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NEWS 1999 ARCHIVES ARTNET NEWS 12/30/99 Y2K events, Seattle cancellation, BMA splattered again, more. GLASSY EYED by Brook S. Mason 12/22/99 The London market in art glass. GALLERY YENTA by Rosetta Stone 12/22/99 Shopping in the shadow of the new millennium. ARTNET NEWS 12/21/99 Bogus O'Keeffes, new Gugg branch, L.A. museums racist? Plus more. ARTNET NEWS 12/16/99 Ofili's Holy Virgin Mary vandalized, Guggenheim imbroglio, new White Cube, masked gunmen steal books, etc. ARTNET NEWS 12/14/99 MoMA job action, Whitney as Scrooge, black Jesus, more. ARTNET NEWS 12/10/99 Brits hold off EU levy, ghoulish sale at Sotheby's, Asia Society moves, etc. ARTNET NEWS 12/8/99 Whitney Biennial line-up, Sensational revelations, Mary Boone walks, etc. GARAGE GOES GOLD by Brook S. Mason 12/3/99 High marks for the new International 20th Century Arts Fair in New York. ARTNET NEWS 12/2/99 Loria buys Expos, MoMA's $27.5-million payday, fire on 14th Street, more. NEW THIS MONTH IN U.S. MUSEUMS 12/1/99 "Rock Style," the Panza Collection, Raphael and Titian, Byzantion, etc. SIMON SAYS: COLLECT by Simon Watson 12/1/99 Three approaches to buying work by emerging artists. ARTNET NEWS 11/30/99 Turner Prize to Steve McQueen, more on O'Keeffe's "Canyon Suite," Day without Art, etc. MARATHON AT THE ARMORY by Joseph Ruzicka 11/30/99 The IFPDA Print Fair in New York. ARTNET NEWS 11/23/99 ICP sells building, Sabarsky museum to open, MoMA shows things, more. THE ARTNET NUDE 100 by Walter Robinson 11/19/99 The top 100 nudes sold at auction. AUCTION NOTEBOOK by Andrew Decker 11/19/99 Odds and ends from the New York salesrooms. THE $10-MILLION-PLUS CLUB by Andrew Decker 11/18/99 Sotheby's sells $56.4 million in contemporary art. CASHING IN ON CONTEMPORARY by Andrew Decker 11/17/99 18 records at Christie's, Nov. 17. GOOD IMPRESSIONS by Andrew Decker 11/12/99 A $144 million Impressionist and modern sale at Sotheby's New York. THE SAIDENBERG COUP by Andrew Decker 11/12/99 The story behind the $49.5 million Saidenberg Picasso. THE BUBBLE-DOWN BOOM by Andrew Decker 11/11/99 New York auctions of Impressionist and modern art, Nov. 8 and 9. ART FROM THE EAST by Fred Stern 11/10/99 Shows at the Newark Museum, the Chinese Porcelain Company and Kaikodo. ASIA WEEK IN LONDON by Louise Merlyn 11/8/99 Galleries, auction houses and museums feature the arts of Asia. ARTNET AUCTION REPORT by Paul Jeromack 11/4/99 19th-century paintings at Christie's and Sotheby's, New York. ARTNET NEWS 11/4/99 Artnet.com -- in the nude. Plus, Protestant fatwa for Gilbert & George? And more. ARTNET NEWS 11/2/99 Brooklyn wins "Sensation" suit, GSA v. Novros mural, MoMA v. PASTA, more. NEW THIS MONTH IN U.S. MUSEUMS 11/1/99 Carnegie International, Norman Rockwell, "Pharaohs of the Sun," Velázquez, more. ARTNET NEWS 10/27/99 Artnet.com sponsors Artwalk auction. Plus, Cattelan plots Caribbean Biennial, Tracey Emin news, more. REPORT FROM PARIS by Adrian Darmon 10/25/99 Nazi loot held by Minneapolis Institute, Menil, other museums. Plus more. THE HAUTE BOOM by Brook S. Mason 10/22/99 The International Fine Art and Antique Dealers Show. ARTNET NEWS 10/22/99 Auction-house scandal, museum expansions, Emin novel, more. ARTNET NEWS 10/19/99 Old Master enema news. Plus, Mapplethorpe the movie, the Kimbell