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December
Dec. 23, 2008
Artnet News
Getty endowment shrinks, MOCA goes with Eli Broad, Chanel ends "Mobile Art," new look for Berry-Hill, more.
Dec. 22, 2008
ART MARKET WATCH
Can Erotica Save the Art Market?
Dec. 18, 2008
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.
Nov. 17, 2008
WALTER GABRIELSON,
1935-2008
by Peter Plagens
Remembering the great California artist and teacher.
Nov. 17, 2008
ARTNET NEWS
Jan Krugier, 1928-2008.
Nov. 14, 2008
ART MARKET WATCH
Phillips de Pury does $9.6 million in contemporary, plus day sales at Sotheby’s and Christie’s.
Nov. 13, 2008
ART MARKET WATCH
$113.6 million at Christie’s contemporary.
Nov. 12, 2008
ART MARKET WATCH
Sotheby’s contemporary does $125 million.
Nov. 11, 2008
ARTNET NEWS
CCL Fellows, USArtists Awards, Tino Sehgal retrospective, Alison Saar’s Tubman Memorial, more.
Nov. 7, 2008
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.
Oct. 27, 2008
ART MARKET WATCH
Say hello to the art-market recession.
Oct. 23, 2008
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.
Sept. 9, 2008
ART MARKET WATCH
September art auctions bring it on.
Sept. 4, 2008
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.
July 22, 2008
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
by Peter Plagens
Taking issue with Thomas Hoving.
July 21, 2008
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.
June
June 27, 2008
Art Market Watch
Impressionist & modern sales in London.
June 26, 2008
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.
May 14, 2008
ART MARKET WATCH
Christie’s contemporary does $348 million.
May 13, 2008
ARTNET DESIGN
Artnet Design Marketplace. Plus, bat habitats from auction house trash, SOFA New York, Design Miami/Basel 2008, more.
May 12, 2008
ARTNET NEWS
Olivier Debroise, RIP.
May 8, 2008
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?
Apr. 11, 2008
Art Market Watch
April sales in London, Hong Kong and New York.
Apr. 10, 2008
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.
Mar. 26, 2008
ART MARKET WATCH
Auction results from New York’s Asia Week.
Mar. 26, 2008
Artnet News
Murakami’s new Vuitton store, Altoids Awards, art tours for Williamsburg and the L.E.S., Triple Candie to close (supposedly), more.
Mar. 25, 2008
ARTNET DESIGN
Design Miami in New York, "Remixing the Ordinary," modern houses at auction, SANAA, Iván Navarro, more.
Mar. 21, 2008
ARMORY ACTION
More than 500 galleries make for an art fair feeding frenzy during New York’s Armory Week.
Mar. 19, 2008
Artnet News
Big plans from museum directors, Reykjavík Arts Festival, Lauder’s big donation, Joe Brainard’s Nancy, more.
Mar. 13, 2008
Artnet News
Art and the Emperors Club.
Mar. 11, 2008
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.
Feb. 15, 2008
ART MARKET WATCH
Sotheby’s [Red] Auction cracks $40 million.
Feb. 14, 2008
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.
Feb. 1, 2008
NEW THIS MONTH IN U.S. MUSEUMS
Kerry James Marshall, Ghada Amer, Cai Guo-Qiang, Gustave Courbet, Moyra Davey, more.
January
Jan. 31, 2008
JANUARY OLD MASTERS 2008
by Paul Jeromack
Sotheby’s New York totals $91.7 million.
Jan. 29, 2008
ARTNET NEWS
Fair feuds and fizzles, new Arbus trove, Site Santa Fe artists, more. Plus, David Askevold, RIP.
Jan. 24, 2008
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