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Universal World Heritage...Except When It's Rent-a-Show Time How can "universal museums" argue that source countries' antiquities belong to the world, but their blockbusters belong to megabucks borrowers?...
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Webcam delights It's a beautiful day in Chicago...
CultureGrrl Represents the Geezers Tomorrow in NY Public Radio Debate I'm younger than my opponent in this verbal tussle! Is it time for the Blog Slogger to take early retirement?...
Cleveland Kerfuffle: Italy Again Engages in Repatriation-by-Press Italy's unexpected announcement that it had forged a repatriation agreement with the Cleveland Museum was news to the museum....
Jeff Koons Through The Roof Koons has not been fully anointed by MoMA or the Whitney -- the Guggenheim simply doesn't count for much now...
Weekend roundup The latest from Indy, St. Louis, SF, DC, San Diego and Chicago...
Shoot the Headline Writer (Again): Bloomberg Foretells Freud's Auction Price How did the headline writer know the price of a work not auctioned yet? Christie's wants his crystal ball....
Yes, it's really... Because the weekend should start with something awesome...
Sotheby's First-Quarter Loss: Commission Margins Down; Buyers Premium Up UPDATED Sharing the buyers premium with consignors is, in some cases, taking the place of offering them a guaranteed price....
Friday links Grapes, gripes and Roberta Smith's Carnegie review...
Membership has its repetitiveness? Are there any really innovative art museum membership programs out there?...
It's Official: Sandro Bondi Replaces Rutelli as Italian Culture Minister A heavyweight political operative and a semi-serious poet, whose odes to Berlusconi have been published in Vanity Fair....
Flickr faves? Richard Serra's sculptures are big and picturesque, but...
Sotheby's Impressionist/Modern Results: Relief and Vindication Much self-congratulation ensued at Sotheby's postsale press conference. But we were mercifully spared a chorus of Celine Dion....
Early Returns: Sotheby's Sale Looks Like a Winner (UPDATED TWICE) The sale continues. Results solid so far. Auction records for Léger, Munch, and a Giacometti painting....
NY Times Auction Report: Shoot the Headline Writer By no measure did Christie's Impressionist/modern results last night "exceed expectations."...
Wednesday links Knight reviews the CI, Erlanger on Serra...
Is the Art Market Still Hot? At Christie's, Not Lackluster, below-estimate Impressionist/modern results, notwithstanding an auction record for Monet. Will Sotheby's do any better tomorrow?...
Pondering Pre-Auction Imponderables: Weak Dollar, Emerging-Market Trophy Hunters Dollar prices look cheap to foreigners, but the new players are skittish and unpredictable. Shareholder angst at Sotheby's annual meeting....
Hirshhorn curator Anne Ellegood, part three Finishing up a chat with the 'Amy Sillman' curator...