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DiCaprio bats for tigers; Frieze scores strongly

dolls on four-wheeled rides as artwork done by Heri Dono 6:52pm

Singapore ker-ching

The city-state’s National Art Gallery will hold the world’s largest collection of southeast Asian art

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Common ground in a divided world

Can art act as an ambassador? Can it span chasms of mutual mistrust and misunderstanding?

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East, west and points in between

Super-curator Yuko Hasegawa’s flair for fusing cultures and disciplines is ideally suited to Hong Kong

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Ploughing a new furrow

Painter Wang Xingwei has found a fertile way forward for Chinese art

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Master of his own mythology

In Indonesia, Nyoman Masriadi’s mixing of Balinese and pop culture has brought him world renown

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Christie’s sets global record with $495m sale

Cash-rich individuals in search of returns pour money into art

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Empire State: New York Art Now, Rome

This show examines the importance of New York in the art world

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Performance art, Frieze New York

Art fairs such as Frieze New York are increasingly incorporating performance art

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Sotheby’s hit as losses double

Rising costs also blamed for losses

May 10, 2013

The Art Market: apples – only $41.6m a bowl

Impressionist and modern sales end in success; an arrest made over Egyptian loot; Baselitz faces tax blitz

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Collective.1: a redesign for Manhattan

An ambitious design fair aims to shake up New York

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Julie Mehretu, White Cube, London

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Minimalist in Manhattan

Donald Judd embraced a ruined SoHo block and made it his own. Now it has become a space to inspire others

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