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Party Pictures FRIEZE WARM-UP
In advance of the art fairs, a quick look at some gallery and museum shows not to be missed.

Art Market Watch CHRISTIE'S IMP & MOD DOES $117 MILLION
A $19 million Cezanne, a $19 million Matisse, a $10 million Picasso, ho-hum.

Tennessee Williams STELLA AND HER STARS by Tony Fitzpatrick
Tony Fitzpatrick pays homage to the great American playwright, Tennessee Williams, who wrote insightful and empathetic roles for women that have no equal.

NEW THIS MONTH IN U.S. MUSEUMS
Renaissance Bronzes, Phyllida Barlow, Taryn Simon, Edouard Vuillard, "Craft Spoken Here," Joan Miró, Mark Dion, Ai Weiwei, Roy Lichtenstein, Christer Strömholm, Omer Fast, "Maharaja," José Bedia, Land Art, more.

Artnet Design "FOG" IN SAN FRANCISCO, MODERNISM IN NYC, AND A BERTOIA MAQUETTE by Brook S. Mason
A special screen by Harry Bertoia, plus new modernist fairs in San Francisco and New York.

New Art MAGIC AMID THE MONEY by Jerry Saltz
Reject the market. Embrace the market. How I've found new magic amid all that money.

ARTNET NEWS
New York critics head to Grand Rapids to judge the $100,000 ArtPrize, plus, the art world responds to May Day, and Rachel Feinstein's rose for Creative Time.

Close Encounters THE 4TH ANNUAL DALLAS ART FAIR by Linda Yablonsky
Almost 80 galleries gathered in the Big D for a Texas-style art fair.

SPRINGTIME IN PARIS by Elisabeth Kley
"Arthur Rainbow" at Air de Paris, with Dorothy Iannone, Jean-Luc Verna and others, plus André Raffray, Richard Kern, Ryan Gander and Gelitin in the City of Light.

Art Market Watch NEW HIGH FOR PHILLIPS DESIGN IN LONDON by Jessica Mizrachi
Diego Giacometti, Ruhlmann, Mies lead Phillips de Pury & Company London spring sale of contemporary design.

Art Horoscope THE MAY PERSPECTIVE by Leigh Oswald
Venus in retrograde demands a serious review of what really matters.

NYC Gallery Shows THE NEW YORK LIST, 4/27/2012 by Emily Nathan
New gallery exhibitions in New York of works by Ernesto Neto, Tony Matelli, Audrey Flack, John Beech and Lorraine O'Grady.

ARTNET NEWS
Berlin Gallery Weekend 2012, Courtney Love gets her first art show, Adam Lindemann opens a gallery and Toomer Labzda takes on bird art.

THE FAILURE OF COOPER UNION by Charlie Finch
A personal view of the legendary East Village school, founded to offer a tuition-free education.

AI WEIWEI AT WHITE BOX by Emily Nathan
Chinese dissident Ai Weiwei is honored at White Box, joining the action live via Skype.