The city's art scene, once full of optimisim, is a sorry sight these days. The city's art scene, once full of optimisim, is a sorry sight these days. The city's art scene, once full of optimisim, is a sorry sight these days.Style: 5 Indications That Las Vegas's Glitzy Art Gamble Has Gone Bust
The city's art scene, once full of optimisim, is a sorry sight these days.↧
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Art & Crime: Antiquities Looting During Egypt's Revolution Was Worse Than Feared
Record-keeping was so bad that some of the stolen items may never be recovered.↧
Arts Policy: Guggenheim Fires Back at Artists Over Abu Dhabi Labor Concerns, Calling Charges "the Exact Opposite of the Truth"
Museum officals Richard Armstrong and Nancy Spector directly addressed Walid Raad and Emily Jacir in an open letter to refute their claims fo labor abuses.↧
Art Market: Marked Down: 5 British Art Figures Respond to the New Dominance of the Chinese Market
To assess the seismic market development, ARTINFO UK spoke to an artist, a collector, a dealer, an art fair manager, and an auction specialist.↧
The Daily Checklist: Reviewing De Niro's Courtroom Art Drama, Will Ferrell's Wife Joins LACMA's Board, and More Must-Read Art News
Plus, in an especially Hollywood-heavy roundup, A.O. Scott takes on Julian Schnabel's "Miral."↧
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Art Market: False God?: Mexico Says That a French Auction House's Record-Setting Mayan Statue Is a Fake
The five-foot-high pre-Columbian goddess fetched $4.1 million at Binoche and Giquello.↧
Old Masters & Antiquities: Did a British Man Really Find Cezanne's First Painting, a $65 Million Art Historical Treasure, in a Thrift Shop?
The Northampshire man may be the owner of the earliest known work by the father of Cubism, even though he was only shopping for a frame.↧
Galleries: Art That Transports You: 13 Snazzy MetroCard Artworks From the "Single Fare" Show
The exhibition, at Sloan Fine Art gallery through this weekend, is not just your token group show.↧
The Daily Checklist: UK Arts Cuts Raise Specter of "Cultural Apartheid," Japan Names Hundreds of Quake-Damaged Art Sites, and More Must-Read Art News
Plus, gun-toting Texan vandals have been assaulting Prada Marfa.↧
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Design & Architecture: "Blobitect" Amanda Levete Picked to Design the V&A Museum's $56 Million Underground Expansion
The British architect, known for bulbous buildings, has won the competition for the prestigious London commission.↧
Performing Arts: Studio Tracks: Artist Marc Séguin on Working to the Arcade Fire, Ace of Base, and More
The artist, who has a new show in New York, describes what music he's listening to while practicing his dark painterly arts.↧
Arts Policy: "The Culture Wars Are Back": A Summit at the Corcoran Draws Lessons From the Smithsonian's Wojnarowicz Censorship Scandal
The all-day event at the D.C. museum addressed the battles over free expression, with some offering advise for museums facing attacks.↧
Museums: Court Greenlights Clyfford Still Museum's Creative Maneuver to Sell Off Four Paintings
In a bit of legal finesse, the pieces will be released from Patricia Still's estate and sold before becoming part of the museum's collection.↧
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Galleries: Cool Cats and Dog Days: Memories of a Summer at A Gathering of the Tribes, New York's Most Eccentric Gallery
Now that Steve Cannon's nonprofit East Village gallery is facing eviction, a writer reflects on working for a legendary New York character.↧
Art and Technology: The Guggenheim, the Founder of MTV, and a Horde of Dealers and Artists Sign on for Artspace, the Latest Online Art Commerce Experiment
Founded by the creators of DailyCandy and Artadia, the new site hopes to carve out a dominant position in the burgeoning sector of Web-based art sales.↧
The Daily Checklist: NADA Art Fair Plans New York Edition, the Most Powerful Black Women in the Art World, and More Must-Read Art News
Plus, the Getty is returning one artwork and may share another.↧
People: Porn As Performance Art?: Sasha Grey Releases "Neu Sex," Her First Book of Art Photography
At a recent event, the adult film star spoke about her artistic aspirations and her love for Nan Goldin and Cindy Sherman.↧
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Design & Architecture: The 2011 Pritzker Prize Goes to Portugal's Eduardo Souto de Moura, a Poetic Neo-Miesian
The 58-year-old architect is known for such commissions as his soccer stadium in Braga and his Burgo Towers in Porto.↧
The Daily Checklist: Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg Gets the Shepard Fairey Treatment, Elizabeth Taylor's Jewels Head to Christie's, and More Must-Read Art News
Plus, Ai Weiwei makes Berlin his second home.↧
Art Market: Treasures Looted From China's Forbidden City Set Multimillion-Dollar Records in France
Toulouse-based Labarbe and Chassaing-Marambat auction houses achieved blockbuster results with Chinese antiques.↧
