If you are unable to view this message, click here. To unsubscribe from this list, click here.       artnet | artnet Auctions | artnet Artists A–Z | artnet Galleries | artnet Price Database | artnet Magazine May 2011 Why We Love (And Need) Design Everyone loves famous designers. They are smart, sophisticated and clever. Big companies pay them big money for their special sensibilities. Most likely they are great at playing pool, can recite poetry from memory and are adept at choosing wine at dinner. We love them because they are all the things we are not... Read More Browse artnet Auctions Inaugural Design Sale Jasper Johns: Johnuments Charlie Finch and Ashley Bickerton take a visit to the sexy new copper, silver and aluminum sculptures by Jasper Johns at Matthew Marks Gallery... Read More The Return of the Rich Christie's New York does a triumphant $301 million in its evening sale of contemporary art, including a $38.4 million Warhol and a $33.6 million Rothko... Read More The Revolt of the Rich? Despite a $20 million Warhol and a $16.8 million Koons, Sotheby's New York evening sale of contemporary art totals "only" $128 million, the firm's lowest for such an auction in two years... Read More Party Pictures: The American Dream Artists, celebrities and more celebrate Josh Smith's massive installation of his paintings at the Brant Foundation Art Study Center in Greenwich, Connecticut... Read More Origami Artists Sue Sarah Morris The yBa painter Sarah Morris, who appropriates the patterns of her bright abstract paintings from origami, is hit with a lawsuit by several origami artists who say her works infringe their copyrights... Read More Architecture Killed the Folk Art Museum Art critic Jerry Saltz weighs in on the sale of the American Folk Art Museum building to its next-door neighbor, the Museum of Modern Art... Read More Currently on artnet Auctions Visit artnet Auctions Register Now Ron Arad Before Summer, 1992 Mirror-polished bronze 51.2 x 67 x 14.8 inches Est: US $130,000-160,000 € 91,820-113,000 Bidding ends May 26 William Eggleston View of Cotton Horizon, 1992 Vintage chromogenic print 16 x 20 inches Est: US $9,500-12,500 € 6,710-8,830 Bidding ends May 26 Erwin Burger Skulls, 1946 Murano glass 4.5 x 4.5 x 4.5 inches Est: US $10,000-15,000 € 7,060-10,590 Bidding ends May 26 Explore more on artnet artnet Artists A–Z artnet Auctions artnet Calendar artnet Galleries artnet Magazine artnet Market Alert artnet Market Analyst artnet Market Reports artnet Monographs artnet Price Database