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30 SOMETHIN' by Charlie Finch

Bridging the gap between the baby boomers and the new digital generation.

Summer Reading OF ARTISTS, CURATORS AND CRITICS by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp

A new Sam Francis catalogue raisonne, a biography of Peter Selz, and essays by Peter Clothier.

Terracotta Warriors DEFENDERS OF CHINA'S FIRST EMPEROR by N.F. Karlins

From the tomb complex of the first emperor of China, a squad of life-sized terracotta warriors at Discovery Times Square.

Michael Goedhuis DEBUTING CHINESE INK PAINTING AT THE SAATCHI GALLERY by Brook S. Mason

The Dutch-born, London-based art dealer Michael Goedhuis talks about the new show of Chinese art he organized for Charles Saatchi in London.

Art Market Watch TIFFANY, RIETVELD, NOGUCHI AND LALANNE: DESIGN IN NEW YORK by Jessica Mizrachi

Spring design auctions at Sotheby's, Christie's and Phillips de Pury and Company in New York.

Art Basel WATCH WHERE YOU STEP by Emily Nathan

Art Basel 43's public art sector, Art Parcours, takes over the historic neighborhood of St. Johann, and a public art festival comes to roost in Zurich.

Ranbir Singh MY HERO by Charlie Finch

Remembering the art collector Ranbir Singh, 1955-2012.

Art Basel ART UNLIMITED 2012 by Linda Yablonsky

Huge art projects, surprising and fun, in the context of no context other than money, the driving force of Art Basel.

Summer Reading BODY AND SOIL by James Croak

Four new books on the new ecological outlook of Earthworks, Land Art and, well dirt.

Art Basel 2012 THE PRIVATE MUSEUM TAKEOVER by Rachel Corbett

Jeffrey Deitch on the threat of private museums to fundraising and programming at the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art.

Karl Haendel FAMILY BLACKMAIL by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp

In time for Father's Day, the celebrated Los Angeles photorealist Karl Haendel addresses issues of masculinity and family dynamics.

Art Market Watch THE HORBELLS by Charlie Finch

A hypothetical art-collecting power couple, the Horbells, face the effects of a global recession.

Art Market Watch ART BASEL LOOKS TO ASIA by Rachel Corbett

News of Uli Sigg's major donation to a Hong Kong museum spurs forecasts of an Asianized Art Basel.

Art Market Watch SPRING ANTIQUITIES AT SOTHEBY'S AND CHRISTIE'S NEW YORK by Jessica Mizrachi

A $900,000 Greek gravestone -- plus a homoerotic krater -- at Sotheby's and a $926,000 Roman marble of an actor at Christie's.

Art Basel 43 STAKING CLAIMS AT ART STATEMENTS by Emily Nathan

Oliver Laric, Karthnik Pandian, Rokni Haerizadeh, Aurelien Froment, Zin Taylor, Amalia Pica and more at Art Basel 43.

Kehinde Wiley UNPLANNED OBSOLESCENCE by Charlie Finch

In the cultural tsunami of art news, a real triumph by Kehinde Wiley at the Jewish Museum.

Documenta 13 SETH PRICE & TIM HAMILTON: ONE FOR THE MONEY by Emily Nathan

New York artist Seth Price and clothing designer Tim Hamilton collaborate on a fashion line for Documenta 13.

Liste 2012 BASEL'S INDEPENDENT ART FAIR by Rachel Corbett

A slideshow tour of Liste 13, Basel's indiest art fair.

Istancool LET'S TALK TURKEY by Adrian Dannatt

The Istanbul International Arts and Culture Festival welcomes the art world to the hottest city on the global art scene.

Rachel Harrison UNMASKING THE MUSE by Emily Nathan

A new exhibition of sculptures by Rachel Harrison explores the unseen forces behind every work of art.

Artnet Design DESIGN MIAMI/BASEL 2012 by Brook S. Mason

This spring's new design trends emphasize supersized lighting plus cutting-edge furniture and ceramics along the way.

Old Masters ROMANINO, ROBERT AND MORE AT CHRISTIE'S NEW YORK by Paul Jeromack

Chilean baron Alvaro Saieh snags a Romanino, and the Met deaccessions a dozen paintings.

Documenta 13 LIVING ARTWORKS by Emily Nathan

The 13th edition of the once-every-five-years super-art-survey in Kassel, curated by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, takes a page from the book of life.

Mr. Artsee VOTE IN ELLIOTT ARKIN'S ANNUAL CARICATURE CONTEST

Three street caricature artists throw down in a demonstration in Mister ArtSees first annual New York street caricature contest.

Gilbert and George THE CULTURE OF DESPAIR by Charlie Finch

In a three-gallery show of "London Pictures," Gilbert and George make despair cozy and comforting.

Brice Marden REFLECTING ON BRICE MARDEN'S REFLECTIVE NEW SHOW by Jerry Saltz

A slowed down sense of seeing in new paintings by Brice Marden at Matthew Marks Gallery.

Jessica Stockholder LOOK AT THEM PRETTY COLORS by Pedro Vélez

Chicago artist Jessica Stockholder unveils her vast new public-art installation, Color Jam.

Documenta 13 HELICOPTER RIDES COURTESY CRITICAL ART ENSEMBLE by Rachel Corbett

Realizing "A Public Misery Project: A Temporary Monument to Global Economic Inequality" at Documenta 13.

Documenta 13 KABUL IN KASSEL, KASSEL IN KABUL by Emily Nathan

Leading up to Documenta 13, artistic director Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev held two years of lectures and workshops in Afghanistan.

FROM WARHOL TO BERNINI (PLUS LOOTED ANTIQUITIES) AT THE MET

Metropolitan Museum director Thomas Campbell unveils an impressive fall and winter schedule, and responds to new claims of looted antiquities in the collection.

Art Market Watch HOW TO SURVIVE THE COMING ART MARKET CRASH by Charlie Finch

In a down art market, it's all about "puts" and "calls."

Art Dealer's Diary SAY YES TO THE ART BOOM by Kenny Schachter

Accept the fact that uncertain times give more value, not less, to works of art.

Art Market Watch ART MARKET DOOMSDAY? by Mickey Cartin

Will Jean-Michel Basquiat become the next Vincent van Gogh? Or will the supercollectors decide to sit on their hands

Documenta 2012 BOMBS AWAY by Rachel Corbett

Ruin, trauma and political strife mark the preview to Documenta 13 -- and that's not just the art.

Artnet Design LEILA AND MASSIMO VIGNELLI, TITANS OF DESIGN by Brook S. Mason

In an interview, superdesigner Massimo Vignelli reveals the secret of success -- luck, luck and luck.

Art Market Watch CHRISTIE'S HONG KONG DOES $352 MILLION by Jessica Mizrachi

The $352 million total at Christie's spring sales in Hong Kong are down but stable.

Art Market Watch BUYER'S REMORSE & THE AUCTION BUSINESS by Daniel Grant

The art market is booming, but it's not always easy to collect.

Vince Romaniello ROMAN SKETCHES by Charlie Finch

The good fight for progressive politics with Philadelphia conceptual artist Vince Romaniello.

Documenta 13 IT'S GOING TO BE HUGE by Jerry Saltz

Documenta 13, biennials, art fairs and art's chronic gigantism.

Ito Jakuchu BUDDHIST BEAUTY: ITO JAKUCHU'S PAINTINGS by Donald Kuspit

At the National Gallery of Art, a 30-scroll set of bird-and-flower paintings by Ito Jakuchu, one of Japan's great national treasures.

Let's Go Art DOCUMENTA, BASEL AND BEYOND by Rachel Corbett

At the National Gallery of Art, a 30-scroll set of bird-and-flower paintings by Ito Jakuchu, one of Japan's great national treasures.

Contemporary Art Books ART AND MONEY; MONEY AND ART by Emily Nathan

According to author Martha Buskirk in "Creative Enterprise," art has always been a "bauble of the rich," now more so than ever before.

WILL THE ART MARKET CRASH? by Charlie Finch

A deflationary spiral could destroy the auction market before the major fall sales.

NEW THIS MONTH IN U.S. MUSEUMS

"Posters of Paris," "Made in L.A.," Jasper John prints, Ellsworth Kelly plants, George Bellows, "Visions of Arcadia," David Shrigley, Josiah McElheny, Amanda Ross-Ho, "Signs and Symbols," Richard Diebenkorn, more.

Art Horoscope THE JUNE PERSPECTIVE by Leigh Oswald

Heads up Geminis -- here comes Jupiter!

"Made in L.A." NEW ART NOW IN LOS ANGELES by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp

The Hammer Museum teams up with LAX Art and the Municipal Art Gallery to present the first biennial exhibition of new art in Los Angeles.

Sheila Hicks FIBER OPTICS by Brook S. Mason

The Paris-based fiber sculptor Sheila Hicks shows her stuff at Sikkema Jenkins & Co. in Chelsea.

Charles McGill THE GOLF WAR by Walter Robinson

At the Phatory in the East Village, Charles McGill takes the art of golf and uncovers its outlaw underpinnings.

Revolving Doors LIFE AFTER D'AMELIO TERRAS by Rachel Corbett

After parting ways with longtime business partner Lucien Terras six months ago, Chris D'Amelio shares his ambitions for the new D'Amelio Gallery.

Close Encounters THE NEW BARNES FOUNDATION by Linda Yablonsky

Fabulosity in a box -- that is the new Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia.

Art Market Watch SPRING SALES OF LATIN AMERICAN ART by Jessica Mizrachi

For Latin American art auctions in New York, the score was Phillips de Pury ($3.5 million), Christie's ($27.7 million) and Sotheby's ($26.8 million).

Art Market Watch SPEED! MONEY AND THE GLOBAL ART MARKET by Piroschka Dossi

As money transforms the global art market, it robs art of its greatest values and the leisure to appreciate them.

PHIL AND RON by Charlie Finch

Tiddlywink to tiddlywink, Philippe de Montebello and Ronald Lauder compare their museums.

RAZOR PARK 100 by Tony Fitzpatrick

Tall tales and good lessons from the guys who worked the car wash in suburban Chicago in the 1970s.

Artnet Design SUPERSIZED AT THE FONDAZIONE BISAZZA by Brook S. Mason

The new Fondazione Bisazza in Vicenza, Italy, specializes in design and architecture.

ARTNET NEWS

Bruce High Quality Foundation occupies Lever House, ersatz "plastic bag bomber" Takeshi Miyakawa freed from jail, and galleries at new Frieze Masters art fair.

Cleopatra's THE GREENPOINT POLISH by Elisabeth Kley

Polish artists Leszek Knaflewski, Honza Zamojski and Radak Szlada at Cleopatra's gallery in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

Public Art GIANT CATSUP BOTTLE INVADES CITY HALL PARK by Emily Nathan

Mayor Bloomberg, channeling Red Buttons, introduces the Public Art Fund's new "Common Ground" exhibition at City Hall Park.

Art Market Watch NEW YORK AUCTIONS OF AMERICAN ART by Jessica Mizrachi

Totals of $27.2 million at Christie's and $34.8 million at Sotheby's sales of American art.

Art Market Watch MUSINGS ON THE ART MARKET by Asher Edelman

Out at ArtPadSF opening on May 17, and the Black Rock Arts Foundation fundraiser on May 18 at the Phoenix Hotel in San Francisco.

Party Pictures EVERYONE INTO THE ARTPAD Photos by Sherry Wong

Out at ArtPadSF opening on May 17, and the Black Rock Arts Foundation fundraiser on May 18 at the Phoenix Hotel in San Francisco.

Art Market Watch NEW YORK AUCTIONS OF AMERICAN ART by Jessica Mizrachi

Although the art market has outperformed other markets for the last 15 years, we need to proceed carefully.

Taryn Simon LIFE AND LIFE ONLY by Charlie Finch

Totals of $27.2 million at Christie's and $34.8 million at Sotheby's sales of American art.

Barnes Foundation MEET THE NEW BARNES: SAME AS THE OLD BARNES -- ONLY BETTER by Jerry Saltz

Art-police and purists: prepare to wad panties into black holes.

Arthur Solway BRINGING THE WEST TO THE EAST by Barbara Pollack

An interview with New York art dealer Arthur Solway, who lives in Shanghai, where he runs the James Cohan Gallery.

ARTNET NEWS

Quirky Civil War propaganda at ICP, Austrian Cultural Forum turns ten with artist-led feast, and crowd-sourcincg curators at Brooklyn Museum.

WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson

Dana Schutz, Hans Bellmer, Serkan Ozkaya, Hunter Reynolds, Mark Innerst, Alex Prager, Claes & Coosje, Brice Marden, Thomas Demand, Gilbert and George, more

Artnet Design THE FANCIFUL REALM OF LALANNE by Brook S. Mason

Over 30 whimsical works by Claude Lalanne, 89, and her late husband François-Xavier Lalanne, at Paul Kasmin Gallery in Chelsea

Art HK 2012 POST-COLONIAL CONTEMPORARY ART by Barbara Pollack

With 260 galleries from 38 countries -- half of them Asian -- Art HK 2012 kicks it up a notch.

Dawoud Bey PICTURING PEOPLE by Pedro Vélez

A retrospective of Chicago favorite son Dawoud Bey at the Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago.

Art Market Watch THE SPLIT IN THE MARKET by Charlie Finch

When a rising tide lifts but one ship, its cargo of gold might one day sink.

Party Pictures WSJ "DONOR OF THE DAY" CELEBRATION AT THE WHITNEY Photos by Billy Farrell / BFAnyc

The Wall Street Journal and Jeff Koons team up to celebrate private philanthropy with a dinner at the Whitney Museum.

FLYING BLIND: EUGENE LEMAY'S ABSTRACTIONS by Donald Kuspit

Darkness and light in the paintings of Israeli artist Eugene Lemay at Mike Weiss Gallery in New York.

Storm King Art Center LET THERE BE LIGHT by Rachel Corbett

The Storm King Art Center opens "Light and Landscape," an unusual tribute to the Hudson River School painters.

Art Market Watch WERNER MUENSTERBERGER AND AFRICAN ART AT SOTHEBY'S NEW YORK by Jessica Mizrachi

African art from the collection of art scholar Werner Muensterberger, who theorized that collecting was an Oedipal passion.

TOM SACHS GROWS OLD by Charlie Finch

Old age not youth is the key to the Tom Sachs "Space Program: Mars" installation at the Park Avenue Armory.

Tom Sachs SPACE JAM by Emily Nathan

The art-world's preeminent bricoleur transforms the historic Park Avenue Armory into a DIY aeronautical workshop.

MOCA L.A. PAINTING FACTORY by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp

Jeffrey Deitch's hand-crafted "Painting Factory: Abstraction after Warhol" at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.

Egyptian Art BABY STEPS by Jerry Saltz

Where does modern art history start? The Met's predynastic-Egypt show reveals the beginning of everything.

James Franco REBEL IN HOLLYWOOD? by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp

James Franco collaborates with a host of bad-boy artists for a pop-up Los Angeles exhibition devoted to James Dean.

NYC Gallery Shows THE NEW YORK LIST, 5/14/2012

Francesco Clemente, Alice Neel, Jutta Koether, Gary Hume, Dana Schutz.

Art Market Watch BOUGUEREAU AT SOTHEBY'S, PLUS, DERSHOWITZ COLLECTS by Jessica Mizrachi

Sotheby's New York does $20.6 million at its European art sale, plus Alan Dershowitz chastises the Met, and sends some art to auction.

Philadelphia Museum of Art ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA by Emily Nathan

Sol LeWitt, "Gauguin, Cezanne, Matisse," Winslow Homer, Duchamp's Large Glass and more at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Art Market Watch PHILLIPS DE PURY SETS NEW BASQUIAT RECORD by Rachel Corbett

New records for Jean-Michel Basquiat, Seth Price and Dana Schutz at Phillips de Pury & Company's contemporary evening sale, May 10, 2012.

Frieze New York CRITICS & THE FAIRPOCALYPSE by Pedro Vélez

Art critics complain about the marriage of art and money, but can you find them on the picket line?

Antico A REDISCOVERED RENAISSANCE MASTER by N.F. Karlins

Renaissance bronzes by Italian sculptor Antico (ca. 1455 - 1528) at the Frick Collection.

Lynn Stern PHOTO ABSTRACTIONS by Donald Kuspit

Lynn Stern's "Veiled Still Lives" and "Ghosts" are all but pure abstractions, the grand climax of more than a century of experimentation.

Art Market Watch SOTHEBY'S CONTEMPORARY DOES $266.6 MILLION

Eight-figure prices for Bacon, Lichtenstein, Warhol, Twombly and Richter mark a robust spring sale.

Close Encounters SCHIAPARELLI AND PRADA AT THE MET by Linda Yablonsky

"Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conservations" at the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Norman Bluhm WHAT'S WRONG AND RIGHT ABOUT ONE PAINTING by Charlie Finch

The office lobby at 499 Park gets a mural-sized painting by the late baroque abstractionist Norman Bluhm (1921-1999.)

Art Market Watch CHRISTIE'S CONTEMPORARY DOES A RECORD $388 MILLION

On auctioneer Christopher Burge's final night at the podium, a historic sale with no less than 11 new auction records.

ARTNET NEWS

Thaddaeus Ropac's new Paris art complex, critics discuss Defining Contemporary Art at MoMA, dates set for Art Basel Hong Kong.

Party Pictures LUSH LIFE By Rachel Corbett

Karen Kilimnik's new exhibition opens at the Brant Foundation Art Study Center in Greenwich, Conn

Beth Campbell BETHLEHEM by Charlie Finch

Conceptual artist Beth Campbell transforms the cosmos into social media.

Frieze New York 2012 MOVING IN AND MOVING UP by Jerry Saltz

Why the Frieze Art Fair could solve the New York art fair problem.

ArtnetTV LIZ MAGIC LASER: THE DIGITAL FACE by Emily Nathan

Liz Magic Laser's The Digital Face at the McKittrick Hotel for the Calder Foundation's "Oh, you mean cellophane and all that crap," May 5, 2012.

Darren Bader HORNY DIP by Charlie Finch

Darren Bader's French Horn with Guacamole was the hit of Frieze NY -- now, let's parse its meaning.

Artnet Design DESIGN AT NADA NEW YORK by Brook S. Mason

Finds at Cumulus Studios, Anat Egbi's Company, Thomas Duncan Gallery, Galerie Jacky Strenz, New Galerie from Paris, and the Artis Shuk.

Frieze Projects 2012 STEP OUTSIDE by Emily Nathan

The eight artist commissions for this year's Frieze Projects, curated by Cecilia Alemani, stand out amidst an otherwise business-as-usual art fair.

Party Pictures NEW ART DEBUTS AT FRIEZE NY 2012 Photos by Walter Robinson

Frieze New York opens, bringing 180 contemporary art galleries to Randall's Island in the East River.

Frieze New York TRENDSPOTTING AT FRIEZE by Rachel Corbett

Art made out of toys, trash, yarn and more at the 2012 Frieze Art Fair in New York.

Art Market Watch THE SCREAM: SOTHEBY'S IMP & MOD DOES $330.6 MILLION

A huge 76-lot sale, led by the record-setting Munch The Scream at $119.9 million

Cultural Olympiad 2012 ART AT THE HEART OF THE GAME by Emily Nathan

The first-ever Cultural Olympiad, held in conjunction with London's 2012 Olympic Games, brings 12,000 cultural events by 25,000 international artists to the U.K.

Art Market Watch WHAT MONEY LIKES by Charlie Finch

The sale of Edvard Munch's The Scream for $119 million prompts a definition of "market esthetics."

Party Pictures FRIEZE WARM-UP

In advance of the art fairs, a quick look at some gallery and museum shows not to be missed.

Art Market Watch CHRISTIE'S IMP & MOD DOES $117 MILLION

A $19 million Cezanne, a $19 million Matisse, a $10 million Picasso, ho-hum.

Tennessee Williams STELLA AND HER STARS by Tony Fitzpatrick

Tony Fitzpatrick pays homage to the great American playwright, Tennessee Williams, who wrote insightful and empathetic roles for women that have no equal.

NEW THIS MONTH IN U.S. MUSEUMS

Renaissance Bronzes, Phyllida Barlow, Taryn Simon, Edouard Vuillard, "Craft Spoken Here," Joan Miró, Mark Dion, Ai Weiwei, Roy Lichtenstein, Christer Strömholm, Omer Fast, "Maharaja," José Bedia, Land Art, more.

Artnet Design "FOG" IN SAN FRANCISCO, MODERNISM IN NYC, AND A BERTOIA MAQUETTE by Brook S. Mason

A special screen by Harry Bertoia, plus new modernist fairs in San Francisco and New York.

New Art MAGIC AMID THE MONEY by Jerry Saltz

Reject the market. Embrace the market. How I've found new magic amid all that money.

ARTNET NEWS

New York critics head to Grand Rapids to judge the $100,000 ArtPrize, plus, the art world responds to May Day, and Rachel Feinstein's rose for Creative Time.

Close Encounters THE 4TH ANNUAL DALLAS ART FAIR by Linda Yablonsky

Almost 80 galleries gathered in the Big D for a Texas-style art fair.

SPRINGTIME IN PARIS by Elisabeth Kley

"Arthur Rainbow" at Air de Paris, with Dorothy Iannone, Jean-Luc Verna and others, plus André Raffray, Richard Kern, Ryan Gander and Gelitin in the City of Light.

Art Market Watch NEW HIGH FOR PHILLIPS DESIGN IN LONDON by Jessica Mizrachi

Diego Giacometti, Ruhlmann, Mies lead Phillips de Pury & Company London spring sale of contemporary design.

