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
In an effort to repay creditors, Lehman Brothers Read More
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
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
The Read More
A 13-year-old forgery ring busted in France, a ten-year restitution debate resolved, and the 400-year-old mystery of the Medicis’ death solved. This week in art news: It’s about time.
1. Brits Fight for Arts Funding
British art-world heavyweights have begun a letter-writing campaign to the government protesting proposed budget Read More
The Vancouver Gallery moves to avoid marijuana fumes, a Chelsea gallery owner and a media magnate are sued for swindling artists, and Russian curators are indicted for a controversial exhibition. This week in art news: art worlders getting into trouble.
1. Versailles to Hold Annual Contemporary Exhibitions
Japanese artist Takashi Murakami will be the Read More
Marilyn Manson takes on the role of fine artist, a Velazquez parades as basement junk, and Louis Vuitton purses and porn are reconfigured into fine art with varying results. This week in art news: Come as you’re not!
1. Ukranian Billionaire Selects Art-Prize Nominees
Victor Punchuk’s PinchukArtCentre announced the nominees for Read More
A princess begins work at Christie’s, ancient apostle paintings discovered in Rome, and work by Stephen Vitiello and Yoko Ono take root in New York. It can’t be a slow summer when there is this much action in the art world.
1. Princess Eugenie of York Interns at Christie’s
Princess Eugenie, the 20-year-old daughter of Read More
A “stolen” goddess, art on the moon, Gagosian sells speedboats. With Kanye West in the news and Simon de Pury on reality TV, it’s not looking like a quiet summer in the art world.
1. Two Controversial Sculptures Sell at Christie’s Antiquities Sale
Christie’s June 10 antiquities auction, which raised a total of $8.7 Read More
Art Snapshot
This week, the Observer launches a new weekly art-world column for the Web, Art Snapshot, with links to — and our take on — the week’s top ten art stories.
1. Marina Abromovic’s “The Artist is Present” closes
The performance’s final day–which featured audience members at MoMA stripping, vomiting, crying Read More
