Philip Levine is an ideas man, but beyond this, a man who actually makes his ideas happen. Upon leaving university, Phil was already brimming with ideas to unleash upon the art world, from the obscure to the glamorous. His projects to date have included the likes of using his head as an art canvas (see image) and Musicali-Fragilistic, a fresh and fun club night based upon {...}

A Chinese painter who is little-known to Western art lovers has become the world’s third best-selling artist.
Qi Baishi, who was born to peasants and has received no formal artistic training, made $70m in sales in 2009.

The only artists to earn more were Pablo Picasso and Andy Warhol, whose works raised more than $220 million (£143 million) in sales between {...}

Over at CoolHunting they have a sneak preview of the new Gagosian retail space which is set to open in the next week in New York City. Designed by Dan Rowen Architect/MNDesign in collaboration with Gagosian Gallery, the space is spare, bright and successfully feels more retail than gallery.
The space focuses primarily on the publications, posters and accessible artist editions that the powerhouse gallery creates {...}

Vintage and Modern, an online marketplace for antiques, modern furnishings, art and jewelry is to launch VandM 2.0. In addition to social networking elements that will encourage dialogue between dealers, buyers and collectors, the newly redesigned site offers the company’s services in over 40 different languages. It will now be possible for an interior designer in New Mexico to easily source {...}

A Selling exhibtion of the Recent Works of Keith Grant opens 2nd December
Partridge Fine Art, the dealership set up in 1902 to buy antiques for Queen Mary, was placed into administration yesterday.

The business, sells to private clients, designers and institutions such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the British Museum and the J Paul Getty Museum.

Andrew Stoneman and Matt Bond, partners in {...}

When Sharon Day decided to go on holiday two years ago to help her recuperate from a minor operation that went wrong and nearly killed her, the idea of sailing the seas with her family on board a luxurious cruise liner seemed the perfect answer.

The Adventure of the Seas, a 138,000-tonne floating pleasure palace owned by Royal Caribbean Cruises, occupies its 3,100 passengers with attractions {...}

Andy Warhol, Four Marilyns (Reversal Series), synthetic polymer and silkscreen ink on canvas, 1986
$1,142,500, £756,622, €840,073
The Morning and Afternoon Sessions of Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sales realized a combined total of $31,704,125/ £20,996,109 / €23,311,856.

Together with the results from yesterday’s Evening Sale, this week’s Post-War and Contemporary Art Sales total $125,438,625/ £83,071,937 / €92,234,283.