A new trend in the art business is flourishing at a moment when the economy is tight and sales are slow at galleries around town. What’s the idea? Add a bar.
It’s not entirely new to mix art and alcohol. In nightspots where artists hang out, such as Seattle’s Two Bells tavern and the Virginia Inn, [...]

With works by Chinese contemporary artists fetching millions of dollars at auction and the number of Asian collectors multiplying, it was only a matter of time before a major Manhattan art gallery announced plans to put down roots in Beijing.
The first to do so is PaceWildenstein, which this summer will open Pace Beijing, a 22,000-square-foot [...]

Curators at the Detroit Institute of Arts used research to find out how long visitors spend at each exhibit. Gathering data about visitors has never been as important, or as sophisticated, to museums as it is now. “A zillion other things are competing for our leisure time,” said Ford Bell, president and chief executive of [...]

The real estate listing would read something like this: Approximately 800 square feet, ground floor, no windows, no heat, no drain pipe under the sink (slop bucket required), constant traffic noise, fine coating of black gunk on everything.
It paints a nice portrait of a squat or a crack house. But what it actually describes is [...]