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    • Thursday, 26 May, 2022
      The Art Market
      New York auction season ends with record $2.5bn total

      Christie’s has Yves Klein for London; Inigo Philbrick gets seven years in prison; sellout booths at Frieze NY

    • Friday, 28 September, 2018
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      Performance art: expression set in motion

      It’s everywhere today — and the roots of the genre may well go back to pre-historic times

    • Thursday, 7 December, 2017
      FT SeriesMiami Art Week 2017
      Culture shock and clowns: Bass Museum and ICA Miami reviewed

      Two newly renovated museums showcase the work of Ugo Rondinone, Pascale Marthine Tayou and Mika Rottenberg

    • Wednesday, 14 June, 2017
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      Art Basel 2017 opens with strong sales for blue-chip artists

      The current taste for weighty, pricey artists plays to the strength of the fair

    • Sunday, 24 July, 2016
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      The art world is thrilled at the prospect of the first vivid new shade for 200 years

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      Collectors who find pleasure in sharing their collections with the public

    • Friday, 9 October, 2015
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    • Friday, 9 October, 2015
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      A chance to grandstand at art fairs

      Dealers are having to think of new ways to get visitors’ attention and stave off fair apathy

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      Common threads: couture in details

      The trends coming out of the haute-couture shows in Paris

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      Ana Mendieta: blurring boundaries of the self

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    • Friday, 15 June, 2012
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      Nothing really matters

      An exhibition of invisible art is challenged by the nature of its subject yet still captures the imagination

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      Manzoni: Azimut, Gagosian Gallery, London

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