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August
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
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.
Nov. 15, 2007
ART MARKET WATCH
$316 million at Sotheby’s contemporary sale.
Nov. 14, 2007
Artnet News
Artwalk NY, news of older artists, Prince in St. Bart’s, Participant reopens, etc.
Nov. 14, 2007
ART MARKET WATCH
Blast off at Christie’s post-war and contemporary sale.
Nov. 13, 2007
ART MARKET WATCH
$52 million for the Allan Stone Collection.
Nov. 8, 2007
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.
Sept. 13, 2007
ART MARKET WATCH
Sotheby’s tune-up contemporary sale.
Sept. 13, 2007
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.
Sept. 7, 2007
SURFING ARTNET
The new season opens, on a global scale.
Sept. 7, 2007
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