Art Horoscope THE MAY PERSPECTIVE by Leigh Oswald

Venus in retrograde demands a serious review of what really matters.

NYC Gallery Shows THE NEW YORK LIST, 4/27/2012 by Emily Nathan

New gallery exhibitions in New York of works by Ernesto Neto, Tony Matelli, Audrey Flack, John Beech and Lorraine O'Grady.

ARTNET NEWS

Berlin Gallery Weekend 2012, Courtney Love gets her first art show, Adam Lindemann opens a gallery and Toomer Labzda takes on bird art.

THE FAILURE OF COOPER UNION by Charlie Finch

A personal view of the legendary East Village school, founded to offer a tuition-free education.

AI WEIWEI AT WHITE BOX by Emily Nathan

Chinese dissident Ai Weiwei is honored at White Box, joining the action live via Skype.

Carol Brown Goldberg AT THE CENTER by Donald Kuspit

Carol Brown Goldberg's hand at drawing is as deft, swift and masterful as the medium's masters -- Matisse, Dürer and Rembrandt.

Affinities and Enchantments: CAROL BROWN GOLDBERG'S DRAWINGS by Donald Kuspit

Carol Brown Goldberg's hand at drawing is as deft, swift and masterful as the medium's masters -- Matisse, Dürer and Rembrandt.

Gudjon Ketilsson A CAPILLACEOUS UNDERTAKING by John Drury

It's all about hair for the eccentric Icelandic woodcarver Gudjon Ketilsson at Luise Ross Gallery.

Frieze New York GUIDE TO THE NEW FRIEZE WEEK NY by Rachel Corbett

An all new week of spring art events is upon us with the inauguration of Frieze New York. Don't miss the action with this guide to Frieze, the satellite fairs, the auctions and beyond.

Art Market Watch EUROPEAN ART AT CHRISTIE'S NEW YORK by Jessica Mizrachi

Christie's small sale of 19th-century European art totals $6.3 million and sets two new records.

OBAMA VERSUS ROMNEY by Charlie Finch

As an African-American and a Mormon face off in the 2012 presidential race, expect the unexpected

Bulletin from Beijing ART IN CHINA: PUBLIC & PRIVATE by Barbara Pollack

From the huge Minsheng Bank to the ambitious new government-funded Shanghai Biennial, with James Elaine's new Telescope Space in between.

Artnet News CONDÉ NAST FIGHTS TO DISMISS LIBEL LAWSUIT by Rachel Corbett

While Condé Nast argues in court for the dismissal of Peter Paul Biro's libel lawsuit, Biro's attorney seeks to step up the claims against the media empire and the New Yorker.

Paul Etienne Lincoln GILDING THE ACORN by Elisabeth Kley

Artist Paul Etienne Lincoln unveils his poetic, hand-tooled machine -- a singing, schnapps-dispensing mechanical pig -- at Tribeca's Duane Park cabaret.

Art Dealer's Diary FAIR FATIGUE AT ART COLOGNE 2012 by Kenny Schachter

Along with a few kudos, a generally dyspeptic view of Art Cologne 46, Apr. 18-22, 2012.

SOFA NY 201 A REINVIGORATED FAIR by Brook S. Mason

The 15th annual Sculpture Objects & Functional Art (SOFA) Fair opens at the Park Avenue Armory in New York.

GOODBYE JACKIE by Charlie Finch

RIP Jackie McAllister, 1962-2012, artist, curator and critic, from complications of a stroke.

"Snapshot" POST-IMPRESSIONIST PICTURE THEORY by Emily Nathan

Elizabeth W. Easton's "Snapshot: Painters and Photography, Bonnard to Vuillard" is a revelation.

ARTNET NEWS

LA museums take a cue from NY with celeb programming, Naples museum protests budget cuts with art burning, Lucian Freud's daughter memorializes her father in London exhibition.

Brooklyn Artists Ball 2012 JUDY ON MY MIND by Emily Nathan

The world's fiercest females, especially Judy Chicago, sparkle at the 2012 Brooklyn Artists Ball.

Kathy Ruttenberg IN THE FEMALE UNCONSCIOUS by Donald Kuspit

Kathy Ruttenberg's ceramic sculptures seem to have sprung directly from the artist's sensual, down-to-earth unconscious.

Martin Wilner THE JEW MANUSCRIPTS by Mickey Cartin

At Sperone Westwater, a graphic project by artist and psychoanalyst Martin Wilner measures the pulse of the people.

Lagrange v. Knoedler LAWYERS CHASE ELUSIVE FIGURE IN KNOEDLER LAWSUIT by Rachel Corbett

Lawyers for Pierre Lagrange, buyer of a $17 mil possibly fake Jackson Pollock from Knoedler & Co., have turned their attention to gallery owner Michael Hammer.

Christopher Wool CONTROLLED BELLIGERENCE by Elizabeth Kley

A new exhibition of Christopher Wool's silkscreens on canvas at the Musée d'Art Moderne in Paris.

Artnet Design GALLERIES GET BIG IN HOUSTON, NYC & PHILADELPHIA by Brook S. Mason

Sicardi Gallery in Houston, Keno Auctions and Les Enluminures in New York, and Calderwood Galleries in Philadelphia.

Party Pictures OUT WITH RASHID JOHNSON Photos by Pedro Vélez

New York artist Rashid Johnson opens "Message for Our Folks" at the MCA Chicago.

Mel Bochner CONSTELLATION OF IDEAS by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp

In "Theory of Sculpture: Fontana's Light," Mel Bochner revisits his early Conceptual Art pieces through a lens of bright glass.

ARTNET NEWS

110 artists at the 30th Sao Paulo Bienal, critics trash Damien Hirst's retrospective at Tate Modern and a Cooper Union student's tuition protest prank.

LESS IS LESS ON THE L.E.S. by Charlie Finch

A ramble through the Lower East Side gallery scene, with Half Gallery, Frosch & Portmann, Lesley Heller, Blackston and Munch.

ARTNET NEWS

Coming up Warhol, at the Metropolitan Museum and with William John Kennedy's 1963 photos of the artist. Plus, the third San Juan Poly/Graphic Triennial opens in Puerto Rico.

Egyptian Art EGYPT, THE EARLY YEARS by N.F. Karlins

A look at the mysterious relics from the predynastic era in "The Dawn of Egyptian Art" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Bipolar Paintings PETER HOWSON, THE SCOTTISH BOSCH by Donald Kuspit

Artist Peter Howson, whose new works are on view at Flowers Gallery in New York, renews the religiosity of painting.

IS BLACK ART TOO KITSCHY? by Charlie Finch

African-American artists, now finally in some form of ascendancy, have used ornament for a new burst of visual expression.

Jiyoung Koo EIGHT QUESTIONS FOR JIYOUNG KOO by Brook S. Mason

From Sotheby's expert to luxury hotel art advisor for the Solair Wilshire, the Seoul Lotte World Tower and the Bahrain Four Seasons.

LOST ANGEL by Tony Fitzpatrick

Art fairs, biennials, the “art-world clown car” and a bold proposal for Chicago’s new cultural plan.

Gallery Shows L.A. THE LOS ANGELES LIST, 4/12/2012 by Emily Nathan

From a trip to L.A., reviews of Dasha Shishkin, Elizabeth Peyton, Jonas Wood, Sarah Braman, Kelly Poe Holly Coulis.

Ugo Rondinone DISTILLED SPIRITS by Ilka Scobie

Artist Ugo Rondinone curates "The Spirit Level" at both New York spaces of Gladstone Gallery.

Artnet News GUGGENHEIM GOES GLOBAL by Rachel Corbett

Tired of its Eurocentric ways, the Guggenheim announces plans to acquire and exhibit artworks from the lesser-traveled corners of the globe.

Fred Wilson BLACK AND WHITE AND NOTHING IN BETWEEN by Donald Kuspit

Fred Wilson's "Venice Suite," responding to Pietro Longhi, is a study in contrasts between the popularizing and the avant-garde

Bill Powers THE ART LOVER by Walter Robinson

Bill Powers new book, What We Lose in Flowers, has surprises, and truth.

Rammellzee NOW, VOYAGER by Carlo McCormick

A Hip-Hop genius and artistic pioneer, Rammellzee conjured another universe far more magical than our own.

RIP THOMAS KINKADE by Jerry Saltz

Jerry Saltz on the passing of Thomas Kinkade, the self-described "painter of light," 1958-2012.

ARTNET NEWS

Kinkade sales skyrocket, kid artists at the Guggenheim, MAD "nightlife" fellows, and new legal troubles for Gardner Museum heist figure.

NYC20 MICHAEL BRUNO ON THE NEW 1STDIBS FAIR by Brook S. Mason

A conversation with the founder of 1stdibs on the NYC20 art and design fair, opening Apr. 12-15, 2012.

WHY IS AMERICAN TASTE SO CRAPPY? by Charlie Finch

The death of kitsch painter Thomas Kinkade reminds us that America leads the world in cultural crap.

Art Market Watch NEW YORK SPRING PHOTO SALES, PLUS SOTHEBY'S HONG KONG by Jessica Mizrachi

New auction records for Brassai, Carl Van Vechten, Sally Mann, Francesca Woodman, Philip Lorca-diCorcia, Christian Schad, and a $26.7 million Chinese brush washer.

Arch Connelly THE PEARL DIVER by Walter Robinson

Hurry up! The not-to-be-missed Arch Connelly show at La Mama Galleria closes tomorrow.

ARTNET NEWS

All about the new Barnes Foundation facility in Philadelphia, life at the post-biennial Whitney, and Miami's Seven art fair lands in New York

Pedro E. Guerrero PHOTOGRAPHS OF MODERN LIFE by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp

A show of the architectural photographs of 94-year-old Pedro E. Guerrero focuses on Wright, Calder and Nevelson.

Art Law THE KNOEDLER-ROSALES CASE: A DEALER'S DEFENSE by Daniel Grant

Art dealer Ann Freedman arguments in the case of the Knoedler-Rosales forgery allegations.

Gallery Shows NY THE NEW YORK LIST, 4/4/2012 by Emily Nathan

Nari Ward, Jacqueline Humphries, Alex Bag and Patterson Beckwith, Moyra Davey, Ron Gorchov, Shannon Plumb.

Close Encounters PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN AND NOT by Linda Yablonsky

Two new books on photography -- one containing artist testimonials about snapshots they didn't take, and one tracing the career of "amateur" documentarian Charles Cushman.

WILD STRAWBERRIES AT 55 by Charlie Finch

Revisiting the legacy of Swedish auteur Ingmar Bergmann, and the beautiful women he cast in his films.

William Bailey CONSTRUCTED HALLUCINATIONS by Donald Kuspit

William Bailey's paintings are abstract fantasies whose forms and colors are more important than their emotional and social meaning.

ARTNET NEWS

A Philip Roth cease and desist, protests greet BMW Guggenheim Lab in Berlin, Met finally gets Brooke Astor bequest, expanded Stedelijk debuts in September 2012.

Art Law READING THE TEA LEAVES IN THE KNOEDLER MESS by Daniel Grant

Caught up in an FBI investigation and numerous lawsuits, the now-defunct Knoedler & Company gallery and its former director face a long slog.

NEW THIS MONTH IN U.S. MUSEUMS

Herb Ritts, Heinrich Kuehn, Alex Katz prints, Daido Moriyama, Cai Guo-Qiang, Rashid Johnson, Stefan Sagmeister, Kraftwerk, Julie Mehretu, Katharina Wulff, Durer's drawings, Japanese woodblock prints, African American Art since the Harlem Renaissance, more.

Morley Safer PLAYING IT SAFER by Jerry Saltz

Jerry Saltz on Morley Safer's facile 60-Minutes art-world screed

Close Encounters A PEEPSHOW AT THE MET by Linda Yablonsky

The Metropolitan Museum's "Naked before the Camera" studies the history of nude photography.

Art Horoscope THE APRIL PERSPECTIVE by Leigh Oswald

The first sign of the zodiac, Aries is all "behold, I make things new."

Art Market Watch ANDY WARHOL: DOCUDRAMA

Andy Warhol's self-portrait photostat revealed! Plus, on artnet Auctions, a sale devoted to "The Art of the Photographic Document."

ALL THE ACTION AT AIPAD by Rachel Corbett

Strolling the halls at the 32nd annual AIPAD photography fair.

Artnet Design MARIA PERGAY, DAL FABBRO, & THE 1STDIBS DESIGN FAIR by Brook S. Mason

It's all about 81-year-old designer Maria Pergay. Plus, Mario Dal Fabbro at Maison Gerard, the 1stdibs design fair, and celadon seating from Hun-Chung Lee.

Ceramics in L.A. FEATS OF CLAY by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp

Tempests about teapots? The real story of avant-garde Los Angeles ceramics, via two exhibitions sponsored by the Getty's PST initiative.

BABE by Tony Fitzpatrick

An homage to Lou Beach, "one of our greatest living collagists."

ARTNET NEWS

Red Grooms' baseball folly, Morgan Spurlock's Street Art show, an unknown Cézanne "Card Players" study, an $800 million art cache in Germany, and artists Alina and Jeff Bliumis want invitations to dinner.

Art Market Watch ASIA WEEK NEW YORK 2012 by Jessica Mizrach

Sotheby's, Christie's, Doyle, Bonhams -- more than $120 million in Asia Week auctions in New York.

DING DONG THE WITCH IS DEAD by Charlie Finch

RIP Hilton Kramer, 1928-2012, the art critic with the worst eye ever.

Dependent Art Fair EIGHT HOURS AT THE COMFORT INN by Jerry Saltz

The zingiest art fair of the season was a one-day event in a Lower East Side motel.

"L.A. Raw" RADICAL CALIFORNIA by Patricia Cronin

"Abject Expressionism" -- Kienholz, Foulkes, Garabedian, Paul McCarthy, plus 37 others -- at the 10-year-old Pasadena Museum of California Art.

NYC Gallery Shows THE NEW YORK LIST, 3/23/2012 by Emily Nathan

Henry Taylor, Hans Breder, David Lynch, Jim Shaw, Hernan Bas, Todd James, Mona Kuhn, Grayson Cox.

Exit Art EXIT INTERVIEW by Rachel Corbett

The beloved indie-art space says goodbye with a final exhibition, "Every Exit is an Entrance," a retrospective of its own 30-year history.

DEFENDING PAINTING AND SCULPTURE by Charlie Finch

Charlie Finch makes a case for the "fixed world of painting and sculpture," often sidelined in favor of performance art.

Whitney Biennial 2012 ROMPER ROOM by Charlie Finch

Is the 2012 Whitney Biennial so fake it makes your skin crawl?

Art Market Watch HOW BIG IS THE GLOBAL ART MARKET? by Rachel Corbett

A new report from The European Fine Art Foundation slices and dices the global art market.

Delia Brown DELIA BROWN GETS SERIOUS, SORT OF by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp

The subjects of the artist Delia Brown, seen in a pair of shows in Los Angeles at Angles Gallery and Martha Otero.

ARTNET NEWS

Human Rights Watch update on Saadiyat Island museums. Plus, collector funds new Dubai art district, and study shows art is good for stroke patients.

Artnet Design KARL LAGERFELD TO DESIGN PARIS BIENNALE by Brook S. Mason

Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld is set to stage a Belle Époque atmosphere at the posh Paris Biennale this fall.

John Newman CHAMBERED NAUTILUS by Charlie Finch

Grabbing a seashell conceit to hold onto the new works by sculptor John Newman at Tibor de Nagy Gallery.

Kehinde Wiley TOWARDS A NEW WORLD PORTRAIT by Ilka Scobie

Kehinde Wiley's paintings of young black men from Jerusalem and Tel Aviv transform the Jewish Museum.

FIVE STAGES OF CONFERENCE GRIEF (WITH APOLOGIES TO ELISABETH KUBLER-ROSS) by Peter Plagens

In which our writer attends a three-day-long Philadelphia conference for Warhol Foundation / Creative Capital grantees to listen to lectures, gather in breakout sessions and schmooze over meals.

Zhang Jian LOOKING ON by Charlie Finch

The liberty of looking at one painting -- Zhang Jian's Chang-An Street at Martha Sutherland Fine Arts.

TEFAF Maastricht BIG AMERICANS, BIG SALES by Brook S. Mason

Despite an influx of Chinese collectors, Americans are still big players at TEFAF Maastricht 2012.

Shanxi Tombs ALL THE UNDERWORLD'S A STAGE by N.F. Karlins

A new exhibition at the China Institute in Manhattan looks at "Theater, Life and the Afterlife" during China's Jin Dynasy.

Art Market Watch BOSTON MFA BUYS FRANS FRANCKEN MASTERPIECE FOR $12 MILLION by Paul Jeromack

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, acquires a Frans Francken masterpiece at TEFAF Maastricht and sets a record for both the artist and for the museum.

TEFAF Maastricht DUTCH TREAT by Brook S. Mason

A top ten selection from the 265 exhibitors at the 25th annual European Fine Art Fair in Maastricht, the Netherlands

ARTNET NEWS

Boston artists fight defense contractor, Francesca Woodman at the Guggenheim, a major gift for the Whitney and the Pompidou, and the actress who played Jan Brady gets an art show.

Tales of Two Cities AT LARGE IN LONDON & PARIS by Adrian Dannatt

Christian Leigh at Castillo/Corrales, Mike Kelly's Picabia, Bourgeois nu assis, Dorothea Tanning, Carmen Herrera, Rose Hinton, Cy Twombly at Eykyn Maclean, Therese Oulton, Andrew Strauss and John and Paul Herring.

WHEN A GOOD PAINTER GOES BAD by Charlie Finch

When the lemmings head to the sea, be a seagull -- Stella Michaels, Albert Oehlen and Native American art dealer John Molloy

Ellen Harvey THE NUDIST MUSEUM GIFT SHOP by Jane Dickson

Visitors enter Ellen Harvey's gleeful Nudist Museum the same way they exit -- through the gift shop.

Gerhard Richter PAINTING, ON FILM by Emily Nathan

The stunning Corinna Belz documentary on Gerhard Richter's painting process opens at New York's Film Forum.

ARTNET NEWS

Who is the Armory Show art tagger? Plus, 100 Critics from Davidson College.

NYC Gallery Shows THE NEW YORK LIST, 3/14/2012 by Emily Nathan

Jan Groover, Thomas Schütte, Ryan McNamara, Frances Stark, Roy Lichtenstein's Chinese landscapes, Virgins at Family Business gallery, more.

ARTNET NEWS

Asia Week vs. Asia Week, Chelsea Hotel art goes missing, live-streaming TEFAF Maastricht 2012, and "Eye and Mind" art chocolates.

People Pictures ARMORY WEEK 2012 Photos by Paul Laster

Remembering Armory Week 2012 via photos from a week of exhibitions, dinners and parties, Mar. 5-11, 2012.

Mono-ha TENSION AND RESTRAINT by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp Mar. 14, 2012

At Blum & Poe in Los Angeles, an unprecedented show of works by the Japanese artists of "Mono-ha," or "School of Things."

Donald Baechler THE WINSOME NEO-EXPRESSIONIST by Julie Ryan

A survey of works by Donald Baechler at the Fisher Landau Center for Art in Long Island City.

CHARLES SPURRIER: A HISTORY by Charlie Finch

New works by Charles Spurrier at New York's Margaret Thatcher Projects.

Rob Pruitt SIGN HERE by Jerry Saltz

Jerry Saltz gets an autograph from a very naked Rob Pruitt at New York's Karma Books.

Art Market Watch WHY ART IS LIKE SPORTS by Charlie Finch

If it has always been about the money, is it only about the money?

Art Market Watch WOMEN TAKE OVER IN NEW YORK MOD & CONTEMPO SALES by Jessica Mizrachi

International Women's Day in the auction salesrooms? Mid-season sales of modern and contemporary art at Christie's, Sotheby's and Phillips de Pury in New York.

Fountain Art Fair FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH Photos by Walter Robinson

A scrappy DIY air pervades the Fountain Art Fair at the 69th Regiment Armory on lower Lexington Avenue.

Volta NY 2012 ZAP! SIZZLE! POP! by Walter Robinson

Instagramming at Volta NY, which by the way perfects the art-fair formula.

THE INDEPENDENT COMES OF AGE by Rachel Corbett

See why the über-international Independent fair gives its name-brand competitors a run for their money.

SCOPE NY 2012 FOOTLOOSE AND FANCY-FREE by Emily Nathan

The small, vibrant art fair sets up shop across from the Armory, offering viewers a campy feast for their tired eyes.

ARMORY SHOW 2012 by Rachel Corbett. Raised spirits at the VIP preview for the 2012 Armory Show

Raised spirits at the VIP preview for the 2012 Armory Show

Close Encounters THE LOWDOWN ON THE UPPERCRUST ART FAIR by Linda Yablonsky

Business is booming at the strange Art Dealers Association of America Art Show at the Park Avenue Armory.

THE STEINS COLLECT: AN IRREVERENT REPORT by Michèle C. Cone

The history of 20th-century art was written on the walls of their homes by Leo, Gertrude, Michael and Sarah Stein.

Whitney Biennial 2012 LEAVING BABYLON by Jerry Saltz

Whitney Biennial curators Elizabeth Sussman and Jay Sanders consider the post-crash afterlife.

GETTIN' DOWN WITH MELISSA BROWN by Charlie Finch

Melissa Brown's paintings involve a complex system of strategies worthy of the founder of game theory.

Artnet News DOWNTOWN IS HIP AGAIN AT DEPENDENT, SPRING/BREAK

The Dependent art fair on Ludlow Street and the Spring/Break Art Show on Mott.

