Once known as a strictly for-business city, Abu Dhabi is campaigning hard to become a premier destination for luxury-class nomads and culturati. ARTINFO has some great images from the city and some unique artworks.

Venice Biennale's main exhibition, "Making Worlds", is reviewed by James Westcott for ARTINFO and includes many images from the intense exhibition.

The Brooklyn-based artist, Glen Baldridge, explores consumerism, desire, and even mortality in witty, pop culture–infused works.

'InDisposed' is a not-for-profit exhibition in NY this week, aims to create a dialogue around sustainability and wastefulness. At the end, all projects will be sent to the trash as a testament to the designers’ belief in disposability.

This year, the National Design Museum — along with the first lady — will host a number of public programs in conjunction with the National Design Awards. The reason: More people want design. Here are some of the 2009 National Design Award Winners

Bruce Nauman has cut his own path and taken it at his own pace. And while he is among the most respected artists internationally, he is as quintessentially American as Pollock or Warhol.

A site-specific installation at the Brooklyn Museum asks us to reconsider an unlikely material, matte black masking tape, which she uses in such quantities that she has it custom made in a variety of widths.

This year’s Volta NY, perhaps its best ever, is brash, attention-grabbing, and unashamedly populist. More highlights here.

For those who eschew air-conditioning for the open air, ARTINFO chooses six of the best public art projects currently on view in New York.

This complex NYC subway commission, three years in the making, features curved glass walls laced with silhouettes of trees, a marble mosaic topographic map of Manhattan, and imagery from nearby Battery Park.

Twenty-one artists, dealers, curators, and bloggers weighed in on what artworks should grace the Obamas’ White House walls. See all the works they picked here.

The National Art Hate Week campaign calls for the public to stage a silent revolt and visit a local gallery, take a closer look at what’s being shown, and then actively hate it.

Market Motors Along at Christie’s Contemporary Sale . The sale's top lot was Peter Doig's 'Night Playground' attracted at least four bidders and eventually sold for £3,009,250. Check out more works from the sale.

The German artist, Gregor Hildebrandt, investigates the passage of time with contemporary materials and a hint of irony.

Art Basel Preview: Quality of the art at the 40th edition of the mother of all art fairs is as solid as ever. Here are some of ARTINFO's Editor's Picks from the upcoming art fair.

Cecilia de Val, a Spanish photographer of affected, anonymous scenes, gives tips on what to see during ARCO.

Art Rotterdam's intimate, convivial 10th edition drew good crowds and lots of collectors with recession-friendly prices. Here are some of the works.

Damien Hirst and other prominent artists, including Paul McCarthy and Rachel Whiteread, create artworks with a chess theme. Hirst's work highlights his current theme of mortality.

The Art Institute of Chicago's new Modern Wing succeeds most of all in getting out of the way so that visitors can look at the art.

Here are some works from the Hirst's new retail store. This medicine cabinet-inspired bracelet contains 17 charms from cast pills. Each of the charms is notched and identified with clinical precision, screaming in pharmaceutical details.

Hiroshi Sugimoto thinks that a good photographer always has to be part scientist. He gave ARTINFO an exclusive preview of his latest experimental work.

Painting by contemporary Iranian artists is not yet widely known in the West. For those willing to look beyond far-flung borders to find exceptional art, great deals await.

The recession's effect on art. Here is a running roundup of layoffs, budget reductions, exhibition cancellations, deaccessions, admission increases, and closings caused by the economic downturn.

The Brooklyn-based painter, Bettina Sellmann, digs deep and finds bolder, more conflicted work. In these intense, richly colored paintings, two opposing forces are at work: one of beauty and lyricism, and one seething with violence.

Ai Weiwei's been called a headline grabber, a master of borrowing from other artists, and a “scholar clown." To others, he's a heroic figure standing up to repression in China. See his works here and a conversation with the artist.

The Düsseldorf-based photographer uses a signature painstaking method to create varied, lyrical imagery.

Paul McCarthy's work ranges from intimate performance videos to spectacular public works - all without sacrificing its unnerving psychosexual tone. His most recent sculptural work is a Santa figure holding a tree-like butt plug.

Kazimir Malevich's "Suprematist Composition" (1916), sold for $60,002,500 at Sotheby's last night. Check out other works from the auction that brought in a total of $223,812,500 and included Edvard Munch’s "Vampire."

ARTINFO's top 5 (actually, 6) stories from an exciting and turbulent year, including a photo gallery of some of the corresponding images like this one of Beijing's National Stadium.

Nyehaus brings Ping Pong to the table in this exhibition. Celebrities of the ping pong world will play matches against one other and with spectators on this mirrored regulation sized table by Rirkrit Tiravanija.

The art world is holding its collective breath for Art Basel Miami Beach, the work remains top-notch. Click on the photo gallery to see what 22 of the top galleries are offering for sale.

Damien Hirst is shattering expectations and boggling minds despite an imploding Wall St.

2009’s first major test of the art market could set the tone for the rest of the year. Here are some works from upcoming art sales in London.

Last weekend, artists, photographers, gallerists, and collectors flocked to Los Angeles for Photo LA 2009. More images from the art exposition can be seen here.

Jeremy Sigler interviews artist James Welling. "My work might be somewhat different from the "Pictures" generation artists, but I think we all grappled with the need to rethink the expressive possibilities of artmaking."

From January 21 to 25, the City of Angels welcomed the 14th annual Los Angeles Art Show. See some photos from the event.

The 43rd edition of Art Cologne, which runs from April 22 through 26, is the first under the director Daniel Hug. Here are some works from the fair.

With a trend of "anything goes," the Frieze Art Fair will try to defy the international economic upheaval - here's a preview!

Here is preview of Turn, Italy's big annual art week, when the Luci D’Artista festival, the Turin Triennale, and the Artissima art fair all have their debuts. Includes works by Rebecca Horn and Olafur Eliasson.

Contemporary artists are breathing new life into taxidermy. Here are some more dead-on examples.

The Armory Show's new satellite section, Armory Modern, is full of greatest hits, familiar faces, and plenty of surprises. Here are some highlights.

ARTINFO has your sneak peak at what dealers are bringing to the London Frieze art fair this year. Check out 55 of the editor's picks from the fair.

The director of Dia, Philippe Vergne, says that he doesn't want Dia to become a "time capsule." Check out some of the highlights from the art foundation, inside and out.

Futuristic Opera Pod Landing in Munich
Vienna-based architecture firm COOP HIMMELB(L)AU presented its design for a temporary performance space this week.

ARTINFO has the Best of Performa 09 with a sampling of the 2009 performance art biennial's massive offering of events.