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The Appendix: The Tate Acquires a Christmas Tree

Published: December 14, 2009
"The Appendix" is ARTINFO's daily round-up of other reading material from around the world.

- A Very Tacita Christmas: Tacita Dean has designed a Christmas tree for the Tate. [Bloomberg]

- The Met Director Who Made the Mummies Dance: Remembering Thomas Hoving. [WSJ]

- The Dark Side of the "Bilbao Effect": The hidden costs of mammoth museum expansions. [NYT]

- Voting Ligon: Glenn Ligon learned his art was in the White House via Smithsonian Magazine. [LAT]

- £4 Million Worth of Fake Art: London's Metropolitan Police have decided to curate a show at the V&A. [Telegraph]

- Chilly Market in Denver: Mile-high galleries are up against the wall. [Denver Post]

- Vegas as the New Dubai?: $8.5 billion buys a "phoned-in" mega-development, according to James S. Russell. [Bloomberg]

- The 23-Year-Old Collector: Florence Brudenell-Bruce proves it's never too early to start collecting. [Mail]

- China's New Art Stars: Liu Xiaodong, Fang Lijun, Yue Minjun, and Zhang Xiaogang appear to be the leaders of a new generation. [The Star]

- The Bauhaus Restored: Michael J. Lewis declares MoMA's Bauhaus show a success. [New Criterion]

- All in the Family: The son of fantasy artist Frank Frazetta is accused of trying to steal his father's paintings. [BBC]

- Canadian Makes Portraits of Toronto Art Dealers: "They don't get the attention they deserve," he explains. [National Post]

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