November 2007 Table of Contents

FEATURES

Who's helping out famous artists? Meet the powers behind the paint.
By Linda Yablonsky
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The lure of Impressionist works on paper has become impossible to overlook.
By Nina Siegal
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Craft is getting new respect. So why do some institutions dare not speak its name?
By Aric Chen
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Artists are holding a mirror up to the art world, making the market their subject.
By Sarah Douglas
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SPECIAL SECTION

These five collecting categories offer surprises for the patient and devoted buyer.
172 Dog Paintings By Rebecca Knapp Adams
176 American Pewter By Deidre S. Greben
180 Tapestries By Barrymore Laurence Scherer
184 Judaica By Julie Brener
188 Watches By Melissa Milrad Goldstein

DEPARTMENTS

Big money, little people: With pint-sized bidders in the news, some thoughts on educating kids about art.

Pace afterparty; Antiquorum ouster; Dickinson in the hot seat; Sachs's spaceship; cover collision.

Veaute to Venice; Cerutti joins Sotheby's France; new digs for Honor Fraser, Kamel Mennour and Kentshire.

Conceptualist pioneer Lawrence Weiner talks about dealers, love and money. By Sarah Douglas

Margulies fights MAM's expansion; Shafrazi sues Christie's over a Basquiat painting's authenticity.

Valued friends and colleagues pay homage to Bruce Wolmer, the former editor in chief of this magazine.

What's happening this month at galleries, museums, auctions and fairs around the globe.

At 73, Pop master James Rosenquist is honing his style and taking the long view.
By Jeffrey Kastner
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Appraising works is difficult when auction houses and collectors can only see dollar signs.

Rare crimson-colored cut velvets have beguiled a London dealer for decades.
By Paula Weideger

The panache of vintage Champagne is wooing more and more wine lovers.
By Peter Hellman
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Picasso at his productive apex amid turmoil; three books about Dutch and Flemish painters.

The annual art fair extravaganza will be bigger than ever. You'll want this guide. By Margery Gordon

MARKETFILE

Rufino Tamayo gained fame early, but he's only now conquering the market.
By Katherine Jentleson
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Coming to market: works by Bacon, Koons, Richter, and Signac—plus a late van Gogh landscape.
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Rental gallery's star tenant; the Rostropovich sale that never was; ShContemporary's respectable debut.

During New York's Asia Week contemporary art proved the clear winner amid a mixed overall report.

Der Blaue Reiter artists are now having as big an impact at auction as they had in art history.