet News
Art show as "think tank," more on New Museum Dakis show, new Rubell museum in D.C., more.
Feb. 10, 2010
ARTNET NEWS
The Brucennial 2010, Stuyvesant Town & the art world, Sydney Bienniale, more.
Feb. 8, 2010
ARTNET DESIGN
The Tata Nano comes to New York, Johnny Swing, artist’s rugs, global silver, pictorial wallpapers, Industry Gallery in D.C., and Sienna Miller in leather.
Feb. 4, 2010
Artnet News
Critics nix Sehgal’s pix tricks, "Studio Visit" at P.S.1, Robert Kushner performance, Tiffany grants for 2009, more.
Feb. 3, 2010
WHITNEY WATCH by Ben Davis
A defensive self-abasement marks the spirit of the 2010 Whitney Biennial.
Feb. 2, 2010
TWENTY TOP SHOWS
Political cartoons, cross-dressing, time in design, Victorian photocollage, artists’ studios, "Contemplating the Void," the Whitney Biennial, more.
January
Jan. 28, 2010
ARTNET NEWS
Toss your art, new art fairs in New York, Nittve needs a job, more.
Jan. 27, 2010
ARTNET NEWS
Tania Bruguera performance survey, movies for plants, Arte Fiera Bologna, "Found on Facebook," more.
Artnet News
Kanye West, art critic. Plus, Warhol Polaroids, the rise of abstraction, Eric Fischl tennis lesson, Will Cotton pajamas, more.
Nov. 5, 2009
ART MARKET WATCH by Stewart Waltzer
The recession is over -- $181.7 million at Sotheby's Impressionist and modern sale on Nov. 4, 2009.
Nov. 5, 2009
Artnet News
Piffle Tower in London? Plus, Print Week in Manhattan, San Francisco gallery shuffle, Damien Hirst?s bike, Ben Vautier, Franz West, more.
Nov. 4, 2009
ART MARKET WATCH by Stewart Waltzer
$65.7 million at Christie?s Impressionist and modern sale on Nov. 3, 2009.
Nov. 3, 2009
TWENTY TOP SHOWS
Andy Warhol?s Polaroids, Jane Austen?s stuff, Bruce Nauman?s Venice works, "Italics," Roni Horn, Marcel Wanders, Tim Burton, more.
October
Oct. 28, 2009
ARTNET NEWS
The odds on Rob Pruitt?s art awards at the Guggenheim.
Oct. 27, 2009
ARTNET NEWS
Arts battle in London. Plus, Olafur Eliasson?s amazing skateboards, Urs Fischer in the museum, Performa kicks off, art lawsuits with Warhol & Schnabel, more.
Oct. 22, 2009
Artnet News
Public murals, public controversy. Plus, ?Origins of El Greco,? Brazilian Constructivism, Gainsborough in New York, more.
Oct. 20, 2009
Artnet News
Bankrupt law firm puts art collection on the block, Stuart Sherman in retrospective, Will Cotton bakery, more. Plus, Nancy Spero, RIP.
Oct. 15, 2009
Artnet News
Culture wars hit MOCA Tucson. Plus, the International Fine Art & Antiques Show, public art at MAXXI, Christian Marclay?s Ephemera, more.
Oct. 8, 2009
Artnet News
"Frieze Fortnight" in London, gallery night in NYC, open call for artists? parents, ski lift ticket art, more.
Oct. 5, 2009
Artnet News
Turner Prize Is Dead? Plus, Abu Dhabi Art, Man Ray and African art, Simon Parkes, more.
Oct. 1, 2009
TWENTY TOP SHOWS
"Heartland," "Dress Codes," William T. Wiley, Arshile Gorky, rock-n-roll photos, Indian comix, more.
September
Sept. 29, 2009
Artnet News
Optimism at MoMA, strike at Venice Biennale, book fair at P.S.1, more.
Sept. 24, 2009
Artnet News
Guatemala art and politics, Fantin-Latour, Cocksucker Blues, Pollock-Krasner grants, more.
Sept. 23, 2009
Artnet News
Yes Men punk the New York Post, "art tax" in Pa., "Italics" in Chicago, Johnson Prize benefit in L.A., more.
Sept. 17, 2009
Artnet News
Tania Bruguera cocaine controversy, Guggenheim gala, Viola & the Vatican, more.
Sept. 15, 2009
Artnet News
Art to blame for financial collapse? Plus, the Crystal Bridges bike path, art and Mary Magdalene, art and tacos, more.
Sept. 10, 2009
Artnet News
Bill Viola & the Pope, Madoff?s art, Dorothea Rockburne and Bruce Nauman both turn to the heavens, more. Plus, Richard Merkin, RIP.
Sept. 8, 2009
Artnet News
A clever new museum exhibition strategy, Met gala goes Brooklyn, Sam Francis biopic, more. Plus, Paul Shanley, RIP.
Sept. 3, 2009
Artnet News
O?Keeffe biopic, Richard Hambleton is back, new art school in India, new Vegas supergallery, new awards for video art, more.
Sept. 2, 2009
Artnet News
Artist fired at Seattle museum, artists head to Pacific Garbage Patch, reinventing Allan Kaprow, Orly Genger on the runway, the Wolgin Prize, Kara Walker?s My Absence and My Shame, more.
Sept. 1, 2009
TWENTY TOP SHOWS
Joaquín Torres-García, Georgia O'Keeffe, Vasily Kandinsky, Haegue Yang, Mary Delany, Madeleine Albright?s pins, more
August
Aug. 27, 2009
Artnet News
What should a museum iPhone app look like? Plus, Charles Saatchi is an "artaholic," the new Verge Art Fair, more.
Aug. 25, 2009
Artnet News
Arts under fire in Hawai?i, coming art fairs, Arshile Gorky retro, "Edible Landscapes," more.
Aug. 18, 2009
Artnet News
New museum for Moscow, Obama-Joker artist revealed, the Whitney (Houston) Biennial, more.
Aug. 13, 2009
Artnet News
Bankrupt Polaroid Corp. sends collection to Sotheby?s, art scandal in Sacramento, Islip Art Museum under attack, more.
Aug. 11, 2009
Artnet News
New NEA chief comes out swinging. Plus, Dallas Cowboys and Miami Dolphins do contemporary art, Juliette Binoche paints, more.
Aug. 6, 2009
Artnet News
Naval battle at Queens Museum. Plus, Milton Glaser, Charles M. Russell, Ljubljana Biennial, and help wanted at Tate Britain.
Aug. 4, 2009
Artnet News
Fox reignites culture wars over NEA stimulus. Plus, Andrew J. Hall: ace trader and art collector, museum directors quit in Rhode Island and Florida, more.
Aug. 3, 2009
TWENTY TOP SHOWS
Ron Arad, Abraaj Prize, Jack Tworkov, Marcel Duchamp?s Étant donnés, lots of design shows, more.
July
July 30, 2009
Artnet News
Artistic freedom threatened by Supreme Court? Plus, Andy Warhol Presents Man on the Moon, Zevs detained, Kandinsky retro, new galleries in Santa Fe, more.
Indian art fair bans painter because of threats, "Beyond Eden Art Fair," Students for a Free Tibet fundraiser at Art in General, museum merch online, more.
July 23, 2009
Artnet News
Art Santa Fe, Sotheby?s splits with Ritchies, ICP Photo Triennial, Tate accused of cronyism, more.
July 23, 2009
Art Market Watch
Western art at Coeur d?Alene, and Old Masters in London.
July 21, 2009
Artnet News
Wikipedia vs. National Portrait Gallery, London. Plus, the DEPART Foundation, more.
July 16, 2009
Artnet News
National Art Hate Week in Britain, Chinese artist goes in box to protest "one-child policy," Larry Salander re-arrested, Met?s fall programming, more.
July 14, 2009
ARTNET DESIGN
National Design Awards, design shows coming up, the Lalannes on Park Ave, more.
July 8, 2009
Artnet News
The NEA’s totally random art stimulus. Plus, your chance to be a Whitechapel curator, more summer group shows, no more Driehaus Awards, more.
July 6, 2009
Artnet News
Sarah Jessica Parker reaches out to the art world.
July 2, 2009
Artnet News
New galleries spring up, Cleveland "shocked" by Timothy Rub departure, Afterparty at P.S.1, Harrell Fletcher does the 4th of July, smokers on parade, more.
July 2, 2009
ART MARKET WATCH
Is the contemporary art market ready to rebound?
July 1, 2009
TWENTY TOP SHOWS
Dorothy Iannone, Catharine Yass, Hurvin Anderson, "A Case for Wine," Obama?s mom?s art.
June
June 30, 2009
ART MARKET WATCH Lots of profit at the top: Impressionist and modern art sells in London.
June 30, 2009
Artnet News
More art in the Hamptons, Grosvenor House fair says bye-bye, artists do MAC makeup promotion. Plus, how many New York galleries have closed?
June 23, 2009
Artnet News
Gender bias at MoMA, Yes Men and Greenpeace hit Brussels, Ai Weiwei proposes cyber-boycott, more.
ARTNET NEWS
Webcast at Babcock Galleries, art submarine in Venice, flame-throwing baby in Tokyo, Neil Patrick Harris to the rescue of L.A. MoCA, "Goya Slush Fund" for the Chapman Brothers, more.
May 22, 2009
ART MARKET WATCH American art sales in New York, plus more on the spring contemporary art auctions.
May 21, 2009
ARTNET DESIGN MODERN Magazine debuts, Frank Gehry?s Tuyomo bench, industrial ornament in Phila, Magen H. Gallery expands, more.
May 19, 2009
ARTNET NEWS Contemporary magazine writers scandal. Plus, Matthew Barney and Elizabeth Peyton team up in Greece, Jeff Koons? alimony battle, more.
