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INSIDE OUR CURRENT ISSUE: VOLUME 1 / ISSUE 10

A RECALCULATED LIST OF THE TOP 300 LIVING, EARNING ARTISTS • 15 ARTIST PROFILES • CHUCK CLOSE • THE RISE OF MARY CORSE • TWELVE QUESTIONS FROM INVESTMENT ANALYSTS ON THE CONTEMPORARY ART MARKET • THE MELT: ART and DESIGN GET COZY • UNDERSTANDING CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS: LEARNING FROM STEVE JOBS • A SONG FOR ANDY: THE JOY OF COLLECTING • 6 ARTISTS TO WATCH • PINK SHEETS: THE CALIFORNIA RESALE ROYALTY ACT

EDITOR IN CHIEF'S BLOG

Bruce Helander, our Editor-in-Chief and White House Fellow of the National Endowment for the Arts, blogs for The Huffington Post.

Mars Landing–April 4, 2012– Artist Robert Mars' new series of handsome, graphics-inspired images, opening April 13 at DTR Modern in SoHo, offer a compelling and exciting visual dialogue that takes its DNA from iconic imagery in American popular culture... –BH

The Art Show–March 9, 2012– The 24th edition of "The Art Show," the nation's foremost fine art fair, organized by the Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA), which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, follows this noble tradition with style and panache, as 72 of the nation's leading art dealers... –BH

11 Lots From 2011 That Wowed The Art Economist–Dec. 7, 2011– The annual fall auctions have just taken place during the week of 11-11-11, and so we've picked the top 11 priciest bombshells... –BH with Marisa J. Pascucci

Ten Best Art Picks From the Hamptons–Sep. 28, 2011– During the '80s art boom, people lovingly called the Hamptons "SoHo by the Sea," but now, it could be called "Chelsea by the Sea," as writer, Phoebe Hoban, points out... –BH

Alexander McQueen's 'Savage Beauty' At The Metropolitan Museum Of Art: Top 10 Picks–July 29, 2011– Alexander McQueen's designs, on display until August 7 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, literally changed the course of fashion history and culture... –BH

Previous Blog Entries

OUR READERS' TOP FIVE ARTICLES

BY ELIZABETH SOBIESKI

The combination of private and public contemporary art collecting and exhibiting as expertly achieved by Mera and Don Rubell, Rosa and Carlos de la Cruz, Ella Fontanals-Cisneros and Martin Z. Margulies.

The Creature from the Black Laguna: Notes on the Venice Biennale

BY DREW HAMMOND

From the ever-present, but not discussed, sales of art to the main display stage at the Arsenale to the national pavilions, thoughts on the curatorial strategy of the 54th incarnation of the Venice Biennale.

The Booming (But “Not-Quite-As-It Seems”) Beijing Contemporary Art Scene

BY DON THOMPSON

An "on the ground" look at Beijing's arts districts and auction houses and to what extent either are buoyantly thriving.

Maria Baibakova

BY JULIE L. BELCOVE

A discussion with this budding Russian director and curator on how art is being used to solve a generation's identity crisis and to form a country's cultural narrative.

“Twenty-two projects complete.
Thirty-seven failures!”

BY ANTHONY HADEN-GUEST

Christo talks about the projects of his career and how he and Jeanne-Claude achieved their success on their own as artist-entrepreneurs.

ARTISTS TO WATCH

Kimberly Brooks – Dressed to Thrill: In her latest series of marvelous, brightly-colored painted canvases presented by Taylor De Cordoba (LA), Brooks portrays full length portraits that allow a voyeuristic view of a single subject, often dressed to the nines.

Cameron Gray – Gray's Anatomy: Our most recent discovery of note is the "video collages" of Cameron Gray, which currently are on view at SEGALprojects in Los Angeles. Click here to read the review by Bruce Helander and examine examples of the artist's work.

12MM Stuffed Shark

AE Issue 9 Cover

On Our Cover: Chuck Close, Self-Portrait, 2004-2005, Oil on canvas, 8' 6" x 7' 1/2" (259.1 x 214.6 cm), © Chuck Close, Courtesy The Pace Gallery, Photo by Kerry Ryan McFate, Private collection

UPCOMING ART AUCTIONS:
MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART

	Christie's	London	Mar. 29
	Bonham's	London	Mar. 29
	Sotheby's	Hong Kong	Apr. 2
	Sotheby's	New York	Apr. 3
	Christie's	New York	Apr. 5
	Phillips	New York	Apr. 25
	Phillips	London	Apr. 26
	Sotheby's	London	Apr. 26
	Christie's	New York	May 8
	Sotheby's	New York	May 9
	Christie's	New York	May 9
	Phillips	New York	May 10
	Sotheby's	New York	May 10
	Sotheby's	London	May 10
	Phillips	New York	May 11
	Sotheby's	Paris	May 15
	Phillips	London	May 17
	Phillips	New York	June 15

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