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September 3, 2010
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Art Parties/Openings

Guild Hall Honors Barbara Kruger

Rocky Mountain High Art

Opening Night: Live Chickens & Brolic Dames

West of Rome Puts L.A. in Touch with Its Inner Child

ARTINFO BLOGS

Culture+Travel

When In...

When in London for … a Trio of Art Fairs

Famous for waterproof Wellingtons, Burberry trenches, and brollies, London may not be everyone's first... >

In the Studio

Howard Hodgkin

The renowned and reticent British artist looks back on his singular career, but lets his paintings do the... >

Features

All About Guillermo Kuitca

The Yale dean sits down with a rising star. >

Top Stories

Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo on All Tomorrow's Parties, and His Art

The writer and musician, who will play at the festival this weekend, discusses his Stan Brakhage-related musical side project, and his contemporary-art interests.>

Art Market

Art San Diego Returns in an Uncertain Economy — at Double the Size

Launched last year, the fledgling West Coast fair reopens today to host more than 40 galleries through... >

Museums

A Contemporary Art Center Has Risen from the Ashes of a French Town’s Industrial Past

The Creux de l’Enfer museum in Thiers currently features compelling wax paintings by Algerian-born French... >

More News

The AI Interview

A Q&A with Marcel Duchamp Prize Finalist Céleste Boursier-Mougenot

The third in a series of four interviews by ARTINFO France with the artists nominated for the Marcel... >

Design & Architecture

Chiang Kai-Shek's Rebellious Scion to Rebrand a Cosmetics Company

The designer who will update the packaging for the historic outfit may lack formal training, but he makes... >

Art & Crime

A Con Artist, a Secret Affair, and Drunken Debauchery Enliven New York's Corot Mystery

The story of a missing $1.4 million painting has turned into a salacious summer whodunit. >

Museums

Phillips Collection Fire Extinguished, With No Serious Harm to Art

The morning blaze was apparently sparked by renovations to the museum's 1897 mansion. >

Impressionist & Modern Art

Spruced Up, Van Gogh's "Bedroom" Returns to View

The Van Gogh Museum has completed work on the trippy scene, from which a conservator removed a... >

The Daily Checklist

Ann Liv Young Returns to PS1, Met Museum Fans Are Dubbed Cat Lovers, and More Must-Read Art News

Plus, the photographer who put Kate Moss on the map has died. >

Museums

People

Billionaire Carlos Slim Readies $750 Million Mexico City Museum

The world’s richest man plans to house his 130-piece Rodin collection in the new building, as well as... >

Editor's Picks

In New York: Gallery Openings This Week

A show out in the country and a final edition of MoMA P.S. 1's "Warm Up" provide opportunities to relax... >

Books

Design/Architecture

Books

Castration, Prostitution, and Stroking of Egos — or, How a Book Cover is Made

To celebrate its 75th anniversary, Penguin Books released a compendium of its best cover designs from the... >

Museums

The Art of Money

Princeton University has organized a show of paper money, much of which was designed by leading artists. >

Art Market/Fairs

The AI Interview

From T-Shirts to High Art: A Q&A with Gallerist Thibault de la Châtre and Curator David Rosenberg

The two discussed their plans for FIAC and the theme of their latest show, "Yippee! It's Fall (Pt. 2)." >

Art Market

Riding Market Surge, Saffronart Offers $6.5 Million Modern and Contemporary Indian Art Auction

The online auction house is selling 90 lots in its September sale, including works by many of the... >

Photography

A Curator Retracts His Ansel Adams Authentication Claim

One expert who attributed a trove of negatives to the late photographer has had second thoughts. >

Art & Crime

From Black Light to Blackout, How a Drunk Man Lost a $1.4 Million Corot Painting

Three sheets to the wind, an art courier misplaced the 19th-century work; or at least that's the story... >

Galleries

The AI Interview

Connecting Sculpture and Music: A Q&A with Paris’s Galerie Xippas Director François Quintin

ARTINFO France spoke with the gallerist about his fall show, which is inspired by musicology, and his... >

Museums

What Makes a Cartoon Character Underage, and Other Issues Raised at an Exhibition of Animated 'Child Pornography'

In Denmark, the first country to legalize pornography, a show of potentially lewd manga illustrations... >

Auctions

Lot of the Week

A Prize Ham Hammers for $1.6 Million at a Kentucky Auction

At the charity sale, a banker and an eye-doctor combined financial power to take home the luxurious pork. >

Auction Reports

$175 Million California Car Auctions Offer a Test Drive of the Art Market

In the record-breaking, Ferrari-dominated sales, buyers demonstrated a need for speed that mirrored the... >

Fashion/Style