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Irving Kriesberg Dead: Artist Dies At 90

AP | Posted 11.18.2009 | New York


NEW YORK — American painter Irving Kriesberg has died in New York City. He combined intense abstract colors with human and animal elements. His...

"200 One Dollar Bills," Andy Warhol Painting, Sells For $43.8 Million At Auction

AP | ULA ILNYTZKY | Posted 11.12.2009 | New York


NEW YORK — A painting by Andy Warhol, "200 One Dollar Bills," brought the equivalent of 43.8 million dollar bills at auction, more than three ti...

Guggenheim Announces Hugo Boss Finalists

artinfo.com | Posted 11.12.2009 | New York


The Guggenheim has announced the finalists for its biennial Hugo Boss Prize, which is awarded for achievement in contemporary art. ...

SmART Brooklyn Gallery Hop Shines Light On Local Art Scene

Only The Blog Knows Brooklyn | Posted 11.10.2009 | New York


On Saturday, November 21 and Sunday, November 22, 70 participating Brooklyn art galleries will offer visitors outstanding exhibitions and refreshments...

Dia Announces Return To Chelsea

artinfo.com | Posted 11.09.2009 | New York


When the Dia Art Foundation opened a permanent installation space in Chelsea in 1986, it was one of the only arts groups among the district's warehous...

"Young Archer": Michelangelo Statue To Be Acquired By Metropolitan Museum Of Art

AP | Posted 10.05.2009 | New York


NEW YORK — A marble statue widely attributed to Michelangelo is being loaned to New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art by the French governm...

Did Jackson Pollock Secretly Write His Name In His Mural?

artnewsonline.com | Kate Taylor | Posted 09.30.2009 | New York


Among the reasons that people continue to be fascinated by Jackson Pollock's paintings is their Rorschach quality. Viewers have perceived many things ...

Georgia O'Keeffe Arrives At The Whitney

The New York Observer | Leon Neyfakh | Posted 11.16.2009 | New York


There are two types of people Barbara Haskell hopes to surprise with the Georgia O'Keeffe exhibition opening on Thursday, Sept. 17, at the Whitney Mus...

Jim Carroll Dead: 'Basketball Diaries' Author, Poet And Punk Rocker Dies

AP | Posted 11.13.2009 | Media


NEW YORK — Jim Carroll, the poet and punk rocker who wrote "The Basketball Diaries," died Friday. He was 60. He died from a heart attack at his...

Deitch Projects Showcases Emerging Artists in Long Island City

Andrew Gorin | Posted 11.13.2009 | New York


Andrew Gorin

Review of The Open: an exhibition of thirty works by thirty-one emerging artists at Jeffrey Deitch's satellite location in Long Island City

UBS To Shut Its New York Art Gallery

Wealth Bulletin | Tara Loader Wilkinson | Posted 11.11.2009 | New York


The UBS art gallery, located in the lobby of its building at 1285 Avenue of the Americas, New York City, will close after the current exhibition, "Jac...

Andy Warhol's Michael Jackson Portrait Sold By Vered Gallery In East Hampton

AP | Posted 09.19.2009 | New York


EAST HAMPTON, N.Y. — A New York art gallery has sold an Andy Warhol portrait of Michael Jackson, but won't reveal the purchase price or the buye...

It's a New York Art 'Renaissance,' Argues Upcoming Show

Vulture. | vulture | Posted 08.23.2009 | Home


A show opening in Rome argues that right now is a glamorous and golden age of art in New York, one that will be remembered as a turning point in art h...

NY gallery resumes sale of Warhol's Jackson

AP | Posted 08.16.2009 | Home

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An Andy Warhol portrait of Michael Jackson is back on the auction block at a New York art gallery.

The Vered Gallery in East Hampton, N.Y., removed the painting from a sale that closed last Sunday.

Gallery co-owner Janet Lehr said Thursday it's again available to the highest bidder.

The 30-by-26-inch painting shows a smiling Jackson in a red jacket from his 1980s "Thriller" days.

It's owned by a private collector.

Dash Snow: His Art Lives On (SLIDESHOW)

Huffington Post | Cara Parks | Posted 08.15.2009 | New York


Artist Dash Snow died Monday night, reportedly of a heroin overdose. The 27-year-old artist was part of the "Bowery School" and downtown New York sc...

Lost World Of New York Art

Kent Jones | Posted 07.30.2009 | New York


Kent Jones

Something is always being lost to those of us who call New York our home.

Lawrence Salander, NYC Art Dealer, Charged With Stealing $88 Million

AP | SAMUEL MAULL | Posted 04.26.2009 | Business


NEW YORK — The owner of a now-closed Manhattan art gallery with a star-studded clientele was painted as a thief who stole $88 million from art o...

New York Art Fairs Adjust to the Sobering Economy

Jonathan Melber | Posted 04.05.2009 | Style


Jonathan Melber

The Armory Show kicked off yesterday in New York, but signs of the cruel economy are looming over the sprawling international art fair.

NYC Waterfalls Launched (PHOTOS)

AP | Posted 07.29.2008 | Living


NEW YORK - Four manmade walls of water are cascading into the East River off Manhattan in a public art spectacle that Mayor Michael Bloomberg called t...

What Recession? Ultra-Rich Still Spending Like Crazy

New York Times | Posted 04.21.2008 | Business


Recession? What recession? Judging by the way some wealthy businessmen and women are spending, you'd never guess that the country was in a major econo...

Julian Schnabel: From Bad Boy Painter To Celebrated Director

Independent | Arifa Akbar and Rob Sharp | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment


Just over two decades ago, he was famed as the "bad boy" of the New York art scene, a notorious figure in the city who emerged from nowhere to domina...