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The Week That Was (May 9 – 16, 2008) By ARTINFO The kind of modern art that nobody really likes? Full article AUCTION REPORTS Explosive Auction Week Culminates at Phillips By Robert Ayers No one expected Phillips to achieve the sorts of numbers seen at Sotheby's and Christie's this week, but the boutique firm achieved impressive results at last night's sale, further confirming the health of the art market. Full article IN THE STUDIO In the Studio: Ernesto Neto By Dan Horch Rio de Janeiro informs everything that the local artist Ernesto Neto creates. Full article WEEKEND PICKS Nan Hoover in Salzburg By Robert Ayers Though a native New Yorker who had solo shows at MoMA in 1977 and 1980, the 77-year-old Hoover has conducted most of her career in Europe. Full article AUCTION REPORTS Sotheby’s Contemporary Sale Smashes Records By Judd Tully A stunning group of postwar masterpieces from a storied German collection and a terrifying Francis Bacon triptych powered the house to its highest auction tally in history. Full article ART TRENDS Meet the Turner Contenders By Jillian Steinhauer This year's shortlist includes three women, one Brit, and no one working in traditional media. Full article AUCTION REPORTS Spectacular Results at Christie’s Contemporary Sale By Judd Tully The auction quashed speculation that the market’s in trouble. Full article BOOKS Myth Understood By Peter Plagens "Diego Rivera: The Complete Murals" reminds readers that despite the overshadowing of Rivera's work by his larger-than-life persona, he truly is one the greats. Full article NEWSMAKER Leng Lin on Pace Beijing By Kris Wilton A Chinese insider interprets an American brand. Full article		Memorial to Homosexual Victims of Nazi Regime to Be Unveiled in Berlin Rights Organizations Accuse Russia of Persecuting Museum Director Poland's National Museum to House Contemporary Collection Australian Art Thief Gets Five Years in Prison Senate Committee OKs Orphan Works Bill Renaissance Painting Broken in Two by Handlers Barnes Judge Won't Reconsider Decision King Memorial Foundation Undergoes Federal Investigation Asian Antiquities Expert Dies in Federal Custody Moscow to Get New Contemporary Art Space
		Movers+Shakers Asian Import The latest sign that contemporary Korean art is gaining serious ground in the West is the Seoul-based Gana Art taking up residence in Manhattan’s Chelsea. Full article Comings & Goings Robert Rauschenberg Dies at 82 Also, Garry Garrels returns to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Full article Datebook Ferrari Capital Among the lots hitting the block in RM Auctions’ second annual Ferrari Leggende e Passione auction on May 18 are two of the most desirable cars of the late 1950s and early ’60s. Full article Datebook Home, Sweet Home Chicago auction house Wright is offering Louis Kahn's Esherick House, in Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania (est. $2–3 million), a rare example of a residential work by the influential architect. Full article Art Parties Awards Season City arts organizations handed out statues to a number of big names over the past two weeks. Full article In the Air On the Short List Rumor has it that Frieze copublisher and art fair cofounder Matthew Slotover ranks high on the Dia Art Foundation's list of nominees for director. Full article Datebook Gray Area The Essl Museum of Contemporary Art stages “Overlapping Voices,” an exhibition presenting 16 varying perspectives on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by artists from both groups. Full article Datebook Talent Show As part of UK/Japan 2008, Tokyo’s Mori Art Museum joins with the Tate to organize “History in the Making: A Retrospective of the Turner Prize.” Full article Movers+Shakers Art of the Diehl Berlin gallerist Volker Diehl is bringing his program to Russia with Diehl + Gallery One, Moscow’s first and only Western gallery. Full article Art Parties Superstars and Superheroes The art world has finally caught on to the superhero craze. Full article Datebook International Flair Contemporary art fairs may be stealing the spotlight these days, but for historical material, collectors and museums look forward each May to the International Fine Art Fair. Full article