Puerto Rico Sun WHOLE LOTTA PAIN by Pedro Vélez

"Vividos / Vividos," a show addressing brutal personal truths, at the Museo de Arte de Caguas in Puerto Rico.

ARTNET NEWS

John Ahearn to revive "South Bronx Hall of Fame" at Frieze New York; the Brooklyn Museum Artists Ball's all-women roster; Nahmads deny ownership of possibly Nazi-looted Modigliani; Christie's draws attention to a Dutch Old Masters sale with a world tour kicking off in Doha.

Diary of an Art Star OCCUPY WINE BAR AT THE 2012 WHITNEY BIENNIAL by Reverend Jen

The cheese is back at the Whitney Biennial, and all is well in America.

Mel Ramos AMERICAN DREAM GIRLS by Donald Kuspit

Mel Ramos is an ironical dialectician, and a social moralist and critical realist despite himself

NEW THIS MONTH IN U.S. MUSEUMS

Whitney Biennial 2012, contemporary ceramics, Kehinde Wiley in Israel, Byzantium and Islam, Exquisite Corpse, Keith Haring, the Art of Video Games, more.

"The Ungovernables" BIG-GOVERNMENT CONSERVATIVES by Jerry Saltz

Jerry Saltz on why the New Museum's triennial survey needs a dollop of anarchy.

Artnet News MARCH ART-FAIR MADNESS IN NYC

It's not just "Armory Week." At least 10 art fairs are coming to New York this month.

Art Market Watch SOTHEBY'S $5.8 BILLION FOR 2011 IS SECOND-HIGHEST YEAR EVER by Jessica Mizrachi

Sotheby's announces year-end results for 2011, the highest total since 2007 boom.

Brucennial 2012 HIGH AND LOW by Rachel Corbett

Highlights from the Brucennial, the parody version of the Whitney Biennial put on by the agitator-art collective Bruce High Quality Foundation.

Savannah Dispatch KALUP LINZY'S NEW ACT by Emily Nathan

The performance artist debuts his newest character, Kaye -- the male protagonist of his forthcoming feature film -- at SCAD in Georgia.

IT'S ALL HAPPENING by Barbara Pollack

An interview with curator Milly Glimcher about "Happenings: New York, 1958-1963" at the Pace Gallery.

Art Horoscope THE MARCH PERSPECTIVE by Leigh Oswald

Pisces, the last sign of the zodiac, can feel a divine discontent on our flawed planet.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir FULL-FIGURED by N.F. Karlins

"Renoir, Impressionism and Full-Length Painting" at the Frick Collection.

Whitney Biennial 2012 RISKY SITUATIONS by Emily Nathan

The Whitney Museum of American Art unveils its signature show, the Whitney Biennial, Mar. 1-May 27, 2012.

Whitney Biennial A VERY SHORT HISTORY OF THE WHITNEY BIENNIAL by Charlie Finch

Gaping back down memory lane for the Whitney Biennial high points, or any points for that matter.

SUPERSTARS DELVE INTO TRIBAL JEWELRY by Brook S. Mason

"Adornment," a new show at Tambaran Gallery on the Upper East Side, presents exotic wares from many cultures.

GIACOMETTI AND GERRI DAVIS by Charlie Finch

Musings on unsettlement, and the paring down of life in the approach to brokenness and death.

Savannah Dispatch THE FRED WILSON TREATMENT by Emily Nathan

In advance of his upcoming exhibition at New York's Pace Gallery next month, artist Fred Wilson intervenes at the Savannah College of Art and Design's newly renovated museum.

Charles Atlas MAPPING NEW TERRITORY by Elisabeth Kley

Dancing, morphing numbers from Charles Atlas inaugurate Luhring Augustine's new Bushwick space.

Ken Price REMEMBERING SCULPTOR KEN PRICE by Jerry Saltz

RIP Ken Price, 1935-2012, ceramic sculptor of dazzling color and cubo-biomorphic form.

John Chamberlain JUNKYARD BLUES

"John Chamberlain: Choices" at the Guggenheim Museum.

Adel Abdessemed STRIKE LIKE A BUTCHER, WITHOUT HATE by Emily Nathan

The Algerian-born, Paris-based artist Adel Abdessemed debuts a striking new body of work at David Zwirner gallery.

CINDY SHERMAN: BECOMING by Jerry Saltz

On the occasion of her survey exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, Cindy Sherman collaborates with Jerry Saltz on a project for New York magazine.

THE UNGOVERNABLE ALL-STARS by Charlie Finch

While the New Museum fetes a squad of "Ungovernable" rookies, our scribe imagines a more seasoned team.

Palm Springs THE PALM SPRINGS FINE ART FAIR by Deborah Ripley

Rick Friedman and the Hamptons Expo Group bring their fine art fair to the Palm Springs oasis in California.

Rosenblum & Seltzer TWO HEADS ARE BETTER THAN ONE by Elisabeth Kley

A perfectly coordinated, perfectly kitsch and perfectly repulsive tango of absurdity from, at The Hole.

ARTNET NEWS

Schachter & Sons in London, the Whitney Houston Biennial, Tobias Meyer restores a Keith Haring for the LGBT center, and police raids unearth an Italian antiquities scam.

Asia Week LOOK AHEAD TO ASIA WEEK 2012 by Brook S. Mason

This year's Asia Week, which launches in Manhattan on Mar. 16, 2012, is more contemporary than ever.

WHO IS ROZALIA JOVANOVIC? by Charlie Finch

Say hello to Rozalia Jovanovic, the new art reporter at GalleristNY.

Reverend Jen CHICK LIT FOR THE AVANT-GARDE by Walter Robinson

Survey Says: You must go out and buy the new memoir by the "sex symbol for the insane," the Lower East Side Art Star known as Reverend Jen.

Art Market Watch AFRICAN-AMERICAN ART AT AUCTION by Daniel Grant

Twice-yearly auctions of African-America art at Leslie Hindman Auctioneers and Swann Galleries.

Cindy Sherman MASQUERADE BALL by Rachel Corbett

With a 40-year career retrospective opening at the Museum of Modern Art, the chameleon photographer is still looking to the future.

STAR FOR A RADIO DEVIL by Tony Fitzpatrick

Tony Fitzpatrick on the joy of drawing "wise-ass, hot-foot, flaming-bag-of-dog-shit-on-your-porch" devils -- and not just to piss people off.

Ellsworth Kelly CALIFORNIA DOUBLE FEATURE by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp

Ellsworth Kelly rocks Los Angeles with a show of prints at LACMA and the debut exhibition at Matthew Marks L.A.

WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson

Damien Hirst spots, Eric Fischl friends, Jason Fox Jesus, Antony Johnson trauma and Sarah Kurz romance.

Art Market Watch LONDON SALES OF CONTEMPORARY ART by Jessica Mizrachi

Tweeting the results of the Richterrific sales and Baconfidence at the auctions in London.

Art Los Angeles Contemporary 2012 GO WEST, YOUNG ART FAIR by Pedro Vélez

West Coast élan and plenty of star power at the third edition of Art Los Angeles Contemporary.

ARTNET NEWS

Bushwick and Chelsea go head to head with dueling openings; Marc Jancou sues Sotheby's and Cady Noland; Christian Boltanski to make monthly videos for the rest of his life; Marina Abramovic enlists Rem Koolhaas to design new performing-arts center.

Cindy Sherman THE LAST STAR by Charlie Finch

The triumph of Cindy Sherman, as her retrospective opens at the Museum of Modern Art.

Takashi Murakami HAPPY BIRTHDAY BUDDHA by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp

Takashi Murakami takes his signature artworks to the Arab world.

Yayoi Kusama THE LAST WORD by Rachel Corbett

A new memoir by the eccentric 82-year-old "polka-dot painter" is a catalogue of surprisingly entertaining mind scraps.

Ouattara Watts HEAD OVER HEELS by Walter Robinson

Vladimir Restoin Roitfeld presents 15 new paintings by Ouattara Watts at a provisional space in the far West Village.

Whitney Biennial MITT ROMNEY AND FOREST BESS

On the occasion of the Whitney Biennial, a conflation of Mitt Romney and visionary Texas artist Forrest Bess (1911-1977).

The Ungovernables THE NEW CAPITAL: A CHEAT SHEET

It's here! "The Ungovernables," brings 34 young artists and art groups from around the world to the New Museum Triennial.

Old Masters LOOTED BY THE NAZIS, A ROMANINO IS RETURNED by Paul Jeromack

A dispute over a looted Old Master ends after the work is seized while on loan to a U.S. museum.

Robert Grosvenor TRASH VERSUS ELEGANCE by Charlie Finch

Two new sculptures by Robert Grosvenor at Paula Cooper Gallery, viewed in the context of Damian Hirst spotmania.

Klara Lidén AFTER-CHRISTMAS INVENTORY by Jerry Saltz

Klara Lidén channels the poignancy of discarded streetside trees in her exhibition at Reena Spaulings Fine Art.

NYC Gallery Shows THE NEW YORK LIST, 2/10/2012 by Emily Nathan

Jon Kessler, Alec Soth, Kay Rosen, Anne Truitt, Terry Winters, Willie Doherty, Mary Corse and Zimoun.

Art Market Watch SALES IN LONDON: IMPRESSIONIST, MODERN AND SURREALIST by Jessica Mizrachi

Christie's smashes Sotheby's by almost $90 million in back-to-back sales of Impressionist & Modern and Surrealist sales in London.

Tony Oursler THE MAN BEHIND THE MOVING CAMERA by Emily Nathan

Tony Oursler screens his single-channel videos at Electronic Arts Intermix.

ARTNET NEWS

A judge fires the executor of the embattled Allan Stone estate. Plus, the windy city loses Art Chicago but gains new fair Expo Chicago, and PS1 gets a pollution-fighting installation for its courtyard.

AIFAF Palm Beach SUPER-CHIC DESIGN AND MORE by Brook S. Mason

David Lester's American International Fine Art Fair takes a turn towards elegant 20th-century design, and even contemporary art.

Arte Fiera 2012 DOWN BUT NOT OUT by Mark Kostabi

This time around, Arte Fiera in Bologna was better for the flaneurs than the dealers.

Metropolitan Museum THE TWO KOCHS by Charlie Finch

The cunning elites and the democratic plaza at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Kiki Smith SORCERY AND SENSUALISM

"Visionary Sugar: Works by Kiki Smith," a survey of new bronze and aluminum sculptures, Jacquard tapestries, drawings on Nepal paper and more at the Neuberger Museum.

Blumka Gallery COLLECTING MEDIEVAL AND BAROQUE TREASURES by Brook S. Mason

Carved ivories, giltwood angels and more in "Collecting Treasures of the Past VII" at Blumka Gallery in Manhattan.

Football HOW SUPER IS THE SUPER BOWL? by Charlie Finch

Cultural ignorance and Super Bowl kitsch, Mitt Romney's antiseptic robotism, NYPD thuggery against OWS and more.

American Art THE BONEYARD PROJECT

Out at the Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, a show of art made from airplane nose cones, and entire airplanes.

Joe Colombo THE COMEBACK KID by Brook S. Mason

Paying homage to Joe Colombo's revolutionary and pragmatic designs in plastic closes at R20th Century in Tribeca.

ARTNET NEWS

Twelve of the nation's top 50 donors of 2011 are arts patrons, new Walmart to displace three Miami art fairs, and a tale of fake Basquiats, Harings and Warhols.

Art Market Watch OLD MASTERS IN NEW YORK by Jessica Mizrachi

More than $130 million in the January Old Master sales at Christie's and Sotheby's New York.

New Art Examiner AMERICAN ART CRITICISM LIVES! by Donald Kuspit

Every article in The Essential New Art Examiner, the new anthology of Chicago art criticism, is worth the serious read.

Close Encounters TREES TO FOREST: KLARA LIDÉN AT REENA SPAULINGS by Linda Yablonsky

Swedish artist Klara Lidén stages a forest of discarded Christmas trees inside the Lower East Side gallery.

Spencer's Art Law Journal Edited by Ronald D. Spencer

The Statue of Limitations and Recovery of Artworks, by Judith Wallace.

R.I.P. Dorothea Tanning UTTERLY POSSESSING by Jerry Saltz

Jerry Saltz pays homage to the artist who stood at the center of the Surrealist movement, a "vicious mill for women," and refused to play second fiddle.

ARTNET NEWS

Janine Gordon files new brief in Ryan McGinley copyright case. Plus, David Reed does skateboards, Denver law students oppose Christo's Over the River and a Mona Lisa replica sheds new light on the masterpiece.

ANTIQUARIES IN AMERICA by Walter Robinson

"Making History: Antiquaries in Britain, 1707-2007" at the Yale Center for British Art.

Mike Kelley THE PERVERSE MASTER by Jerry Saltz

RIP Mike Kelley, 1954-2012, who turned L.A. foreboding into an all-out acrimonious art of darkness.

NEW THIS MONTH IN U.S. MUSEUMS

Van Gogh, Tacita Dean, Renoir, Juan Downey, Gauguin, John Chamberlain, Cindy Sherman, Rineke Djikstra, Jules Olitski, "The Generational," "The Art Of Golf," Outsider Art, more.

Mike Kelley MIKE AND IKE by Charlie Finch

RIP Mike Kelley, 1954-2012

Venice Biennale MASSI ON MY MIND by Jerry Saltz

As Massimiliano Gioni takes over, new hope for the Venice Biennale.

Art Horoscope THE FEBRUARY PERSPECTIVE by Leigh Oswald

Despite the global socio / economic / political / environmental mess we find ourselves in, Neptune entering in Pisces from the 3rd onward brings hope for the rebalancing of energies.

John Cage CAGED IN 2012 by Charlie Finch

Charlie Finch ponders the legacy of pioneering composer John Cage on the centennial of his birth.

TREES A CROWD by James Croak

Tracking an increased prevalence of art that deals in organic iconography -- and uses trees in particular.

Jean Dubuffet QUIXOTIC QUICKSAND? JEAN DUBUFFET'S "GROUNDLESS" PAINTINGS by Donald Kuspit

In his final years, the 80-year-old Jean Dubuffet continued his experiments with elevating street art to high art.

Accra Shepp OCCUPY THE ART WORLD by Barbara Pollack

An interview with photographer Accra Shepp, who is taking pictures of Occupy Wall Street, one person at a time.

ARTNET NEWS

Beach Boys lyricist Van Dyke Parks tells painter Erik den Breejen to "cease and desist." Plus, 1980s AIDS activist collective Gran Fury gets a new survey, and Sandro Kopp paints Skype portraits of his celebrity friends.

Anthony Haden-Guest THE HATED GUEST by Charlie Finch

Famed scribe Anthony Haden-Guest hosts a benefit for his efforts to recover the contents of his storage locker.

Bernhard Martin PERVERSE PLEASURES by Gesine Borcherdt

German painter Bernhard Martin brings a sense of "bel cazzo vita figa" -- cock-pussy life -- to his show at London's Union Gallery.

Jordan Wolfson's Video THE SEMITE, SMITTEN by Emily Nathan

The young artist's new CGI animated video, featuring a schizoid character unofficially called "The Jew," goes on view at uptown hotspot Alex Zachary Peter Currie.

Art Market Watch ARTNET AUCTIONS 2011: A YEAR OF TOP LOTS by Jessica Mizrachi

The highlights of 2011's Artnet Auctions, for those of you who haven't yet started taking note of the haps in online art sales.

Simone Leigh MOUTHING OFF by Elizabeth Kley

The pioneering black artist "channels the power of prehistoric female craft" with a monumental exhibition of new work at the Kitchen.

Old Masters NGA SNAGS $1.5 MIL DE KEYSER by Paul Jeromack

In Christie's New York "Old Master Paintings" sale, Jan. 25, 2012, the NGA wins out over fierce competitors to acquire its first painting by Dutch master Thomas de Keyser.

THE BIG FRIEZE by Charlie Finch

London's Frieze Art Fair is not slated to dock in New York until May 2012, but its press minions are already hitting the streets.

THE NEW YORK LIST, 1/26/2012 by Emily Nathan

Klara Lidén, Slater Bradley, Gerald Ferguson, Ben Schumacher, Danica Phelps, Ian Tweedy, Hannah Barrett, more

Winter Antiques Show AMERICANA AND MORE by Brook S. Mason

The 58th annual antique fair, hosted at the Park Avenue Armory, is a barometer of taste, and this year's 73 dealers come bearing plenty of Americana.

Cariou v. Prince CARIOU FIGHTS COPYRIGHT APPEAL by Rachel Corbett

Patrick Cariou's lawyers filed an appellate brief today challenging Richard Prince and Larry Gagosian's attempts to appeal last year's copyright defeat.

ARTNET NEWS

Hard-boiled crime king Weegee in four new shows, further details on Gagosian-Cowles feud, Indiana artists bank on Super Bowl tourism, and the Design Museum London gets new £80 million home.

American Folk Art Museum PLUCKED OR PLUCKY? THE AFAM MARKS ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY by N.F. Karlins

With no debt and a new board, the troubled American Folk Art Museum reviews its first 50 years with "Jubilation / Rumination: Life, Real and Imagined."

Old Masters PJ's PICKS IN THE NEW YORK OLD MASTER AUCTIONS by Paul Jeromack

Peter Paul Rubens, Frans Hals, Gerrit Dou, Hubert Robert, Ambrosius Bosschaert, Charles-Antoine Coypel, Sandro Botticelli, more.

POLLOCK/WARHOL 2012 by Charlie Finch

Jackson Pollock and Andy Warhol -- they have more in common than you might think.

Wint-O-Green Moth FOR ETTA JAMES by Tony Fitzpatrick

Etta James' baby face and angel's voice are gone, and winter settles down in Chicago.

Old Masters SUFFERING OF THE BODY by Paul Jeromack

London dealer Sam Fogg brings an unusual selection of medieval panel paintings to Richard L. Feigen & Co.

Bushwick Art Scene BIGFOOT IN BUSHWICK by Rachel Corbett

Good deals and a festive atmosphere abound at Art Los Angeles Contemporary at the Barker Hangar, Jan. 19-22, 2012.

Party Pictures ART LOS ANGELES CONTEMPORARY Photos by Pedro Vélez

Good deals and a festive atmosphere abound at Art Los Angeles Contemporary at the Barker Hangar, Jan. 19-22, 2012.

Metro Show NO MORE BOUNDARIES by Brook S. Mason

The new Metro Show at the Metropolitan Pavilion combines folk art, design, tribal art more, spanning the gamut.

Artnet Design VISIONARY THOMAS HEATHERWICK by Brook S. Mason

Thomas Heatherwick's revolutionary designs come to roost at Haunch of Venison's Chelsea space.

Gallery Shows NYC THE NEW YORK LIST 1/19/2012 by Emily Nathan

Damien Hirst, Shirin Neshat, Doug Wheeler, Rashid Johnson, Weegee, Mat Collishaw, Matt Hoyt, Bill Jensen, Taylor Mead.

Detroit: 138 Square Miles RUIN PORN GALORE FOR BOTH RICH AND POOR by Pedro Vélez

Considering Julia Reyes Taubman and her massive picture book, Detroit: 138 Square Miles, published by the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit.

ARTNET NEWS

The Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery gets more heat from last year's Wojnarowicz censor. Plus, video game art in D.C., and making sense of the Chinese auction boom.

Art Market Watch BAKU IN LONDON AND PRINTS IN NEW YORK by Jessica Mizrachi

"Fly to Baku: Contemporary Art from Azerbaijan" at Phillips de Pury & Co. in London, and "Editions" at Phillips de Pury & Co. in New York.

Chelsea Stroll THE BLACK BOX by Charlie Finch

An amble through the art district, with Murad Khan Mumtaz, Kim MacConnel and "Diggers."

OCCUPY MOMA by Barbara Pollack

The Occupy Museums group stages a political action at the Museum of Modern Art.

Diary of an Art Star EXCLUSIVE! AN INTERVIEW WITH HANKSY by Reverend Jen

Who is "Hanksy," the mysterious new artist taking the Lower East Side by storm? Reverend Jen has the exclusive report

THE CHAIN GANG DREAMS OF KRYPTONITE by Tony Fitzpatrick

The state of democracy in America is a sad affair.

Maurizio Cattelan FAMILY BUSINESS GALLERY OPENS AT ANNA KUSTERA by Rachel Corbett

He's not retired yet -- Maurizio Cattelan teams up again with curator Massimiliano Gioni to open a mini-gallery in Chelsea.

Martin Luther King MLK: AN ART EXEGESIS by Charlie Finch

Dr. Martin Luther King, the most "formidable, handsome and compelling subject in American history," has been ignored by the arts.

American Art NEW AMERICAN ART GALLERIES FOR THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM Photos by Walter Robinson

The Metropolitan Museum unveils its new galleries for American art on June 16, 2012.

Damien Hirst SPOTS, SHARKS, MAGGOTS AND MONEY by Jerry Saltz

How Damien Hirst took over the world.

Pacific Standard Time THE CUTTING EDGE AT POMONA by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp

The Cutting Edge at Pomona College Museum from 1970 to 1972

ARTNET NEWS

James Franco to play Mapplethorpe, plus, a provocative Berlin Biennale project by Martin Zet, lingerie models at Musée d'Orsay, and 15 art fairs in the next two weeks.

Damien Hirst HOT SPOTS by Rachel Corbett

With spot paintings at all 11 Gagosian galleries around the globe, Damien Hirst dominates once again, and he's still bored by it all.

