Art Info's Decade in Review

Art Info has a decade in review article.  Some but not all of the highlights are

• Jeff Koons s the comeback kid (2000s)
• Tate Modern opens (2000
• Christie's and Sotheby's collusion/price fixing scandal (2000)
• France allows foreign art auction houses to conduct sales (2001)
• Art Basel Miami Beach launches, becomes the most important modern and contemporary art fair in U.S., changes everything (2002)
• Hirst buys his work back from Saatchi for $14 million (2003)
• Picasso sells for $104 million (2004)
• New MoMA opens (2004)
• Trend: BIG museums (expansions everywhere)
• Momart Fire (much YBA art lost) (2004)
• Trend: The rise of museums run by collectors
• Salander O'Reilly Falls (2007)
• Trend: The rise (and rise and rise) of contemporary Chinese art 
• Damien Hirst auction brings in $200 million after fall of Lehman Brothers (2008)
• Yves Saint Laurent's collection brings in almost $500 million at Christie's (2009)

 Click HERE to visit Art Info and read about the decade in review.