May 14, 2009
ARTNET NEWS Airborne monument to Harvey Milk, CAA cuts, RISD cuts, more.
ARTNET NEWS More on Parsons? staff mess, John Wesley in Venice, Madrid photo fair, Guggenheim Fellowships, more.
Apr. 7, 2009
ARTNET NEWS "Splendid Isolation" in Athens, "Splendors of the Romanovs" in Monaco, "Wiser than God" on the Bowery, more.
Apr. 3, 2009
ARTNET NEWS Is Coco Fusco purging the faculty at Parsons the New School for Design? Plus more.
Apr. 2, 2009
ARTNET NEWS More on the Venice Biennale, American Surrealist Leon Kelly rediscovered, Persia from the air, more.
Apr. 1, 2009
TWENTY TOP SHOWS "Younger Than Jesus," "The Pictures Generation," Arthur Carter, Luis Gispert, Ann Lislegaard, Guido Van der Werve, more.
March
Mar. 30, 2009
ARTNET NEWS Venice Biennale lineup, art school highjinks in Philly, Manchester Festival, protest at the Havana Bienal, David Lynch?s Twitter buddies, more.
Mar. 26, 2009
PHOTO FINISH by Walter Robinson An adventurous visit to the 2009 AIPAD Photography Show at the Park Avenue Armory.
Mar. 17, 2009
ARTNET NEWS Excrement artist confronts Artnet writer, Walker art center cuts, ShContemporary presses on, more.
ARTNET NEWS Chelsea galleries deploy to Cuba, suing to enforce an art sale, confusion over Prince "donation" to Morgan Library, "Krazy!" at Japan Society, more.
Mar. 11, 2009
Met nets Sotheby?s Subleyras by Paul Jeromack A previously unknown Portrait of Pope Benedict XIV by Pierre Subleyras goes to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Mar. 10, 2009
ARTNET NEWS New twist on those Saint Laurent bronzes. Plus, art on Facebook, 9th Sharjah Biennial, Art Dubai, more.
Mar. 10, 2009
ART MARKET WATCH New records at Phillips de Pury?s contemporary sale.
Mar. 4, 2009
ART MARKET WATCH Grim news from Sotheby?s, optimistic news from Zwirner, bargains at Phillips, etc.
Mar. 4, 2009
ART MARKET WATCH Grim news from Sotheby?s, optimistic news from Zwirner, bargains at Phillips, etc.
Mar. 3, 2009
ARTNET NEWS Gagosian?s gold frozen, Christie?s caught in propaganda war, Swoon sets sail for Venice, Met "collateralizes" Chagall, more.
Mar. 3, 2009
PAPER CHASE by Deborah Ripley Connoisseurs and collectors flock to Sanford Smith?s 21st annual Works on Paper art fair.
Mar. 2, 2009
TWENTY TOP SHOWS March museum openings: "Afghanistan," Martin Kippenberger, Jenny Holzer, "The Pictures Generation," "The Psychedelic Experience," Paul Outerbridge, more.
ARTNET NEWS Italian police confiscate "porno Pope" art, empty rooms at Centre Pompidou, more museum cuts, the Texas Biennial, L.A. art grants, more.
Feb. 24, 2009
ARTNET NEWS Budget crisis at the Met. Plus, "Pictures" redux, Triple Candie returns, Pam Anderson sex tape represented, and Dia Center comes back (as X), but the Las Vegas Museum closes.
Feb. 17, 2009
ARTNET NEWS R. Allen Stanford?s arts ties, pressure saves NEA stimulus, Palestine in Venice, radiators at MAD, more.
Feb. 13, 2009
ART MARKET WATCH Auction houses post 2008 results, plus highlights of the London contemporary sales.
Feb. 12, 2009
ARTNET NEWS Fugitive lawyer?s art collection unveiled, Chuck Schumer didn?t read arts amendment, David out at Lyon Biennale, new art prize in Dubai, more.
Feb. 10, 2009
ARTNET NEWS New Museum Triennial vs. Whitney Biennial? Plus, NEA stimulus gets hacked, pity for the Christie?s "sorority," Rhizome grants open, more.
Feb. 9, 2009
MUSCULAR OLD MASTERS II by Paul Jeromack Update on ter Brugghen?s Bagpipe Player, plus sales at Christie?s.
Feb. 6, 2009
Muscular Old Masters
by Paul Jeromack Inside Sotheby?s New York sale of Old Master paintings in January.
Feb. 5, 2009
ARTNET NEWS Spring art fairs! Plus, AP goes after Shepard Fairey, art on "Gossip Girl," psychedelia in Denver, more.
Feb. 4, 2009
THE KANDINSKY PRIZE by Matthew Bown An inside look at the controversy surrounding Moscow?s new prize.
Feb. 3, 2009
ARTNET NEWS Robin Rhode?s "Pictures Reframed," Strick to Nasher, "Bed-In" in Montreal, more.
Feb. 2, 2009
ART MARKET WATCH Who?s buying art? Old Masters in New York, contemporary in London, Yves Saint-Laurent in Paris, more.
Feb. 2, 2009
TWENTY TOP SHOWS February museum openings in the U.S., including Philip Guston, Paul Cezanne, Shepard Fairey, Hernan Bas, more.
ARTNET NEWS KAWS and Kanye, the political art of David Caruso, "Fortis Art Bank" in Asia, Bush wall text under fire, more. Plus, Coosje van Bruggen, Aldo Crommelynck, RIP.
Jan. 8, 2009
ARTNET NEWS Museum of Western Art in Qatar? Plus, art fairs in the new year, schadenfreud in Seattle, sculpture park delayed, Merkin?s Rothkos in play, more.
Jan. 6, 2009
ARTNET NEWS A White House Office of the Arts? Plus, Caroline Kennedy and the Met, Duke turns his Titians to gold, more.
Jan. 2, 2009
ARTNET NEWS Thomas Campbell on YouTube, Russian art fair in London, Williams prints to NGA, Joan Mitchell Foundation grants, more.
Artnet News Some last-chance holiday gifts. Plus, Asian Art Fair canceled, Strick on his way out, CoSM to close, Kinetic art fair in London, more.
Dec. 16, 2008
Artnet News Art patron key in Madoff scam. Plus, Blagojevich’s art vendetta, bad to worse at L.A. MOCA, the National Academy Museum controversy, more.
Dec. 11, 2008
Artnet News Museums on Obama?s to-do list, Moscow art projects, Kees Van Dongen in Montreal, manga at Japan Society, more.
Dec. 10, 2008
Artnet News Lehman Brothers dumps its art, auction-house layoffs, art currency in the Berkshires, artists on Detroit?s decay, Brooklyn Museum "tweets," more.
Dec. 4, 2008
ARTNET NEWS Art Basel Miami Beach online, NEA surveys women in the arts, Abu Dhabi goes it alone at the Venice Biennale, Turner Prize to Mark Leckey, more.
Dec. 3, 2008
NEW THIS MONTH IN U.S. MUSEUMS Anri Sala, "Russian Dreams," Ulysses Davis, Simon Starling, "Bloomsbury Artists," Harry Shearer, Baroque in Bologna, "The Fertile Goddess," more.
Dec. 2, 2008
MIAMI MADNESS Fairs featuring some 1,123 exhibitors summed up. Plus, the "Best of Naomi Campbell!"
November
Nov. 21, 2008
ART MARKET WATCH Good Latin American results, plus prints at Phillips de Pury.
Nov. 20, 2008
ARTNET NEWS Fiscal crisis at MOCA LA. Plus, no sales for MoMA?s model homes, Carsten Höller opens a nightclub, the Art Museum Toilet Museum of Art, Gagosian expands, art world "Find-a-Text," more.
Nov. 19, 2008
ARTNET DESIGN Design Miami news. Plus, participatory jewelry from Ornamentum, Murakami’s hip-hop knuckleduster, Ron Arad at MoMA, more.
Nov. 18, 2008
LETTER TO THE EDITOR by Harry Moses Taking issue with Thomas Hoving on "The Fate of the $5 Pollock." Plus a response from Hoving.
ART MARKET WATCH by Stewart Waltzer Christie’s Impressionist and modern art sale, Nov. 6, 2008.
Nov. 6, 2008
ICELANDIC ART MELTDOWN Björk, Snorri Ásmundsson and the artists of Iceland face the economic crisis.
Nov. 6, 2008
ART MARKET WATCH The Alice Lawrence and Hillman Family collections.
Nov. 5, 2008
THE NEW PRINT PARADIGM by Deborah Ripley Action at the print auctions, plus the IPDFA and E/AB print fairs.
Nov. 5, 2008
Artnet News Michelle Obama by Elizabeth Peyton, retro for Obama poster artist, Brit to represent Germany in Venice, massive new Sperone Westwater gallery, more.
Nov. 4, 2008
ART MARKET WATCH by Stewart Waltzer Sotheby’s Impressionist and modern sale in New York, Nov. 3, 2008
Nov. 1, 2008
NEW THIS MONTH IN U.S. MUSEUMS Prospect.1 New Orleans, Sol LeWitt wall drawings, "Hearst the Collector," Raqib Shaw, William Eggleston, Barkley L. Hendricks, more.
October
Oct. 28, 2008
Artnet News Election night follies, art-world awards, Joe Simon takes his fight online, more. Plus, Muriel Oxenberg Murphy, RIP.
Artnet News Cuts at MoMA, the Gugg goes to the movies, awards and grants, more. Plus, Patricia Faure, RIP.
Oct. 22, 2008
ARTNET NEWS Economic meltdown art, São Paulo Bienal, economic impact of New York City Waterfalls, Getty sex scenes, more. Plus, Terry Fox, RIP.
