Art

Cooked Saint, Dante Nose Job Grace Met’s Bronzino Show: Review Legend has it that St. Lawrence, while being cooked alive by order of Emperor Valerian in 258, shouted: “This side is done. Turn me over and take a bite.” The martyred wag became the patron saint of comedians, grill cooks and butchers.

Like ‘Hamlet’ Without Prince, Tate Mounts Show Lacking Star Blockbuster exhibitions, like blockbuster movies, tend to operate on the star system.

Iran Cuts Ties With British Museum, Warns Others Over Cylinder The British Museum said it is surprised that Iran has decided to sever ties over an ancient artifact known as the Cyrus Cylinder.

Graff Buys Picasso as Sales Double, Giacometti Clues Revealed Russian collectors and a U.K.-based diamond dealer emerged as big buyers in this month’s record- breaking London art auctions. They battled for trophies by 20th- century artists such as Alberto Giacometti and Pablo Picasso, pushing up prices and the sales’ total to double last year.

Dancing Economist Sehgal Empties Guggenheim With Weird New Show The jeans-clad young couple writhing on the floor of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York are not lovers so smitten they cannot pause for breath.

Johns, Picasso to Top $30 Million Sale of Writer Crichton’s Art Christie’s International is to sell four paintings from the collection of the best-selling author Michael Crichton, with a total value of at least $30 million.

Museum Raises $250 Million to Show Fisher Art, Triple in Size The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art said it raised $250 million to boost its endowment and build a new wing that will triple the size of its galleries and house the collection of Gap Inc. founders Donald and Doris Fisher.

Polyester Flares, Platinum Records Abound in ABBA Exhibit Plato described a pure realm of essential forms outside the material world. For many, the Platonic form of pop music would no doubt look like ABBA.