bids $25 million for a Botticelli, etc. ART FROM THE EAST by Fred Stern 10/15/99 Triumphant sales during Asia Week, despite Hurricane Floyd. ARTNET NEWS 10/14/99 Kimbell changes walls, Pillsbury changes jobs, Tate changes name, more. NEW THIS MONTH IN U.S. MUSEUMS 10/6/99 Patrick Caulfield, Lee Krasner, Barbara Kruger, Antoine Watteau, "Sensation," more. KUNSTMARKT DIGEST 10/5/99 Art Cologne, Dalí in old Krupp factory, Leipzig museum renovations, more. FAIR BERLIN by Walter Robinson 9/30/99 "Kauft mehr kunst!" at Art Forum Berlin. MARY BOONE ARRESTED FOR WEAPONS POSSESSION by Meredith Mendelsohn 9/30/99 The city's assault on contemporary art continues. BROOKLYN MUSEUM SUES MAYOR GIULIANI by Meredith Mendelsohn 9/29/99 Threats to cut off city funding lead to federal lawsuit. SIMON SAYS: COLLECT by Simon Watson 9/24/99 What art are the insiders buying? RUDY AND THE DOODY by Walter Robinson 9/23/99 We won't let Giuliani censor "Sensation." LONDON'S HIP DESIGN MARKET by Brook S. Mason 9/20/99 When it comes to modern design, London rules. THE FRENCH TOUCH by Meredith Mendelsohn 9/17/99 Paris comes alive with the Foire International d'Art Contemporain. ART FROM THE EAST by Fred Stern 9/10/99 Asia Week auctions for the beginning collector. ARTNET NEWS 9/10/99 Art-world Beatlemania, free art studios in New York, Rembrandt on film, Holocaust booty to Wynn, more. DECORATIVE ARTS DIARY James Zemaitis 9/7/99 Liz O'Brien uptown, 20th-century designers, Weinstein Galleries closes, more. ARTNET NEWS 9/3/99 Earthquake benefit at Istanbul Biennial. Plus, Artnet.com links with AOL, artists for Mumia Abu Jamal, more. NUCLEAR NEWS by Andrew Decker 9/2/99 Fallout from a report of a radioactive Warhol. HOET IS BACK by Nancy Jones 9/2/99 Jan Hoet's new S.M.A.K. in Ghent. NEW THIS MONTH IN U.S. MUSEUMS 9/1/99 Egyptian Art, "The American Century," "Renoir to Rothko," Annibale Carracci, Kara Walker, more. ARTNET NEWS 8/31/99 Carnegie International 1999. Plus, Lloyd-Webber scolds Tate, travel to the Asia-Pacific Triennial, etc. INVESTIBLE EGYPT by Brook S. Mason 8/30/99 Market soars in Egyptian antiquities. THE ARTNET READER by Meredith Mendelsohn 8/30/99 We read the magazines so you don't have to. SOTHEBY'S PARIS INITIATIVE by Adrian Darmon 8/30/99 Linking with Poulain-LeFur. ART FROM THE EAST by Fred Stern 8/27/99 New York readies itself for Asia Week. WHO ARE YOU? by Giovanni Garcia-Fenech 8/26/99 A quick look at our family ties, so to speak. ARTNET NEWS 8/24/99 Rock 'n' roll at the Met, Janis closes, Saatchi claims decade, more. KUNSTMARKT DIGEST 8/23/99 Sotheby's cuts back in Berlin and Madrid, Met shop goes transatlantic, more. ARTNET NEWS 8/19/99 Artnet.com sells decorative arts online. Plus, secrets of collecting, Wexner does Disney, more. GIFT STORE GALORE by Walter Robinson 8/18/99 Museum stores at the New York International Gift Fair. ARTNET NEWS 8/16/99 Marketeers take over, plus Tom Hoving's Top Five. And Martin Wong, RIP. ARTNET NEWS 8/5/99 Sotheby's does windows, Tate's Nazi loot, Microsoft sculpture garden, more. OLD MASTER REPORT by Paul Jeromack 8/5/99 Summer sales in London, plus Feigen finds a Fra Angelico. NEW THIS MONTH IN U.S. MUSEUMS 8/1/99 Modern Masters of Kyoto, Adrian Piper, Presentation Silver, Sargent's drawings, more. OLD MASTER REPORT by Paul Jeromack 7/30/99 Notes