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State of the Art: News & Market Round-Up (Jan. 3-10)
In the spotlight of the week that was: Gauguin 鈥楽unflower鈥� Masterpiece to Lead Christie鈥檚 Auction; Broad Museum design unveiled.
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10 Jan, 2011
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Features
Art Intel, 2011
Times like these can turn art buying into something akin to stamp collecting. What do I mean by that? The unfortunate consequence of our new economic reality is conservative and often myopic collector demand. More...
Bets in '11: Pop, Calder, Chinese Coins
As the new year gets under way, collectors around the world are sizing up their art. What do they want? More. More...
Sellers and buyers need to know who鈥檚 who
Who acts for who is a fundamental question when it comes to transferring artwork ownership, and also when deciding to whom duties are owed. More...
In the Shadow of Gagosian, a New Gallery District Takes Hold in Geneva
The recent arrival of Larry Gagosian on the scene has injected new artistic life into a city that does not have a traditional connection to the art world, with other new and established galleries beginning to set up shop there as well. More...
Alive and kicking despite the slump: How young dealers are on the up
As old-timers know well, the emergence of an alternative gallery scene鈥攅ven on Manhattan鈥檚 LSE鈥攊s nothing new More...
Art Fairs
India Art Summit 2011 to draw best of global art
New Delhi will become a giant canvas for the international art fraternity to paint its hues, views and transact business Jan 21-23 when the country plays host to the third edition of the India Art Summit 2011. More...
Singapore Turns to Art-Fair Guru
Singapore's economy is rocketing, with an estimated 2010 growth rate of 14.7%. And it's a wealth-management hub for Asia. Until now, however, attempts to start a suitably dynamic art fair have fizzled, with little buzz, weak attendance and low sales. More...
Miami International Art Fair 2011
Important American & international galleries, collectors and curators gather in exciting Miami Beach for the 2nd edition of MIA, America鈥檚 most exciting mid-winter contemporary art fair. More...
Photo LA 2011
Photo LA brings together photography dealers from around the globe, displaying the finest contemporary photography, video and multi-media installations along with masterworks from the 19th century. More...
Auction Houses
Gauguin 鈥楽unflower鈥� Masterpiece Leads Christie鈥檚 Auction of Impressionist And Modern Art In February 2011
The leading highlight of the sales is Nature morte 脿 鈥淟鈥橢sp茅rance鈥�, an historically important still life painted by Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) in 1901 while he was living in Tahiti. More...
The Dennis Hopper Collection
A Warhol portrait of Mao punctured by two bullet holes, a script from the film Easy Rider with handwritten notes, and an inscribed portrait of Dennis Hopper by the photographer Helmut Newton are just some of the nearly 300 items Christie's New York will offer for sale on January 11 & 12. More...
Important Old Master Paintings & Sculpture at Sotheby鈥檚
Sotheby鈥檚 27 January 2011 auction of Important Old Master Paintings & Sculpture in New York will feature significant works by artists from across Europe. More...
The Red Hammer: The Ten Priciest Chinese Artworks at Auction in 2010
Amid a global recession, 2010 was the year that mainland Chinese collectors really began to make their presence felt in auction houses around the world. More...
Bloomsbury Auctions, the London company that bills itself as the world鈥檚 leading auctioneer of rare books and manuscripts, opened a New York branch with great fanfare three years ago, but it appears to be struggling in an economy that has not been kind to book dealers.
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Smithsonian censorship saga: the next chapter
An art aficionado recently requested that his loaned work Untitled, Self-Portrait by Jack Pierson be removed from the NPG Hide/Seek exhibition "until such time as the David Wojnarowicz video is reinstated in its full unedited version." More...
Mozambican painter Malangatana dies in Portugal
Considered one of the leading artists of the former Portuguese colony, Malangatana was known for his big canvases and colourful frescos, though he was also a ceramicist, sculptor and poet. More...
George Washington University to host residency for Iraqi museum workers, teach conservation
The program will bring museum professionals for a five-month residency. The residents will visit museums and learn new techniques to conserve ancient objects of Iraqi culture and new ways to educate their constituents. More...
Charity exhibition canceled over Archibald Prize winner's photo
The Sydney Children's Hospital Foundation took exception to the image by Del Kathryn Barton of her six-year-old son without a shirt on. It was decided to find another charity ''to preserve the artistic integrity of the exhibition'' given the hospital's strict rules on images of children. More...
Pieter Brueghel the Younger painting saved by 拢1m grant
The Procession to Calvary,1602, will remain at Nostell Priory in Yorkshire. It had been put up for sale for 拢2.7m; the Art Fund and National Trust raised 拢1.7m and the National Heritage Memorial Fund has now stepped in with the final 拢1m. More...
Asian Art Museum deal makes city liable for debt
The doors will stay open at the troubled museum, which still has the primary responsibility for repaying its lenders, but the city, which owns both the collection and the museum building, now will guarantee the $100 million debt. More...
Former Getty curator on why it is hard to accept the lack of verdict after her five-year trial
The trial of Marion True for conspiring to receive antiquities that had been illegally excavated from Italy, began in 2005. True has had no opportunity to present her case directly. Here, she tells The Art Newspaper about the trial and its outcome. More...
Broad museum is stripped of big ideas -- but may gain plaza and new urban energy
The design of the $130-million, three-story museum by the New York firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro looks a bit more conventional than it did before the billionaire collector became actively involved with his architects. More...
Madrid's Prado suffers drop in visitor numbers
Some 2.732 million people visited in 2010, down from 2.764 million the previous year and the first decline since it opened a new ultra-modern wing in 2007. The management had expected such a drop, blaming it on the economic crisis. More...
Louvre tallies 8.5 million visits in 2010
Temporary exhibits 鈥� including shows about Russian art and the archaeology and history of Saudi Arabia 鈥� were among those that kept the crowds coming for the third straight year. More...
National Portrait Gallery Protesters Plan to Stage "Museum of Censored Art"
The iPad Protesters who were ejected from the NPG last month will park a trailer as a "Museum of Censored Art" outside the southern entrance of the museum, showing the video 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. every day until the "Hide/Seek" exhibit closes on Feb. 13. More...
Berlin museum extends popular Hitler exhibition
"Hitler and the Germans" at Berlin's German Historical Museum (DHM) had been due to close on February 6 but will stay open another three weeks until February 27 due to large numbers of visitors. More...
Gerard Malanga filed suit in 2005 against the artist John Chamberlain, claiming that Chamberlain sold a fake Warhol painting that did not belong to him. The courts denied Chamberlain鈥檚 requests for dismissal and Mr. Malanga鈥檚 lawyer said that he expects a trial to begin within the next two months.
Scottsdale gallery's missing art worth half a million
Artist Alan Wolton filed a police report regarding seven missing paintings he thinks may have been sold, some works valued at as much as $150,000, by the owner of Willow gallery that abruptly closed in November. More...
Venice Biennale to expand
Argentina, Chile and Mexico are negotiating to be added as permanent national pavilions, while Portugal, Bahrain, the UAE, China and India are also negotiating for spaces, which will become available as a result of a 鈧�20 million redevelopment of the Arsenale complex. More...
Compiled by 黑料不打烊.com staff