Oct. 16, 2008
ARTNET NEWS Belt-tightening at museums, Taubman museum to open in Virginia, soldier billboards go up, Rockefeller residencies, more.
Oct. 15, 2008
FRIEZE FACTOR All eyes turn to London for the Frieze Art Fair and its satellite events.
Oct. 9, 2008
ART MARKET WATCH Mixed signals about the health of the art-market.
Oct. 7, 2008
ARTNET NEWS Phillips de Pury sold to Russian luxury group, Richard Fuld portrait sold, Louise Bourgeois with Old Masters, Kate Moss in "Statuephilia," more.
Oct. 6, 2008
RED LIGHT FOR ARTISTS by Abigail Esman Amsterdam is moving artists’ studios into its famed Red Light District.
Oct. 6, 2008
ARTNET NEWS Warhol, Murakami, Berenice Abbott at Artnet Online Auctions.
Oct. 3, 2008
Artnet News Whither the Starr Foundation? Plus, the art-world’s new Polltrack, Gladstone Gallery to Brussels, more.
Oct. 1, 2008
Artnet News The International Art + Design Fair, Obama art benefits, bank troubles threaten museums, more.
Oct. 1, 2008
NEW THIS MONTH IN U.S. MUSEUMS Gilbert & George, Elizabeth Peyton, Tara Donovan, James Castle, early Calder, "Artistic Luxury," Philippe de Montebello, more.
September
Sept. 25, 2008
Artnet News Artists for Obama, "Buy My ShitPile," Lazarides in NYC, L&M in L.A., more.
Sept. 24, 2008
Art Market Watch New auction records for the first half of 2008.
Sept. 23, 2008
Artnet News Leibovitz ditches gallery for Phillips, tussle over Hirst coverage, "genius" award to Donovan, more Plus, Artnet launches French site.
Sept. 22, 2008
ART MARKET WATCH September contemporary sales in New York, plus a look at the Asian contemporary market.
Sept. 19, 2008
Artnet News Death threats for anti-McCain photographer. Plus, Saatchi profits with Tate sale, more.
Sept. 17, 2008
Artnet News Lehman Brothers, Neuberger Berman and the art world. Plus, Banksy news, Trigano Gallery in L.A., art-world appointments, more.
Sept. 16, 2008
ART MARKET WATCH Damien Hirst rules the contemporary auction market.
Sept. 16, 2008
MODERN MACHINERY by Jerry Saltz With new curatorial direction, MoMA should speed up and the Guggenheim slow down.
Sept. 10, 2008
Artnet News The Met gets a new director, the New Museum gets a new building, the Walker gets a new curator, more.
ARTNET NEWS Sarah Palin vs. Page Museum, personnel changes at New York museums, "50 Artists for 50 States" kick-off, Gucci Award to McQueen, more.
Sept. 3, 2008
VERMIN ON THE LOOSE by Simon Todd Lyon & Turnbull’s "Colony Room Club" auction marks the debut of a new Banksy authentication entity, "Vermin."
Sept. 1, 2008
NEW THIS MONTH IN U.S. MUSEUMS Francis Alÿs, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Richard Avedon’s "Portraits of Power," George de Forest Brush, "Street Art, Street Life," Giorgio Morandi, Babar, Assyria, van Gogh, Catherine Opie, more.
August
Aug. 28, 2008
ARTNET NEWS A little problem with salt water. Plus, a Serota mini-scandal, war art censored in St. Paul, more.
Aug. 27, 2008
ARTNET NEWS James Powderly of Graffiti Research Labs tells all about his time in a Chinese jail.
Aug. 20, 2008
Artnet News Art at the Democratic and Republican conventions. Plus, China cancels Asia Society loans, artists in the redesigned Interview, the new Ana Tzarev Gallery, more.
Aug. 14, 2008
Artnet News Will Draw Anything for $2! Plus, Avenue mag gets Wendy antiques shows, new curators at Wexner Center, more.
Aug. 12, 2008
Artnet News "Street as Muse," Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn collection, Martín Ramírez heirs go to court, portraits of women vets, more.
Aug. 7, 2008
ART MARKET WATCH Christie’s edges Sotheby’s in total sales for 2008 to date.
Aug. 6, 2008
Artnet News David Bowie at MoMA, car show at MFA Boston, Indian art on the Bowery, more. Plus, Pérez Celis, R.I.P.
Aug. 1, 2008
NEW THIS MONTH IN U.S. MUSEUMS Gian Lorenzo Bernini, "Dream Car" Model-rama, California Conceptualism, Greenfield-Sanders’ Black List, "3-logy Triennial 2008," more.
July
July 31, 2008
Artnet News Who Killed Barack Obama? in Poland, Cai Guo-Qiang?s Olympics show leaked, Gagosian in Moscow, Gucci awards, more.
July 29, 2008
Artnet News Kelly Rowland likes Dan Flavin! Plus, more on the Banksy mystery, Quad in Derby, FIAC satellite fairs, more.
July 28, 2008
LETTER TO THE EDITOR by Barbara Pollack Neither collector Uli Sigg nor Chinese contemporary art are complicit with Chinese government policies.
July 24, 2008
Artnet News The 15th Annual Watermill Benefit and Scope Hamptons 2008. Plus, Chanel?s art pavilion in Central Park.
July 23, 2008
Artnet News Chakaia Booker in the Midwest, Byzantium in London, free money at Prospect.1 in New Orleans, more.
ART MARKET WATCH Old Master sales at Christie?s and Sotheby?s in London. Plus, Christie?s sales report for the first half of 2008.
July 17, 2008
Artnet News China?s Cultural Revolution at Asia Society, CCC Moscow, Saatchi?s "New Sensations," changes for Art Cologne, more.
July 15, 2008
Artnet News New Museum Triennial, Andres Serrano "Shit" photos, Murakami sues, MC de Pury, more.
July 10, 2008
Artnet News Pierre Huyghe, Performa 09, "Home Delivery," Axel Vervoordt, NADA County Fair, Robots in Pittsburgh, "Funky Pop," more.
July 8, 2008
Artnet News $1 million in sales on Artnet auctions. Plus, artists ride the "vomit comet," haircuts for peace, and Bruce Conner, RIP.
July 7, 2008
Art Market Watch Big prices for Bacon, Koons, Freud, more at London contemporary sales.
July 3, 2008
Artnet News Li Zhangyang?s Rent Collection Courtyard, Whitney Altria between covers, more.
July 2, 2008
Artnet News Fairs and biennials around the globe in the second half of 2008.
July 1, 2008
NEW THIS MONTH IN U.S. MUSEUMS The architecture of John Lautner, the design of Thomas Hope, "Op Art Revisited" in Buffalo, prefab houses at MoMA, more.
Artnet News Olafur Eliasson?s New York City Waterfalls debut. Plus, the Singapore Biennale, Murakami boutique lawsuit, the world?s smallest art fair, more.
June 24, 2008
Artnet News Art in America changes editors, Palm Beach! changes ownership, Malcolm McLaren in Times Square, Philippe Vergne to Dia, more.
June 20, 2008
Artnet News Sotheby?s "Beautiful" Hirst sale, Steve Kurtz?s vindication, the Sydney Biennale, "Moscow Conceptualism," more.
June 17, 2008
Artnet News Enwezor?s "meta-biennale" in South Korea. Plus, Danny Lyon in New York, art world embraces DIY Indiana Jones, more.
June 12, 2008
Artnet News Met welcomes Chinese tourists (and honors de Montebello). Plus, Tracey Emin at the RA, Albion in New York, Arceneaux to develop Watts, Colab Redux, more.
June 10, 2008
Artnet News Art 39 Basel online at Artnet. Plus, CCC Moscow, the Glenstone Museum, IMA sculpture park, Louise Bourgeois documentary, more.
June 4, 2008
Artnet News Koons marketing in Chicago, Cattelan?s synagogue project, Fluxus architecture, more. Plus, Anne d?Harnoncourt, RIP.
June 1, 2008
NEW THIS MONTH IN U.S. MUSEUMS Marlene Dumas, Louise Bourgeois, Peter Saul, Nandalal Bose, Jean-Antoine Houdon, Maria Sibylla Merian, more.
May
May 30, 2008
BASEL ART BLOW-OUT "Art Unlimited," Art 39 Basel, Design Miami Basel, Volta, Scope, Liste, Bâlelatina, Print Basel, more.
May 30, 2008
ART MARKET WATCH Records, records, records -- Latin American at Christie?s and Sotheby?s, Chinese contemporary at Christie?s Hong Kong, American at Sotheby?s New York, more.
May 27, 2008
Artnet News No more wine at art openings? Plus, petrodollars for de Montebello, the 2008 Turner Prize, a new Basel art fair, an antiques scandal, more.
May 22, 2008
ART MARKET WATCH Christie?s record-setting American art sale, prints at Phillips, Kahn House buy-in.
May 21, 2008
ARTNET NEWS Armory Show goes modern, Haunch of Venison sets New York opening, hot shows at MOCA L.A., more.
May 16, 2008
ART MARKET WATCH $1.9 million for MOCA L.A. at Phillips, plus day sales at Christie?s and Sotheby?s, and a note on Sotheby?s stock price.
May 15, 2008
ART MARKET WATCH Sotheby?s contemporary does a record-setting $362 million.
May 15, 2008
ARTNET NEWS Living art project aborted at MoMA, record Rothko to Qatar, Warhol?s "Pop politics," Gap meets art, more.
ARTNET NEWS Art fair mania around the globe. Plus, Tom Sachs, Warhol?s Mao in Hong Kong, Haring Foundation, "Sand," grants and prizes, plus more.
May 8, 2008
ART MARKET WATCH by Stewart Waltzer Sotheby?s Impressionist and modern art sale totals $235 million.