on the Rothschild sale. Plus a scam alert. ARTNET NEWS 7/28/99 Barnes Foundation broke, NMAA's new name, Gelman heirs dispute will, more. ARTNET NEWS 7/23/99 Gagosian empire expands, Saatchi launches restaurant chain, Wallis to ICP, more. ARTNET NEWS 7/19/99 MoMA parks cars. Plus, a tasteless Diana art tribute show, Clemente at the Gugg, more. ARTNET NEWS 7/15/99 Tulsa redux. Plus art fairs in Liverpool, L.A. and Chicago, more. ARTNET NEWS 7/8/99 Site Santa Fe. Plus, art sales tax in Britain, Pope wants religious art, Paula Cooper gets award, etc. MOVING IN MELBOURNE by Orietta L'Abbate 7/7/99 The National Gallery of Victoria closes for renovations. PARIS NEWS by Adrian Darmon 7/6/99 Van Gogh dispute settled, Château de Groussay auction results, Paris auction results, more. THIRST FOR HIRST by Mary Barone 7/2/99 $5 million at Christie's London contemporary sale. NEW THIS MONTH IN U.S. MUSEUMS 7/1/99 Warhol's Last Supper, Winslow Homer, Matthew Barney, Bugatti, more. ARTNET NEWS 6/30/99 Heads roll at Boston MFA, Hirst on Mars, Finley as pin-up, more. GARDEN PARTY by Brook S. Mason 6/28/99 The changing market for vintage garden ornament. ARTNET NEWS 6/28/99 Venice prizes, sculpture in Stamford, contemporary African art auction, more. BOON OR BOONDOGGLE? by Meg Threadwell 6/24/99 An examination of the controversial Nagoya/Boston MFA deal. ARTNET NEWS 6/23/99 MacArthur Awards announced, no resale rights for Britain, Gehry to design new Corcoran, more. PRAIRIE SMOKE by Victor M. Cassidy 6/21/99 Art news from Chicago. MAGIC CARPET RIDE by Brook S. Mason 6/18/99 The Hali Antique Carpet and Textile Art Fair in London. THE PACE SLOWS DOWN by Irit Krygier 6/17/99 PaceWildenstein closes its L.A. branch. BUYING AT BASEL by Walter Robinson 6/16/99 The 30th Basel Art Fair runs June 16-21. STUNNING CERAMICS by Brook S. Mason 6/11/99 The International Ceramics Fair & Seminar in London. LONDON'S FINEST by Brook S. Mason 6/9/99 Americans flock to the Grosvenor House Art & Antiques Fair. TRIBAL TREASURES by Fred Stern 6/8/99 The Tribal Art Fair moves up in New York. TURNER PRIZE 1999 by Walter Robinson 6/4/99 England's Tate Gallery announces the shortlist. APHRODITE AT AUCTION by Paul Jeromack 6/2/99 The 18th century dominates Old Master sales. GOSSIP by Anon 6/2/99 Everything you wanted to know about everybody. NEW THIS MONTH IN U.S. MUSEUMS 6/1/99 Surrealism, the Nude in Contemporary Art, Tomb Treasures from China, Maxfield Parrish, more. MAGIC MIRRORS by Brook S. Mason 5/28/99 Christie's Frederick Victoria sale racks up a $1.3 million record for a chinoiserie mirror. ARTNET NEWS 5/27/99 NYFA fellowships, Amon Carter sells, Crispo jailed, more. CELEBRITY ART by Baird Jones 5/27/99 Movie star lips by Hiro Yamagata, Prince Charles makes prints, Marilyn Monroe at Christie's, more. END OF AN ERA by Brook S. Mason 5/26/99 The final sale of Frederick Victoria & Son wares at Christie's New York, May 27. AUCTION NOTEBOOK by Andrew Decker 5/25/99 A $9-million van Gogh and chasing Cézanne. Plus the Auction Contest has a winner! ARTNET NEWS 5/25/99 Holzer does BMW art car, Getty should have bought Seurat, Last Supper unveiled, more. ARTNET NEWS 5/21/99 The International Tribal Antique Show at the Seventh Regiment Armory in New York. ART MARKET LIFTOFF by Andrew Decker 5/20/99 Contemporary auctions at