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Sotheby's Summer 2008 Sales of Impressionist & Modern And Contemporary Art Realizes $497 Million (Art Daily)

Francis Bacon's Study for a head of George Dyer achieved £13.7 ($27.4) Million at Sotheby's Contemporary Sale. © Sotheby's Images. LONDON.-

Fashion Forward: Managing Modern Decor in Your Home (Carteret County News-Times)

(ARA) - Want to incorporate modern decor into your home, but not sure where to start? Make your home more fashion forward with a few fresh ideas that will help create a look that is modern, yet comfortable and livable.

OPENINGS (San Francisco Chronicle)

Museums SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Opening Thurs.: "Half-Life of a Dream." Contemporary Chinese art works from the Logan collection. Through Oct. 5. "Room for Thought." Video installations by Alexander Hahn and Yves Netzhammer. Through...

Bumper auctions fetch half-billion dollars at Sotheby's (AFP via Yahoo! News)

A bumper set of auctions of impressionist, modern and contemporary art by Sotheby's fetched upwards of 250 million pounds (315 million euros, 495 million dollars), the auction house said Thursday.

Phoenix Art Museum Hosts Unprecedented Gathering of Modern and Contemporary Asian Art (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)

Phoenix Art Museum presents an unprecedented opportunity to explore and understand the ongoing link of contemporary Asian art with centuries of tradition. This summer, beginning July 8, 2008, the Museum presents A Tradition Redefined, four extraordinary exhibits focused of Asian art from the 19th, 20th and 21st century. Highlighting this exceptional show, is "Modern and Contemporary Chinese Ink ...