ARTINFO: From Art+Auction

Sales Preview: New York Sales Preview

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:30:00 GMT

Is confidence creeping back into the market?

Datebook: Bucking Convention

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

In the seven years that the epic contemporary-art fair has been going strong, the organizers have never rested on their laurels; every year they tweak the formula.

Datebook: Miles of Aisles

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

With eye-popping trompe l�oeil prints to furniture fit for a king late-fall fairs offer a wide section of unique finds.

Datebook: My Brilliant Career: Lynda Benglis

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

The iconoclastic American sculptor Lynda Benglis has always challenged the status quo.

Datebook: Movers & Shakers

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Who's going where in New York, Berlin, Houston, and L.A.

Datebook: Point of View: Christopher Brown

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

The Ashmolean director reveals his plans to shake things up at the newly expanded museum.

Datebook: Remembrance of Things Past

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

From November 17 to 20, Christie�s Paris is auctioning several items belonging to Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Berg�.

Datebook: Unfamiliar Territory

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

On December 3 at Bloomsbury Auctions, a stellar collection from a private San Francisco bibliophile hits the block.

Datebook: Conversation with RoseLee Goldberg

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Performa 09 is taking New York by storm Nov. 1 � 22.

Datebook: A Man of Many Stripes

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Sean Scully's trademark stripes and rectangles are on view at Galerie Lelong in New York through December 12.

Datebook: Shattering Stereotypes

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Glass gets no respect in the contemporary-art world.

Datebook: Rock Solid

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Judging by the enormous, and enormously pricey, diamonds in the upcoming sales, confidence has returned to the jewelry auction market.

Datebook: Good Times

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Geneva�s Raymond Weil is set to open four new boutiques worldwide.

Datebook: Secret Stash

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

A Russian imperial cache of cufflinks and cigarette cases hits the block at Sotheby�s London on November 30.

Datebook: Elevating Iron

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

French designer Christophe C�me's first solo show in the U.S., at Cristina Grajales, is on view Nov. 5 � Dec. 24.

Datebook: Also This Month

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

What else is happening around the world this month?

Auction Reviews: Asia Week

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

The week began with a bang at the Asian Works of Art sale at Doyle New York on September 14.

Artist Dossier: Tyeb Mehta

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

When Tyeb Mehta died last July, India�s prime minister, said it was "a major loss for the art world."

Auction Reviews: In Brief: Lyon and Turnbull

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

"The Homecoming," John Bellany�s vibrant oil rendition of a Scottish port, sailed past its high estimate of �8,000 ($12,703).

In Brief: In Brief: Leslie Hindman

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

In a sale flush with big names like Grosz, Motherwell, and Rauschenberg, the high earner was a well-respected but relatively obscure American painter.

Auction Reviews: In Brief: Heritage

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

An uncirculated Fr. 2221-G $5,000 1934 Federal Reserve Note realized a whopping $126,500 in the three-day auction.

Auction Reviews: In Brief: Koller

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder�s "Bouquet of Flowers in a Vase" played a large role in this auction.

Auction Reviews: In Brief: Dorotheum

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

"The Work of Gustav Klimt" managed to fetch an astounding �19,820 ($28,930), more than six times its high estimate.

Auction Reviews: In Brief: Bonhams and Goodman

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Michael Jackson's Swarovski-encrusted glove sold for $A57,600 ($49,026), almost twice its high estimate.

Auction Reviews: In Brief: Sotheby's

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Jeffrey Smart's "The Painted Factory � Tuscany" (1979) brought a sale-high $A870,000 ($759,161).