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December 26, 2009
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Travel

CULTURE+TRAVEL: When In...

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

A Moth in the Met

Don’t Knock the White Box

The Winter Capital

Skip the Fair

 
Power 2009

The Power List

Art+Auction's survey of the art world people who mattered. >

Features

New Blood

The quest for young collectors. >

When In...

When in Abu Dhabi for... Abu Dhabi Art

The capital of the United Arab Emirates is campaigning hard to become a premier destination for... >

Top Stories

Virginia Poundstone in New York

The New York artist, currently showing at Harris Lieberman Gallery, keeps you busy this weekend and into the spring.>

Museums

Claremont Museum Succumbs to Financial Woes

The museum will close Dec. 27. >

Appendix

The Appendix: Banksy Visits Copenhagen

Plus, the Lalannes win a very special honor. >

AI Reviews

When Time Is Money

Chinese artist Pak Sheung Chuen collapses art production and collection. >

More News

Newsmaker

Design Power for the People

Emily Pilloton argues that the United States has a lot to learn about the power of good design. >

Museums

Matrimony in the Museum

The Field Museum has created a special package for those hoping to pop the question there. >

Galleries

Knoedler to Leave Uptown Space

The gallery's Upper East Side townhouse space is for sale, but no new location has yet been announced. >

Museums

Majority of Disputed Jolika Collection to Remain at SF Museum

Settlement to resolve inheritance dispute will allow 274 of 398 pieces of Papua New Guinea artwork... >

Performing Arts & Film

Gehry to Design New York Performing Arts Complex

The planned Signature Center is part of an $800 million hotel, housing, and performing arts complex in... >

Appendix

The Appendix: ’Tis the Season

Sin City and Season's Greetings >

Museums

Museums

Lender Pulls Works From Ailing Fresno Museum

The lender feared the museum would be padlocked and the works made inaccessible. >

Museums

Randolph Deaccessioning Case Nears Conclusion

A circuit court judge ruled that a $500,000 bond would be divided between the college and opponents of... >

Design/Architecture

Museums

British Museum Extension Wins Approval

A previous version of the £135 million expansion plan had been rejected earlier this year on grounds that... >

People

Caravaggio Exhumed

Scientists are hoping to learn more about how the hard-living Renaissance painter died. >

Art Market

Art Market

Royal Bank of Scotland Considers an Art Sale

The bank says it may sell some of its 2,200 artworks when the market improves. >

Art Market

Steve Wynn Rumored as Rembrandt Buyer

The casino owner paid $33.2 million for a Rembrandt portrait at Christie’s London last week, according to... >

Old Masters & Antiquities

Did Italy Spend Millions on a Michelangelo Fake?

An investigation has been launched into the government's purchase of a Christ figure experts say was not... >

Galleries

Art Market

Works on Paper Fair Postponed

Organizer Sanford L. Smith says economic conditions and competition from other fairs made a high-quality... >

AI Reviews

Chinese Exhibition Examines Dark Side of Development

“We Are the World” unites Dutch and Chinese artists in an exploration of urban development and consumer... >

Art Fairs

Dispatch

A Tale of Two Biennales

Shenzhen and Hong Kong collaborate on a twin-city consideration of urbanism and architecture, with... >

Art Basel Miami Beach 2009

Miami Postmortem: A Basel Top 10

In which we go out on a limb and refer to the recession in the past tense. >

Auctions

Auction Reports

“Just Good” Not Good Enough in Tribal Market

Top-quality objects did well at Sotheby’s and Christie’s Paris, but less outstanding pieces had a tougher... >

ART+AUCTION: Auction Reviews

Contemporary Sales

Held during the dizzying week of the Frieze art fair, the London contemporary-art sales at Sotheby’s,... >