Christie’s broke the record for the highest amount raised in one auction last week when its contemporary and Modern sale in New York raised $ 495m. Big-ticket items included Roy Lichtenstein’s Woman with Flowered Hat, 1963, (detail, below) bought for…
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The future of Chelsea is in question. Most of its galleries, which number around 200, now sit squarely in one of the worst flood-hazard zones in New York City, according to a new map released by the Federal…
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Book now for a break to New York with a difference courtesy of the Tate and the Ultimate Travel Company. The holiday itinerary boasts a reception at the Drawing Center and guided museum tours, one to the Museum of Modern Art “pre-opening” to avoid…
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A fast paced New York Contemporary Art Gallery seeks a candidate who must be efficient with Microsoft Excel, Word, and QuickBooks programs. A financial background and a strong attention to detail is required and previous art gallery and Artbase /…
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Ivan Karp, the New York gallerist who Newsweek magazine called “the chief salesman of the pop-art movement”, died of natural causes in his sleep at his Charlotteville, New York, home on 28 June. He was 86.
From 1959-69, Karp was assistant…
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Nada, it turns out, is artspeak for exciting. The New Art Dealers Alliance, Nada for short, is currently putting on a 70-gallery fair at the former Dia Center for the Arts building (until Monday)—recently home to the Independent fair. The latest in…
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The first edition of the Frieze art fair in New York opened to invited guests on Thursday with an energetic private view. Frieze didn’t have to prove itself as a brand—the London event is well known and respected on the international fair circuit….
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Following on the heels of a labour dispute brought against Frieze Art Fair by the New York City & Vicinity District Council of Carpenters, the Occupy Wall Street movement has revealed that it is planning a full-on demonstration of the London-based…
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The Art Newspaper offers a glimpse of some of the artistic offerings on view at the Armory Show, The Art Show and Independent….
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The contrast could hardly be more noticeable: the Nordic countries, with their tiny commercial art scene and huge state involvement in the cultural sector, are the focus at this year’s very commercial, very American Armory Show. Jacob Fabricius, the…
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