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Inside Art: Pricing Two Portraits by an Old Master

Posted: December 19th, 2008, 6:30am GMT by By CAROL VOGEL

Determining accurate prices for art going on the auction block is particularly tricky these days.

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Brooklyn Museum’s Costume Treasures Going to the Met

Posted: December 16th, 2008, 4:31am GMT by By CAROL VOGEL

In January, the Met will integrate the Brooklyn collection, widely considered one of the best in the world, into its Costume Institute.

Modern Art Showcase Expands, Hoping to Revitalize a London Area

Posted: December 9th, 2008, 9:25pm GMT by By CAROL VOGEL

The Whitechapel’s Arts and Crafts building and its next-door neighbor, a quirky 1892 structure, are being joined as part of a $20 million renovation and expansion.

Inside Art: Auction Slump Has Silver Lining for MoMA

Posted: November 21st, 2008, 5:05am GMT by By CAROL VOGEL

After the recent drop in auction prices, artworks that were once out of reach for museums have suddenly become affordable again.

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A Dreary Night for Contemporary Art at Sotheby’s

Posted: November 12th, 2008, 4:34am GMT by By CAROL VOGEL

In a salesroom overflowing with collectors, Sotheby’s barely managed to sell $125.1 million worth of contemporary art on Tuesday night.

The Fall Auction Season Opens With Little Enthusiasm

Posted: November 4th, 2008, 7:36am GMT by By CAROL VOGEL

During an auction at Sotheby’s, the results were spotty, a relief to those who thought the appetite for art was all but dead, but hardly the success story of seasons past.

Inside Art: Pigs, Worms and Pink in the Atrium at MoMA

Posted: October 31st, 2008, 4:31am GMT by By CAROL VOGEL

MoMA’s first site-specific commission for the atrium is “Pour Your Body Out (7354 Cubic Meters),” a video, sound and sculptural installation by Pipilotti Rist.

Art: Tapped Out?

Posted: October 30th, 2008, 9:19pm GMT by By CAROL VOGEL

With the market easing, the big auction houses brace for the fall sales.

Inside Art: Investing in Old Masters in Economic Hard Times

Posted: October 24th, 2008, 4:42am GMT by By CAROL VOGEL

Some collectors who have mainly been interested in the new are starting to buy art of an older vintage.

Inside Art: Harvard Art Museum Receives Pulitzer Gift

Posted: October 17th, 2008, 7:19am GMT by By CAROL VOGEL

As museums grapple with the potential effects of the economic crisis, the Harvard Art Museum has received a windfall that includes artworks worth nearly $200 million and a cash gift of $45 million.

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Bull Market for Hirst in Sotheby’s 2-Day Sale

Posted: September 17th, 2008, 4:11am GMT by By CAROL VOGEL

By the sale’s end, on Tuesday afternoon, Damien Hirst’s auction brought a total of $200.7 million, more than the auction house’s high estimate of $177.6 million.

Met Chooses Tapestries Curator to Lead Museum

Posted: September 9th, 2008, 11:50pm GMT by By CAROL VOGEL

The museum chose Thomas P. Campbell, a 46-year-old British-born tapestries curator, to succeed Philippe de Montebello as director and chief executive.

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Art: Russian and Rich: Art’s New Tastemaker

Posted: August 15th, 2008, 5:32pm GMT by By CAROL VOGEL

Dasha Zhukova’s new art center in Moscow and her connections have made her an art-world It Girl overnight.

Inside Art: Angels Appear, and Museums Rejoice

Posted: July 25th, 2008, 4:06am GMT by By CAROL VOGEL

A recently discovered drawing of the Archangel Gabriel by the Netherlandish artist Lucas van Leyden has been acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Bacon Is Again a Top Draw at Auction

Posted: July 2nd, 2008, 1:58am GMT by By CAROL VOGEL

A 1967 portrait by Francis Bacon fetched $27.4 million at Sotheby’s in London on Tuesday, becoming the 10th work by this artist to bring more than $25 million at auction in the last year and a half.

Arts, Briefly: Lauder Steps Down as Whitney Museum Chairman

Posted: May 27th, 2008, 10:39pm GMT by By CAROL VOGEL

Mr. Lauder remains a trustee and the chairman emeritus, with full voting rights.

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Americans Are Heaviest Bidders on Impressionist and Modern Art at Sotheby’s

Posted: May 8th, 2008, 6:51am GMT by By CAROL VOGEL

Unlike at the Christie’s sale, which was dominated by European buyers, at Sotheby’s Americans took home 67 percent of the work, and Europeans bought 27 percent.

Inside Art: Sampling a Lifetime of Eclectic Collecting

Posted: May 2nd, 2008, 3:34am GMT by By CAROL VOGEL

A sampling of an eccentric collector’s collection will be auctioned on July 9 at Sotheby’s in London.

Whitney Museum to Receive $131 Million Gift

Posted: March 19th, 2008, 2:51am GMT by By CAROL VOGEL

Leonard A. Lauder, the cosmetics executive and chairman of the Whitney Museum of American Art, said on Tuesday that his art foundation would give the museum $131 million.