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Billion Dollar Art, Baby!

In case you hadn't heard, this week the major international auction houses Christie's and Sotheby's both flexed their muscles to decide once again who is the Master of the Universe

Billion Dollar Art, Baby!
Jussi Pylkkanen of Christie's offers another animated performance on Tuesday night (gif via hyperallergic.com)

Billion Dollar Art, Baby!

In case you hadn't heard, this week the major international auction houses Christie's and Sotheby's both flexed their muscles to decide once again who is the Master of the Universe

Billion Dollar Art, Baby!

In case you hadn’t heard, this week the major international auction houses Christie’s and Sotheby’s both flexed their muscles to decide once again who is the Master of the Universe. Well, maybe not the universe, but definitely the hoity toity high-falutin’ New York Secondary Art Market. Cruising in just over one billion dollars in total sales combined, the auction results made all of our heads spin. In order to bring us back down to earth, we’ve scoured all the exciting art events to find our own Billion Dollar Art (if we’re talking monopoly money, that is!) This weekend, come for a breath of fresh air and new blood that comes from a round of art openings in ah, yes…Bushwick.

SIGNAL takes the current temperature of the art world with this new group exhibition, showing us what’s happening amongst a circle of painters all tied to curator Benjamin Horn. The…

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