May 7, 2008
ART MARKET WATCH by Stewart Waltzer $277 million at Christie?s New York Impressionist and moderns.
May 6, 2008
ARTNET NEWS Michael Israel, the Future of Art! Plus, the end of Dia in NYC?, Heiss out at P.S.1, the Milwaukee International, more.
May 6, 2008
ART MARKET WATCH A preview of the spring auctions in New York, and auction results for April 2008.
May 1, 2008
ARTNET NEWS Yale?s abortion art debate. Plus, James Frey as art-world darling, Whitney by Piano, Burden skyscraper for New York, more.
May 1, 2008
NEW THIS MONTH IN U.S. MUSEUMS "Life on Mars," Feminism and Land Art, "Superheroes," Anish Kapoor, On Kawara, Jeff Koons, more.
April
Apr. 29, 2008
ARTROPOLIS ACTION by Kevin Nance Disappointing sales at the massive Chicago art fair.
Apr. 29, 2008
OLD MASTER REPORT by Paul Jeromack Two fascinating lots at Christie?s New York on Apr. 15, 2008.
Apr. 24, 2008
ARTNET NEWS The Venice Biennale Battle rages on. Plus, Oprah sarcophagus, Caro in Dublin, optimistic art fairs, late Kirchner, more.
Apr. 21, 2008
CHICAGO A GO-GO Artropolis is massive, with more than 700 exhibitors (but Bridge bows out).
Apr. 17, 2008
Artnet News The "starving dog" controversy, Whitney Biennial news, plus Arizona Republicans fail to censor 9/11 memorial, SFMOMA roof garden, Bernini in North America, more.
Apr. 16, 2008
Artnet News Latin American art at Artnet?s new online auctions.
Apr. 15, 2008
Artnet News Olympics for art, or Olympic headache?
AIPAD ATTRACTION by Walter Robinson The 28th AIPAD Photography Show.
Apr. 10, 2008
Artnet News Circa Puerto Rico, Sonnabend sale, Guggenheim satellite news, art films at Tribeca fest, more.
Apr. 8, 2008
Artnet News Guggenheim fellows, Birnbaum for Venice, Documenta 13, Yoko Ono, Jeff Koons, more.
Apr. 3, 2008
Artnet News Goodrow to Phillips, Red Dot to London, midgets to Berlin, more.
Apr. 2, 2008
ART MARKET WATCH Armory Show Week auctions at Phillips, Christie?s and Sotheby?s.
Apr. 2, 2008
Artnet News Art fairs and biennials in the second quarter of 2008.
Apr. 1, 2008
NEW THIS MONTH IN U.S. MUSEUMS Paul Chan, "Robots," the Miss Rockaway Armada, Henry Darger and contemporary art, "Black Is Black Ain?t," El Greco to Velazquez, more.
March
Mar. 28, 2008
Artnet News New biennial planned for Denver, Daniel Hug to Cologne, Fotofest Houston, more.
Artnet News Art critics? "golden globes," Plensa head in Chicago, Asian contemporary art week, artists in "Prospect.1 New Orleans," more.
Mar. 6, 2008
Artnet News Guggenheim lineup, Storefront for Art and Architecture franchises, lots of museum acquisitions, On Kawara in Texas, Philip Taaffe in Wolfsburg, more.
Mar. 6, 2008
FAIR LOS ANGELES Is the City of Angels ready for the global art market?
Mar. 4, 2008
Artnet News Art fairs cancelled and launched. Plus, Liverpool Biennial, "Life on Mars," Still Museum, more.
Mar. 1, 2008
NEW THIS MONTH IN U.S. MUSEUMS The Whitney Biennial, "The American Evolution," women in collaboration, "California Video," Allan Kaprow, Amy Sillman, George Rodrigue, James Luna, more.
February
Feb. 29, 2008
ART MARKET WATCH Contemporary sales in London at Sotheby?s and Phillips. Plus, Sotheby?s year-end results.
Feb. 27, 2008
ARTNET NEWS Warhol cash for arts writers, Sonsbeek 2008, Flux Factory evicted, SVA theater in Chelsea, the crowd as curator, more.
Feb. 26, 2008
ARTNET DESIGN Johnson Design Center in N.Y., Royere at Sonnabend, Yves Saint Laurent at MMFA, more.
Feb. 25, 2008
Artnet News With Artnet Online Auctions, a new art-market platform.
Feb. 22, 2008
Artnet News Flow cancelled, The Affair & the Jupiter Hotel in the air, ShContemporary in dispute, Seafair in transition.
Feb. 22, 2008
HAMMER TIME
by Kevin Nance Chicago?s Leslie Hindman Auctioneers expands into a new space.
Feb. 21, 2008
ART MARKET WATCH The 20th annual Art Show at the Park Avenue Armory.
Feb. 21, 2008
Artnet News Big bucks in Ordway Prizes, the seven seagull sins from Wyeth, Dave Eggers curates comics, new Chelsea spaces, more.
Artnet News Henry Moore with Mussels in Toronto. Plus, more art fairs canceled, "Obey Obama," Guerrilla Girls vs. Eli Broad, Driskell Prize to Simmons, more.
Feb. 12, 2008
ART MARKET WATCH Sotheby?s (Red) Auction, contemporary art at Christie?s London, 2007 auction results, Bonhams moves, more.
Feb. 8, 2008
ARTNET LONDON Tracey Emin Library in Uganda, Form London showcases design, Noble & Webster in Denver, Doig at the Tate, more.
Feb. 6, 2008
ART MARKET WATCH Good results at London Impressionist and modern art sales.
Feb. 5, 2008
ARTNET NEWS Political cash from Manhattan arties, the Met?s search firm, Huber out at Shanghai fair, more.
ARTNET NEWS Fair feuds and fizzles, new Arbus trove, Site Santa Fe artists, more. Plus, David Askevold, RIP.
Jan. 24, 2008
ARTNET NEWS Kiefer in the Louvre. Plus, Prospect.1 New Orleans, Los Angeles art fairs, Germans on the Bowery, "Many Cultures" at the Met, Folkestone Triennial, more.
Jan. 22, 2008
ARTNET LONDON "From Russia" to open, Fourth Plinth finalists, Santiago Sierra, Ultimate Fighting, the Serpentine Pavilion, more.
Jan. 17, 2008
ARTNET NEWS Klan Room Tableau at Ole Miss, "Master Drawings" in Manhattan, Berlin Biennial 2008, Joan Mitchell grants, more.
Jan. 16, 2008
ARTNET NEWS Contemporary art fairs and biennials in the first quarter of 2008.
Jan. 10, 2008
ARTNET NEWS Successorama at the Met, BCAM gala in L.A., "Life on Mars" at Carnegie International, Joburg Art Fair, Musée Guimet fracas, more. Plus, Allison Ledes, RIP.
Jan. 8, 2008
ARTNET NEWS Art student killed, art controversies in Prague and England, Beecroft adoption documentary, more.
Jan. 7, 2008
BEIJING CONTEMPORARY by Lee Ambrozy The new Ullens Contemporary Center for the Arts in Beijing.
Jan. 3, 2008
ARTNET NEWS Criticism award to Chris Kraus, AICA awards for 2007. Plus, Michael Goldberg, RIP.
Jan. 1, 2008
New This Month in U.S. Museums "Archive Fever," "The Puppet Show," Chantal Akerman, Jan De Cock, Sam Taylor-Wood, Michael Asher, more.
December
Dec. 18, 2007
ARTNET NEWS A €43.3 billion art market. Plus, the Met?s first blog, more holiday gifts, Dubai antiques fair, more.
Dec. 18, 2007
NO GAY GODS?
by Abigail Esman Artist Sooreh Hera?s photographs prompt controversy in the Hague.
Dec. 14, 2007
ARTNET NEWS The Met puts Koons on the roof. Plus, Jeffrey Loria at Yale, Bolton Forgers, John Elderfield out at MoMA, more.
Dec. 12, 2007
ARTNET NEWS Jacob Lawrence dispute, Alan Shields in Southampton, Wynwood gallery burns, new Art Hamptons fair, Eva Mendes, lots of grants for artists, more.
Dec. 11, 2007
ART MARKET WATCH by Deborah Ripley Victor Vasarely?s multicolored phoenix.
Dec. 6, 2007
ARTNET NEWS Giftland at Printed Matter, Hirst in AIDS auction, Turner Prize to Wallinger, more.
Dec. 3, 2007
MIAMI MAYHEM More than 20 contemporary art fairs open in Miami.
Dec. 1, 2007
New This Month in U.S. Museums Leonora Carrington, Zhang Daqian, Lucian Freud, Jorge Macchi, Jorge Pardo, Tino Sehgal, more.
November
Nov. 26, 2007
RUSSIAN ART EXPRESS "Russian Art Week" in London, Vik Muniz in Moscow, AES+F in New York, XL at Art Basel Miami Beach, more.
Nov. 16, 2007
Artnet Design Line Vautrin, Maid Bar in L.A., Calder jewelry in Palm Beach, "Re:Construction," more.
Nov. 16, 2007
Artnet News Whitney Biennial lineup, USA grant winners, MoMA?s new tower, more.
Nov. 16, 2007
ART MARKET WATCH Contemporary auctions end with a $50-million bang at Phillips, de Pury & Co.
ART MARKET WATCH by Stewart Waltzer Sotheby?s New York evening sale of Impressionist and modern art, Nov. 7, 2007
Nov. 7, 2007
ART MARKET WATCH by Stewart Waltzer Christie?s "Impressionist and Modern Art" evening sale, Nov. 6, 2007.
Nov. 6, 2007
Artnet News Museums in hedge funds? Plus, Schnabel film hits U.S., Hirst at Lever House (and in Dallas), Mr. Artsee, Edvins Strautmanis, more.
