ARTINFO.com

Curator's Voice: Neville Wakefield on Frieze Projects

By Robert Ayers
The only works at Frieze that aren't for sale, these public works and performances frequently engage the commercial rationale of the fair, often in provocative ways. Full article
FRIEZE ART FAIR 2008

New Sobriety at a Slowed-Down Frieze

By Judd Tully

This year’s edition offers a more relaxed atmosphere to buy in, some say.
Full article


COMINGS & GOINGS

Senegalese Artist Iba Ndiaye Dies at 80

By ARTINFO

Also, the Athens Biennial has announced the curators for its second edition.
Full article


FRIEZE ART FAIR 2008

Where Have All the Satellites Gone?

By Robert Ayers

This year, Bridge, Pulse, and Year ’08 Art Projects are skipping London.
Full article


FRIEZE ART FAIR 2008

Overvalued/Undervalued: London Contemporary Sales

By Judd Tully

There are no safe bets — not even blue-chip works — in this incendiary climate.
Full article


FRIEZE ART FAIR 2008

Zhang Huan, Cubed?

By ARTINFO

Shanghai-based artist Zhang Huan has changed his London gallery from Haunch of Venison to White Cube.
Full article


FRIEZE ART FAIR 2008

Dispatch: Elmgreen & Dragset Camp Out at the Old Vic

By Oliver Basciano

The duo turns iconic sculptures into walking, talking drama queens.
Full article


FRIEZE ART FAIR 2008

Newsmaker: Don Thompson on an Uncertain Market

By Sarah Douglas

We asked the economist and author: Does a $12 million stuffed shark still look like a deal?
Full article


FRIEZE ART FAIR 2008

Editor's Picks: Frieze Art Fair Preview

By Chris Bors

A survey of works for sale from 21 galleries accepted into the fair shows no discernible trend, other than what has dominated the art world for quite some time: anything goes.
Full article


FRIEZE ART FAIR 2008

Newsmaker: New London Gallerists on Navigating the Recession

By Oliver Basciano

ARTINFO caught up with Olivier Belot, director general of Yvon Lambert, and Pilar Corrias, a former director at Lisson and Haunch of Venison, to talk about their London debuts.
Full article


THE ART WORLD WEEK IN REVIEW

The Week That Was (October 3 – 10, 2008)

By Sarah Douglas

Erratic behavior.
Full article


 

Latest News

Features

Chanel Mobile Art Lands in New York
Sarah Douglas sat down in Chanel’s New York offices with Fabrice Bousteau, the editor in chief of Beaux Arts magazine and the curator of Chanel Mobile Art.
Full article
Conversation with
Conversation with Charles Saumarez Smith
Royal Academy director Charles Saumarez Smith talks about being popular—and contemporary.
Full article
Datebook
FIAC Is Back
What’s happening this month at galleries, museums, auctions and fairs around the globe.
Full article
Auction Reviews
Jewelry, Painting & Sculpture
In three days of auctions, from July 29 through 31, the Paris firms Tajan SA and Artcurial offered 2,280 lots of jewelry, watches, design and modern and contemporary art.
Full article
Features
A Season Sparkles
Diamonds will be especially well represented in the major auction house's fall sales.
Full article
Artist Dossier
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Prints of Henri Cartier-Bresson’s street photography are scarce, so prices for portraits and other works are on the rise.
Full article
The Reporter
An Epoch Ends
The art world takes stock of a great director's legacy--and marvels at his surprise successor.
Full article
Features
Street Cred
A visit to the L.A. studio of Shepard Fairey, who created the Democratic nominee's iconic "Hope" and "Progress" posters
Full article
Architecture & Design
Gardens in the Sky
Work Architecture Company’s summer installation Public Farm 1 (P.F. 1)at P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center reconfigured Le Corbusier’s modernist ideal as an urban vegetable garden.
Full article
Dispatches
Well Shod / New York
Phil LaDuca has brought out a fashion line.
Full article
Dispatches
Watch This Space / New York
Paris’s “Jeweler of Emotion” is coming to New York.
Full article
Collecting

Christie’s Hong Kong to Sell Works from Oliver Stone Collection

Five paintings by some of the biggest names in Chinese art could fetch a total of more than HK$46 million (U.S. $5.5 million) for the director.
advertisements