Edgar Degas A MATCH MADE IN PARIS by N.F. Karlins

Reverence and freedom in "Degas and the Nude" at the Boston MFA.

ARTNET NEWS

"Hajj" at the British Museum, Henry O. Tanner in Philadelphia, Jesús Soto at NYU's Grey Gallery and a boost for the Guggenheim's proposed branch in Helsinki.

Malanga v. Chamberlain THE MYSTERY OF THE MISSING CHAMBERLAIN WARHOL by Rachel Corbett

Where is 315 Johns, the putative Andy Warhol portrait of John Chamberlain?

Museum of Modern Art MOMA'S EYE CANDY by Charlie Finch

"De Kooning: A Retrospective" comes to an end, but the pretentious intellectualism of MoMA's contemporary vision goes on.

Gallery Shows NYC THE NEW YORK LIST 1/9/2012 by Emily Nathan

"Corporations," Bertien van Nanen, James Nares, Hassan Sharif, Michael Snow, Margaret Evangeline, Thomas Woodruff, "Diggers," On Kawara, Joel Sternfeld, Ai Weiwei.

John McWhinnie BOOKWORLD by Charlie Finch

Dread Scott blazes into the New Year with two fiery shows. Plus, watch Professor Kalup Linzy's disciples of melodrama perform their NYU final projects, and a Maine artist tracks down her 600 Facebook friends.

Art Market Watch TASTEMAKERS, AMERICANA, OLD MASTERS AND MORE by Jessica Mizrachi

Marketing the art auctions -- "Tastemakers," "Americana Week" and "Old Masters Week" in January 2012.

ARTNET NEWS

Jane Wilson THE ECLIPSE OF LANDSCAPE by Donald Kuspit

In Jane Wilson's landscape paintings, an apotheosis of the whole of nature, restored to its naked state in a modern urban world.

Art Jokes HOLIDAY ARTOONS by Anthony Haden-Guest

Six new art-world cartoons -- artoons -- from the man-about-town and author of In the Mean Time: The Other Ends of the World (2011).

Artnet Design DESIGN WORLD NEWS by Brook S. Mason

New Design fair for Lincoln Center, PADNY's unsure future, French Flair at Demisch Danant, Thierry Despont's "Cabinet of Curiosities," more.

Top Ten 2011 THE YEAR IN ART by Jerry Saltz

The Cold War, 1950s brushstrokes and a pickup artist run amok.

John Chamberlain AUTOPILOT by Charlie Finch

RIP John Chamberlain, 1927-2011, second generation Abstract Expressionist artist widely known for his car-crash sculptures.

Ron Athey YOUR BLOODY BIRTHDAY by Elisabeth Kley

Controversial "extreme performance" artist Ron Athey returns to New York to perform a blood-drenched Resonate/Obliterate.

ARTNET NEWS

Buy your own Work of Art prints-on-canvas, and Bravo keeps the money. Plus, more on the David Rohn and Evo Love fortune-teller fracas and the India Art Fair beefs up for 2012.

Art Market Watch THE MILLION-DOLLAR DESIGN FLOCK by Jessica Mizrachi

Before Christmas, big prices for Francois-Xavier and Claude Lalanne, Eileen Gray, Frederick Kiesler, Naum Slutzky, Paul Lobel, more.

Mickey Cartin THE REBBE by Charlie Finch

A New York collector with eclectic taste and an almost Talmudic attachment to language.

Jean-Luc Moulène MINIMUM OPUS by Rachel Corbett. Dia:Beacon takes its chances with a little-known French sculptor and photographer in a sprawling new year-long exhibition.

Dia:Beacon takes its chances with a little-known French sculptor and photographer in a sprawling new year-long exhibition.

Gallery Shows NYC THE NEW YORK LIST 12/19/11 by Emily Nathan

For the die-hards, a few exhibitions to see before the New Year -- and after, in the first weeks of 2012.

Art Embargo IRANIAN ART & THE SANCTIONS by Daniel Grant

With a range of global sanctions against Iran, how does one buy Iranian art?

Cariou v. Prince MORE ON ARTISTS' COPYRIGHT CLAIMS by Walter Robinson

"What We Talk about When We Talk About Appropriation: Contemporary Art after Cariou v. Prince" at the New York City Bar Association.

Artnet Design TEN QUESTIONS FOR CRAIG ROBINS by Brook S. Mason

The Miami Design District tycoon discusses his ever-growing art neighborhood and setting his sights further.

Wallace Berman and Robert Heinecken L.A. POSTMODERNISM: SPEAKING IN TONGUES by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp

At Pasadena's Armory Center for the Arts, a look at two Los Angeles-based proto-postmodernists. artists who pushed the boundaries of photographic representation, now on view.

2011 in Review HARD CANDY by Tony Fitzpatrick

Tony Fitzpatrick looks back on 2011, a year of mixed blessings.

2011 in Review THE 10 ART EVENTS OF 2011 by Charlie Finch

Ai Weiwei, OSW, PST, black artists, more.

Miami Art Week ART DEALER'S DIARY by Kenny Schachter

Art fairs are like casinos, with no outside light, and no sense of time or place

Paul McCarthy SNOW WHITE AND THE PHALLIC BRONZES by L. Brandon Krall

A few works on Paul McCarthy's "The Dwarves, the Forests" at Hauser & Wirth in Manhattan.

The Art Prophets CONFIDENCE MEN by Pedro Vélez

The profiles in Richard Polsky's The Art Prophets suggest that many visionaries are wolves in sheeps' clothing

Francis Picabia GORGONS IN DISGUISE: PICABIA'S WOMEN by Donald Kuspit

Alarmingly charming, Picabia's late works, now at Michael Werner gallery, registered the fall of aristocratic modernism and the rise of mass culture.

Claudia Hart A FEAST OF UNEARTHLY DELIGHTS by Rupert Goldsworthy

Tempted by Cheetos and Fun Yuns -- or by a genetically altered apple?

Art Market Watch ANTIQUITES, VELAZQUEZ AND FRANK SINATRA by Jessica Mizrachi

Antiquities sales at Christie's and Sotheby's in New York, Old Masters sales in London, and some paintings at auction by Frank Sinatra.

Julia Sherman JULIA! by Charlie Finch

At JF & Sons boutique on University Place, artist Julia Sherman's designs for religious frocks for an Episcopal convent.

Spencer's Art Law Journal Edited by Ronald D. Spencer

The Brouhaha: When the Bird Became Art and Art Became Anything, by Tamara Mann.

Claire Fontaine THE DANGER OF LIAISON by Emily Nathan

The Paris-based "collective artist" explores the notion of collaboration in a multi-media exhibition at Chelsea's Metro Pictures.

Mariko Mori THAT BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL BLOB by Charlie Finch

Mariko Mori's digital-only earth project is a "paragon of mindless beauty," confined to the screen of your iPhone or laptop.

Andy Warhol WARHOL AUTHENTICATION BOARD BLUES by Walter Robinson

Should artist-endowed foundations get into the authentication business? Most certainly not.

Michael Dweck PHOTOGRAPHING HABANA LIBRE by Christopher Sweet

Cuba as a world of sexy encounters in a new photo book by Michael Dweck.

Sloan Schaffer TEN QUESTIONS FOR SLOAN SCHAFFER by Brook S. Mason

Miami dealer and collector Sloan Schaffer, proprietor of 101/exhibit, is currently on a roll.

Party Pictures BASELTOV Photos by Paul Laster

Remembering Miami Art Week 2011 via photos from a week of parties, Nov. 28-Dec.4, 2011.

Close Encounters THE ART WORLD NAMING BLIGHT by Linda Yablonsky

From Jorge M. Pérez to Stephen A. Schwartzman, the One Percent loves to slap its brand on public institutions

ARTNET NEWS

Knoedler's and the forgery ring, Voina member escapes from Russian jail, and Rachel Kneebone pairs her work with Rodin at the Brooklyn Museum

Miami Art Week SALES HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE ART FAIRS

A round-up of what sold at Art Basel Miami Beach, Pulse Miami, Art Miami and more.

Jack Early FOREVER AND TODAY by Elizabeth Kley

Less is often more in Jack Early's film, What To Do with a Drunken Soldier?, at Forever & Young in Chinatown.

Maurizio Cattelan A DANGLING CONVERSATION by Charlie Finch

A post windstorm meditation on Maurizio Cattelan's "All" at the Guggenheim Museum.

Miami Art Week PAPER CHASE by Deborah Ripley

Prints and multiples by Buckminster Fuller, Larry Bell, Wolf Kahn, Yoshitomo Nara and more at Art Basel Miami Beach, INK, the Design District, Art Miami and elsewhere

Miami Art Week PULSE, SCOPE AND MORE ON MIAMI 2011 by Walter Robinson

Bill Powers, Richard Phillips, Ultra Violet, Thierry Alet, Maxwell Davidson, Paloma Teppi, Hamburg Kennedy, the Amazing Ultran, Devon Dikeou, Tracey Emin, Robert Chambers, Mette Tommerup, more.

Howard Hodgkin THE MARK OF COLOR by Jennifer Samet

Howard Hodgkin's "dynamic, emotionally resonant" paintings unite stroke, pigment and frame into one cohesive experience.

Rose Hartman INCOMPARABLE WOMEN OF STYLE

An exhibition of photographs at FIT's Gladys Marcus Library documents the icons of New York City style and culture.

Art Basel Miami Beach MORE ON MIAMI ART WEEK by Walter Robinson

Photios Giovanis, Thomas Kovachevik, Scott Reeder, Rose Marcus, Jeannie Weisglass, Win McCarthy, Mara Hoffman bikinis, more.

Art Basel Miami Beach 2011 SAY HELLO TO THE IPHONE ART FAIR by Walter Robinson

Collecting art via smart phones, plus David Cohen, Frank Bernarducci, Amanda Coulson, Jorge Perez, Jennifer Rubell, Andy Warhol, Barbara Kruger, David Salle, Eric Fischl, Martha Friedman, Larry Gagosian and more.

DAVID, DELACROIX AND REVOLUTIONARY FRANCE by N.F. Karlins

The art of political unrest in France between 1774 and 1852, at the Morgan Library & Museum.

NEW THIS MONTH IN U.S. MUSEUMS

Theaster Gates, Matthew Buckingham, Rodarte, Alfred Wertheimer's Elvis photographs, 2010 SECA Art Awards, Claire Healy and Sean Cordeiro, conceptual art and the photograph, Sanja Iveković, more.

Design Miami BIGGER, BOLDER, BROADER by Brook S. Mason

The Design Miami fair steps out from the shadow of Art Basel Miami Beach onto its own grand platform.

Art Market Watch WARHOL'S SEASIDE CHIC

In conjunction with Art Basel Miami Beach, 50 Andy Warhol works go up for sale on artnet Auctions. Plus, a screening of the artist's never-before-seen film San Diego Surf at the Standard Miami hotel.

PLAY IT AGAIN, RAGNAR by Jerry Saltz

Jerry Saltz on Ragnar Kjartansson's 12-hour operatic performance Bliss, commissioned by Performa '11.

THE ATLANTIC CITY MOTH by Tony Fitzpatrick

Tony Fitzpatrick on the fate of New Jersey's Atlantic City.

Art Horoscope THE DECEMBER PERSPECTIVE by Leigh Oswald

Astrological good news from a harmonious trine of Saturn in Libra.

Collaborative Projects THE COLAB CONSPIRACY by Walter Robinson

A personal look at "A Show about Colab (and Related Activities)" at Printed Matter.

Paul Nelson CRITICAL MASS by Charlie Finch

Everything Is an Afterthought, Kevin Avery's new biography of the cultural critic Paul Nelson.

ARTNET NEWS

Martin Creed decorates a London restaurant, Oslo discovers a Rubens, Voina to curate Berlin Biennale and Anselm Reyle designs for Dior.

Henri Matisse MATISSE AND THE MODEL by N.F. Karlins

An exhibition exploring Matisse's symbiotic relationship with his models, at the Eykyn Maclean Gallery.

Roberto Matta THE GREATNESS OF MATTA by Donald Kuspit

Cosmic magnificence and colorful munificence in enormous abstractions by Roberto Matta at Pace Gallery.

ARTNET NEWS

Gordon v. McGinley copyright saga continues. Plus, Destroy All Monsters in L.A., skateboards from Guyton\Walker, Frieze Art Fair's New York lineup, and the Contemporary Istanbul fair.

WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson

Spartacus Chetwynd, Georges Braque, Paul McCarthy, "Grisaille," Charles Simonds, Diego Rivera, Judy Hudson, Nick Poe, Terry Richardson, Urs Fischer, Margaret Lee, more.

Spencer's Art Law Journal edited by Ronald D. Spencer

Opinions about the Authenticity of Art, by Ronald D. Spencer.

Party Pictures DETROIT: 138 SQUARE MILES Photos by the Billy Farrell Agency

Elmore Leonard joins Julia Reyes Taubman to host a celebration of her new book, Detroit: 138 Square Miles.

David Altmejd CREATION THEORY by Rachel Corbett

Peter Brant's newest star, David Altmejd, transforms the rustic Brant Foundation Art Study Center in Greenwich, Conn., into a bizarre cosmos of the beautiful and the grotesque.

AFTERNOON DELIGHT by Charlie Finch

Pollock at McCoy Gallery, Harvey Quaytman at McKee, Erwin Blumenfeld at Houk and the Knickerbocker Club.

Cecil Beaton STYLE KING IN NEW YORK by Alexandra Anderson-Spivy

Cecil Beaton's years gamboling among Manhattan's A-List celebrities come to life at the Museum of the City of New York.

Performa '11 POOR PLAYERS TO THE STAGE by Emily Nathan

The fourth edition of RoseLee Goldberg's international performance art biennial brings even more theater to NYC -- and prompts questions about what exactly performance art should do.

Rembrandt, Picasso & McQueen THE BLOCKBUSTER MYSTERY by N.F. Karlins

"Rembrandt and the Face of Jesus" at the Philadelphia Museum of Art prompts some musings about museum blockbusters.

Artnet News MIAMI ART WEEK 2011

Bienvenidos a Miami! The global art world is about to descend upon Miami for Miami Art Week -- herewith, a preview.

Nan Goldin TRADITION ENVY by Donald Kuspit

Trandition and the contemporary in Nan Goldin's "Scopophilia" at Matthew Marks Gallery.

Joseph Nahmad NAHMAD EMPIRE EXPANDS INTO CONTEMPORARY ART by Rachel Corbett

Say hello to 21-year-old Joseph Nahmad, who is spurning his family's Impressionist and modern art business in favor of contemporary art.

Shepard Fairey ARTWALK NY FEATURES SHEPARD FAIREY BENEFIT PRINT

The annual benefit for the Coalition for the Homeless features a special print by Shepard Fairey available exclusively in Artnet Auctions.

David Hume HUME AT 300 by Charlie Finch

The year 2011 is the 300th anniversary of Scottish philosopher David Hume, who reordered our conception of rationality.

Maurizio Cattelan THE REDEMPTION by Jerry Saltz

Maurizio Cattelan's "All" at the Guggenheim Museum is more than just simple punch lines.

Artnet Design IT'S ALL ABOUT STYLE by Brook S. Mason

Patrick Perrin's inaugural Pavilion of Art and Design swings into high gear at the Park Avenue Armory

Art Market Watch OCCUPY LICHTENSTEIN by Charlie Finch

What does Christie's sale of another record-breaking Lichtenstein mean to the One Percent?

Close Encounters HAPPY DAYS FOR ELMGREEN AND DRAGSET (NOT!) by Linda Yablonsky

Elmgreen and Dragset kick off Performa '11 with a show that needs less nonsense and more drama.

Party Pictures PINTA, THE MODERN & CONTEMPORARY LATIN AMERICAN ART SHOW OPENS IN NEW YORK

Celebrating its fifth anniversary, PINTA New York brings 50 exhibitors to 7 West 34th Street, Nov. 11-13, 2011.

PAD New York MORE PIX FROM PAD 2011

The inaugural New York edition of the Pavilion of Art and Design, a success in London and Paris, sets up shop with big installations and sophisticated booth concepts.

Robert Graham EARLY WORK 1963-1973 An interview with Hans Neuendorf

"Robert GraRobert ham: Early Work 1963-1973," a new exhibition at David Zwirner, New York.

Art Market Watch STILL & RICHTER STAR AT SOTHEBY'S CONTEMPORARY ART AUCTION

Clyfford Still paintings for $61.7 million and $31.4 million, Gerhard Richter for $20.8 million and $18 million, plus more.

ARTNET NEWS

Chamberlain, Picasso, Woodman, Djikstra and more come to the Guggenheim next year. Plus, the 2012 ADAA Art Show and a new fair for Casablanca.

Art Market Watch RECORDS FALL AT CHRISTIE'S CONTEMPORARY ART AUCTION

Record-setting $43 million Lichtenstein, $10.7 million Bourgeois, $4.5 million Paul McCarthy, more.

Tania Bruguera ART & POLITICS AT OCCUPY BOSTON by Martha Buskirk

Cuban performance artist Tania Bruguera designs a new Immigrant Movement International.

Les Rogers LES IS MORE by Charlie Finch

Suprafragilistic new paintings, custom-framed, by veteran painter Les Rogers.

Layla Love LIFT THE VEILS THAT CLOUD THE BEAUTY THAT SURROUNDS by Anthony Haden-Guest

Photographer Layla Love and the 11-11-11 PeaceLink live benefit in Culver City.

Art Market Watch A GOOD $71.2 MILLION AT PHILLIPS DE PURY by Rachel Corbett

Phillips de Pury contemporary art evening sale pushes into the big leagues -- and raises $2.7 mil for the Guggenheim Museum.

Brian O'Doherty "HELLO SAM" AT TRINITY COLLEGE by Ciarán Bennett

Silence, exile and celebration, at Dublin Contemporary, in New York artist Brian O'Doherty's "Hello Sam" installation and performance.

Swoon SHOUT IT FROM THE ROOFTOPS by Emily Nathan

Swoon's ramshackle musical village of experimental instruments opens in New Orleans, with a program of live performances scheduled through December.

Beach Boys FADED SMILE by Charlie Finch

The Beach Boys Smile Sessions, the greatest rock album never released, now available in all its originality.

Maurizio Cattelan A HOLE IN HIS SOUL by Charlie Finch

Good wishes for Italian jokester Maurizio Cattelan at the Guggenheim Museum and beyond.

Lou Reed & Metallica ONCE WILD AT HEART by Pedro Vélez

Lulu, the inimitable Lou Reed's new "high-concept album" with trash metal icons Metallica, doesn't deliver.

Artnet Design PAVILION OF ART & DESIGN, A LA VIEILLE RUSSIE, DAPHNE GUINNESS, MORE by Brook S. Mason

Patrick Perrin and Sandy Smith do a design fair, Keszler moves next to the Whit, early automatons, and Daphne Guinness.

Walton Ford MONKEY MAN by Rachel Corbett

Daphne Guinness, Padma Lakshmi and friends celebrate wildlife painter Walton Ford's new show at Paul Kasmin Gallery.

E/AB 2011 HIT IT! THE EDITIONS / ARTISTS BOOKS FAIR IN CHELSEA by Tony Fitzpatrick

New York City is print country and the living breath of the print world is at E/AB 2011.

Print Week 2011 IFPDA ART FAIR AND PRINT AUCTION HIGHLIGHTS by Deborah Ripley

Affordable Chuck Close, museum-worthy German Expressionism and more at the International Fine Print Dealers Association Fair.

Prince v. Cariou RICHARD PRINCE APPEAL FILED IN COPYRIGHT CASE by Rachel Corbett

Richard Prince's new legal counsel, Boies, Schiller & Flexner, offers a convincing case for reversing the lower-court decision Patrick Cariou's copyright lawsuit.

Art of the Arab Lands METROPOLITAN MUSEUM'S NEW ISLAMIC ART MECCA by Jerry Saltz

On the Metropolitan Museum's swoon-inducing new galleries devoted to the art of the Near East.

Hans Schaufelein MET MUSEUM SNAGS NEW OLD MASTER by Paul Jeromack

The Metropolitan Museum adds a painting by Hans Schaufelein, a pupil of Albrecht Dürer, to its German Renaissance collection.

Sarah Braman FRAGMENTATION EN POINTE by Elisabeth Kley

Sculptor Sarah Braman brings her deconstructed Lower East Side minimalism to Mitchell-Innes & Nash in Chelsea.

Art Market Watch SOTHEBY'S IMP & MOD DOES A TRIUMPHANT $199.8 MILLION

A $40.4 million Klimt, a $23 million late Picasso, an $18 million Caillebotte and more in Sotheby's Impressionist and modern sale.

Maurizio Cattelan ALL CATTELAN, ALL OVER THE PLACE

A look at the Guggenheim Museum's new Maurizio Cattelan retrospective.

Prospect.2 New Orleans BEATING HEART BIENNIAL by Emily Nathan

The Prospect.2 New Orleans biennial, overseen by curator Dan Cameron, brings 27 artists to 16 venues in the Big Easy.

Pacific Standard Time IT HAPPENED AT POMONA by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp

California conceptualism takes root under the guidance of Hal Glicksman at the Pomona College Museum of Art.

NEW THIS MONTH IN U.S. MUSEUMS

Maurizio Cattelan, New York's Photo League, Francesca Woodman, Sherrie Levine, Diego Rivera, Clifford Owens, Hide/Seek, Jenny Saville, New Islamic galleries for the Met, Korean Eye, Prix Pictet photographers, more.