Nov. 2, 2007
Artnet News Superheroes at the Met, Art Star II, chocolate factory from McCarthy, charity ratings for museums, more.
Nov. 1, 20007
New This Month in U.S. Museums "Picturing the Bible," "Extreme Embroidery," "Meanwhile in Iraq. . .," William Steig, Martin Puryear, Lawrence Weiner, Kori Newkirk, more.
October
Oct. 30, 2007
Artnet News Print Week in New York, Kiki Smith does vases, "Sleepwalkers" to Miami, more.
Oct. 30, 2007
Art Market Watch Robust results for October sales in New York and London.
Oct. 25, 2007
Artnet News Fire relief from San Diego museum, more Picasso from Richardson, Turner Prize in Liverpool, cake as art at Performa, more.
Oct. 23, 2007
Artnet News Gagosian in Moscow, Pelosi at antiques show, Oppenheim in L.A., Castelli in the Smithsonian, more. Plus, R.B. Kitaj, R.I.P.
Oct. 22, 2007
ART MARKET WATCH by Paul Jeromack Old Masters at Christie?s New York.
Oct. 19, 2007
Art Market Watch Analyzing the top-selling photos of the year so far (revised).
Oct. 18, 2007
Artnet News Chocolate Jesus, MoMA programs, RxArt Ball, more.
Oct. 17, 2007
Artnet News Is this the end for Salander-O?Reilly? Plus, Lidtke sentenced in Seattle, Golden Lions at Venice, more.
Oct. 11, 2007
Artnet News New Museum goes "Unmonumental," more on Maier, Boston MFA launches "West Wing," art advice from APT, more.
Oct. 4, 2007
Artnet News Art + Design Fair, Performa 07, Yahoo art snafu, charity benefits the rich, Ed McGowin, Marisol, Al Held, more.
Oct. 2, 2007
Artnet News Director resigns at Maier Museum, artists rights in Chicago, Goldin photo seized, more. Plus, William Zimmer, RIP.
Oct. 1, 20007
New This Month in U.S. Museums J.M.W. Turner, Takashi Murakami, Yue Minjun, Gustav Klimt, Robert Irwin, Steve Powers, Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller, more.
September
Sept. 28, 2007
Art Market Watch Muscular prices in September. Plus, the Robert Wilson Loft Sale.
Sept. 27, 2007
Artnet News NY Art Book Fair, condos at the Museum for African Art, Al Franken and environmental art, genius grants, more.
Sept. 20, 2007
Artnet News Critics roast Storr, Russian architecture in peril, more trouble for Jeong-Ah, Pardo survey, more.
Sept. 18, 2007
Artnet News More money for museum directors, kids collect, artists print money, more.
Artnet News Williamsburg gallery fest, Chuck Close ballet, Dave Hickey epigones, Crystal Bridges moves in on Fisk art, Illinois arts funding cuts, more.
Sept. 11, 2007
ART MARKET WATCH Christie?s "First Open" tests the contemporary market boom.
ARTNET.DE DIGEST by Kimberly Bradley New Berlin galleries, Eliasson & the opera, Balthus in Germany.
Sept. 6, 2007
Artnet News SeaFair hits the waves, Park Avenue Armory overhaul, New Museum at Bloomies, artist?s pensions in Dubai, more.
Sept. 4, 2007
Artnet News Eliasson’s ice car, Hirst’s skull sold, Holzer projection in D.C., Phyllis Diller: art sage, more.
Sept. 1, 20007
New This Month in U.S. Museums Richard Prince, Mark Bradford, "Piranesi as Designer," Cosima Von Bonin, Zhang Huan, Olafur Eliasson, Otabenga Jones & Associates, more.
August
Aug. 28, 2007
Artnet News Latin American art fair for NYC, "Big Draw" in Big Apple, "Forms of Resistance," more.
Aug. 27, 2007
ARTNET.DE DIGEST by Kimberly Bradley Gerhard Richter?s cathedral window, Oh!TV video magazine, "New York States of Mind"
Aug. 24, 2007
ARTNET DESIGN Calatrava?s Chicago Spire, shows at Cooper-Hewitt, Scarano vs. Williamsburg, Santa Fe Design Week, more.
Aug. 22, 2007
Artnet News Book art from Sachs and Koons, "Her(his)tory" in Athens, tax breaks for artists, prize for Campos-Pons, more. Plus, Edward Avedisian, RIP.
Aug. 16, 2007
Artnet News Grumbling over Fisher museum in San Francisco, Kush sues Pink, the Art Parade, more.
Aug. 14, 2007
Artnet News Salander-O?Reilly lawsuits, snapshots at the NGA, A-Rod and Peter Max, MacBain sells bags, Bridge Art Fair in New York, more.
Aug. 13, 2007
ARTNET.DE DIGEST by Kimberly Bradley Berlin?s Sommerloch, Hedi Slimane and the "Sweet Bird of Youth," and a recovered Balthasar Permoser ivory.
Aug. 10, 2007
ART MARKET WATCH Sotheby?s 2007 numbers, Christie?s House Sale, Western Art record for Coeur d?Alene, more.
Aug. 9, 2007
ARTNET DESIGN Sottsass opens Friedman Benda, more from Vuitton-Murakami, Design London.
Aug. 7, 2007
Artnet News Geisai Miami, Rivington Place in London, Phyllis Tuchman collection, Duke Riley in the news, more.
Aug. 6, 2007
SURFING ARTNET Sherrie Levine, Santa Fe, Warhol vs. Banksy, ACRIA benefit, more.
Aug. 6, 2007
ARTNET.DE DIGEST Compiled by Kimberly Bradley Grumbling at Documenta, lineup for Art Forum Berlin show, remembering Rudolf Springer.
Aug. 2, 2007
Artnet News Museum directors wanted, nude art contest, "Sultana?s Dream," the real Da Vinci code, more.
Aug. 1, 2007
NEW THIS MONTH IN U.S. MUSEUMS "The Abstract Impulse," Earl Cunningham, Richard Pousette-Dart, contemporary Caribbean art, more.
July
July 26, 2007
Artnet News Artists protest anti-filming rules in New York. Plus, Jews and carousels, art and sneakers, getting a brain, drawing the moon, more.
July 24, 2007
Artnet News Kanye West and Takashi Murakami, Human Rights Watch eyes Guggenheim, AXA Gallery closes, Panama pavilion at Venice, more.
July 19, 2007
Artnet News Contemporary art fairs and biennials in the second half of 2007.
July 17, 2007
REPLY TO STORR by Ben Davis The Venice Biennale, Africa and the "borrowed kettle."
July 17, 2007
Artnet News Documenta news, child?s play at Scope Hamptons, Immendorff in the Berlin Chancellery, "High Times, Hard Times" to Europe, more.
July 13, 2007
ART MARKET WATCH Christie?s numbers jump, record-setting Raphael, more.
July 12, 2007
Artnet News Fraud at the Gwangju Biennale, Holland sells "art bank" collection on eBay, new shows of Takashi Murakami, Rembrandt, Zhang Huan, Olafur Eliasson, more.
July 11, 2007
ART MARKET WATCH by Paul Jeromack Old Masters plus more Albright-Knox discards at Sotheby?s New York.
July 10, 2007
Artnet News Stuffed giraffe in court, Aldrich offers free beer, Marx collection to Hammer, more.
July 7, 2007
Artnet News Lightning strikes Richard Prince work, new Center for Curatorial Leadership, Dada campaign ads, Clayton Patterson in Chelsea, more.
July 1, 2007
NEW THIS MONTH IN U.S. MUSEUMS Desiderio da Settignano, Martin Creed, "Soldier," "Red Hot" Asian art, Berlin Street Scene, more.
June
June 26, 2007
Artnet Design Marc Newson?s Ikepod watch hits the stores. Plus, Nouvel plans new MoMA tower, Asymptote condos in New York, "IDEO Selects," "Material Culture," more.
June 26, 2007
Artnet News Storm at Documenta, Berlin Street Scene in New York, Anthony Hopkins paints, more.
Artnet News More skulls from Hirst, Simon de Pury as virtual auctioneer, Art Santa Fe, more.
June 19, 2007
Artnet News Bad reviews for Documenta, Panza Collection to Buffalo, artists on vacation, Hopper opera, more.
June 13, 2007
Artnet News Inside Documenta, new team for Art Basel, artists protest in Chicago, Michael bids on Hirst skull, new curator at the Kemper, more.
June 6, 2007
ARTNET NEWS Schnabel gets best director award, Venice manager resigns, Broad Museum in Michigan, Elton John and George Michael -- supercollectors, more.
June 1, 2007
NEW THIS MONTH IN U.S. MUSEUMS Richard Diebenkorn in New Mexico, "Social Sculpture" in Mexico City, Greeks on the Black Sea, Dutch art in the Berkshires, more.
May
May 30, 2007
ARTNET DESIGN Haughton fair to Dubai, SOFA New York, new program in design criticism, more.
ART MARKET WATCH Sotheby?s record-breaking $254.9 million contemporary sale.
May 15, 2007
ARTNET NEWS Roma pavilion in Venice, Art Athina in Athens, "Price of Everything" in New York, more.
May 14, 2007
ARTNET DESIGN High-end design auctions edge their way into the crowded sale calendar.
May 10, 2007
ARTNET NEWS The International Fine Art Fair, Roni Horn?s water library, Steve Martin talks Hopper, Cuba in New York, more.
May 10, 2007
ART MARKET WATCH by Stewart Waltzer Christie?s sells $236 milllion of Impressionist and modern art on May 9, 2007.
May 9, 2007
ART MARKET WATCH by Stewart Waltzer Sotheby?s $278.5 million evening sale of Impressionist and modern art, May 8, 2007.
