Guggenheim Project Confronts Conceptual Art’s Nature Here is a very interesting article about the problems that surround the 1960 & 1970 Minimalist and Conceptual works of art from the Panza Collection.  

Albuquerque Museum to start preschool program – I guess it is never too early to start! The museum has two classes scheduled for January. The first is called “Hear the Beat.” That will be followed by “All Things Shiny and Bright.”

Gaitonde $3.8 Million Work Sets Indian Artist Record – here is the Bloomberg report on yesterday’s sale in India.  While these are impressive results it is important to remember that there only 81 works offered … and 81 works do not … More…

Well, it appears that today’s sale in India was a big hit … looks like only 4 of the 83 works did not sell (95% sell-through rate).  Their star lot, Mehta’s Mahishasura, did very well … INR197.8M ($3.16M) – way over … More…

While there has been a bit of controversy over whether or not Detroit should sell off the artwork owned by the city to repay creditors, that hasn’t stopped them from having the works appraised. It has taken quite a bit … More…

Christie’s Expands With First India Art Auction in Mumbai – their inaugural sale of Modern and Contemporary art will start shortly with 83 works that have a combined total of about $8M.   The top lot is Tyeb Mehta’s Mahishasura at … More…

Blouin Media, Publisher of Art+Auction and Modern Painters, Terminates Most International Freelance Contracts – there seems to be some big changes going on at Blouin Media.