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The Ten Top Art Events of 2011
The 2011 review by Charlie Finch encompasses the political activisim of Ai Weiwei, Los Angeles as an art spectacle, the growing importance of performance art, Willem de Kooning at the Museum of Modern Art and a continuing debate over forgery, copyright and art authenticity.
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Gorgons in Disguise: Picabia’s Women
It’s more interesting to paint women than apples. An exhibition of late works by Dada artist Francis Picabia prompts critic Donald Kuspit to wonder if the artist’s gorgon mask isn’t a portrait of his own psyche.
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Snow White and the Phallic Bronzes
Master of the abject, artist Paul McCarthy is our own anti-Disney, wrenching folk figures away from the saccharine American visionary and returning them to the dark libidinal forests of their origins.
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Inside the Mysterious World of Claire Fontaine
Everyone wants to know who is behind the Paris-based “collective artist” Claire Fontaine, whose name is taken from a brand of student notebooks and whose works spotlight the typically unsung role of the artist’s assistant.
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The Art World Naming Blight
In Miami, a mere $20 million gift from a real estate mogul prompts the Miami Art Museum to change its name to the Jorge M. Pérez Art Museum of Miami-Dade County—and prompts our writer, Linda Yablonsky, to cast a critical eye on the egotism of art patrons.
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India Art Fair Expands in its Fourth Year
The India Art Fair—formerly known as the India Art Summit—is raising its profile as it heads into its fourth year, Jan. 26–29, 2012. With up to 91 exhibitors from 20 countries, the New Delhi-based fair has added big names like White Cube, Galleria Continua, Paul Kasmin Gallery and Hauser & Wirth to its latest gallery roster.
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Sam Francis
Untitled (Sketch), 1966
Watercolor and acrylic on paper
13 x 22 in.
Est. US$18,000–20,000
€13,795–15,330
Bidding ends December 27
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Hu Xiangdong
Untitled No. 10. (Transparency Series), 2010
Oil on canvas
43.1 x 43.1 in.
Est. US$11,000–14,000
€8,430–10,731
Bidding ends December 28
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Wangechi Mutu
S’Nicky Eyes, c.2002
Mixed media, acrylic over pencil, and printed paper collage on mylar (X-ray film)
7.25 x 5.25 in.
Est. US$14,000–16,000
€10,755–12,290
Bidding ends January 4
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