Christie's and Sotheby's in New York. ARTNET AUCTION REPORT by Paul Jeromack 5/18/99 Uneven results at New York sales of 19th-century paintings. CELEBRITY ART by Baird Jones 5/17/99 Tama Janowitz, Sean Connery, Philip Taaffe, Ilona Staller, Brice Marden, etc. ARTNET AUCTION REPORT by Andrew Decker 5/14/99 Secrets of the spring sales. ARTNET NEWS 5/14/99 Outsider protest, Rubells buy Young, cash for kinkiness, more. ARTNET AUCTION REPORT by Stewart Waltzer 5/13/99 Impressionist and 19th-century art at Christie's New York, May 12, 1999. MASTERPIECE THEATER by Brook S. Mason 5/12/99 The International Fine Art Fair at the Armory. ARTNET NEWS 5/12/99 Seurat buyer revealed. ARTNET AUCTION REPORT by Stewart Waltzer 5/12/99 Impressionists and moderns at Sotheby's New York, May 11, 1999. THE $60-MILLION CÉZANNE by Andrew Decker 5/11/99 Sotheby's sells the Betsey Cushing Whitney Collection, May 10, 1999. ARTNET AUCTION REPORT by Stewart Waltzer 5/11/99 The collection of Mr. and Mrs. John Hay Whitney at Sotheby's New York, May 10, 1999. ART CHICAGO 1999 by Walter Robinson 5/10/99 $1 billion in art at Chicago's Navy Pier. ARTNET NEWS 5/10/99 The Seattle Art Museum cancels plans to show Mike Kelley work on serial killers. ARTNET NEWS 5/6/99 British Museum buys $3-million gay Greek cup. Plus, David Smith at Storm King, Janine Antoni wins Aldrich Prize, more. CELEBRITY ART by Baird Jones 5/5/99 Warhol had sex? Plus, a Picasso remarries, Bowie in SoHo, Martin Mull, Jeff Koons, more. ARTNET NEWS 5/4/99 Venice Biennale, New York photo auctions, Doyle goes cyber, 25 most influential artists, more. THE AUCTION CONTEST by Andrew Decker 5/4/99 Readers are invited to handicap the fall sales. NEW THIS MONTH IN U.S. MUSEUMS 5/1/99 Degas and New Orleans, the Collection of Dr. Gachet, Treasures from Ur, more. CELEBRITY ART by Baird Jones 4/30/99 Pollock movie, Hirst naked, Hopper at the Met, McCartney paints, more. ARTNET NEWS 4/28/99 Paul H-O on arrest of photographer Spencer Tunick. Plus, art losses in Kosovo conflict, $13-million Whitney estate sale, MoMA 2000, more. JAPANESE PROFIT IN ART SALE by Kay Itoi 4/23/99 $17-million gain for Fukuoka City Bank in deal with San Francisco Modern. CELEBRITY ART by Baird Jones 4/23/99 Mary Tyler Moore and the Whitney, a Petty and a Gabriel team up, rock 'n' roll at the Met, more. ARTNET NEWS 4/20/99 Artnet.com announces first auction results. Plus, Met goes Greek, Whitney estate at Sotheby's, Logan Art Center in S.F., Lumumba at African Art Museum, Concept art at Queens, more. CELEBRITY ART by Baird Jones 4/15/99 David Blaine, Jeff Koons, Gilbert & George, Isaac Hayes, Michael Stipe, Warren Christopher, Elizabeth Hurley, more. ARTNET NEWS 4/14/99 Times v. Whitney, Rothschilds to sell, DiMaggio and Century 21, both at the Met, more. ARTNET AUCTION REPORT by Fred Stern 4/12/99 Mixed results in March Asian sales in New York. DECORATIVE ARTS DIARY by Brook S. Mason 4/8/99 Fuller Building furniture, smart stainless steel, marine art, more. ARTNET NEWS 4/5/99 Basel Art Fair, Art Chicago, Artforum to move, more. CELEBRITY ART by Baird Jones 4/2/99 Warhol condoms, Nicklaus and Palmer golf grips, Lennon love drawings, Pope John Paul and graffiti, more. NEW THIS MONTH IN U.S. MUSEUMS 4/1/99 Sigmund Freud, Huguenot silver, Tony Oursler and "The American Century." LOTS