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January 6, 2009
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Travel

CULTURE+TRAVEL: Compass

Google Earth: Gadgetry for Geek Treks

Gadgets to keep you on the grid next time you're heading off it. >

CULTURE+TRAVEL: Features

Keeping the Faith

According to the Hermès family’s sixth generation, the empire built on leather and silk is not a luxury... >

Art Parties

“Art+Auction” Heads to Russia

Armand Bartos Celebrates Pop

Get Your Metal On

Hugo Boss and Hilary Ross

In the Studio

In The Studio: John Baldessari

John Baldessari has arguably become the éminence grise of the Los Angeles art scene. >

Features

Emily Roysdon + Emma Hedditch

Quick artistic intimacy ensued when Emily Roysdon and Emma Hedditch met, fortuitously, for the second... >

Features

North Stars

Opera may be an Italian art form, but the (nearly) oldest and the youngest opera houses sit at the top of... >

Top Stories

2009 Preview: New York Museum Shows

The most exciting prospect about the year ahead is that by its end we’ll be reflecting on a whole bunch of other shows that turned out to be at least as good as these.>

Arts Policy

Louis XIV Heir Loses Koons Suit

Charles Emmanuel de Bourbon-Parme, the descendent of King Louis XIV who sued to get the controversial... >

Arts Policy

Scottish Politician Blasts Public Aid for Titian Purchase

“Very few people will ever have heard of Titian, many will have thought he was an Italian football... >

More News

Art Market

Degas “Little Dancer” to Hit the Block

The bronze, being offered by British businessman John Madejski, is expected to fetch £9–12... >

Museums

Edinburgh’s City Art Centre Closes for Six-Month Renovation

New heating, lighting, and ventilation systems will be installed, as well as plans for sophisticated... >

Comings & Goings

Kemper Museum Appoints Karen Butler Curator of Collections

Also, Vikas Kapoor has joined the board of trustees of the Rubin Museum of Art. >

Design & Architecture

Controversy Surrounds U.S. Embassy in London

Nine firms have been shortlisted to design a new embassy, while the original, a 1960 Eero Saarinen... >

Arts Policy

Berlin Artist Squatters Fight to Save Their Home

The Tacheles building, a bullet-ridden and decaying former department store in Berlin that now houses an... >

Galleries

Gallery Opens with “Shoe Throw” at Bush

Ashland, Oregon’s new MAda Shell Gallery kicked off with a fundraiser in which shoes were slathered in... >

Museums

People

British Museum Director Named “Briton of the Year”

"Saint Neil is his nickname. And we are blessed to have him," wrote the "Times" of London. >

Museums

New Met Director Goes on YouTube

The "special video message" from incoming director Thomas P. Campbell mostly sings the Met's praises. >

Design/Architecture

Top 5

2008 in Review: The Year in Architecture

With the economy shot and architecture’s next wave of big-ticket projects stalling out, the best of 2008... >

Features

MODERN PAINTERS

Art Critics License Renewals

Four eminent critics respond to our special application. >

Art Market

Overvalued / Undervalued

2008 in Review: Five Memorable Auction Lots

In a year of staggering changes and banner headline news, the art market had its own rollercoaster ride... >

Weekend Picks

Regin Igloria in Chicago

Rendering the commodification of nature as a kind of bizarre confusion. >

People

Damien Hirst Refuses to Have His Work Filmed

The artist declined to grant documentary filmmaker Ben Lewis permission to capture work currently on... >

Art & Crime

Thirty Artworks Taken From Berlin Gallery in New Year’s Heist

The works, which include Picasso's 1947 “Profil au Fond Noir” and Matisse’s 1913 “Nude in a Rocking... >

Galleries

Weekend Picks

Megan Craig in New York

A painter of architecture and space moves from permanent structures to visceral states. >

Art & Crime

Thirty Artworks Taken From Berlin Gallery in New Year’s Heist

The works, which include Picasso's 1947 “Profil au Fond Noir” and Matisse’s 1913 “Nude in a Rocking... >

Art Fairs

Art Basel Miami Beach

Art Basel Miami Beach 2008 Roundup

ARTINFO headed to Art Basel Miami Beach expecting the worst, but found a relatively stable fair that has... >

Art Market

Asian Art Fair Canceled

"Many of the dealers who had contracted to take part are not in a position to go forward in the current... >

Auctions

Art Market

Christie's to Announce Reorganization Plan in January

The news comes amid speculation on blogs that owner Francois Pinault is considering selling the company. >

Art Market

Pooh Drawing Sets Auction Record at Sotheby's

The 41-lot sale, titled "'That Sort of Bear': E.H. Shepard's Winnie-the-Pooh From the Collections of... >