Two influential art dealers leave their posts for higher-profile gigs, museum directors settle down in plush, tax-free homes, and artists cash in on lucrative sneaker design deals. This week in art news: When opportunity knocks…
1. Lehman Brothers to Auction Off More Art
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With the end of “Cathy,” fans of the funny pages will no longer be able to read about the perils of single life, dress sizes, and a mother’s tough-love advice — and for many, this is a cause for celebration.
Cathy — who’s been a mainstay of the comics for 34 years — has prompted Read More
The summer art season was surprisingly hopeful-and not just because several artists’ records were set at auctions in London and Paris.
Auction-house experts credit “the new buyer,” a moneyed international collector who is less interested in buying in bulk, or buying the hot name, than in securing blue-chip works.
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Jerry Saltz is interacting with the laypeople again. The art critic and Work of Art judge (and re-capper, and comment-responder) is turning a feature he wrote for New York Magazine last week into a book—and he’s asking for help on his Facebook page.
The Smithsonian discovers just how much the Abstract Expressionists drank, Artinfo puts together a list of artworlders’ favorite restaurants, and bloggers worry celebrity obsession has hit a new high. This week in art news: Your guiltiest pleasures.
1. Scientists Investigate Stendhal Syndrome
A group of scientists in Florence are monitoring the vital signs Read More
Lawrence Salander, the Upper East Side art dealer who in March pleaded guilty to defrauding clients that included John McEnroe and Robert De Niro’s father, was sentenced Tuesday in Manhattan Supreme Court to six to 18 years in prison. The ruling came after hours of some tearful testimony from about two dozen of his clients Read More
Russian oil and mining tycoon Viktor Vekselberg is suing Christie’s auction house over a painting he bought five years ago and now claims is a fake. The Aurora Fine Art Investment Fund, Mr. Vekselberg’s art investment firm, bought Odalisque for $2.6 million at Christie’s in November 2005. It was identified as a work Read More
James Rosenquist announced that he will cancel his September show at Brandeis University’s beleaguered Rose Art Museum. The artist told the Boston Globe late last week that his decision had nothing to do with the controversy surrounding the museum, but rather a 2009 fire that destroyed much of his home and studio and Read More
An average Joe discovers a $200 million trove of Ansel Adams negatives at a garage sale, struggling art vendors protest new regulations, and flip-flop wearing bargain hunters clamor for Lawrence Salander’s belongings. This week in art news: don’t forget the little guy.
1. YouTube Play Generates Buzz and Frustration
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The Whitney Museum of American Art will replace homey with hip at its new downstairs café, set to open this winter. The museum announced this morning that it has selected the Rockwell Group to design the restaurant, which will be operated by the tasty but omnipresent Danny Meyer’s Union Square Hospitality Group.
The Read More
