Art

Bonhams Negotiates 200 mph Ford GT40 Sale: Art Buzz (Update1) Bonhams, a London-based auction house, is negotiating with private buyers over a Ford GT40 which failed to sell today after being estimated to make as much as 1.1 million pounds ($1.8 million).

Christ Among Cannibals, Gargoyles Mark Ensor MoMA Show: Review Costumed skeletons and demented faces dominate “James Ensor” at New York’s Museum of Modern Art.

Housewife First to Put Herself on Pedestal for Gormley Artwork A 35-year-old mother of two is to put herself on a pedestal and become a work of art.

Barbie in Headscarf as Iranian Artists in N.Y. Protest Mullahs A young Iranian woman in a minidress stabs a mullah in the eye with a golden dagger while another crouches to tie his hands as the cleric writhes on the ground.

Doig, Richter Sell as Christie’s London Auction Total Drops 78% Works by Peter Doig, Jeff Koons and Gerhard Richter sold at Christie’s International in London last night as sellers held back because of reduced prices, leaving auction houses with fewer contemporary-art lots.

Jackson Was ‘Contemporary Christ Figure,’ Says Koons: Interview Jeff Koons has turned London’s Serpentine Gallery into a menagerie.

Merkin Selling Art Frozen in Lawsuit for $310 Million (Update3) The financier Ezra Merkin, sued by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo over his role as a provider of client funds to convicted money manager Bernard Madoff, is selling Mark Rothko paintings and other artwork that had been frozen in the litigation for $310 million.

U.K.’s Grosvenor House Antiques Fair Closes Down After 75 Years The Grosvenor House Art & Antiques Fair, the most prestigious of the U.K.’s traditional antiques events, is to close, having celebrated its 75th anniversary this year, the British Antique Dealers’ Association said today in an e-mailed statement.