Art Market Watch CHRISTIE'S DOES $140.7 MIL IN WAN IMP & MOD EVENING SALE

At Christie's New York, sometimes the bids come fast, and sometimes they come slow.

April Gornik LAND RUSH by James Croak

In her first show in New York in three years, painter April Gornik touches primal nature.

ARTNET NEWS

Helly Nahmad Gallery snagged in Nazi loot suit, E.V. Day for Sephora, cat fancy for the PAN Amsterdam fair, and "The Radical Camera."

Art Horoscope THE NOVEMBER PERSPECTIVE by Leigh Oswald

The spread of collective discontent with the current global socioeconomic regime is growing.

Janet Biggs WETNESS VISIBLE by Charlie Finch

A performance by Janet Biggs on the East River brings noise-drenched conflict and then sublimity.

WINTER'S NIGHT MOTH by Tony Fitzpatrick

Thoughts on New York while performing Stations Lost at the Boiler in Williamsburg.

Artnet News IFPDA PRINT FAIR PREVIEW

Ninety top print dealers convene at the Park Avenue Armory for the annual International Fine Print Dealers Association Print Fair.

Jake and Dinos Chapman SHOCK AND AWE by Emily Nathan

Utopia and fascism -- YBa Jake Chapman in conversation with Sir Norman Rosenthal at the 92nd Street Y

Halloween Art HERE COME THE PUMPKINS by Charlie Finch

Mechanical goblins, cackling witch statues and swaths of ghostly gauze herald the arrival of Icabod Crane and the Headless Horseman.

ARTNET NEWS

New Armory Show star Theaster Gates, Fernando Botero's "Passion of Christ," and a couple of hypotheses about Maurizio Cattelan.

Pacific Standard Time PHENOMENAL: CALIFORNIA LIGHT, SPACE, SURFACE by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp

A revelatory exhibition of Light and Space, one of Southern California's unique art movements.

Pacific Standard Time PHENOMENAL: CALIFORNIA LIGHT, SPACE, SURFACE by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp

A revelatory exhibition of Light and Space, one of Southern California's unique art movements.

Artnet Design HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE FINE ART & ANTIQUES SHOW by Brook S. Mason

Jean Dupas, Matthias Locke, stuffed game birds, jeweled daggers and more at the 23rd annual Fine Art & Antique Dealers Show.

Artnet Design HERMÈS TO MIAMI, PICKERS CAFÉ IN NY, BRIT INVASION, MORE by Brook S. Mason

News of the great, the luxe and the oh-so-greedy.

Carsten Höller FUNHOUSE AT THE NEW MUSEUM by Rachel Corbett

Slides, flashing lights, drugs and more in the New Museum's immersive Carsten Holler retrospective.

Frieze Art Fair PICTURES FROM AN EXHIBITION Photos by Linda Yablonsky

A few more of the most interesting sights at the Frieze Art Fair and the Sunday art fair, too.

Close Encounters FRIEZE WRAP 2011 by Linda Yablonsky

Money for art, and art for money at the ninth edition of London's Frieze Art Fair

OCCUPIED! by Charlie Finch

The problem with Occupied Wall Street is lack of imagination. Herewith, some suggestions.

Art Toronto CANADA'S OWN ART FAIR

An art-market funhouse, a Sol LeWitt dance-brawl and a collage party join more than 100 galleries at Art Toronto this weekend.

Robert Irwin ON LOOKING by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp

A conversation with Robert Irwin on the occasion of his new exhibition at L&M Arts, Los Angeles.

WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson

Gallery Night on 57th Street, featuring Doug Ohlson, Craig Kauffman, Ad Reinhardt, Beatrice Wood, Gabriel Orozco and more.

Artnet DesignTV INTERVIEW WITH GAETANO PESCE

Gaetano Pesce appears on the premiere episode of Artnet DesignTV, a new series of video conversations with designers, architects and artists.

Tony Fitzpatrick PILGRIM'S PROGRESS by Charlie Finch

Chicago artist Tony Fitzpatrick brings to the stage the tale of his rowdy spiritual quest to Istanbul in Stations Lost, at The Boiler in Williamsburg.

Work of Art ART APPRECIATION ON A GUT LEVEL by Jerry Saltz

In which our beloved art critic becomes a douchebag on a national stage.

Frieze Art Fair LONELY AMERICANS by Rachel Corbett

Led by Richter and Rauch, sales at the Frieze Art Fair swam along steadily, despite the absence of American collectors.

Letter from FIAC FAST AND FURIOUS by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp

The "art fair for grown-ups -- FIAC -- opens for a long weekend in Paris.

Andy Warhol Foundation WARHOL FOUNDATION TO QUIT AUTHENTICATING WORKS by Rachel Corbett

After spending millions on legal battles with the owners of rejected Warhols, the foundation dissolves its powerful authentication board.

ReMap Athens ATHENIAN RHAPSODY by Kimberly Bradley

Athens' "ReMap 3" is a neighborhood art fest -- or "temporary art squat" -- that brings art hope to a beleaguered national consciousness.

Artnet News CLARK ART INSTITUTE RENOVATION AND EXPANSION

The Clark Art Institute gets a new education center designed by Tadao Ando.

Art Market Watch FRIEZE WEEK CONTEMPORARY AUCTIONS by Emily Nathan

A $16.5 million Gerhard Richter, a $5 million Lucian Freud, a $5 million Alberto Burri and more at Sotheby's, Christie's and Phillips de Pury in London.

Pepón Osorio OSORIO'S TURN by Charlie Finch

The rich and poor, united by mortality, in Pepon Osorio's Drowned in a Glass of Water at Ronald Feldman Fine Arts.

Vincent Desiderio PITILESS PATHOLOGY: VINCENT DESIDERIO'S PAINTINGS by Donald Kuspit

In his new show at Marlborough Chelsea, painter Vincent Desiderio considers the indecent human story.

Party Pictures THREE KINGS Photos by Joe Lewis

Out at the opening of "3 Kings" -- a group show by Fab 5 Freddy, Lee and Futura -- at Subliminal Projects in Los Angeles.

Kalup Linzy LONDON FRIEZE OUT? by Rachel Corbett

After a cool reception to his Frieze week performance at the Saatchi Gallery, Kalup Linzy talks London vs. New York, the revival of his soul-singer persona Taiwan and what's next for him and James Franco.

Donald Evans FASCINATING PHILATELY by Alexandra Anderson-Spivy

At Tibor de Nagy Gallery, the imaginary postal universe of the late Donald Evans. Plus, a word on John Beerman's paintings.

Nye + Brown PLASTIC FANTASTIC IN LOS ANGELES by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp

The new Los Angeles gallery Nye + Brown opens with "The Lords & the New Creatures."

ARTNET NEWS

Uli Sigg Museum? Plus, cancelled Poster Boy exhibition is back on, Schiaparelli and Prada at the Met, National Arts Awards from Americans for the Arts, Take Home a Nude, Art Review Power 100, more.

Istanbul Biennial THE BIENNIAL AS CURATORIUM by Patricia Watts

A report from the 12th edition of the Istanbul Biennial, organized by jens Hoffman and Adriano Pedrosa.

L.A. Confidential PACIFIC STANDARD TIME IN LOS ANGELES GALLERIES by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp

John Altoon, Alexis Smith, Cirrus Gallery, Richard Jackson, Cherry & Martin, Jerry McMillan, Robert Heineken, Judy Fishkin, Joe Goode, Lee Mullican, James Turrell, more.

Keszler & Banksy PEST CONTROL STYMIES KESZLER GALLERY SALES by Rachel Corbett

New York dealer Stephan Keszler does battle with Pest Control over the market for Street Art works by Banksy.

Rico Gatson BEAUTY AND RAGE by Elisabeth Kley

A 15-year survey of the "formal conflagrations" of New York artist Rico Gatson at Exit Art in New York.

Martha Wilson THE LEGS ARE THE LAST TO GO by Alexandra Anderson-Spivy

A long-overdue exhibition by artist Martha Wilson, founder of the performance space and archive Franklin Furnace.

Frieze Art Fair FRIEZE WEEK GUIDE 2011 by Rachel Corbett

Highlights from Frieze and the legions of satellite events setting up around London.

Whitney Gala 2011 HONORING CALVIN TOMKINS Photos by Billy Farrell Agency

Co-sponsored by Marchesa, the annual event brings a smörgåsbord of art and fashion heavy-hitters to Pier 57.

Willem de Kooning BEAUTY AND THE BEASTLY ARTIST: WILLEM DE KOONING'S DESTRUCTIVENESS by Donald Kuspit

Who is de Kooning's woman? An essay on the occasion of "De Kooning: A Retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art.

Lisa Yuskavage SOMETHING LIKE SIRENS by Emily Nathan

New works by the preeminent painter of strange, sexy female nudes go on view at David Zwirner Gallery.

Artnet Design STEVE JOBS AND HIS DESIGN LEGACY by Brent Lewis

Apple founder Steve Jobs, who died at age 56 on Oct. 5, 2011, had a profound effect on the design of contemporary life.

ARTNET NEWS

"David Smith: Cubes and Anarchy" at the Whitney, Schwarzenegger in bronze, and the "Art in Odd Places" festival.

Matthew Barney IMPORTED FROM DETROIT by Jerry Saltz

Matthew Barney's epically mystic Egypto-industrial detritus sculpture, now on view at Gladstone Gallery, inspires and transports.

Art Platform L.A. FAIR LOS ANGELES by Deborah Ripley

A report from Art Platform Los Angeles, the new Armory Show cousin out West, plus a visit to Pulse L.A.

Party Pictures OUT AT THE GETTY MUSEUM

"Pacific Standard Time" kicks off with a gala opening for "Crosscurrents in L.A.: Painting and Sculpture from 1950 to 1970."

Pacific Standard Time CROSSCURRENTS AT THE GETTY by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp

The Getty Museum forges a new history for California contemporary in "Crosscurrents in L.A.: Painting and sculpture from 1950 to 1970."

Xu Bing SOFT FASCIST by Charlie Finch

All you need to know about the deadening effect of the Chinese Communist state on artistic freedom.

Emerge Art Fair SLOUCHING TOWARDS WASHINGTON by Walter Robinson

The U.S. Imperium, shadows and headlines, Conner Contemporary, Monique Meloche, Heiner Contemporary, free art and more.

CATTELAN'S DINGLEBERRIES by Charlie Finch

Charlie Finch responds to the news that the jokester artist plans more tricks for his upcoming Guggenheim retrospective.

NEW THIS MONTH IN U.S. MUSEUMS

Pacific Standard Time rules in Los Angeles. Plus, Degas dancers, Degas nudes, "Art and Black Los Angeles," "Dance/Draw," Alfred Stieglitz's artists, Impressionist works on paper, Caravaggio, Hans Haacke, Tristan Lowe, Carsten Höller, more.

Stephen Jones HATS: AN ANTHOLOGY by Michèle C. Cone

An imaginative selection of over 250 hats, on view at the Bard Graduate Center, suggests that the milliner's ancient craft might deserve a place in the canon of art.

Artnet News NUIT BLANCHE LIGHTS UP GREENPOINT

The Nuit Blanche festival comes to Brooklyn on Oct. 1, 2011.

Art Horoscope: THE OCTOBER PERSPECTIVE by Leigh Oswald

A Libra-dominated month sees an ever-increasing desire for social justice.

ARTNET NEWS

NY Art Book Fair 2011, Blain Di Donna debuts in NYC with Magritte, MakerBot at the New Museum, CAM Raleigh looks at contemporary design.

Yutaka Sone PETRIFIED MANHATTAN by Ilka Scobie

At David Zwirner Gallery, palms, plants, petrified rays of light and a model of Manhattan by Japanese artist Yutaka Sone.

New Art GALLERY WEEKEND CHICAGO by Pedro Vélez

Monique Meloche and her team launch Gallery Weekend Chicago, Sept. 16-18, 2011

Art Market Watch HUFFING AND PUFFING by Rachel Corbett

Five "tune-up" sales of contemporary art in New York kick off the fall auction season.

Timothy Greenfield-Sanders LATINO LOVEFEST by Charlie Finch

Timothy Greenfield-Sanders' film The Latino List, with the companion photo-portraits, debuts at the Brooklyn Museum.

Close Encounters SAVAGERY AND SUBTERFUGE IN PHILADELPHIA by Linda Yablonsky

Rob Wynne at Locks Gallery and Charline von Heyl at the Philadelphia ICA.

Jack Whitten FROM GARBAGE TO GEMS by Elisabeth Kley

Alexander Grey mounts a solo show of the pioneering Southern painter's new works.

Art Market Watch MODERN MARKET PREDICTIONS FROM "ARTELLIGENCE" by Rachel Corbett

Miró, Matisse, Leger, Kandinsky and more art market advice for big spenders from the "Artelligence" conference.

"Living as Form" ART & POLITICS, 2011. An interview with curator Nato Thompson by Barbara Pollack

The venerated Los Angeles artist secures his legacy.

"De Kooning: A Retrospective" DEFINITIVE by Jerry Saltz

At MoMA, the full, amazing, ever-evolving, never-retreating story of Willem de Kooning..

ARTNET NEWS

Changes at the Armory Show, three art fairs bow in Los Angeles, Marcus Harvey curates, Winslow Homer's studio opens, classic art from India.

Sterling Ruby THE PRINCIPLES OF ETERNITY by Rachel Corbett

The venerated Los Angeles artist secures his legacy.

Ida Ekblad ARCANE ABSTRACTIONS by Emily Nathan

Norwegian artist Ida Ekblad's exhibition of new paintings and sculptures at Greene Naftali Gallery.

HUD'S GIRL by Tony Fitzpatrick

Tony Fitzpatrick pays homage to actress Patricia Neal -- a woman "about as fragile as a nail" -- for her performance in Martin Ritt's 1979 film Hud.

PACE YOURSELF by Charlie Finch

David Byrne, "Social Media," Agnes Martin and Melissa Meyer.

Susan Cianciolo's designs INSPIRED BY MARY OBERING Photos by Rosalie Knox

A runway show of designer Susan Cianciolo's Spring 2012 collection, inspired by painter Mary Obering and debuted at Obering's SoHo studio.

WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson

Stressed out at "De Kooning," plus, Jenny Saville, Bjarne Melgaard, Matthew Barney, Zhang Enli, Graham Dickson, Kendall Shaw, Michael Leavitt, more.

Houston Fine Art Fair HAPPY TRAILS IN TEXAS by Brook S. Mason

The new Houston Fine Art Fair is blazing a path into the art world's heart.

John Outterbridge THE RAG FACTORY Photos by Joe Lewis

LAXART unveils a new site-specific installation by the legendary California Assemblagist John Outterbridge.

Art Berlin Contemporary DO YOU KNOW YOUR ABCS? by Kimberly Bradley

Focusing on painting at ABC, Berlin's special "Verkaufsschau" that opens the fall art season.

Willem de Kooning MAKING SENSE OF DE KOONING by Charlie Finch

"De Kooning: A Retrospective" comes to the Museum of Modern Art.

New Art MY NIGHT IN CHELSEA by N.F. Karlins

As the fall art season gets underway, our intrepid critic visits exhibitions of works by Minnie Evans, Nick Cave and Lee Bae in Chelsea

New Art A VISIT TO PIEROGI by Charlie Finch

Joe Amrheim, John Stoney, Tony Fitzpatrick and an art adventure in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

"Art Station" DIARY OF AN ART STAR by Reverend Jen

Checking out the "pop-up" art show at the Lukoil gas station in Chelsea.

Close Ecounters THE ART-AND-FASHION CACHET by Linda Yablonsky

Art and fashion, via a collaboration among Kate and Laura Mulleavy of Rodarte and photographers Catherine Opie and Alec Soth.

ARTNET NEWS

Germany honors slain Egyptian blogger Khaled Said with a Berlin Wall portrait. Plus, trade time for an artist-cooked lunch, Tom Otterness installation stalled, Ireland auctions debtor's $2.8 mil art collection.

Street Art ROCHESTER RAMBLE by Charlie Finch

The B-Boy BBQ street art festival in Rochester, N.Y.

ARTNET NEWS

The art world comes down with Liz Taylor fever. Plus, SeaFair docks in Greenwich, Steve McQueen goes Hollywood, artist-made museums at the Arnolfini, RxArt debuts coloring book, and an art show for anglers.

Art Market Watch HERBERT MATTER PHOTOGRAPHS ON ARTNET AUCTIONS by Christopher Sweet

Photograms, darkroom abstractions, nudes and fashion images from New York School photographer Herbert Matter.

LONDON DESIGN FESTIVAL 2011

Almost 300 design events in the ninth year of the London Design Festival, running Sept. 17-25, 2011.

Clyfford Still Museum STILL THE ONE by Peter Plagens

Abstract Expressionist Clyfford Still, the self-proclaimed master of the monumental sublime, finally gets his own namesake museum.

Cariou vs. Prince: A WIN FOR RICHARD PRINCE IN COPYRIGHT CASE by Rachel Corbett

Judges gave Richard Prince the green-light yesterday to appeal Patrick Cariou's copyright lawsuit. Prince's attorney shares his legal srategy.

When in Istanbul. . . ARTWORLD FLOCKS TO 2011 ISTANBUL BIENNIAL

And the new art fair, Art Beat Istanbul, and several new galleries as well.

An interview with Eve Sussman FILMING THE INVISIBLE by Emily Nathan

On the eve of her opening at Cristin Tierney Gallery in Chelsea, Eve Sussman sits down with Artnet to discuss her new epic film.

ASCO, ED KIENHOLZ AND MARIA NORDMAN IN "PACIFIC STANDARD TIME" by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp

Three shows at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art inaugurate "Pacific Standard Time" in Southern California.

ARTNET NEWS

New commissions from Performa 11, National Academy Museum reopens, Met tourists boost NYC economy and Whitney honors Calvin Tomkins. Plus, Joe Forkan's Big Lebowski art.

Hennessy Youngman ART THOUGHTZ AT THE CHICAGO MCA by Pedro Vélez

The Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art has a home run with Hennessy Youngman

ShContemporary SHANGHAI SERENADE by Barbara Pollack

A report from ShContemporary 2011, the fifth installment of Shanghai's own contemporary art fair

Party Pictures "RICHARD HAMBLETON: A RETROSPECTIVE" by Rachel Corbett

Go behind the scenes of the start-studded Richard Hambleton retro at Phillips de Pury and the after-party at Indochine.

Jeanette Ingberman THE FANTASTIC DREAM: A MEMORIAL TO JEANETTE by Melissa Rachleff Burtt

The founder of Exit Art, remembered by a former staffer as a dreamer who made things happen.

Weekend Update COLD HEARTED by Walter Robinson

Freedom Tower, new at the ICP, Karl Lagerfeld, Aïda Ruilova, Dzine and more.

Artists for Haiti ZWIRNER GALLERY RAISES FUNDS FOR HAITI EARTHQUAKE RELIEF by Emily Nathan

A benefit auction of artist-donated artworks goes on the block at Christie's to aid reconstruction in Haiti.

The Encyclopedia of 9/11 MISSING-PERSON POSTERS by Jerry Saltz

Jerry Saltz revisits his secret stash of 9/11's missing-person posters -- street art with "awful power."

UPSTATE by Charlie Finch

A visit to the historic homestead of literary critic Edmund Wilson.

New Art FOUR DAYS IN SEPTEMBER

If you haven't started yet, you're already behind: 30 art openings in 4 days in New York.

ARTNET NEWS

David Adjaye gets Design Miami honor, MAD opens wearable sculpture, Tate oil tanks, new Sluice Art Fair in London.

Dublin Contemporary DUBLIN DIARY by Ciarán Bennett

A brief history of the Dublin Contemporary, Ireland's new festival of contemporary art.

ARTNET NEWS

Get a manicure at the New Museum, Dia grows in Chelsea, David Shrigley tattoos fans, "Speculative Realism" at CUNY's Graduate Center, a petition for Freddie Mercury.

New Art FOUR DAYS IN SEPTEMBER

If you haven't started yet, you're already behind: 30 art openings in 4 days in New York.

"Buried Treasure" WIN AT KENO! by Charlie Finch

Take a gander at "Buried Treasure" on Fox, the new antiques roadshow starring Leigh and Leslie Keno.

THE GREY DOG IN THE SERVICE OF GHOSTS by Tony Fitzpatrick

The danger of romanticizing the past -- but the importance of remembering.

Party Pictures SAY SO LONG TO SUMMER WITH RYAN TRECARTIN Photos by Rosalie Knox

MoMA PS1 parties for the end of its "Ryan Trecartin: Any Ever" exhibition on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011.

SPENCER'S ART LAW JOURNAL Edited by Ronald D. Spencer

"Is a Right of First Refusal an Offer You Can't Refuse? If It's in Writing, Most Probably," by Amy J. Goldrich, Esq.

ARTNET NEWS

Ryan McGinley files for court costs in Janine Gordon copyright case. Plus, Jeff Koons lends Old Masters, Hennessy Youngman in Chicago, KAWS thief caught.

John Chamberlain A VISIT TO THE STUDIO by Emily Nathan

A visit to the Shelter Island studio of 84-year-old sculpture maestro John Chamberlain.

Artnet.de Digest JÄGERS COLLECTION FORGERS GO ON TRIAL IN COLOGNE by Henrike von Spesshardt

A day of reckoning for the "Jägers Collection" Forgery Ring, responsible for almost 50 bogus artworks worth €16 million.

Artnet News GALLERIES DEFEND CONTROVERSIAL BANKSY SHOW by Rachel Corbett

Street Art fans have denounced the Southampton exhibition of unauthenticated Banksy works excavated from the West Bank of Palestine. But now the galleries say they saved the works from destruction.