May 8, 2007
ARTNET NEWS 1,001 Chinese in Kassel, Dia and Hispanic Society team up, Beuys and Barney in Venice, more.
May 3, 2007
ARTNET NEWS Madison Avenue art walk, Marguerite Zorach, "Old School" in London, more.
May 1, 2007
ARTNET NEWS Early notes on Documenta 12, Armory Show sold (almost), remembering Michael Hurson, Gugg acquisitions, more.
May 1, 2007
NEW THIS MONTH IN U.S. MUSEUMS Frank Stella?s architecture, Jean-Baptiste Oudry?s menagerie, "Design for the Other 90%," Brazilian Constructivism, "Summer of Love," more.
April
Apr. 27, 2007
ARTNET NEWS Art Chicago, live artist at MoMA, NEA grants, more.
Apr. 20, 2007
ARTNET NEWS New Gonzalez-Torres work for Venice, Dan Cameron to heal New Orleans, Monet show at Wildenstein, more.
Apr. 19, 2007
ARTNET DESIGN Design rules at art Cologne, RISD?s crystal furniture, Raymond Loewy?s online scrapbook, more.
Apr. 17, 2007
ARTNET NEWS Met debuts new Greek and Roman galleries, Art Chicago goes citywide, new art films, more.
Apr. 16, 2007
ART MARKET WATCH Big ticket lots in May post-war sales, new Hong Kong record, museums like Cuveliers, more.
Apr. 13, 2007
ARTNET DESIGN Design fairs in Basel, Los Angeles and Brooklyn, plus more.
Apr. 10, 2007
ARTNET NEWS U.S. artist shows with Kaikai Kiki, "Monumenta" in Paris, art fairs bloom in April, more. Plus, Deborah Drier, RIP.
Apr. 6, 2007
ART MARKET WATCH Plummer?s new art fund, Sender?s art profits, Armory Show sales, Russian art, Old Masters, photos in New York, more.
Apr. 6, 2007
ARTNET NEWS New
Venice outpost for Pinault, Elaine de Kooning studio for sale, "Piranesi as Designer," 2007 Guggenheim fellowships, more.
Apr. 3, 2007
ARTNET NEWS D.C. celebrates Color Field, Obama as Christ in Chicago, "Sugar Buzz," "Reinventing Allegory," more.
Apr. 1, 2007
NEW THIS MONTH IN
U.S. MUSEUMS
"The Last Ruskinians," Patrick Ireland, Karen Kilimnik, "Poets of the Handmade," Lincoln Kirstein, John Armleder, "Arcadia and Anarchy," more.
March
Mar. 30, 2007
ARTNET NEWS Cosimo Cavallaro shut down in New York, Santiago Sierra censored in Mexico, Christoph Büchel in limbo at MASS MoCA, more.
Mar. 27, 2007
ARTNET NEWS Pataki?s art slush fund? Plus, Sharjah Biennial, Art Cologne, Kilimnik ballet, Ensor in SoHo, more.
Mar. 26, 2007
ART MARKET WATCH Big prices during Asia Week for lots from Albright-Knox, contemporary art.
Mar. 22, 2007
ARTNET NEWS Sackler Center opens in Brooklyn, International Asian Art Fair, "Imagine Peace" in D.C., lawsuit targets Purvis Young, more.
Mar. 20, 2007
ARTNET NEWS Schneider?s Islamic Cube in Hamburg, Confederates attack Florida museum, Halbreich leaves the Walker, more.
Mar. 16, 2007
ARTNET NEWS Venice Biennale lineup. Plus, stink over BP deal with LACMA, more.
Mar. 14, 2007
ARTNET NEWS Roma pavilion in Venice, death penalty art fracas in Austin, dates set for Performa, more.
Mar. 6, 2007
ARTNET NEWS More on MoMA?s Serra show, war threatens Iranian treasures, Neil Jenny at the Aldrich, new imprint for gay art books, more.
Mar. 5, 2007
ART MARKET WATCH Mid-season sales in New York, Berkeley sells a Russian, and Sotheby?s vs. Christie?s 2006.
Mar. 1, 2007
NEW THIS MONTH IN
U.S. MUSEUMS
Feminist art in Brooklyn and L.A., Zen Figure Painting, European masterworks, Islamic ceramics, more.
February
Feb. 28, 2007
ARTNET NEWS Money for curators, Warhol grants for writers, Art Forum Berlin in the pink, retrospectives of Serra and Kahlo, more. Plus, Emmett Williams, RIP.
ARTNET NEWS
Abu Dhabi building boom, no future for Beck?s Futures, artists in Boston bomb scare, more.
Feb. 1, 2007
NEW THIS MONTH IN
U.S. MUSEUMS
Jeff Wall, George Stubbs, Kara Walker, Thomas Chimes, "Masterpieces of French Painting," "Family Pictures," more.
January
Jan. 30, 2007
Art Market Watch
Old Masters in New York, London February highlights, African-American art at Swann, Christie?s 2006 totals, more.
Jan. 25, 2007
ARTNET NEWS
Armory Show update. Plus, Warhol snowboards, China gets American art, more. And Dan Christensen, RIP.
Jan. 23, 2007
ARTNET NEWS
An art scene grows in Second Life. Plus, Tate Britain?s fights for a Turner, the new Docks Art Fair, and Jonathan Napack, RIP.
Jan. 18, 2007
ARTNET NEWS
Documenta 12 preview, Sotheby?s raises premium, Desert Louvre, Edna Andrade in Philadelphia, Marc Newson in Chelsea, more.
Jan. 16, 2007
ARTNET NEWS
Troubles for Saigon Open City, Old Masters and feminist art in New York, Andy Warhol news, more.
Jan. 9, 2007
ARTNET NEWS
L.A. & the arts, Venice Biennale news, Saltz gets critic?s award, more.
Jan. 5, 2007
ARTNET NEWS
Contemporary art fairs and biennials in the first half of 2007.
Jan. 4, 2007
ARTNET NEWS
Eakins? Gross Clinic debuts at its new home. Plus, a drawing duel, Maurice Denis, John Armleder, Toscanini art, more.
Jan. 1, 2007
NEW THIS MONTH IN
U.S. MUSEUMS
Aitken at MoMA, Cartier-Bresson?s "Scrapbook," "Local Gravity," Francis Bacon, Matisse sculpture, "Radical Lace," Rudolf Stingel, Vija Celmins, more.
December
Dec. 21, 2006
ART MARKET WATCH
At art auctions in October and November 2006, works by more than 2,800 artists hit new highs.
ALLAN STONE, 1932-2006 by Oriane Stender
Remembering the pioneering New York art dealer.
Dec. 15, 2006
ARTNET NEWS
Arab-Israeli museum? MAC & MAM to merge? Plus, Dylan in Warhol flick controversy, Barney?s sells Warhol soup, big bucks in British museums, more.
Dec. 12, 2006
ARTNET NEWS
Yale reopens Kahn building, "art-a-day" on eBay, Istanbul art fair, more.
Dec. 7, 2006
ARTNET NEWS
Artnet and Art Basel team up, Lance Fung to Santa Fe, 2007 NEA grants, more.
ARTNET NEWS
Animal house in Milan, museums in the marketplace, Kuspit curates, more. Plus, Benny Andrews, RIP.
Nov. 9, 2006
ART MARKET WATCH by Stewart Waltzer
Christie?s record-shattering Impressionist and modern art sale, Nov. 8, 2006.
Nov. 9, 2006
ARTNET NEWS
Somoroff mosque art at Rothko Chapel, Hessel?s "Wrestle," Cincinnati Art Museum caters, Art Cologne in Palma de Mallorca, more.
Nov. 8, 2006
ART MARKET WATCH by Stewart Waltzer
Sotheby?s huge Impressionist and modern sale, Nov. 7, 2006.
Nov. 3, 2006
ART MARKET WATCH
Geffen sells, Lauder sells, Toledo sells, Connery sells, etc. Plus, Heritage Auction Galleries in Dallas.
Nov. 2, 2006
ARTNET NEWS
LeWitt at Mass MoCA, Polke & amber, Shanghai art fair, Castro in Central Park, more.
Nov. 1, 2006
NEW THIS MONTH IN
U.S. MUSEUMS
Walton Ford, Morris Louis, Walid Raad, Paris fashion 2006, German portraits of the 1920s, icons from Sinai, "Africa Comics," Georg Jensen, Magritte and contemporary art, more.
October
Oct. 27, 2006
MIAMI HEAT WAVE by Walter Robinson
Fourteen new art fairs in Miami this December.
Oct. 27, 2006
ART MARKET WATCH
Impressionist, modern and contemporary in New York on the horizon, plus London contemporary, October photo sales in NYC, more.
Oct. 26, 2006
ARTNET NEWS
Manhattan museum growth pains, "Subversive Knitting," psychedelic art, art fairs in Cannes and Venice, more.
Oct. 24, 2006
ARTNET NEWS
Basquiat in Puerto Rico, trouble for Blue Noses, Michelangelo in China, Marden v. Katz, more.
Oct. 19, 2006
ARTNET NEWS
Martin Creed in San Juan, Jackson Pollock in Wisconsin, Nan Kempner at the Met, more. Plus, Marcia Tucker, RIP.
Oct. 17, 2006
ARTNET NEWS
Jeff Koons, Steve Wynn, Jerry Saltz, Patti Astor, Dennis Hopper, more.
Oct. 12, 2006
ARTNET NEWS
Hot times at Frieze and more in London, W?s "art issue," Geffen?s $143.5 million art sale, more. Plus, Robert Richenburg, RIP.
Oct. 10, 2006
ARTNET NEWS
Hunter Thompson as photographer, Canary Islands art fair, more. Plus, Nancy Arlen, RIP.
Oct. 4, 2006
ART MARKET WATCH
A look at the September contemporary and Asian art sales in New York.
