THE ART OF LIVING

November 15

November 9 – November 15

This week: Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary sale in New York is a showdown for Peter Doig, Bruce Davidson’s gritty photographs are celebrated in a retrospective, and the third season of Performa launches in New York.

  • A Showdown for Doig at Christie’s Christie’s Post-War & Contemporary week opener brought an impressive $74,154,500, and the evening’s unabashed highlight, reminiscent of the bubble days, was the Wild West–style shootout for Peter Doig. Judd Tully from Artinfo.com reports from the scene.From Artinfo.com
  • Bruce Davidson’s True Grit From photographs of a Brooklyn gang to civil-rights workers in the South, a powerful new retrospective in Manhattan celebrates 50 years of groundbreaking social documentarian, Bruce Davidson.From TheDailyBeast.com
  • Performa 09 hits New York Emily Stokes reports on the various performance art pieces that stormed Manhattan for Performa 09. From Futurism to simple ‘Pasta Sauna’ Performa offers viewers the most inclusive kind of art, the tangible experience.From FT.com