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The NEA's totally random art stimulus. Plus, your chance to be a Whitechapel curator, more summer group shows, no more Driehaus Awards, more.

BLIND ON BLIND by Charlie Finch.

A parable for the art recession.

BOVACIOUS by Charlie Finch.

Carol Bove’s "Plants and Animals" at the Horticultural Society of New York.

GRAHAMARAMA by Peter Scott

The fractured self in "Dan Graham: Beyond" at the Whitney Museum of American Art.

ARTNET NEWS

Sarah Jessica Parker reaches out to the art world.

REVOLUTION’S WAKE by Blake Stone-Banks

Shows by Huang Rui and Gao Shiqiang represent the changing moment in Beijing.

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New galleries spring up, Cleveland "shocked" by Timothy Rub departure, at P.S.1, Harrell Fletcher does the 4th of July, smokers on parade, more.

ART MARKET WATCH

Is the contemporary art market ready to rebound?

KALEIDOSCOPE QUILTS by N.F. Karlins

A retrospective of Paula Nadelstern’s pieced quilts at the American Folk Art Museum.

TWENTY TOP SHOWS

Dorothy Iannone,Catharine Yass, Hurvin Anderson, "A Case for Wine," Obama’s mom’s art, more.

THE JULY PERSPECTIVE 2009 by Leigh Oswald

A solar eclipse in Cancer can release evil forces.

ART MARKET WATCH

Lots of profit at the top.

ARTNET NEWS

More art in the Hamptons, Grosvenor House fair says bye-bye, artists do MAC makeup promotion. Plus, how many New York galleries have closed?

ENTROPY IN VENICE by Jerry Saltz

Art about art at the 53rd Venice Biennale. Plus, is something coming out of the other side of that black hole?

MICHAEL AND JEFF by Charlie Finch

Childhood as a signifier of dread in fairy tales by Michael Jackson and Jeff Koons.

ART’S NEAR FUTURE by Jerry Saltz

X-Initiative’s "No Soul For Sale" shows the way.

GOTHAM ART & THEATER by Elisabeth Kley

Huang Yong Ping, Patty Chang, Laurel Nakadate, Andrea Fraser, Sadie Benning, Rochelle Feinstein.

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Art Hamptons 2009, Cartier shows graffiti art, Bergdorf’s shows visionary art, Adjaye project on hold in San Antonio, summer group shows, Saatchi branding iron, more.

BAD TO THE BONE by Charlie Finch

If you like the funnies, you’ll love James Ensor.

VIENNA REPORT by Julie Ryan

A challenge to art buyers.

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Gender bias at MoMA, Yes Men and Greenpeace hit Brussels, Ai Weiwei proposes cyber-boycott, more.

WILL COLLECTORS STEP FORWARD by Charlie Finch

A challenge to art buyers.

WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson

Sterling Ruby, filmmaker.

ART MARKET WATCH

June at the auction houses.

ANOTHER NEW YORK MEMORY by Charlie Finch

Frank Herbert Mason, 1921-2009.

BITTERSWEET CACOPHONY by Ben Davis

Bruce Nauman’s vile, refreshing art.

ARTFUL TOM, A MEMOIR by Thomas Hoving

Chapter 35: Doing It Over

BEAUTY, PHOOEY by Aaron Rosen

Kim Dorland’s nature paintings take a dim view of nature.

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Protest art in Tehran, manga museum controversy, Bellwether closes, Cerealart benefit for Uganda, DeCordova Biennial, more.

ARTFUL TOM, A MEMOIR by Thomas Hoving

Chapter 34: On High

PEEING WITH BRENDAN by Charlie Finch

BARR, aka Brendan Fowler, performs at the New Museum.

DUCHESS SPARKLE by Brook S. Mason

The Grosvenor House Art & Antiques Fair, the duchess dowager of fairs, garners new sparkle.

FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF VENICE by Jerry Saltz

Contemplating the Venice Biennale after the party has left town.

ARTFUL TOM, A MEMOIR by Thomas Hoving

Chapter 33: "The Director."

DUDE, YOU’VE GOTTA SEE THIS by Jerry Saltz

Three Charles Ray sculptures at Matthew Marks are a total trip.

ARTFUL TOM, A MEMOIR by Thomas Hoving

Chapter 32: Canned.

OLYMPIAN HEIGHTS by Brook S. Mason

Luxe and big bucks at the 36th annual Olympia International Art & Antiques Fair in London.

ARTFUL TOM, A MEMOIR by Thomas Hoving

Chapter 31: The Getty Wars.

MANON TRANSFORMER by Mary Rinebold

New York’s first survey of photographs and installations by the contemporary Swiss artist Manon.

Artnet News

Snafu in art investment scheme, Virtual Jihadi in court, medals in Venice.