Oct. 3, 2006
ARTNET NEWS
Artists on MySpace. Plus, Getty under AG?s eye, "Painting the City," more.
Oct. 1, 2006
NEW THIS MONTH IN U.S. MUSEUMS
"Barcelona and Modernity," "Constable's Great Landscapes," Pipilotti Rist, Annie Leibovitz, Lucio Fontana, Brice Marden, more.
September
Sept. 21, 2006
ARTNET NEWS
Art(212) bows in Manhattan, celebrity art roundup, Art Basel in China, art fair in Milwaukee, more.
Sept. 19, 2006
ARTNET NEWS
New job for Mori Museum chief, Sky Mirror in New York, Getty looks ahead, more.
Sept. 12, 2006
ARTNET NEWS
Peekskill Project 2006, Banksy news, Bettina Rheims, Wolf Vostell videos, more.
Sept. 7, 2006
ARTNET NEWS
Museum staff comings and goings. Plus, Pollock-Krasner grants, more.
Sept. 5, 2006
ARTNET NEWS
The new art season begins. Plus, two Paris art fairs, movies on Rembrandt, Purvis Young, more.
Sept. 1, 2006
NEW THIS MONTH IN U.S. MUSEUMS
"Philip Guston and Giorgio de Chirico," "Cézanne to Picasso," "Ectopia," "Wunderground," "Luminist Horizons," "Shiny," more.
August
Aug. 29, 2006
ARTNET NEWS
Magnet art for Serra sculpture, big themes for fall in NYC, Emin to Venice, Warhol a father? Plus more.
Aug. 24, 2006
ARTNET NEWS
Images of 9/11 at Ground Zero. Plus, Picasso buyer uncovered, Richter does windows, Novros at Menil Collection, curating MySpace, more.
Aug. 22, 2006
ARTNET NEWS
The art world gears up for autumn 2006.
Aug. 17, 2006
ARTNET NEWS
Drawings by Fairfield Porter, Chihuly kerfuffle, grants for arts writers, U.S. mint seeks artists, more.
Aug. 11, 2006
ART MARKET WATCH
One Klimt back to Austria? Plus, the Arnold Newman estate, Sotheby's 10¢ dividend, more.
Aug. 10, 2006
ARTNET NEWS
Dylan at the Morgan, ten art fairs in Miami, "Streets of New York," moderns go west, curators needed, more.
Aug. 8, 2006
ARTNET NEWS
Revisiting New York Painting 1967-75, action at the Barnes, Crystal Bridges news, more. Plus, Richard Mock, RIP.
Aug. 4, 2006
ARTNET NEWS
Leonard Peltier, painter. Plus, Dada tchotchkes, Performa news, and Arlene Raven and Marcia May, RIP.
Aug. 2, 2006
ARTNET NEWS
Art and tax probes, Katrina photos at the Met, Gulf Art Fair, more. Plus, Jason Rhoades, RIP.
Aug. 1, 2006
NEW THIS MONTH IN U.S. MUSEUMS
Cecily Brown, Alexandre-Louis-Marie Charpentier, "No Reservations," "Looking Back at Ground Zero," more.
July
July 27, 2006
ARTNET NEWS
Galerie Sfeir-Semler in Beirut. Plus, lots of blocks from Herzog & de Meuron, My Super Ex-Girlfriend, Hillary at the Museum of Sex, more.
July 25, 2006
ARTNET NEWS
Aitken at MoMA, new talent at Art Cologne, New York junk in Milwaukee, new benefit for Witness, more.
July 20, 2006
ARTNET NEWS
Museums for America, sculpture in Münster, Rodin in London, Flow in Miami, Marden at MoMA, more.
July 18, 2006
ARTNET NEWS
Met to close European wing, "Wunderground" in Providence, Helga: the Interview, Bomb print club, more.
July 13, 2006
ARTNET NEWS
"Adele" takes New York, $20 at the Met, Manifesta in court, more.
July 13, 2006
SUMMER ART IN SANTA FE
Site Santa Fe's Sixth International Biennial plus other art attractions in New Mexico's capital city.
July 11, 2006
ARTNET NEWS
De Kooning in St. Petersburg, Gugg Abu Dhabi, Lacan auction results, "Nothing" in Frankfurt, Tseretelli's 9/11 memorial, more.
July 6, 2006
ARTNET NEWS
Embrace Atlanta! Plus, Tiravanija's opera, museum shows for Morris Louis, Lisa Yuskavage, Kim Jones, Martin Mull, more.
July 1, 2006
NEW THIS MONTH IN U.S. MUSEUMS
Rubens and Brueghel, Eve Sussman and the Rufus Corporation, Cameron Jamie, Henri Rousseau, Jennifer Steinkamp, more.
June
June 28, 2006
ARTNET NEWS
Baldessari at Hirshhorn, Juicy Jesus at Met, Radiohead art in Shanghai, more.
June 26, 2006
ART MARKET WATCH
London scores with June sales, Cucchi at Phillips, more.
June 22, 2006
ARTNET NEWS
Brooklyn Museum abolishes curatorial departments, Smithsonian sells naming rights, Moscow Biennale 2007, more.
June 20, 2006
ARTNET NEWS
Contemporary art fairs and biennials for the second half of 2006.
June 19, 2006
ART MARKET WATCH
An incredible 1,650 artists set new auction records in May, according to the Artnet Fine Art Auction Database.
June 16, 2006
ARTNET NEWS
Ryman in Philly, Hessel to open at Bard, Eliasson wins Kiesler, more.
June 14, 2006
ARTNET NEWS
ARCO commissioner resigns, Getty goes contemporary, Saatchi Gallery launches dating service, more.
June 10, 2006
THE BIG PICTURE
Artnet Artists' Works Catalogues provide an important new online resource.
June 8, 2006
ARTNET NEWS
Sotheby's buys Noortman, Grosse makes skateboards, shoplifting in Chelsea, more.
June 6, 2006
ARTNET NEWS
Get ready to travel to Switzerland for Art 37 Basel, Liste 06, Voltashow 06 and the new Balelatina Contemporary Art Fair.
June 5, 2006
MANIFESTA NO MORE by Augustine Zenakos
Real-world politics dooms the ambitious plans to mount Manifesta 6 in the divided capital city of Nicosia, Cyprus.
June 2, 2006
ART MARKET WATCH
American paintings at Christie's New York, new records from Hong Kong, more.
June 1, 2006
NEW THIS MONTH IN U.S. MUSEUMS
Zaha Hadid, Napoleon on the Nile, Douglas Gordon, "Dada" in New York, Shakespeare, Ron Gorchov, more.
May
May 30, 2006
ARTNET NEWS
Z.Car at the Gugg, Fernwood finished, art & soccer, more.
May 26, 2006
ART MARKET WATCH
Records fall at Latin American and American sales in New York, design at Phillips, more.
May 25, 2006
ARTNET NEWS
Pollock on paper, rockers at Riva Yares, Magritte in Los Angeles, queer art in Cologne, more. Plus, Frederick Ted Castle, RIP.
May 23, 2006
ARTNET NEWS
ICP Triennial, CIRCA Puerto Rico, Culturegrrl, more.
May 19, 2006
DECORATIVE ARTS DIARY by Brook S. Mason
The Paris market shifts from the 18th century to the 20th.
May 19, 2006
ARTNET NEWS
Turner shortlist, Vekselberg behind Picasso buy?, Holzer at Ground Zero, Hirst goes red, more.
May 19, 2006
ARTNET NEWS
Turner shortlist, Vekselberg behind Picasso buy?, Holzer at Ground Zero, Hirst goes red, more.
May 16, 2006
ARTNET NEWS
Met's summer lineup, Martin Creed in Milan, Tina B in Prague, Artstar premiere, more.
May 15, 2006
ART MARKET WATCH
Phillips contemporary, Sotheby's contemporary totals, more.
May 11, 2006
ARTNET NEWS
The International Fine Art Fair, Kiefer in Connecticut, Greenburg & surfboards, more.
May 11, 2006
ART MARKET WATCH
$128.8 million at Sotheby's contemporary. Plus, day sales at Christie's, and Refco Collection totals.
May 10, 2006
ART MARKET WATCH
A slew of Judds help Christie's contemporary do $143 million.
May 8, 2006
ART MARKET WATCH
Refco photos, mystery Picasso bidder, "Kustom Kulture" in Cali, more.
May 4, 2006
ARTNET NEWS
Nittve's challenge, art as pork, new prizes, more. Plus, Karel Appel, RIP.
May 4, 2006
ART MARKET WATCH by Stewart Waltzer
A $95-million Picasso at Sotheby's Impressionist and modern art auction, May 3, 2006.
May 3, 2006
ART MARKET WATCH by Stewart Waltzer
Christie's Impressionist and Modern Art, May 2, 2006.
May 2, 2006
ART MARKET WATCH
Dueling $50-million pictures, Russian art soars, photo results, more.
May 2, 2006
NEW THIS MONTH IN U.S. MUSEUMS
"AngloMania," Eva Hesse, Grandma Moses, "Tourism and the American Landscape," art and design in Tijuana, more.
April
Apr. 27, 2006
ARTNET NEWS
Cleveland art tours the world, Art Chicago news, Warhol grants for critics, more.
Apr. 25, 2006
ARTNET NEWS
New Morgan Library, Whitney post-Biennial, trouble at Art Chicago, more. Plus, Isaac Witkin, RIP.
Apr. 20, 2006
ARTNET NEWS
Seattle's sculpture, new Grand Rapids museum, Freud Museum contemporary art, more. Plus Freya Hansell, RIP.
ARTNET NEWS
MoMA goes corporate?, Serra in the O.C., Paul Allen art, Gagosian in Rome, more. Plus, Allan Kaprow, RIP.