NEW THIS MONTH IN U.S. MUSEUMS

The art of anger? Plus, Banksy fans protest removal of Palestinian stencils, 80 galleries head for (e)merge, Bard Graduate Center does color, and Stephen Jones brings 250 hats to New York.

REMEMBERING LEONARD HARRIS by Charlie Finch

RIP Leonard Harris, 1929-2011, arts and theater critic for CBS in New York in the 1960s and '70s.

Art Jocks FITNESS GURU TO THE ART ELITE OPENS GALLERY by Rachel Corbett

Peter Hionas is capitalizing on his reputation as perhaps the only personal trainer catering to the art world by opening up a gallery -- connected to his Tribeca gym, of course.

Close Encounters QUEEN ISABELLA by Linda Yablonsky

The tragic tale of London fashionista Isabella Blow, as told by her husband, Detmar Blow.

Chelsea Hotel CHELSEA MEMORIES by Charlie Finch

Good-bye to the Chelsea Hotel and all the tales that it has to tell.

ARTNET NEWS

Art events on Governor's Island, controversy over Bulgaria's new Socialist Art Museum, Cook Fine Art sued for $5.3 million, a "Beauty Contest" at the Austrian Cultural Forum, and fair producer George Little Management changes hands.

Graffiti Art ESTRIA GRAFFITI BATTLE IN LOS ANGELES by Emily Nathan

An eyewitness report from the fifth annual Estria Invitational Graffiti Battle in downtown Los Angeles.

ARTNET NEWS

"Work of Art" is back! Plus, Jennifer Rubell makes tamales, Kansas botches its NEA funding, Patti Smith checks in at the Chelsea.

GATSBY AT 86 by Charlie Finch

The ostentation of the super-rich, the core of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, is still with us.

ARTNET NEWS

Uncertain reception for MLK Memorial, art by David Byrne and other rockers, Romare Bearden's 100th, more

PORTRAIT OF AMERICA by Charlie Finch

It's tough times for the everyday artist in recession-era U.S.A.

Gustav Klimt TEMPTRESSES, HOT & COLD by N.F. Karlins

Celebrating the Vienna Succession and more in the summer show of "Recent Acquisitions" at Galerie St. Etienne.

Report from Chicago PHOTOCOPIED REBELLION by Pedro Vélez

Underground music fanzines from the late 1980s and early '90s, courtesy Public Collectors in Chicago.

ARTNET NEWS

Art dealer sues SpongeBob artist, bronze prices vex sculptors, Lisa Perry's Lichtensteins, rent-to-own art, Mumbai Christian museum, Marei von Saher's settlement, Rembrandt found.

"Art in the Streets" DOES ARNOLD LEHMAN HAVE BALLS? by Charlie Finch

The call goes out once again: Bring "Art in the Streets" to the Brooklyn Museum.

Art Market Watch CONTEMPORARY MIDDLE EAST

Artnet Auctions Middle Eastern Art sale offers provocative and inventive artworks by artists from Iran, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and other countries in the region

Artnet News AI WEIWEI SPEAKS OUT

The dissident Chinese artist pushes the limits in interviews and internet postings

ARTNET NEWS

A Futurist dinner in D.C., golf art in Atlanta, rare violins disappear, KAWS painting stolen from Marc Ecko, Elvis in African art show.

Art Market Watch TOP TEN LOTS, JULY 2011

The art market moves to London and China for the summer, while the top ten lots total almost $150 million for July.

Henry Varnum Poor POOR'S NO PAUPER by Daniel Grant

Despite abounding criticism of Standard & Poor's, artist Henry Varnum Poor deserves a better legacy.

ARTNET NEWS

Dia negotiates Spiral Jetty lease; ArtCrush Aspen breaks records; R. Crumb snubs Australia, and Brice Marden lands in the tabloids.

THE ICE MAN by Tony Fitzpatrick

Tony Fitzpatrick on Chicago's long-standing history of crime.

The Art Carousel WHO'S TZARA NOW? by Charlie Finch

Tristan Tzara, Dada and "the superabundance of life" in today's art scene.

Camille Pissarro THE IDEALIST IMPRESSIONIST by Alexandra Anderson-Spivy

At the Clark Art Institute, looking beyond Pissarro's signature landscapes to investigate his abiding social vision.

WINKLEMANIA UP CLOSE by Charlie Finch

Minor art-world phenomenon Ed Winkleman, representative of most "second-tier" New York galleries, discusses the current state of dealer affairs and his hopes for the future.

ARTNET DESIGN by Brook S. Mason

Wendell Castle, Dan Dailey, George Kravis, Artware Editions, Sarah Morris, Markus Linnenbrink, London Design Festival, John Pawson, David Chipperfield, Adirondack style, more.

SOTHEBY'S BESTS CHRISTIE'S WITH $3.4 BILLION IN 2011 FIRST-HALF SALES

The rise of the fine art market.

Contemporary Clay CERAMICS HOT AND COLD by N.F. Karlins

At Tribeca's RH Gallery, ceramics by Kathy Butterly, Jeff Koons, Lee Ufan, Ai Weiwei, and other contemporary artists turn up the heat.

ARTNET NEWS

Dublin Contemporary, ShContemporary 2011, Art Beat Istanbul, 12th Istanbul Biennial, 15th Art Moscow, Moscow Biennale, the Joburg Art Fair and the Houston Fine Art Fair.

The Watermill Center ROBERT WILSON'S WATERWORLD by James Croak

The Watermill Center proves itself as a "performance art incubator" at its annual benefit fundraiser.

STEWED AND KEEFED by Charlie Finch

Life, Keith Richards' autobiography, gets down to the "don't-give-a-shit" inflections that have endeared Richards to guitar heroes everywhere.

Deitch Projects Artists WHERE ARE THEY NOW? by Rachel Corbett

Checking in with Deitch's displaced artists a year after the legendary gallery closed its doors

"Ocularpation" NAKED ON WALL STREET

Artist Zefrey Throwell's happening, Ocularpation: Wall Street, "exposes" the Financial District to 50 actors playing downtown types who drop trou in front of the NYSE.

ARTNET NEWS

The BMW Guggenheim Lab opens in dilapidated lot; ArtAspen returns; "Float" biennial at Socrates; a Richard Hambleton retro; Stephen Keene in Santa Monica, and El Museo del Barrio gets new director.

William Powhida USELESS TOOL by Charlie Finch

Art-world satirist William Powhida rips off Andy Warhol's famed college trick for his "most ambitious installation to date" at Marlborough Chelsea.

NADA Hudson NOTHING FOR SOMETHING by Emily Nathan

A trip upstate to Hudson, N.Y., for NADA's newest art fair leaves a weary traveler underwhelmed, despite seeing some interesting art.

SAVE THE GALLERIES! by Charlie Finch

Pop-up exhibitions like "What Works" at ArtStar on Chrystie Street prove that galleries are here to stay -- as long as they keep showing art to sell art.

THE SAVAGE STREET by Charlie Finch

South African graffiti artist Faith47 and street sculptor Dal's spiritual, visually conservative art might be the antidote to street-art phobia.

NEW THIS MONTH IN U.S. MUSEUMS

Rembrandt and the Face of Jesus, Ai Weiwei, Yoshua Okon, "Richard Prince: Covering Pollock," Dieter Ram, Carlito Carvahlosa, Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, more

Fluxus at 50 GRAVITAS FOR PRANKSTERS by Michèle C. Cone

"Fluxus and the Essential Questions of Life," now at the Hood Museum of Art, coming to the Grey Art Gallery at NYU.

THE RADIO SWAN by Tony Fitzpatrick

Tony Fitzpatrick pays homage to his father, an Irish war hero who practiced tough love.

Art Horoscope THE AUGUST PERSPECTIVE by Leigh Oswald

Explosive, unexpected and volatile events are in the air.

New Art GALLERY RAMBLE by Emily Nathan

"Powhida" at Marlborough Chelsea, "Fucknails" at Daniel Reich, "Third Order" at Charles Bank, "Shakedown" at Dodge, "Of Memory and Time" at Hendershot, and Tracey Emin at Lehmann Maupin.

TO MARKET TO MARKET by Charlie Finch

Lucian Freud, our top art galleries, China and the global art market.

ARTNET NEWS

Contretempts over Artforum bootleg, Bob Dylan at Gagosian, Cindy Sherman for MAC, $20 mil from Alice Walton for Crystal Bridges, new artist visa in the U.K.

Hot Fun SUMMER IN THE CITY by Bozidar Brazda

Looking for freshness, starting an artist's band.

Scott & Tyson Reeder CLUB NUTZ IN NEW YORK by Elisabeth Kley

Courtesy of Salon 94 Freemans and Art Since the Summer of '69 galleries, Scott and Tyson Reeder's Club Nutz comes to the Lower East Side.

ARTNET NEWS

Bad Teacher? Enroll in James Franco's summer school class at MoMA PS1. Plus, raising funds for a Chihuly for Boston MFA, Asia Society gets delayed art show from Pakistan, and new "Art in the Streets" commissions in L.A.

ART MARKET WATCH

Skate's Market Notes on Poly International Auction. Plus, a Ming Dynasty horse at Duke's in Dorset.

ARTNET NEWS

Art writer Sarah Thornton wins libel case against Daily Telegraph book reviewer, plus NADA Hudson and ArtCrush Aspen.

Art & Money WORKERS UNITE? by Eleanor Heartney

Conditions of "contemporary labor" examined by more than 25 artists at MASS MoCA in North Adams, Mass.

ARTNET NEWS

Fire Island gets LGBT artist residency, NZ galleries out at Auckland Art Fair, Chelsea Art Walk, Ai Weiwei on Google+, more.

Art in Chelsea SWEET BIRDS OF YOUTH by Charlie Finch

A Friday evening in Chelsea - punk memorabilia, Laura Levine's punk photos, Daniel Reich Gallery, skate shop at I-20, more.

John Bock MODERN AUTOMATON by Elizabeth Kley

In his new film at Anton Kern Gallery, German artist John Bock pays homage to German Expressionist film and Dadaist performance

WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson

The new Parrish, artMRKT, Ned Smyth, Alexis Laurent, Mark Borghi, Richard Prince, "Nose Job," Dorothea Rockburne, Russell Young, more.

RIP Lucian Freud WHY ARTISTS YOU DON'T LOVE CAN STILL BE GREAT by Jerry Saltz

Jerry Saltz pays homage to the artist for sticking to his painterly guns.

Art Market Watch STRONG HALF-YEAR SALES AT CHRISTIE'S

Asian sales up by 48 percent, contemporary art up 52 percent in the first half of 2011.

"Talk to Me" OH, SHUT UP by Walter Robinson

The Museum of Modern Art has a summer blockbuster in its new design department show, "Talk to Me."

Lucian Freud THE LAST OF THE REALIST REBELS by Charlie Finch

RIP Lucian Freud, 88, who died at his London home on July 20, 2011.

ARTNET NEWS

The Leigh Morse-Lawrence Salander scandal, the imaginary artist trend, Rocco DeSimone sentenced, Greek antiquities restrictions, more.

Landscape Design OLINIANA IN PHILADELPHIA by Brook S. Mason

The landscape architecture firm OLIN is reshaping Philadelphia's Museum Mile.

Artist Interview STRANGE DAYS: AN INTERVIEW WITH CIPRIAN MUREŞAN by Emily Nathan

In his first New York solo show, iconoclastic Romanian artist Ciprian Muresan offers a fresh, ironic vision of life in the post-Soviet East.

Art Market Watch ARTNET'S RECORD-BREAKING WARHOL SALE

Warhol sells for $1.3 million in artnet auctions.

FLAG Art Foundation RAISING THE FLAG by Charlie Finch

"One, Another," works on coupling and interconnectedness by 14 artists at the FLAG Art Foundation.

Tibetan Carpets EAST ASIAN MASH-UP by N.F. Karlins

From myth and the natural world to abstract design, the creative license of Tibetan carpets, onview at the Rubin Museum.

ARTNET NEWS

Old Master art fair debuts, a Warhol tribute album, Stephen Powers at Ogilvy & Mather, White Cube Hong Kong, Rirkrit Tiravanija parades L.A., Gray at the New Museum, more.

TEAM GALLERY RESPONDS TO THE JANINE GORDON VS. RYAN MCGINLEY SUIT

McGinley's dealer, José Freire, issues a statement on the copyright lawsuit

Artist Gigi Chen ONE CHINESE OR ONE CHINA? by Charlie Finch

Gigi Chen's robot bunnies are a metaphor for China, late capitalism and the techno muckfest around us.

Close Encounters DATELINE MANCHESTER by Linda Yablonsky

Robert Wilson's The Life and Death of Marina Abramovic, plus Laura Lima, Santiago Sierra, Xu Zhen and more in the "11 Rooms" performance art show in Manchester.

Sigmar Polke HIGHER BEINGS COMMANDED by Elisabeth Kley

A rare New York show of photographs by Sigmar Polke at Leo Koenig Inc.

ARTNET NEWS

Transformers 3 & the iconic Milwaukee Art Museum. Plus, Frans Hals at the Met, the art of cruelty, Russian art collector Leonid Mikhelson, more.

"Ostalgia" EAST INFECTION by Walter Robinson

Massimiliano Gioni's new "Ostalgia" exhibition brings more than 50 Iron Curtain artists to the New Museum.

Art Market Watch INSIDE THE LONDON OLD MASTER AUCTIONS by Paul Jeromack

A £22.4 million Stubbs at Christie's trumped by a £26.7 million Guardi at Sotheby's.

ARTNET NEWS

Miranda July, art fairs in Los Angeles, ShContemporary 2011, and the first art gallery.

Art & Psychedelics YES, I AM EXPERIENCED by Charlie Finch

Dig the pictures in Ken Johnson's new Are You Experienced? How Psychedelic Consciousness Transformed Modern Art.

ARTNET NEWS

Two copyright shake-downs. Plus, Chelsea gallery for Turkish art, cuts in Netherlands arts budget, and NEA and Amway, together at last.

GATES OF LIGHT & THE HUMAN COMEDY by Donald Kuspit

Lyonel Feininger's double vision, in "Lyonel Feininger: At the Edge of the World" at the Whitney Museum.

Femme Power GENDER ON CANVAS Elisabeth Kley

Gender-bending creativity runs amok in a three-artist exhibition curated by Rhizome executive director Lauren Cornell

Art & Copyright RYAN MCGINLEY SUED IN COPYRIGHT CASE by Rachel Corbett

Will Janine Gordon's suit against Ryan McGinley cloud the free-wheeling photographer's beautiful, bare-skinned summer?

Carolee Schneemann THE WRESTLING ANGEL by Charlie Finch

Correspondence Course, an epistolary history of Carolee Schneeman and her circle, edited by Kristine Stiles.

Lee Ufan MILD MAJESTY by Emily Nathan

A pioneer of East Asian minimalism brings quiet meditations on material to the Guggenheim Museum.

ARTNET NEWS

Questions about Serpentine benefit art auction, Otterness lions rejected for Battery Park library, Pollock physics, Calder in Paris, Rockwell at the White House, Mottola gallery, more.

Peter Nadin THE MUSE OF OLD FIELD FARM by Linda Yablonsky

For Catskill farmer Peter Nadin, an artist and poet who left New York 20 years ago, art finds form in agriculture.

Sasha Grey GREY GARDENS by Pedro Vélez

Sex star Sasha Grey's Neü Sex, a book of her own photographs and diary entries.

ARTNET NEWS

Is Qatar the new world art capital? Plus, long-lost Leonardo to go on view, Ai Weiwei in Minnesota, and Kal Spelletich's jet-pack art.

Cy Twombly THE WRITING ON THE WALL by Peter Plagens

RIP Cy Twombly, 1928-2011, a courtly painter whose works can be profoundly refreshing.

Cy Twombly WAS TWOMBLY A FRAUD? by Charlie Finch

RIP Cy Twombly, 1928-2011, an artist loved by other artists, and the art market, too.

Cy Twombly THINKING BETWEEN HIS LEGS by Jerry Saltz

RIP Cy Twombly, 1928-2011, master of smudged calligraphy and gorgeous intimations of myth.

ASSHOPPER by Tony Fitzpatrick

Discovering nature's romances, by watching grasshoppers mate.

Interview with Michael Werner I WANTED MY OWN HIERARCHY by Birgit Maria Sturm translated by Caroline von Falkenhausen

The German dealer who brought us Neo-Expressionism talks about his early days, the U.S. market and more

Art Market Watch LONDON CONTEMPORARY AUCTIONS, A SLIDE SHOW

Top lots at Sotheby's London ($206 million), Christie's London ($146.8 million) and Phillips de Pury & Company London ($26.7 million).

SPENCER'S ART LAW JOURNAL Edited by Ronald D. Spencer

"A Funny thing Happened on the Way to the Gallery: A Bankruptcy Fable (Or Not)," by Aaron R. Cahn

Help Jerry Saltz BUILD AN ART FAMILY TREE

Jerry Saltz compiles a quick, unverified list of artists who have worked for other artists -- and requests your help to fill it out.

Summer Reading REBELS WITH A CAUSE by James Croak

Arabic Graffitti, Totalitarian Art and Hunter Drohojowska-Philp on L.A.'s 1960s art scene.

Prospect.2 Biennial BLUES ON THE BAYOU by Rachel Corbett

Reduced ambition -- and budgets -- mark Prospect.2, the long-awaited second New Orleans biennial.

ARTNET NEWS

States cut arts funding, Will Ryman's roses, new Stavros Niarchos Center, artist in a crate, Rose Art Museum news, more.

NEW THIS MONTH IN U.S. MUSEUMS

Helmut Newton, Fabergé, Chitra Ganesh, George Herms, Spiral, "Talk to Me" design at MoMA, Frans Hals, TASS posters, more.

Artnet News SUMMER ART SCENE HITS THE HAMPTONS

Coming up in July, two art fairs (ArtHamptons & artMRKT Hamptons), the Parrish Art Museum benefit, the Bridgehampton Biennial and "Uncommon Ground II."

Werner Herzog DREAM ON by Charlie Finch

Cro-Magnon Conceptualism or 19th-century fraud? Werner Herzog's Cave of Forgotten Dreams.

Art Horoscope THE JULY PERSPECTIVE by Leigh Oswald

Unusually there are two new Moons this month, the first being on the 1st, which is also a solar eclipse, and which falls at the 10th degree of Cancer.

Erik Parker and KAWS SITTING PRETTY by Charlie Finch

Artists Erik Parker and KAWS organize "Pretty on the Inside" at Paul Kasmin Gallery.

Frye Art Museum SEATTLE'S OTHER MUSEUM by N.F. Karlins

An independent museum built in 1952 for the collection of Charles H. and Emma Lamp Frye.

ARTNET NEWS

Van der Neer in Boston, Feigen and Rosa Bonheur, London's Cultural Olympiad, biennials in the Bronx & New Orleans, Art Moscow 2011, more.

Graffiti Masters NEW ARTWORK FROM FAB 5 FREDDY by Ilka Skobie

Graffiti artist Fab 5 Freddy brings his new graffiti mashups and iconic images of boxers and dancers to Gallery 151 on the Bowery.

MILLER TIME by Charlie Finch

Remembering New York art dealer Robert Miller, 1939-2011

Venice Biennale GENERATION BLANK by Jerry Saltz

The beautiful, cerebral, ultimately content-free creations of art's well-schooled young lions.

WEEKEND UPDATE by Walter Robinson

Bill Rice, Mary Weatherford, Cory Arcangel, Julia Wachtel, Emilia Kabakov, Rene Ricard, Duncan Hannah, more.

Dakis Joannou AEGEAN ANOMIE by Rachel Corbett

Dakis Joannou invites Doug Aitken, Chloë Sevigny and 300 lucky guests to his annual art-world extravaganza on Hydra Island.

Ask Mark Kostabi SELLING ART IN HARD TIMES by Mark Kostabi

Be careful not to trip on the cables.

Ai Weiwei HOME, BUT NOT FREE by Barbara Pollack

What lies ahead for Chinese art activist Ai Weiwei.

Tom Armstrong LIGHTEN UP! by Charlie Finch

Remembering a time when goofy art administrators failed to understand goofy art.

Bushwick Art Scene FOR LOVE OF THE GAME by Emily Nathan

Bushwick's eight leading galleries support the neighborhood's burgeoning community of New York's hottest new artists.

Graffiti Art WRITING ON THE WALL by Walter Robinson

Politics or money? The Brooklyn Museum cancels "Art in the Streets."

BAZOOKA HULK by Tony Fitzpatrick

American comic-books' history of conferring power on the outcast and giving voice to the silenced.

ARTNET NEWS

Frieze Projects 2011, "Nose Job" from Carlo McCormick, earthwork park for Spain, and LeClerc out (finally) at NYPL.

Joan Mitchell (SHE'S NO) LADY PAINTER by Michèle C. Cone

A new biography of Abstract Expressionist painter Joan Mitchell is both scholarly and sensationalistic

The Charlie Sheen Complex CHICAGO, WE HAVE A PROBLEM by Pedro Vélez

With its five new art fairs, Chicago, like Charlie Sheen, must be "winning!"

Sheila Hicks WOVEN COLOR by Donald Kuspit

A survey at the Philadelphia Museum of works by one of the great fiber artists, Sheila Hicks.

Mothers of Invention FREAK OUT, 45 YEARS ON by Charlie Finch

Frank Zappa and his album "Freak Out!" was the Picasso of the 1960s cultural scene.

