Your art news & events: May 5, 2010

May 5, 2010 Dear mike, A day after Pablo Picasso's "Nude, Green Leaves and Bust" sold for a record-breaking $106.5 million at Christie's NY, our featured article will summarize the highly successful event ahead of other upcoming and high profile auctions. In addition to your customized content, we also focus on a unique music inspired project titled "100 records", in which 100 artists were invited to make 7-inch record covers of fictional bands that Sonny Smith supplied the music for. Enjoy! New Updates & Recommendations - Modify your preferences here. Your Artists (0) - you have no recommendations, please select your preferred artists Your Venues (0) - you have no recommendations, please select your preferred Venues Your Categories (0) - you have no recommendations, please select your preferred categories ART FOCUS   Picasso breaks auction record with $106.5 million hammer price "Nude, Green Leaves and Bust," featuring artist's mistress and muse Marie-Thérèse Walter, surpasses Christie's presale high estimate of $90 million, tops previous record set by Giacometti's sculpture "Walking Man I" earlier this year.   more... Featured Events  Apr 7, 2010-May 20, 2010 Exhibition Gilad Ratman: The 588 Project / Multipillory Braverman Gallery Israel / Tel Aviv   Apr 7, 2010-May 29, 2010 Exhibition Hilla Ben Ari: Footwork Gallery 39 for Contemporary Art Israel / Tel Aviv May 2, 2010-Sep 19, 2010 Exhibition David Goldblatt: South African Photographs The Jewish Museum USA / New York / New York   May 7, 2010-Jun 26, 2010 Exhibition Marc Quinn: Allanah, Buck, Catman, Chelsea, Michael, Pamela and Thomas White Cube, Hoxton Square UK / London Artists inspired by music   Sonny Smith: 100 record covers Allen Ginsberg El Lissitzky Elizabeth Peyton Harry Goodwin Jim Marshall   More on the event here Articles can only be accessed by premium members      Upgrade Now Featured News & Articles  NY auctions to signal return of good times: art dealers AFP Published: May 4, 2010 New York's spring art auctions kick off Tuesday with prices being watched for signs that the art market is clawing    more... SAC Cohen's $20 Million Water Lilies Joins Gagosian Monet Show Bloomberg Published: Apr 30, 2010 A $20.2 million Claude Monet water- lilies painting from the collection of hedge-fund manager Steven A. Cohen is the centerpiece    more... Auction results can only be accessed by premium members      Upgrade Now selected auction results Édouard Vuillard Autoportrait Sold for 2,658,500 USD Christie's New York May 4, 2010   Pablo Picasso Nude, Green Leaves and Bust Sold for 106,482,500 USD Christie's New York May 4, 2010 Georges Braque La Treille Sold for 10,162,500 USD Christie's New York May 4, 2010   Jean Metzinger Femme au chapeau Sold for 1,650,500 USD Christie's New York May 4, 2010 Become a Premium member - set your preferences - and the art world will come to you. Premium members get full access to our articles, news, and auction results Upgrade to A Premium Membership at a special rate today Art World Headlines   Supermarket singer on Turner Prize shortlist Telegraph / May 2010   City to Shepard Fairey: Tear Down That Mural The Wall Street Journal / May 2010 Self-portrait fingered by Leonardo da Vinci The Australian / May 2010   Saudi Artists Set for Boom as King Supports Drive to Go Global Bloomberg / May 2010 Hundreds brave cold for naked lowry homage photographs The Independent / May 2010   Prize gives art row an airing The Australian / May 2010 About Us | Contact Us | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Partner Programs All rights reserved. Copyright © 2007 - 2010 MutualArt Services, Inc. MutualArt respects your right to privacy. We sent you this email message because you have signed up to receive emails from MutualArt. This email may include advertising or promotional content. If you want to be removed from this email list, please unsubscribe here.