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Calling a Painting 'Done'

Daniel Grant | Posted 07.16.2011

Read More: Jackson Pollock, Emily Mason, April Gornik, Daniel Greene, Eric Fischl, Nancy Hagin, Business of Art, Dean Mitchell, Giacometti, Arts News
Daniel Grant

In response to the question "How do you know when you're finished?" Jackson Pollock once made the reply, "How do you know when you're finished making love?"

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PHOTOS: What $1B In Art Looks Like

Posted 07.01.2011

Read More: Richter, Money, Art Auctions, Derain, Titian, Warhol, Degas, Art Market, Christie's, Business, Painting, Picasso, Sotheby's, Giacometti, Mutual Art, Arts News

Via Mutual Art: Following our highly succesful 2010 auction summary, MutualArt.com's auction summary is back with insightful information reviewing ...

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The Top New York Art Auctions of 2010

Katherine Jentleson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Art Auction Records, Christie's, Fine Art, Art Sales, Sotheby's, Art Auctions, Giacometti, Roy Lichtenstein, Slidehuge, Picasso, Best of 2010, Top 10 List, New York News
Katherine Jentleson

Whereas highly valued masterpieces were rare in 2009, reassured sellers sent top-tier works from Giacometti to Picasso tumbling across the auction block in 2010.

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Pink Socks & Patent Leather Shoes -- a Madison Avenue Art Walk

Mark Wiener and Linda DiGusta | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: George Grosz, Upper East Side, Mark Rothko, Sam Francis, Madison Avenue, Frank Bowling, Giacometti, Gagosian Gallery, The Pace Gallery, 50 Years at Pace, Pablo Picasso, Charles Burchfield, New York Galleries, Lynn Davis, Saul Steinberg, Whitney Museum, Richard Diebenkorn, Joan Miro, Kenneth Noland, Arts News
Mark Wiener and Linda DiGusta

If the gracious and pricey Upper East Side is the Gold Coast of Manhattan, then Madison Avenue is the waterfront for art lovers.

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Culture Zohn: Picasso Sets Auction House Record at $106.5 Million

Patricia Zohn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Giacometti, Museum of Modern Art, Larry Gagosian, Picasso, John Richardson, Christies, Nude Green Leaves and Bust, Art Auctions, New York News
Patricia Zohn

2010-05-05-outsidepull.jpgPicasso once again proved his staying power as a 1932 portrait of his muse Marie Therese, Nude, Green Leaves and Bust, sold for $106.5 million, a record at auction.

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The Henri Cartier-Bresson Exhibit Shows He Was to Photography What Impressionism Was to Art

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Henri Cartier-Bresson, Giacometti, Picasso, Henri Cartier-Bresson the Modern Century, Museum of Modern Art, Moma New York, Arts News
Jesse Kornbluth

Cartier-Bresson covered the shiny lens of a Nikon with black tape so his subjects would be less inclined to notice him, and took to the streets. What he invented there was essentially photojournalism.

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Giacometti Sculpture 'L'Homme qui marche I' Fetches $104.3 Million, World Record: Sotheby's (PHOTO)

AP/ The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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