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Sasha Grey GREY GARDENS by Pedro Vélez
Sex star Sasha Grey's Neü Sex, a book of her own photographs and diary entries.

ARTNET NEWS
Is Qatar the new world art capital? Plus, long-lost Leonardo to go on view, Ai Weiwei in Minnesota, and Kal Spelletich's jet-pack art.

Cy Twombly THE WRITING ON THE WALL by Peter Plagens
RIP Cy Twombly, 1928-2011, a courtly painter whose works can be profoundly refreshing.

Cy Twombly WAS TWOMBLY A FRAUD? by Charlie Finch
RIP Cy Twombly, 1928-2011, an artist loved by other artists, and the art market, too.

Cy Twombly THINKING BETWEEN HIS LEGS by Jerry Saltz
RIP Cy Twombly, 1928-2011, master of smudged calligraphy and gorgeous intimations of myth.

ASSHOPPER by Tony Fitzpatrick
Discovering nature's romances, by watching grasshoppers mate.

Interview with Michael Werner I WANTED MY OWN HIERARCHY by Birgit Maria Sturm translated by Caroline von Falkenhausen
The German dealer who brought us Neo-Expressionism talks about his early days, the U.S. market and more

Art Market Watch LONDON CONTEMPORARY AUCTIONS, A SLIDE SHOW
Top lots at Sotheby's London ($206 million), Christie's London ($146.8 million) and Phillips de Pury & Company London ($26.7 million).

SPENCER'S ART LAW JOURNAL Edited by Ronald D. Spencer
"A Funny thing Happened on the Way to the Gallery: A Bankruptcy Fable (Or Not)," by Aaron R. Cahn

Help Jerry Saltz BUILD AN ART FAMILY TREE
Jerry Saltz compiles a quick, unverified list of artists who have worked for other artists -- and requests your help to fill it out.

Summer Reading REBELS WITH A CAUSE by James Croak
Arabic Graffitti, Totalitarian Art and Hunter Drohojowska-Philp on L.A.'s 1960s art scene.

Prospect.2 Biennial BLUES ON THE BAYOU by Rachel Corbett
Reduced ambition -- and budgets -- mark Prospect.2, the long-awaited second New Orleans biennial.

ARTNET NEWS
States cut arts funding, Will Ryman's roses, new Stavros Niarchos Center, artist in a crate, Rose Art Museum news, more.

NEW THIS MONTH IN U.S. MUSEUMS
Helmut Newton, Fabergé, Chitra Ganesh, George Herms, Spiral, "Talk to Me" design at MoMA, Frans Hals, TASS posters, more.

Artnet News SUMMER ART SCENE HITS THE HAMPTONS
Coming up in July, two art fairs (ArtHamptons & artMRKT Hamptons), the Parrish Art Museum benefit, the Bridgehampton Biennial and "Uncommon Ground II."