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Norman Bluhm WHAT'S WRONG AND RIGHT ABOUT ONE PAINTING by Charlie Finch
The office lobby at 499 Park gets a mural-sized painting by the late baroque abstractionist Norman Bluhm (1921-1999.)

Art Market Watch CHRISTIE'S CONTEMPORARY DOES A RECORD $388 MILLION
On auctioneer Christopher Burge's final night at the podium, a historic sale with no less than 11 new auction records.

ARTNET NEWS
Thaddaeus Ropac's new Paris art complex, critics discuss Defining Contemporary Art at MoMA, dates set for Art Basel Hong Kong.

Party Pictures LUSH LIFE By Rachel Corbett
Karen Kilimnik's new exhibition opens at the Brant Foundation Art Study Center in Greenwich, Conn

Beth Campbell BETHLEHEM by Charlie Finch
Conceptual artist Beth Campbell transforms the cosmos into social media.

Frieze New York 2012 MOVING IN AND MOVING UP by Jerry Saltz
Why the Frieze Art Fair could solve the New York art fair problem.

ArtnetTV LIZ MAGIC LASER: THE DIGITAL FACE by Emily Nathan
Liz Magic Laser's The Digital Face at the McKittrick Hotel for the Calder Foundation's "Oh, you mean cellophane and all that crap," May 5, 2012.

Darren Bader HORNY DIP by Charlie Finch
Darren Bader's French Horn with Guacamole was the hit of Frieze NY -- now, let's parse its meaning.

Artnet Design DESIGN AT NADA NEW YORK by Brook S. Mason
Finds at Cumulus Studios, Anat Egbi's Company, Thomas Duncan Gallery, Galerie Jacky Strenz, New Galerie from Paris, and the Artis Shuk.

Frieze Projects 2012 STEP OUTSIDE by Emily Nathan
The eight artist commissions for this year's Frieze Projects, curated by Cecilia Alemani, stand out amidst an otherwise business-as-usual art fair.

Party Pictures NEW ART DEBUTS AT FRIEZE NY 2012 Photos by Walter Robinson
Frieze New York opens, bringing 180 contemporary art galleries to Randall's Island in the East River.

Frieze New York TRENDSPOTTING AT FRIEZE by Rachel Corbett
Art made out of toys, trash, yarn and more at the 2012 Frieze Art Fair in New York.

Art Market Watch THE SCREAM: SOTHEBY'S IMP & MOD DOES $330.6 MILLION
A huge 76-lot sale, led by the record-setting Munch The Scream at $119.9 million

Cultural Olympiad 2012 ART AT THE HEART OF THE GAME by Emily Nathan
The first-ever Cultural Olympiad, held in conjunction with London's 2012 Olympic Games, brings 12,000 cultural events by 25,000 international artists to the U.K.

Art Market Watch WHAT MONEY LIKES by Charlie Finch
The sale of Edvard Munch's The Scream for $119 million prompts a definition of "market esthetics."