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International Edition
May 16, 2012 Last Updated: 4:46:PM EDT

Market News

English
Published: May 15, 2012
The Case of the Bought-In Richter — A Market Mystery Solved
by Judd Tully, Art+Auction | Market News
No artist is hotter at auction then Gerhard Richter right now. Why, then, did his “Abstraktes Bild (638-4)” fail to generate a single bid at Phillips last week?
Sale of the Week, May 6-12: New York's Week...
Art-Tech Watch: Experimental Art Rental Startup...
"It’s Like Someone Turned a Tap On”: How...

Art Fairs

Battle by the Bay: San Francisco Fine Art Fair and artMRKT San Francisco Go...
by
James Chad Hanna, Art+Auction
In what may be one of the clearest tests of the potential for art fair oversaturation, the weekend of May 17–20 will...
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Art Fairs, artMRKT San Francisco, Max Fishko, Rick Friedman, San Francisco Fine Art Fair, Art+Auction Magazine
The Best Events Around ART HK 2012, From Sotheby's Yayoi Kusama Show to an...
by
ARTINFO Hong Kong
HONG KONG — ART HK kicks off this week and the Harbor City is girding its loins. You might think that the 266...
Art Fairs, Art HK 2012, Asia/Pacific, Sotheby's Hong Kong, Travel, Art Events
Art HK Founder Tim Etchells Launches New Sydney Contemporary Art Fair
by
Nicholas Forrest
Less than one month after Australian art dealers Vasili Kaliman and Jarrod Rawlins of KALIMANRAWLINS gallery announced...
art australia, art fair, Art Fairs, Art HK, Asia/Pacific, australian art, sydney contemporary, tim etchells, Market News, Visual Arts
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Auctions

Bargain! Buy a Damien Hirst Skull for £5,000
by
ARTINFO UK
Your pockets might not need to be as deep as François Pinault's or Victor Pinchuk's to get your hands on a genuine...
Europe, Auctions
Phillips de Pury & Company Nets $86.9 Million, Crowned by a Record $16.3-...
by
Judd Tully, Art+Auction
NEW YORK — The spring contemporary evening auction season in New York ended on solid ground at the boutique-scaled...
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Jean-Michel Basquiat, North America, Phillips de Pury, Spring Auctions 2012, Auctions
Sotheby's Banks a Sturdy $266.6 Million, As Bacon and Lichtenstein Tie for...
by
Judd Tully, Art+Auction
NEW YORK — Trophy hunting for postwar name brands continued to spark the art market at Sotheby’s $266.6-million evening...
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Francis Bacon, Roy Lichtenstein, Sotheby's, Spring Auctions 2012, Auctions
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Collecting

Art-World Hot Spot Acme's Impressive Collection Boasts Pieces by Dana...
by
Ann Binlot
NEW YORK — Since its soft opening in December 2011, the new Acme restaurant located at 9 Great Jones Street has had its...
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Ann Binlot, Food & Wine, Collecting, Society, Style & Society
Gazillionaire Collector Eli Broad's Unreasonably Goofy Memoir/Self-Help...
by
Shane Ferro
When Eli Broad was in school, his classmates got a kick out of calling him "broad" (rhymes with "rod"). Unhappy with...
Books, North America, Shane Ferro, Collecting
Cricket Legend Glenn Mcgrath Turns Gallerist in Sydney
by
Nicholas Forrest
In a move that has excited the Australian art world, former Australian cricket player Glenn Mcgrath AM and wife Sara...
Asia/Pacific, Contemporary Arts, glenn mcgrath, mcgrath gallery, mclemoi, mclemoi gallery, sara leonardi-mcgrath, Collecting, Galleries, Market News, Visual Arts
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Galleries

Yto Barrada, Oxalis Crown, Perdicaris Forest (detail), 2007
ARTINFO UK's Top 3 Exhibitions Opening This Week: Anne Tallentire, Yto...
by
ARTINFO UK
ARTINFO UK cherry-picks must-see art shows in London and beyond. 1. Yto Barrada Yto Barrada's films and photographs...
Europe, Galleries
Cricket Legend Glenn Mcgrath Turns Gallerist in Sydney
by
Nicholas Forrest
In a move that has excited the Australian art world, former Australian cricket player Glenn Mcgrath AM and wife Sara...
Asia/Pacific, Contemporary Arts, glenn mcgrath, mcgrath gallery, mclemoi, mclemoi gallery, sara leonardi-mcgrath, Collecting, Galleries, Market News, Visual Arts
ARTINFO UK's Top 3 Exhibitions Opening This Week: Bauhaus, Mika Rottenberg...
by
ARTINFO UK
ARTINFO UK cherry-picks must-see art shows in London and beyond. 1. Bauhaus: Art as Life Although it is undoubtedly the...
Europe, Galleries
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Art & Crime

Banksy's Parachuting Rat Destroyed in Australia by a Bludering Builder
by
Nicholas Forrest
A Banksy stencil of a parachuting rat has been destroyed in the Australian city of Melbourne by a builder who drilled a...
Asia/Pacific, Banksy, Contemporary Arts, graffiti art, parachuting rat, stencil art, Art & Crime, Market News, Visual Arts
Notorious Legal Crusader Sues Czech Republic, Demanding the Return of $50...
by
Reid Singer
The controversial legal advocate Edward D. Fagan has opened a case against the Czech Republic and its museums on behalf...
Edward D. Fagan, Michal Klepetar, Nazi loot, Prague National Gallery, Art & Crime
The Fake Warhols Used as Prizes to Promote an Art Forgery Forum in Australia
by
Nicholas Forrest
It stands to reason that you wouldn’t offer alcohol to encourage alcoholics to attend AA meetings or give away guns as...
Andy Warhol, art australia, art crime, art forgery, Asia/Pacific, fake warhol, tony tetro, Art & Crime, Market News, Visual Arts
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