OF MONICA by Meredith Mendelsohn 3/29/99 Monica memorabilia makes its way to on-line auctions. ARTNET NEWS 3/25/99 Online auctions at artnet.com, the American Century at the Whitney, Callery opens, more. THE DELIGHTFUL INVASION by Fred Stern 3/19/99 Two fairs, a week of auctions and more -- Asia week hits New York City. MAASTRICHT SCHATKAMER by Walter Robinson 3/12/99 $5 billion in art and antiques at TEFAF Maastricht. REPORT FROM JAPAN by Kay Itoi 3/11/99 Akihabara TV, Yamatane feud, more. ARTNET NEWS 3/10/99 Art Criticism in Talk? Plus Dia up the Hudson, Castelli leaving SoHo, trouble at Menil, more. CELEBRITY ART by Baird Jones 3/5/99 Kristy Hume wants to paint, so does Mark Hamill & Marilyn Manson. ARTNET NEWS 3/4/99 Whitney Biennial, auction-house profits, galleries to shops at Gugg SoHo, more. NEW THIS MONTH IN U.S. MUSEUMS 3/3/99 Picasso as Sculptor, Saint Francis of Assisi, Art in Poland, Earl Horter, more. ARCO ESTA AQUI by Walter Robinson 3/2/99 The secret of Spanish art at Madrid's contemporary art fair. ARTNET NEWS 2/26/99 Museum pulls all-nighter, Hirshhorn galleries reopen, Burden's models at Tate, more. LETTER FROM PARIS by Adrian Darmon 2/19/99 Sotheby's in Paris, Ninja art thief, art investment disaster, etc. ARTNET NEWS 2/18/99 Artnet.com unveils its new web site. CELEBRITY ART by Baird Jones 2/8/99 Madame Chiang Kai-Shek, Barbie, Jeff Koons, Janis Joplin, Dennis Hopper, more. VIDIOCY PREVAILS by Meredith Mendelsohn 2/4/99 The slippery future of video art. OLD MASTER MADNESS by Paul Jeromack 2/3/99 Absurdly successful Old Master sales at Sotheby's and Christie's in New York. GOSSIP by Anon 2/2/99 Arman & Kostabi, Ellen Cantor, Vincent Gallo, Laurie Anderson, Anton Kern, Brice Marden, etc. TALKING POLLOCK by Alan Moore 1/29/99 Notes on MoMA's Jackson Pollock symposium. WIRE REPORTS by Baird Jones 1/28/99 Schnabel's next star, Kitaj's Clinton with cigar, Alan Bond gets MFA, more. THE IRRESISTIBLE OUTSIDER by Alan Moore 1/26/99 At the Puck Building in Manhattan, the Outsider Art Fair, Jan. 22-24, 1999. LE VIOLIN D'INGRES by Baird Jones 1/25/99 Celebrities who love their art first of all. ARTNET NEWS 1/25/99 The 24-hour museum, folk art frenzy, Berkeley museum could close, Sotheby's French connection, more. ARTNET NEWS 1/19/99 Sothebys.com launches, Yale Center reopens, Stanford museum reopens, more. THE WINTER ANTIQUES SHOW by Brook S. Mason 1/19/99 Americana soars, with strong niche markets in native American dress and folk art. NEW THIS MONTH IN U.S. MUSEUMS 1/18/99 Francis Bacon, Pieter de Hooch, Lucian Freud, Paul Robeson, Women and Surrealism, more. ARTNET NEWS 1/14/99 Winter Antiques Show, foreign auctioneers in France, Whitney auctions folk art, more. CELEBRITY ART by Baird Jones 1/12/99 A new column on a special kind of collectible. PANELMANIA by Rosetta Stone 1/11/99 "Warhol and Abstraction" at Gagosian in SoHo. ARTNET NEWS 1/7/99 Monet barred from Royal Academy, expansion okay for Asian Art Museum, young curators at Exit Art, etc. DECORATIVE ARTS DIARY by Brook S. Mason 1/7/99 Exhibitions, dealers, trends, forecasts, books. News 2004 Archives News 2003 Archives News 2002 Archives News 2001 Archives News 2000 Archives News 1999 Archives News 1998 Archives News 1997 Archives News 1996 Archives |
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