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Tom Sachs via the NY Times

Ahead of 2 major NY shows, Tom Sachs as resourceful iconoclast [NYTimes]
Auction houses prune pipeline amidst ‘correction’ [WSJ]
Craig Robins’s free art school set to help Miami compete [NYMag]
Christie’s Dubai sale: $2.84M record for Middle East artist [Bloomberg]
More Julian Schnabel art & commerce: a Mastercard contest [C-monster via Art fag city]
A talk with famed German artist Anselm Kiefer [Guardian.co.uk]

Julian Schnabel at Gagosian Gallery via Bloomberg.

The Gagosian Gallery will host an exhibit of large-scale digital paintings from the artist turned film director Julian Schnabel. The concept was conceived during the production of his latest film “The Diving Bell and The Butterfly”. The digital paintings are based on human X-rays that were scanned and enlarged on a canvas. The exhibit will begin on February 21st and will coincide with the Oscars scheduled for February 24th. The scheduling is not coincidental due to rumors that “The Diving Bell and The Butterfly” will be nominated for an Oscar.

Gagosian gallery [Gagosian]
Schnabel Show at Gagosian [Bloomberg]

Per Page Six:

“THE Art Basel convention in Miami this week has drawn planeloads of hard-partying New Yorkers. Tonight, Condé Nast and jeans company 7 for All Mankind co-host an event at the Ice House, while Cartier serves dinner at the Botanical Gardens and Jimmy Choo pours for the fashionistas at the Raleigh. Dennis Hopper will be at the Russia Miami exhibit organized by Jana Bullock and Hugo Boss. Tomorrow, Vanity Fair and MoMA hold a bash at the Shore Club, while Linda Evangelista hosts a dance party with Visionaire at the Florida Room. On Saturday, the event’s closing night, Russell Simmons and Allison Weiss Brady throw a benefit for the Rush Philanthropic Organization at Intermix, as Adidas stages a Y3 event in the design district. But the big invites for Saturday are the private dinner at Paul Wilmot‘s home and the soiree for Julian Schnabel and Lou Reed‘s flick “Berlin” at Set.”