Berlin Art Report BASED IN BERLIN by Kimberly Bradley

New contemporary art in the controversial "Based in Berlin" art show in the German art capital.

ARTNET NEWS

Northside Festival in Brooklyn, art and dogs in St. Louis, Philbrook Museum expands downtown, new RISD museum head, more.

Venice Biennale 2011 VENICE ART DIARY by Antoine "Tony" Guerrero

"ILLUMInations," Tintoretto, Okwui Enwezor, the Triennale of Paris, the Palazzo Grassi, Elton John and Ruben Ochoa, the Iraq Pavilion, James Turrell, Yael Bartana, Princess Gloria, Mary Sibande, more.

Art 42 Basel PICTURES FROM AN ART FAIR Photos by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp

Artnet Magazine's Los Angeles correspondent hits the ground with her camera phone at Art 42 Basel.

Venice 2011 A TALE OF A NOSE by Jerry Saltz

High Life, money, carousing and a tale of Michele Maccarone's nose.

ARTNET NEWS

SOFA launches Americana fair, artists out at Greenpoint art convent, Patti Smith museum show, Teen Art Gallery, Museum for African Art delays opening, more.

Good Art, Bad Art THE PROBLEM WITH CHELSEA by Mickey Cartin

A collector weighs in on the proliferation of mediocrity in New York's celebrated art district.

Art 42 Basel BASELMANIA 2011 by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp

Ashley Bickerton, Birkin bags, John Baldessari, Italian collectors, Pace London, Sterling Ruby, Craig Kauffman, Wilhelm Lehmbruck, more.

Artnet Design DESIGN MIAMI BASEL: THE BUZZ by Brook S. Mason

Jean Prouvé, Ken Price, Ron Nagle, Alvar Aato, Karl Fritsch and more at the prince of art & design fairs.

The Weiner Scandal MAPPLETHORPE WINS! by Charlie Finch

Thoughts on political scandal (and Anthony Weiner) in light of the Robert Mapplethorpe culture wars.

Art 42 Basel PICTURE POST

A preview of the mother of all art fairs, Art 42 Basel, June 15-19, 2011.

Mark Grotjahn MAKING SPIRITS DANCE by Jerry Saltz

Sinews of paint take on lives of their own in Mark Grotjahn's new work at Anton Kern Gallery.

Venice Biennale CLOSE ENCOUNTERS by Linda Yablonsky

Beyond the Tintorettos at the 54th Venice Biennale.

Venice Biennale PRADA FOUNDATION, & MORE Photos by Linda Yablonsky

The Prada Foundation takes up temporary quarters at Ca' Correr della Regina, plus people out in Venice

FriendsWithYou THE GOOD CHEER ESTHETIC by Elisabeth Kley

The Miami art collective FriendsWithYou brings back childlike wonder in a new show at The Hole on Bowery.

Art in Chelsea DAYCOCK by Charlie Finch

Feats of complex engineering in Tatlin and Russian Constructivism at Tony Shafrazi Gallery, Alice Aycock and E.V. Day at Salomon Contemporary.

Brian Donnelly KAWSCAPADES by Rachel Corbett

Art and design sensation KAWS installs his 16-foot-tall bashful mouse sculpture on The Standard hotel plaza.

Party Pictures VENICE TO VENICE

Tim Nye and Jaqueline Miro present "Venice in Venice," bringing California "Light and Space" and "Finish Fetish" artists to an opulent palazzo in Venice, Italy.

ARTNET NEWS

Vishnu & Devi in NYC museums, inside the Rockefeller art scandal, art goes aquatic in New York, fashion designer Mary Katrantzou, Chris Gollon Painting in Twighlight, more.

Art Market Watch NO GO FOR CHRISTIE'S IPO? by Rachel Corbett

Is French luxury tycoon François Pinault looking to take Christie's public?

Art Reviews NEW ART IN TOKYO by Elisabeth Kley

Hiroshi Sugito & Jun Aoki, "Zen and the Psychedelic," Shoshiro Matsubara, Kun Ying Lin, Megumi Yamashiro, sangjunRoh, Yosuke Kobashi, Chiyuki Sadagami.

Bushwick Open Studios BROOKLYN LOCAL by Emily Nathan

More than 390 art events at over 130 venues in Bushwick, Brooklyn -- the hippest art neighborhood in New York

STAR FOR THE BLUE GIRL by Tony Fitzpatrick

Praises for the Blue Jay, and the sanctuary of a golf course in the middle of the afternoon.

Leon Kossoff KOSSOFF'S MAGIC RUINS by Charlie Finch

At Mitchell-Inness & Nash, masterful new works by the 85-year-old British painter Leon Kossoff.

ARTNET NEWS

What's on at the Philadelphia Museum, public art on the High Line, the new M+ art museum in West Kowloon, "Pursuit of Porcelain" at Ferrin Gallery, Merton D. Simpson "Encore!" and Mo David North.

Marc Chagall MEDIOCRE MODERNISM by Donald Kuspit

At the Philadelphia Museum, "Marc Chagall and His Circle" raises questions of modernism, traditionalism and idealism in a harsh world.

ARTNET NEWS

New York Close Up debuts online, Guggenheim boycott continues, curators out in Canada, Russian art embargo hits LACMA, more.

Jennifer Schmidt SOUND IN PRINT by Pedro Vélez

An interview with the Brooklyn-based conceptual artist who makes sound installations and supergraphics.

Art Hong Kong SCENES FROM ART HK 2011 by Barbara Pollack

Chinese contemporary -- and Western -- art dealers make Art HK the newest global art power.

Venice Biennale 2011 THE UGLY AMERICAN by Jerry Saltz

Allora and Calzadilla provide a noisy image of American militaristic excess at the U.S. pavilion at the 54th Venice Biennale.

Art Market Watch BOTERO & THE GANG by Rachel Corbett

$48 million in sales at Latin American art auctions at Christie's and Sotheby's in New York in late May.

LINDSAYLAND by Charlie Finch

Why hasn't Barack Obama pardoned Lindsay Lohan?

ARTNET NEWS

Magritte's dirty pictures, Gagosian's iPad app, exposition CHICAGO for 2010, Moving Image to London, Serra sculpture for Qatar, more.

Party Pictures PARTY SAN FRANCISCO Photos by Ruth Fruehauf and Lindsay McCrum

Out at San Francisco's three art fairs in May 2011.

Ai Weiwei WHAT IS TO BE DONE? by Charlie Finch

A practical plan to assist the imprisoned Chinese artist Ai Weiwei

CHRIS KRAUS: FILMS FROM THE 1980S AND '90S by Elisabeth Kley

Film experiments from the super-8 era by punk intellectual and author Chris Kraus at Real Fine Arts in Brooklyn.

Artnet News VENICE BIENNALE 2011

Mike Nelson, Christian Boltanski, Yael Bartana, the Starn Twins, Oksana Mas, Richard Phillips, Neville Wakefield, more.

NEW THIS MONTH IN U.S. MUSEUMS

Ryan Trecartin, Ed Ruscha, Frank Stella, Wassily Kandinsky, Lee Ufan, Bryan Hunt, Dorothea Rockburne, Lyonel Feininger, "John Waters curates," Joseph Cornell, more.

Steve Earle THE MAP OF MERCY by Tony Fitzpatrick

Tony Fitzpatrick pays homage to the unsung heroes upon whose back our country was built.

ARTNET NEWS

The mysterious death of Wlodzimierz Ksiazek. Plus, Art HK 11, Steve Martin's forged Campendonck, Peter Brant raises funds, National Academy reopens.

Art Horoscope THE JUNE PERSPECTIVE by Leigh Oswald

Jupiter in Taurus loves beauty and opulence, but it tends to be of a natural sort.

Art School Confidential NEW MFA GRADS AT CHICAGO ART SCHOOLS by Pedro Vélez

New talent from Chicago MFA programs at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the Center for Book & Paper Arts at Columbia College, and the School of the Art Institute.

IRREVERENT TRUTHS by Gorgon

Richard Serra's black stuff, Richard Prince's empty shells, Ellsworth Kelly's meaningless presence.

THE JOY OF WEINBERG by Charlie Finch

What to do with the huge party spaces of Renzo Piano's new Whitney Museum?

ARTNET NEWS

Koons Museum for rural Pennsylvania? Plus, Linda McCartney photo blowout, new Kunsthalle Detroit, street artist Becca Midwood, and what happened at the Whitney Art Party

Gustav Metzger THE PAST IS PRESENT by Emily Nathan

The New Museum gives radical British artist Gustav Metzger his first solo exhibition in a U.S. museum.

Art Market Watch DULL AMERICAN? by Rachel Corbett

The American art market looks weaker than it is in May auctions at Sotheby's and Christie's.

Malerie Marder LABOR OF LOVE by Charlie Finch

An innocent generosity of spirit in a new book by Malerie Marder, Carnal Knowledge (Violette Editions).

Jan Frank ABSTRACT EROTICS by Adrian Dannatt

Serendipity and shape in new works by Jan Frank at Paul Kasmin Gallery.

Party Pictures PARTY NEW YORK

Out at the Museum of Modern Art and Volkswagen celebratory dinner at the museum on May 23, 2011, and at the Whitney Art Party at Highline Stages on May 24, 2011.

JIMMY BAKER'S DOUBLE TILLMAN by Pedro Vélez

At the Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center, painter Jimmy Baker mixes radical painting and radical politics.

Artnet Design DESIGN GETS HOT by Brook S. Mason

Bertoia, Baas, McMakin and more at Phillips de Pury & Company design sale on Park Avenue.

MIDDLE EAST REPORT by Nazy Nazhand

The Arab art community comes together in April for the fifth edition of Art Dubai, the 10th Sharjah Biennial and the launch of Dubai Art Week

ARTNET NEWS

Whitney Museum goes bigtime. Plus, art architect Max Gordon, artists' magazines, the Kitchen celebrates its SoHo years, ACRIA benefit, design criticism at SVA, and new art spaces from LeRoy Neiman and André Leon Talley.

Josephine Meckseper DEJA VOODOO by Bill Powers

Red, white and black is almost as American as red, white and blue in Josephine Meckseper's show at the FLAG Art Foundation.

Ron Nagle DISQUIET IN CLAY by Brook S. Mason

A new award and new shows for the 72-year-old San Francisco artist Ron Nagle.

Alexander Melamid THE HEALING ARTS by Rachel Corbett

New York artist Alexander Melamid launches his new Art Healing Ministry in SoHo.

LOVERMAN: BOB DYLAN AT 70 by Charlie Finch

Looking back at the long, fecund career of the generational muse and lyrical shapeshifter.

Party Pictures PARTY NEW YORK

The art world, out and about during the past week in Chelsea, the Upper East Side and Beacon, New York.

Art Market Watch PIECE BY PIECE by Daniel Grant

Large contemporary art installations, difficult to sell as a whole, can sometimes be collected by their component parts.

ARTNET NEWS

Frieze Art Fair comes to New York, new director for the Frick, Michal Rovner at the Louvre, brides protest Pae White installation, trial in Giacometti scam.

Chelsea Stroll TOO MUCH TESTYRONE by Charlie Finch

John Chamberlain, Donald Judd, Pablo Picasso and Marie-Thérèse, and Judy Ledgerwood

Art Market Watch SOTHEBY'S STOCK, EVER VOLATILE

With its long climb upward and recent sudden drop, Sotheby's stock is following historical patterns.

Artnet Design WHY WE LOVE (AND NEED) DESIGN by Brent Lewis

Designers transform the stuff of daily life, and fill it with the power to communicate.

ARTNET NEWS

Ai Weiwei fallout for Art HK? Plus, graffiti bienal at El Museo, to-do lists at the Morgan Library, Xu Bing & tobacco at the VMFA, supercollectors Rosen and Lis in court, more.

Art Market Watch BATTLING ART FAIRS HIT SAN FRANCISCO by Rachel Corbett

Three new art fairs -- the San Francisco Fine Arts Fair, artMRKT San Francisco and ArtPadSF -- open this weekend in a city that two years ago had none.

ART & APOCALYPSE by Eleanor Heartney

A brief survey of apocalyptic imagery in art, from Henry Darger to Keith Haring and Matthew Ritchie

ALL THE FISH IN THE SEA by Tony Fitzpatrick

Tony Fitzpatrick's homage to Tokyo's Tsukiji Fish Market, the largest in the world.

Art Market Watch LAST CHANCE FOR CZECH PHOTOGRAPHY

A rare selection of modernist pioneers in the Czech Photography sale on Artnet Auctions.

An Interview with Ashley Bickerton EDEN'S ANTI-HERO by Emily Nathan

A probing conversation with the Bali-based artist Ashley Bickerton, in town for his new exhibition at Lehmann Maupin.

Emily Sundblad SUNDAY PAINTER by Elisabeth Kley

The Lower East Side gallery éminence grise and performance artist has a painting show at Algus Greenspon.

Jasper Johns JOHNUMENTS by Charlie Finch

Sexy new copper, silver and aluminum sculptures by Jasper Johns at Matthew Marks Gallery.

Eve Sussman NEW ALPHAVILLE by Laura K. Jones

Eve Sussman and the Rufus Corporation unveil a sci-fi world that is edited in real time.

Acquavella Gallery TWO DEGREES OF DAMIAN LOEB by Charlie Finch

A lively market for the artist's dark paintings of his naked wife.

PICTURE POST

Baselitz, Chamberlain, Judd, Louise Lawler, Jasper Johns and more at New York Gallery Week 2011.

Art Market Watch RETURN OF THE RICH

Christie's New York does a triumphant $301 million at its contemporary art sale.

ARCHITECTURE KILLED THE FOLK ART MUSEUM by Jerry Saltz

The Museum of Modern Art pays off the $32 million American Folk Art Museum debt -- and gets the building.

Art Market Watch REVOLT OF THE RICH?

Sotheby's New York does a "meager" $128 million at its spring contemporary sale.

Art Market Watch ANDY WARHOL'S MAO by Max Wolf

A chance to measure the market with a choice portfolio of Warhol "Mao" prints from 1972.

Getty Trust CUI CUNO? by Charlie Finch

What does it mean that James Cuno is named president of the Getty Trust in Los Angeles.

John Storrs MACHINE-AGE MODERNIST by N.F. Karlins

An American who lived and worked in France, John Storrs was a pioneer of modernist sculpture in the U.S.

Art Market Watch ALLAN STONE COLLECTION

Chamberlain, de Kooning & Thiebaud from the late Manhattan art dealer sell for $54.8 million at Sotheby's New York.

Team Gallery OLE JOSE! by Elisabeth Kley

Jose Freire's Team Gallery opens a new second space at 47 Wooster Street with painter David Ratcliff.

ARTNET NEWS

Ben Grasso DOOMSDAY PREACHER by Donald Kuspit

The wonders of painter Ben Grasso's uninhabitable wooden houses at Thierry Goldberg Projects.

Party Pictures JOSH SMITH "THE AMERICAN DREAM"

A new exhibition at the Brant Foundation Art Study Center. Photos by the Billy Farrell Agency.

GO ASK ALŸS by Charlie Finch

See Francis Alÿs steal creative tropes from just about anyone in his new show at the Museum of Modern Art.

ARTNET NEWS

The New Museum's StreetFest street fair, Turner Prize 2011 shortlist, more on Sasha Grey's photographs, more.

The Cone Collection HARVEST OF SOUVENIRS by Michèle C. Cone

Collectibles and ephemera, plus some great artworks, in "The Cone Sisters" at the Jewish Museum.

Art Market Watch THE AMERICAN SCENE AT ARTNET AUCTIONS by Daniel Grant

Artnet Auctions is offering a wide selection of prints, paintings and works on paper by the first great generation of 20th-century American artists.

Art Market Watch BRING ON THE BLOCKBUSTERS by Andrew Decker

Monet, Vlaminck, and Picasso top $20 million at Christie's New York as gamble pay off in an otherwise modest auction.

Chris Marker STOP STARING by Joe Fyfe

In a two-gallery show, the 90-year-old French photographer contemplates women's "built in grain of indestructibility."

Art Market Watch AN ORDERLY, FRUSTRATED MARKET by Andrew Decker

Sotheby's Imp & Mod does $170.5 million, but proves that demand does not always command supply.

Picasso at Gagosian THE RUTTING BULL by Jerry Saltz

An exhibition devoted to Picasso and a mistress-muse is soaked in sex.

Black Sheep MY MISSPENT YOUTH by Tony Fitzpatrick

Caddying, foul-mouthed golfers and how much he learned from his misspent youth.

ARTNET NEWS

Clark Art Institute sells Monet, Kiefer in Venice, Moby the photographer, Howl Fest in NYC, Kantor LA, Animal Art Fair, more.

Party Pictures "SOUTINE/BACON" AT HELLY NAHMAD GALLERY

The first comparative exhibition of Chaim Soutine and Francis Bacon. Photos by the Billy Farrelly Agency.

Willem de Kooning THE WINDOW WASHER by Charlie Finch

Willem de Kooning, re-presented, macho, playful, at Pace Gallery in New York.

NEW THIS MONTH IN U.S. MUSEUMS

Alexander McQueen, FutureFarmers, the Cone Sisters, Francis Alÿs, Uta Barth, Gustav Metzger, "The Steins Collect," Titian, Cory Arcangel, more.

ARTNET NEWS

Alexander McQueen at the Met, Sasha Grey in L.A., Quentin Roosevelt's China, Charlie Finch curates, Poet's Den, ABC No Rio benefit, more.

David Salle DON'T UNDERSTAND ME TOO QUICKLY by Emily Nathan

An interview with painter David Salle on the eve of his new exhibition at Mary Boone Gallery in Chelsea.

Art Horoscope: THE MAY PERSPECTIVE by Leigh Oswald

Uranus in Aries is rapidly catching up to challenge Pluto (in Capricorn), which heralds continued efforts toward social revolution on a global level.

ARTNET NEWS

Party at the Spring Show, Knox Martin's new mural, Jasper Johns' new sculpture, David Bowie the artist, Rachel Harrison, more.

Voina in St. Petersburg THE DICK OF THE MATTER by Matthew Bown

The inside story of Voina, the St. Petersburg-based anarchist art collective that kisses the cops and is chased by them, too.

Jean Forgotten THE PROPHET BAUDRILLARD by Charlie Finch

Jean Baudrillard, dead and all but forgotten by advanced culture.

Paul Caranicas REALIST PAINTING & MODERN LIFE by Walter Robinson

Formalist invention and eco-consciousness via a 30-year survey of paintings by Paul Caranicas at Bernarducci Meisel.

ARTNET NEWS

Ai Weiwei Worldwide, Benetton cancels African American art show at Venice, Jodorowsky's "The Holy Mountain" at MoMA PS1, Yvon Lambert to retire, Cindy Tower's clearance sale, more.

Party Pictures THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM ARTISTS BALL

Sarah Jessica Parker and Liv Tyler host the Brooklyn Museum annual bash. Photos by Eric Weiss.

Participant, Inc. PARTY UNDERGROUND by Elisabeth Kley

Lovett/Codagnone headline a benefit for Lia Gangitano's Particpant, Inc., held at Sikkema, Jenkins & Co.

Briceño & Lóránt SAVE THE FOREST, SAVE THE PEOPLE by Donald Kuspit

At the Gabarron Foundation in Manhattan, photographers Antonio Briceño and Attila Lorant work to save indigenous cultures.

ARTNET NEWS

Spring Show NYC, Tintoretto in Venice, "Soutine / Bacon" at Helly Nahmad, Josh Smith & "The American Dream," more.

Artnet News GALLERY WEEKEND BERLIN by Gesine Borcherdt

Forty-four galleries take part in the seventh annual instalment of Berlin's own contemporary art fest.

Katy Grannan DESOLATION ROW by Jerry Saltz

In a two-part exhibition at New York's Salon 94, photographer Katy Grannan lets her subjects direct her -- and they often reveal far more than they expect.

ARTNET NEWS

Graffiti crackdown in L.A., "Degas & the Nude," courtroom artist sues, Danziger Projects moves, Bertrand Delacroix Gallery, more.

GRAFFITI: THE NOBLEST ART by Charlie Finch

The Daily News and the rest of New York should be celebrating graffiti artists.

ARTNET NEWS

Protest for Ai Weiwei, Art Brussels 2011, Anthony Caro at the Met, Eli Broad on "60 Minutes," Rema Hort Mann Foundation, Ellipse Foundation, a job at the NPG, more.

Art Market Watch CELEBRATE SPRING AT ARTNET AUCTIONS

A Warhol Daisy, a Mapplethorpe Calla Lily, a LeRoy Neiman portrait of Willie Mays -- now that's what spring is all about.

Art in Mexico City CLOSE ENCOUNTERS by Linda Yablonsky

Mexico City collectors, artists, galleries, museums exhibitions and VIP art events surrounding Zona Maco 2011.

Noble or Nibble? LAST TRAIN TO DULLSVILLE by Charlie Finch

Looking at tombstones, thinking it's the sky, with James Siena and Thornton Willis (and Frankenthaler and Pousette-Dart).

Artropolis 2011 CHICAGO, OUR FAIR CITY

Artropolis 2011 brings three art fairs -- Art Chicago, NEXT and The Merchandise Mart International Antiques Fair -- to Chicago, Apr. 29-May 2, 2011.

Joan Semmel THE FEMINIST NUDE by Barbara Pollack

Both confrontational and vulnerable, painter Joan Semmel, a pioneer of feminist figuration, shows new works at Alexander Gray Gallery.

Michael Wynne TRUE COLLECTING by Pedro Vélez

Dallas artist Michael Wynne builds his art collection the right way.

