The ARTnews 200 Top Collectors

highresWho are the world’s most active art buyers? Presenting the 2012 ARTnews 200
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How to Make a $119.9 Million Bid

For more information on these collectors, listed here in alphabetical order, plus the rest of the ARTnews 200, please click here.The top ten collectors on the 2012 ARTnews 200 Read More
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Under Destruction

Cai Guo-Qiang’s Black Ceremony, 2011, commissioned by Mathaf:  Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha, Qatar.Playing on the pervasiveness of images of destruction and devastation in the news and in Hollywood movies, artists are making works that range from violent to chillingly disquieting
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Out of this World

Tom Sachs’s studio team prepares for his reenactment of a trip to Mars at the Park Avenue Armory.Space travel has become an obsession among contemporary artists who are reenacting journeys to Mars, making replicas of astronaut gear, and even training with NASA Read More
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‘In a Rodin/Turner Sandwich’

I Didn’t Say, 2011, by Emin.Tracey Emin finds common ground with two unlikely predecessors in an erotic exhibition Read More
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Double Exposure

0510In paintings, photography, sculpture, and performance, artists are summoning the age-old distinction between naked and nude to comment on gender roles, sexual politics, stereotypes, and more Read More
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When Bad Is Good

0412Artworks that mimic soft porn, showcase embalmed animals, mock the Pope, and otherwise offend propriety are filling auctions, museums, and galleries. Is there anything left to be upset about? Read More
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Curry Up!

Installation  view of Rirkrit Tiravanija’s untitled (free/still), 2011–12, at the Museum  of Modern Art in New York.Following Rirkrit Tiravanija’s recipe for success
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The Cindy Sherman Effect

02-12-SHER-1-Cindy-Sherman-2By inventing her own genre, Cindy Sherman has influenced the way generations of artists think about photography, portraiture, narrative, and identity Read More
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All Dressed Up

yoyAs more and more art museums showcase high fashion, their staffs are grappling with strategies for presenting it, funding it, and connecting it to their missions Read More