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November 20, 2009
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When in Miami for... Art Basel Miami Beach

Miami can boast new upscale hotels, world-class cuisine, and its cultural crown jewel — the eye-popping... >

CULTURE+TRAVEL: When In...

When in Turin for... Artissima 16

This charming north Italian city offers everything from baroque palaces to avant-garde art. >

Art Parties

MoMA, a Few Shades Darker

Prada Struts Its Stuff

1,001 Reasons to Love Iran

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Features

Everybody Loves Chelsea

As real estate values shift, New York galleries are moving in, out, up and down. >

Features

Tim Burton: Hailing Filmdom’s Oddest Artist

In his version of Hansel and Gretel, the gingerbread man threatens to eat Hansel limb by limb while... >

When In...

When in... Berlin

Twenty years after the fall of the Wall, Berlin is still buzzing with possibility. >

Top Stories

Tim Burton: Hailing Filmdom’s Oddest Artist

In his version of Hansel and Gretel, the gingerbread man threatens to eat Hansel limb by limb while Gretel fends off a drag-queen witch with kung-fu.>

Weekend Picks

Kalup Linzy in New York

The New York artist, who currently has a show at Taxter & Spengemann, suggests five things to do with... >

Art Market

YSL/Bergé Auction Fetches Double Its Estimate

A pair of chairs featured in a 1812 ball topped bidding at the auction, which brought in $13.4 million. >

More News

Design & Architecture

A Modest Mies Is Slated for Destruction

Preservations had fought to preserve the building, which was designed by the famed German architect in... >

Appendix

The Appendix: Mysteries of Roman Painting, Art Seizures, and the Last Newspaper

Plus, Poussin snobbery and news that banks are staying in the art game. >

Art Parties

One Sweet Pajama Party

Confection-covered PJs by artist Will Cotton were the star of Creative Time’s latest soirée. >

Postwar & Contemporary Art

Deitch Defends Dakis Joannou Show at the New Museum

The dealer, who curates the billionaire businessman’s collection, fired back at critics during a panel... >

Museums

Metropolitan Museum Reports $8.4 Million Budget Deficit

The museum’s annual financial report states that additional losses of as much as $20 million a year have... >

Design & Architecture

Architecture Contracts Rise in October

Federal stimulus funds are being credited as part of the reason for the uptick in business. >

Museums

Museums

Court Sides with Houston Museum in Donor Dispute

A jury affirmed a 2003 will bequeathing the Houston Museum of Fine Arts half of Alfred Glassell... >

Museums

UC Berkeley Abandons Costly New Museum Design

The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive will not get a new Toyo Ito–designed home, but rather... >

Design/Architecture

Design & Architecture

Futuristic Opera Pod Landing in Munich

Vienna-based architecture firm COOP HIMMELB(L)AU presented its design for a temporary performance space... >

Art Fairs & Events

Pinta 09 Confidently Sets Sail

An array of international dealers reported positive feelings in the Latin modern and contemporary art... >

Art Market

Auction Reports

Latin American Sales Show Robust Results

Botero, Lam, Carmago, and Matta earned strong results at Christie’s and Sotheby’s. >

Art Market

Investors Indulge Appetite for Luxury

Surging auction sales for jewelry, wine, watches, and art signal a rebound from the slump blamed on the... >

Newsmaker

Colin Chinnery on the Future of ShContemporary

The fair director talks about the challenges of 2009, his plans for 2010, and how to get through to the... >

Art Market

Christie’s and Gucci Unite to Fight Counterfeiters

The auction house plans to devote a special section of its Web site to reselling authentic, vintage Gucci... >

Galleries

People

Sale of Salander Estate Runs Into Trouble

Meanwhile, the embattled art dealer is said to be working at a new gallery in Millbrook, New York. >

Art Fairs & Events

Live from Italy, It’s Artissima

An occasionally raucous new performance series gave the 16th edition of the Italian art fair new pep. >

Art Fairs

Art Fairs & Events

The Mystery of the Unsold Lichtenstein

Did Larry Gagosian snatch up “Half Face With Collar” after it was bought in at Sotheby’s last November? >

Art Fairs & Events

FIAC’s Cour Carrée “So Good It’s Scary”

Dealers at the younger portion of the French fair saw buyers snapping up lower-priced works. >

Auctions

Auction Reports

The Second Sex (at Auction, Anyway)

A Yayoi Kusama painting tied for top lot at Phillips this week, but women still rarely earn as well as... >

Auction Reports

Phillips de Pury Makes Its (Small) Mark

Warhol and Yayoi Kusama brought in the evenings greatest sums, each earning $842,500. >