Newslinks for 11.07.07

November 7th, 2007

Empty chairs at yesterday’s Christie’s sale via CultureGrrl

Christie’s so-so impressionist/modern sale results [CultureGrrl]
New Matisse record of $33.6m for L’Odalisque, Harmonie Bleue
[Bloomberg]
SVA – the first school to exhibit (or exploit?) at Miami fairs
[AFC]
Sotheby’s London promotes Nov. 26-27 Russian sale [Bloomberg]
M.I.T. sues Frank Gehry for negligence in Stata Center design [Boston.com]
Gehry responds to negligence suit [NYT]
Museums moving their investments to hedge funds [Artnet via Portfolio]
Trailer for Schnabel’s “Diving Bell and the Butterfly” [Official Site]
Aby Rosen’s Damien Hirst installation at Lever House revealed [NYM]
New book on Lucian Freud is “most comprehensive to date” [NYSun]