Apr. 5, 2006
ART MARKET WATCH
Judd at Christie's, big numbers for Asian contemporary, more.
Apr. 4, 2006
ARTNET NEWS
The international art-fair bandwagon rolls into Chicago for spring.
Apr. 1, 2006
NEW THIS MONTH IN U.S. MUSEUMS
Klimt comes to L.A., Renoir returns to Phillips, Lorna Simpson, Maya Lin, The Société Anonyme, more.
March
Mar. 31, 2006
BEAUTY DOCUMENTA by Belinda Grace Gardner
Documenta artistic director Roger Buergel outlines the shape of the show to come.
Mar. 30, 2006
ARTNET NEWS
Art critics in costume, Warhol in the blogosphere, Helga stars in Philadelphia, more.
Mar. 28, 2006
ARTNET NEWS
Britney Spears as sculpture, Asian art fairs in New York, Singapore Biennial, more.
Mar. 24, 2006
ART MARKET WATCH
Asian art week, Christie's "First Open," Chinati benefit, Sotheby's stock, more.
Mar. 21, 2006
ARTNET NEWS
Storm clouds for "Painter of Light," Hirst in Mexico, Picasso at the Whitney, more.
Mar. 17, 2006
ARTNET NEWS
Art about slavery, art from Tijuana, art in Paris, more.
Mar. 14, 2006
ARTNET NEWS
An Oxford tale, Art Rock rescheduled, Hirst & the Israel Museum, more. Plus, Jeroen de Rijke, RIP.
Mar. 9, 2006
ARTNET NEWS
"The Battle of New Orleans" at AXA Gallery, Guggenheim update, New York in Monaco, the Met's trade, more.
Mar. 7, 2006
ARTNET NEWS
Whitney Biennial for kids, "F" word in Pittsburgh, "Americans in Paris," Wesselmann in NYC, TEFAF Maastricht, more.
Mar. 3, 2006
ARTNET NEWS
Storr to Yale, Philippe likes plunder, still another New York art fair, art rugs, more.
Mar. 1, 2006
New This Month in U.S. Museums
Whitney Biennial, Hokusai, Klee, "Contemporary African Photography," William Wegman, "The Art of Engagement," more.
February
Feb. 28, 2006
ARTNET NEWS
Five, no, six art fairs in New York in March.
Feb. 27, 2006
Art Market Watch
Met sells plaster casts, Sylvan Cole prints at Swann, March contemporary auctions in New York, Judd Foundation sells at Christie's, more.
Feb. 24, 2006
ARTNET NEWS
Wal-Mart museum gets tax break, Warhol licensing mania, more.
ARTNET NEWS
Lineup for SITE biennial, Louvre art to Atlanta, eating for art's sake, Coagula boot camp, more.
Feb. 17, 2006
ARTNET NEWS
CAA meets in Boston, new Clarks for art critics, Creative Capital grants, more.
Feb. 15, 2006
Art Market Watch
Soaring prices at New York photo auctions, London sales.
Feb. 9, 2006
ARTNET NEWS
Schoonmaker to Nasher, robot orchestra at NGA, more.
Feb. 3, 2006
Art Market Watch
London auction highlights for February, photos from the Metropolitan Museum at Sotheby's New York, more.
Feb. 2, 2006
ARTNET NEWS
Whitney Biennial preview, "19 penises," Govan gossip, more.
Feb. 1, 2006
New This Month in U.S. Museums
"Dada," David Smith, Stella in 1958, Edvard Munch, Courbet landscapes, late Goya, propaganda posters, Hockney portraits, more.
January
Jan. 31, 2006
ARTNET NEWS
Darboven at Deutsche Guggenheim, MoMA tours for people with Alzheimer's, more.
Jan. 27, 2006
Art Market Watch
Art market on fire for January 2006. Plus, the Revco Collection on the block, Testino at Phillips, dogs at Bonhams, more.
Jan. 26, 2006
ARTNET NEWS
Art stars come out for art critics' awards. Plus, Bill Rice, RIP.
Jan. 25, 2006
WHITNEY WATCH by Ben Davis
Whitney Biennial curators past and present talk around the 2006 installment.
ARTNET NEWS
Contemporary fairs and biennials, fall 2005
Aug. 2, 2005
ARTNET NEWS
Art and Al Qaeda, investigating the Getty, Islamic art market in trouble, Dalí dough, Elgiz Museum, Edie Sedgwick biopic, more.
August 1, 2005
New This Month in U.S. Museums
Degas at Harvard, Joan Snyder, Paris in photos, "Pretty Women," Jean Prouvé, Michael C. McMillen's "Red Trailer Motel," more.
July
July 28, 2005
ARTNET NEWS
New film from Matthew Barney (and Björk). Plus, Met sees ghosts, Tate & the Stuckists, and Al Held, RIP.
July 26, 2005
ARTNET NEWS
Drawing Center does Vietnam show, summer snowboarding at Socrates Sculpture Park, more.
July 20, 2005
ARTNET NEWS
King Tut's tissue box, debating 2 Columbus Circle, "Set and Drift," more.
July 18, 2005
ARTNET NEWS
"Get it in writing" is the lesson of Naumann v. Ekstrom.
July 13, 2005
ARTNET NEWS
Ground Zero tsuris for Drawing Center. Plus, more heat for Getty, Okwui Enwezor's new job, more.
July 8, 2005
ART MARKET WATCH
Old Masters in London, plus a comment for the ages.
July 6, 2005
ARTNET NEWS
Rothschild Foundation off mission? Plus, CBGBs on exhibit, and Al Loving, RIP.
July 1, 2005
NEW THIS MONTH IN U.S. MUSEUMS
Topographical photography, Richard Tuttle, Vietnamese ceramics, Chuck Close, "Brides of Frankenstein," more.
June
June 22, 2005
ARTNET NEWS
Rauschenberg's Rebus, controversy in Puerto Rico, new Klee museum, more.
June 20, 2005
ARTNET NEWS
Art 36 Basel, LISTE 05, The VOLTAshow.
June 15, 2005
ARTNET NEWS
Venice medals, L.A. Times goes after Getty director, Barbara Kruger's new wine label, more.
June 13, 2005
ARTNET NEWS
The Philadelphia Art Museum's expansion, Claudel and Rodin in Detroit, celebs go nude for Elton John, more.
June 3, 2005
ARTNET NEWS
An insider's guide to the Venice Biennale, plus more.
June 3, 2005
ART MARKET WATCH
Heat in Hong Kong, New York Latin American sales, more.
June 2, 2005
WINGDING
Victor M. Cassidy The Art Institute of Chicago introduces its new addition.
June 1, 2005
NEW THIS MONTH IN U.S. MUSEUMS
Lee Friedlander, "Invented Worlds," King Tut, Matisse textiles, Cézanne and Pissarro, Jacob van Ruisdael, more.
June 1, 2005
ARTNET NEWS
Cai Guo-Qiang's black rainbows, Gagosian's Rome office, Kruger gets Gold Lion, nascent Brooklyn ICA, more.
June 1, 2005
NEW THIS MONTH IN U.S. MUSEUMS
Lee Friedlander, "Invented Worlds," King Tut, Matisse textiles, Cézanne and Pissarro, Jacob van Ruisdael, more.
May
May 23, 2005
ART MARKET WATCH
Results for American painting sales, Versace, contemporary day sales, more.
May 19, 2005
ARTNET NEWS
Durand sale disgrace, hedge-fund art investors, battling Prague biennials, Beijing art fair report, more.
May 16, 2005
SWEET SECRETS
Paul Jeromack
The art market loves 19th-century paintings.
May 14, 2005
ART MARKET WATCH
$23.7 million at Phillips contemporary, $133.7 million at Christie's contemporary, and $68 million at Sotheby's.
ARTNET NEWS
Buren performs, new Walker debuts, Wildenstein does Johns catalogue, more.
March 24, 2005
ARTNET NEWS
India at Venice, Rossellini at Jewish Museum, Banksy at New York museums, sales at the Armory, more.
March 17, 2005
ARTNET NEWS
Venice Biennale update, dealer wins CAA criticism award, Neue Galerie photo booth, new Beaux Arts Ball, more.
March 15, 2005
ARTNET NEWS
A guy-friendly "Greater New York," SVA MFA for art critics, LACMA expands, more.
March 8, 2005
ARTNET NEWS
Art reporter v. MoMA & NPR, "Greater New York" follies, more "Gates" news, etc.
March 4, 2005
ARTNET NEWS
The Armory Show, scopeNewYork, Art Rock, DiVA and more.
March 3, 2005
ARTNET NEWS
A $1.7 million judgment, a Gates post-mortem, AAMD supports Heizer, more.
March 1, 2005
NEW THIS MONTH IN U.S. MUSEUMS
Contemporary art from India, George Herms, Thomas Demand, Larry Clark, Jean-Michel Basquiat, "Greater New York," Toulouse-Lautrec, Daniel Buren, more.
ARTNET NEWS
Bashing MoMA, more on "Hamilton," Hirst smashed, Bourgeois in Cuba, more.
February 3, 2005
ARTNET NEWS
Kate Moss on the block, Überorgan on Mad Ave, Gugg Rio update, more.
February 2, 2005
OUTSIDER REPORT John Drury
The 13th annual Outsider Art Fair in New York.
February 1, 2005
NEW THIS MONTH IN U.S. MUSEUMS
Jacques-Louis David, Fra Carnevale, "Thing," Tim Hawkinson, Robert Bechtle, "The Tourist's Eye," "Visual Music," "The Armored Horse," Dalí, more.
January
January 27, 2005
ARTNET NEWS
Buffalo's cultural renaissance, Rauschenberg keeps busy, "Homomuseum," Gates gear, more.