Zona Maco 2011 CLOSE ENCOUNTERS by Linda Yablonsky

Linda Yablonsky on Mexico City's premier art fair, Zona MACO 2011.

WILDENSTEIN DYNASTY UNDER FIRE IN PARIS

Guy Wildenstein, president of Wildenstein & Company, leaves New York for Paris to face French anti-fraud investigators this week.

Raghu Rai THE DRAMA OF INDIA by Donald Kuspit

The luminous contrast of old and new in photographs by Raghu Rai at New York's Aicon Gallery.

Art & Politics HOW TO DESTROY THE CHICOMS by Charlie Finch

Can the West pull off a boycott of China? A call to arms on behalf of Ai Weiwei.

At Gagosian Gallery LOVE STORY: PICASSO & MARIE-THÉRÈSE

At Gagosian Gallery in New York, the opening of John Richardson's "Picasso and Marie-Thérèse: L'amour fou."

GRAFFITI STAR LOCKED IN RIKERS

While "Art in the Streets" makes headlines, New York graffiti writer LA II sits in Rikers, facing a felony charge.

ARTNET NEWS

Demonstrations demand freedom for Ai Weiwei, Azerbaijan to Venice Biennale, Mimmo Paladino's turboprop jet, more.

Omer Fast THE MAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN by Emily Nathan

Omer Fast's Godville in "Found in Translation" at the Guggenheim.

Art Cologne 2011 SCENT OF SUCCESS? by Pedro Vélez

Out and about at Germany's own art fair, Art Cologne, Apr. 13-17, 2011.

Walther Collection Project Space JO RACTLIFFE: LIFE & DEATH IN ANGOLA by Barbara Pollack

South African photographer Jo Ractliffe brings her photos of Angola to the new Walther Collection Project Space in Chelsea.

ARTNET NEWS

What’s happening with Ai Weiwei? Plus, Performa commissions, Kiefer does Rembrandt, orchids for sale at The Artist’s Institute, more.

SOFA New York: DECO ARTS AND DESIGN by Brook S. Mason

Now in its 14th edition, the fair for deco arts and design gets a total facelift.

Idris Khan GOD IS GREAT by Walter Robinson

Idris Khan at Yvon Lambert New York, the spiritual as subject of an avant-garde investigation.

Friedrich Schröder-Sonnenstern THE SNAKE SEDUCTION by N.F. Karlins

Now in its 14th edition, the fair for deco arts and design gets a total facelift.

Gallery at the Louvre MORSE CODE by Charlie Finch

Yale historian David McCullough on the secrets of Samuel F.B. Morse's masterpiece, Gallery at the Louvre.

Ai Weiwei I FOR AN AI by Bozidar Brazda

Considering what is happening to Ai Weiwei.

Rest in Peace JOHN MCCRACKEN, 1934-2011

Good-bye to a great space cowboy, a master of brilliantly colored, exquisitely smooth Minimalist forms.

Richard Serra THE MET GOES MODERN by Walter Robinson

"Richard Serra Drawing: A Retrospective" is an art epiphany at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Art Market Watch NAKED ON THE BLOCK

Nudes, lingerie, corsets, bondage, models, a tricycle -- a voyeur's report on the spring photo sales in New York City.

Mark Morrisroe DEATH AND HIGH SPIRITS by Olivia Good

"Mark Morrisroe: From This Moment On" at Artists Space.

Mark Morrisroe DEATH AND HIGH SPIRITS by Olivia Good

"Mark Morrisroe: From This Moment On" at Artists Space.

Simon Leung COSMOPOLITAN NOMAD by Elisabeth Kley

The peripatetic life of art world intellectual Warren Niesluchowski is the subject of Simon Leung's new docuvideo at CUE Art Foundation.

ARTNET NEWS

Tracey Emin v. Dinos Chapman, Guggenheim Foundation fellows, open call for performance artists, Maira Kalman pop-up store, more.

RED STAR FOR THE DAUGHTERS OF JUAREZ by Tony Fitzpatrick

Chilean novelist Roberto Bolaño, his unfinished masterpiece 2666, and the unsolved murders of the women of Juarez.

Braco Dimitrijevic CASUAL PASSER-BY by Walter Robinson

The first U.S. survey of works by Braco Dimitrijevic at White Box in SoHo.

Artist Ahmed Basiony EGYPT TAKES PROTEST TO VENICE

For its pavilion at the Venice Biennale, Egypt selects Ahmed Basiony, an artist killed in the 2011 Egyptian Revolution.

New Art A DAY AT THE RACES by Charlie Finch

Meghan Boody, Linda Yablonsky, Ryan Oakes, Jerry Davis, Edward Winkleman, Jimbo Blachly, Kika Karadi and the Williamsburg Bridge.

Unpainted Paintings AFTER THE DRIPS by Jerry Saltz

Once Jackson Pollock exploded painting, anything from petals to pee could wind up on a gallery wall.

Dallas Art Fair MONEY IS BIGGER IN TEXAS

The art market moves to Dallas for the Dallas Art Fair, and the new Suite satellite fair.

ARTNET NEWS

What's going to happen to Ai Weiwei? Plus, Lebanon (not) in Venice, Degas & Rembrandt (together at last), Mona Lisa (the bones), more.

Rembrandt van Rijn "FACE OF JESUS" IN PHILADELPHIA

Portraits of Jesus by Rembrandt van Rijn at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

2011 Tribeca Ball ARTISTS AND MODELS

At the annual benefit for Andy Warhol's New York Academy of Art, Monday, Apr. 4, 2011.

Kenneth Noland ESCAPE FROM MEANING by Charlie Finch

The classic Noland paintings at Mitchell-Innes & Nash are sublime.

PICTURE POST

Gallery exhibitions opening worldwide during April 2011 in New York, Los Angeles, Copenhagen, Stockholm, London, Munich and Zurich.

ASK AN ART CRITIC by Jerry Saltz

Rudolf Stingel at Gagosian Gallery, snobby gallerinas and a guide to the Lower East Side gallery scene.

CBPA Chicago BOOKWORMS IN NERD HEAVEN by Pedro Vélez

A visit to The Center for Book & Paper Arts at Columbia College Chicago.

Art Market Watch: CHINA RULES WORLD AUCTIONS

Belgian collector Guy Ullens sells 105 works for $54.8 million ast Sotheby's Hong Kong.

Larry Gagosian NOT FOR THE WEAK OF ART by Emily Nathan

Wall Street Journal ace reporter Kelly Crow profiles the fearsome superdealer Larry Gagosian.

Malcolm Morley: RULES OF ENGAGEMENT by Walter Robinson

At Sperone Westwater, a dozen new paintings by the pop realist painter Malcolm Morley.

Artnet Design DESIGN MIAMI/BASEL SHAPES UP FOR JUNE by Brook S. Mason

The 12th edition of the design-world destination art fair looks bright.

Jerry Saltz CALL HIM DOCTOR DOCTOR DOCTOR

A third honorary Ph.D. for the otherwise un-diploma'd New York magazine art critic Jerry Saltz.

NEW THIS MONTH IN U.S. MUSEUMS

David Smith, the Freer's Peacock Room, Gabriel Metsu, Richard Serra, Street Art, Renaissance prints in daily life, more.

Bice Curriger: VENI, VIDI, VICI, VENICE: by Barbara Pollack

"I'm not doing a show about light bulbs," says Bice Curriger about her show "ILLUMInations" at the Venice Bennale.

Cariou vs. Prince: THE COPYRIGHT BUNGLE by Joy Garnett

Will courts, judges and photographers ever understand the difference between a mass-produced photograph and a unique art object?

Art Market Watch: SWEET TIMES AT SOTHEBY'S

Sotheby's stock price hits $50 a share, and management gets a bonus.

Art Horoscope: THE APRIL PERSPECTIVE by Leigh Oswald

Neptune's move into Pisces heralds a shift in the global zeitgeist and a collective desire for change in the fundamental systems of society.

James Grashow: CARDBOARD BERNINI by Donald Kuspit

James Grashow's "Corrugated Fountain," designed for obsolescence (like all art in the modern world?), at Allan Stone Gallery.

The Andy Monument: WARHOL AND PRUITT, TOGETHER AT LAST by Emily Nathan

Rob Pruitt unveils his first public sculpture -- Andy Warhol, a vision in chrome -- at 33 Union Square West.

James Grashow: CARDBOARD BERNINI by Donald Kuspit

James Grashow's "Corrugated Fountain," designed for obsolescence (like all art in the modern world?), at Allan Stone Gallery

R.I.P. George Tooker: THE ONE PAINTING SYNDROME by Charlie Finch

Charlie Finch bids adieu to the late George Tooker, painter of modern urban alienation, and revisits his most iconic work.

Art Market Watch: RARE CURTIS PHOTOS ON ARTNET AUCTIONS

The vanishing Native American pictured in 17 master prints, priced below retail, on offer at Artnet Auctions.

Ceramics et al.: CRITICAL CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE ARTS by Donald Kuspit

The Zeitgeist haunts us, and makes the work of art haunting, and convincing.

Looking for T. Rex: JURASSIC POLSKY by Charlie Finch

Andy Warhol expert Richard Polsky pens Boneheads: My Search for T. Rex

BIRD FOR THE DAUGHTERS OF JUAREZ by Tony Fitzpatrick

Chilean novelist Roberto Bolaño, his unfinished masterpiece 2666, and the unsolved murders of the women of Juarez.

Art & Money: UMBILICAL CORD OF GOLD

What is the social responsibility of the art critic, and other players in a deeply conflicted art world?

Joe Fyfe: PAINTER'S APOTHEOSIS by Lynn Maliszewski

What does an abstract painter want? Color, texture, surface, gesture. . . . Joe Fyfe at James graham & Sons, New York.

Tom Otterness: ANIMAL SPIRITS by Walter Robinson

"Tom Otterness: Animal Spirits" at Marlborough Gallery in New York.

GOTHAM ART & THEATER by Elisabeth Kley

Miriam Cahn at Elisabeth Dee, Jonas Wood at Anton Kern, and Frank Calloway at Andrew Edlin.

Art Market Watch: ARTWORK AS AN UNCORRELATED ASSET by Daniel Grant

Artwork appears to take political unrest and market volatility in stride.

ARTNET NEWS

Guggenheim protestors are "jeopardizing" the project. Plus, fashion in the Middle Ages, SeaFair is back, and how to sneak into a museum.

Elizabeth Taylor: ANDY'S PORTRAITS OF LIZ by Jerry Saltz

Tragic sexuality and feminine power in Andy Warhol's portraits of Elizabeth Taylor.

Elizabeth Taylor: GOODBYE LIZ by Charlie Finch

Elizabeth Taylor was a long-lived fiery cultural icon who inspired more than her share of contemporary artists.

PICTURE POST

A selection of images from gallery exhibitions opening worldwide during Mar. 17-Apr. 29, 2011, in London, Berlin, Copenhagen, Milan, Athens, New York and Paris.

ARTNET NEWS

Kevin Spacey speaks for the arts. Plus, suitcases from Crash, new Whitney café, random Richard Prince copyright news, more.

TEFAF Maastricht 2011: MASTERPIECE MASH by Brook S. Mason

From Rembrandt to Jenny Saville, over 30,000 works worth $1.4 billion showcased by 260 dealers from 16 countries.

Relational Esthetics: THANKS FOR THE RIDE, GAVIN! by Jerry Saltz

How a joyride in Gavin Brown's Volvo Became Art.

Richard Prince: SLIPPERY SLOPE by Charlie Finch

Appropriation artist Richard Prince loses his "fair use" copyright case over his "Canal Zone" Rastafarian works.

ARTNET NEWS

Richard Prince loses copyright lawsuit over Rastafarian "Canal Zone" artworks.

Artnet Magazine: CELEBRATING 15 YEARS by Walter Robinson

A brief introduction to this weekend-long cyberspace revisitation of Artnet Magazine's earliest articles (see below).

Bye Bye Kitty: NO SPACE BETWEEN CHAOS AND BEAUTY by Charlie Finch

At Japan Society, the notion that we might "demolish" old ideas about Japanese art comes a little too close to current reality.

AIPAD Photo Show: LOOK SMART by Walter Robinson

A quick look at the Association of International Photography Art Dealers Photography Show with critic Carlo McCormick and painter Duncan Hannah.

PICTURE POST by Emily Nathan

The AIPAD Photography Show roars into town and parks at the Park Avenue Armory, Mar. 17-20, 2011. Herewith, a selection of works on view.

At the Brooklyn Museum: TIPIS OF THE BROOKLYN PLAINS by N.F. Karlins

Three full-sized tipis plus 160 Plains Indian objects in a remarkable survey of Native American artistry.

Terry Allen: FROM SEA TO DARKER SEA by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp

In a new exhibition at L.A. Louver, Terry Allen reconceives Antonin Artaud's journey into madness.

ADVENTURES IN RADIATION by Charlie Finch

MRI machines, A-bomb tests and the threat of nuclear energy.

ASK AN ART CRITIC by Jerry Saltz

Critic Jerry Saltz on art fairs, Rirkrit Tiravanija, and the advisability of traveling to Boston (don't do it).

PICTURE POST

New gallery exhibitions in New York in March – by Valie Export, Stuart Brisley, Karen Kilimnik and more.

BLINDED BY THE LIGHT by Beatrice Thornton

Two kinds of "Drawing by Light" at Paul Kasmin Gallery -- with neon by Iván Navarro and with paper negatives by 19th-century photographers.

STAR FOR MY BLACK IRISH HEART by Tony Fitzpatrick

For Saint Patrick's Day, a word on the notion that the Irish are a happy-go-lucky bunch.

FUN WITH LEO by Charlie Finch

RIP Leo Steinberg, 1920-2011, the greatest art historian of his generation.

SPENCER'S ART LAW JOURNAL Edited by Ronald D. Spencer

Buyer's Recission Rights for High Value Purchases -- Spreading the Risk, by Ronald D. Spencer.

Video Art Fair: MOVE IT OR LOSE IT by Emily Nathan

A report from Chelsea dealer Ed Winkleman's Moving Image Art Fair of Contemporary Video Art.

Meghan Boody: 13 WAYS OF LOOKING AT A BOODY by Charlie Finch

Artist Meghan Boody and her eternally girly-girly fantasy world of photos, sculptures and things under glass.

ARTNET NEWS

All about Asia Week New York 2011, the AIPAD Photography Show at the Park Avenue Armory and Art Dubai 2011.

Beijing Notebook: ART & POLITICS IN CHINA by Barbara Pollack

Wang Gongxin, Lin Tianmiao, Baron Guy Ullens, Song Dong, Wang Jin, Liang Yuanwei, Li Yousong, Zhao Liang, more.

DEPARTURE by Charlie Finch

We say goodbye to MoMA PS1 stalwart Tony Guerrero.

ARTNET NEWS

"Art in the Streets," new (e)merge art fair in D.C., artists for Dublin Contemporary, Performa 2011, more.

L.A. Rising: THE THERE THERE by James Croak

Lyn Kienholz' new L.A. Rising, SoCal Artists Before 1980 (California / International Arts Foundation, 2010)

USC Roski: ART SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL by Pedro Vélez

In the studios with Kristen VanDeventer, Karen Adelman and Patrick Walsh.

JOHNNY'S TOO LONG AT THE FAIR by Peter Plagens

Thoughties from Pulse New York and the Armory Show 2011.

ASK AN ART CRITIC by Jerry Saltz

The worst show of the year -- Francesco Vezzoli at Gagosian Gallery -- plus Paul Cézanne and the question of marathon art viewing.

HIGH VOLTAGE

Art dealers -- plus one fair director, and one artist -- at the VoltaNY 2011 art fair, Mar. 4, 2011.

The Verge Art Fair: THE CASE FOR ART BROOKLYN by Tony Fitzpatrick

Artist and Chicago muse Tony Fitzpatrick -- now a gallery director -- participates in Verge Art Brooklyn.

SOCIAL MEDIA IS OLD AGE by Charlie Finch

Twitter, Facebook, Gawker, Huffpo, they all turn long-term living into the passing moments of old age.

ARTNET NEWS

Boycotting HuffPo, USA Projects seed money for artists, art benefits, more

Maria Petschnig: NAUGHTY AND NICE by Elisabeth Kley

Questions of erotic intimacy and kinky sexuality in photographs and videos by the Austrian artist Maria Petschnig.

ARTNET NEWS

Boycotting HuffPo, USA Projects seed money for artists, art benefits, more

SHOW AND TELL by Walter Robinson

The Art Dealers Association of America presents the 23rd annual Art Show at the Park Avenue Armory.

SOCIAL MEDIA IS OLD AGE by Charlie Finch

Twitter, Facebook, Gawker, Huffpo, they all turn long-term living into the passing moments of old age.

Art & Antiques: NICE IN NAPLES by Brook S. Mason

David Lester's new fair in Naples, Fla., hones in on a rich and untapped market.

THE MARCH PERSPECTIVE by Leigh Oswald

Uranus in Aries -- the assertive "I am" sign -- brings revolutionary change, and puts assertive art on the agenda.

NEW THIS MONTH IN U.S. MUSEUMS

Chagall in Paris, William Leavitt, Glenn Ligon, "Clay on the Skin," Sonia Delaunay, Sheila Hicks, "German Expressionism: The Graphic Impulse"

Chinese Bronzes: DING AND ZUN by N.F. Karlins

At the China Institute, treasures of Yangzi River culture from the Bronze Age.

Paul Cézanne: THREE OF A KIND by Jerry Saltz

Jerry Saltz on Cézanne's revolutionary paintings of humble card players, and how they mark a turning-point in modern art.

Laurie Simmons: MY DAUGHTER THE SEX DOLL by Walter Robinson

The maternal instinct in Laurie Simmons' photographs of "The Love Doll" at Salon 94

COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER by Charlie Finch

Janet Biggs takes us miles underground with an Arctic coal miner for Part Three of her "Arctic Trilogy"

Pollock's Mural: A CLEAR CHOICE? by Donald Kuspit

Go ahead and sell Jackson Pollock's $150-million Mural and use the proceeds for a scholarship fund.

PICTURE POST

Get it while it's hot -- gallery exhibition openings worldwide, in New York, Los Angeles, Cologne, London, and Brussels.

ARTNET NEWS

Museum of Modern Art preview, plus graffiti and folk art at Venice Biennale, Gagosian Gallery sued, more.

Kai Althoff: LONELY HEART by Elisabeth Kley

At Gladstone Gallery in Chelsea, artist Kai Althoff constructs a otherworldly narrative of youth and desire.

AGAINST ART FAIRS by Charlie Finch

The art-factory system flourishes while real art ends up in the sewer.

ART MARKET WATCH

New art stars at contemporary art auctions at Christie's, Sotheby's and Phillips de Pury & Company in London.

STAR FOR THE YELLOW CAB by Tony Fitzpatrick

As Chicago voters go to the polls to elect their new mayor, a meditation on Mayors Daley, father and son.

ARMORY ARTS WEEK 2011

The Art Show, the Armory Show, Volta, Pulse, Scope, Independent, Moving Image, Verge Brooklyn and more..

Stuart Hawkins: HAPPY HOMEMAKER

New York artist Stuart Hawkins takes a comical look at globalization.

Christian Marclay: THE BEST MOVIE IN NEW YORK by Jerry Saltz

Christian Marclay's "The Clock" at Paula Cooper Gallery is an ecstatic love letter to the movies.

HAMMONS' HEFTY BAG by Charlie Finch

David Hammons at L&M Arts, is he turning to painting?

Van Cleef & Arpels: TIME TO DAZZLE by Brook S. Mason

"Set in Style: The Jewelry of Van Cleef & Arpels" opens at the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum.

ARTNET NEWS

Harriet Bart's commemoration of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire. Plus, "Heroines" in Madrid, "De Kooning: A Retrospective," art as trophy at Tribeca Film Fest.

VALENTINE FOLLY by Emily Nathan

In which our heroine tries to buy a date from a vending machine.

SPENCER'S ART LAW JOURNAL Edited by Ronald D. Spencer

Entrustment, The Hidden Title Risk of Leaving Your Artwork in the Care or Possession of Others -- Will Your Fine Art Insurance Cover Your Loss? Probably Not, by Elizabeth C. Black

FIND YOUR WAY BACK by Charlie Finch

Tony Fitzpatrick’s This Train: An Artists’s Journal (Firecat Publishing, 2010)..

ARTNET NEWS

Zabludowicz Collection in NYC, 11th Lyon Biennale, Yves Tanguy and Kay Sage, ARCO 2011, collector Dimitris Daskalopoulos, more.

BROOKLYN LOCAL by Emily Nathan

An exhibition of contemporary film and video illuminates St. Cecila’s Gallery -- the Greenpoint convent turned bustling Brooklyn art space.

PICTURE POST

Hot new art for the cold month of February -- no valentines included.

BAD NEWS AT THE MET by Charlie Finch

Thomas Campbell wants to overload the unwitting museum visitor with useless information.

ASK AN ART CRITIC by Jerry Saltz

All about George Condo, online art fairs, and what abstraction really is.

TOP FORM by Emily Nathan

The New Museum presents a long-overdue survey of works by the pioneering feminist sculptor Lynda Benglis.

ARTNET NEWS

The American International Fine Art Fair. Plus, all about Los Angeles art with "Pacific Standard Time."

L.A. CONFIDENTIAL by Pedro Vélez

The Art Los Angeles Contemporary art fair and more from the Left Coast capital.

STAR FOR THE ETERNAL CITY by Tony Fitzpatrick

Small kindnesses hold together a big city of many tribes..