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News Digest—Week of February 8

February 9, 2010 – 12:59 pm

Alberto Giacometti, "Walking Man I" (1960); bronze sculpture; 72 inches (183 cm) tall; Edition of 6; Via Sothebys.com
The most expensive artwork ever sold at auction, a charity benefit at Gagosian, and participatory art were among the stories in the week’s news. Read on for ArtWeLove’s news digest, now also available in email form—bringing a comprehensive roundup of the week’s art developments to your digital doorstep. If you aren’t signed up, click here. As always, we welcome your feedback at editorial@artwelove.com.

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Jeff Koons @ Gagosian, Los Angeles

November 25, 2009 – 4:10 pm

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A friend of mine knows that fine art is totally subjective. He has a reply for every criticism, good or bad:

“That’s what makes it so great.”

With confounding kindness, this retort will de-claw even the harshest critic.

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I’d Rather Watch Artists Paint Cars

February 19, 2009 – 10:41 pm

So people seem to have been pretty fascinated with the opening of GREED, A New Fragrance by Francesco Vezzoli, an exhibition at Gagosian’s gallery in Rome. This is the entire Roman Polanski-directed commercial, starring Natalie Portman and Michelle Williams, and it comes across to me as a very short idea that is dead on arrival. [...]

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