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The tabular content relating to this article is not available to view. Apologies in advance for the inconvenience caused. Christie's owner François Pinault, artist Jeff Koons and Louvre museum director Henri Loyrette were just a few of the art world movers and shakers who flew into Abu Dhabi this week for the launch of Abu Dhabi Art. The event, a "cultural platform" including an art fair, was put together at breakneck speed this summer by the Emirati authorities and continues until tomorrow.  

"Good business is the best art", Andy Warhol once said. It's a sentiment that may well have formed an ill-advised strap line to Tate Modern's much lauded Pop Life: Art in a Material World. On December 7th there is a chance to have a guided tour of said exhibition with it's curator Catherine Wood showing how art, media, business and a touch of glamour came together to create the phenomenon of late 20th century artist as self-made 'star'.

Good business is the best art   -Andy Warhol

 

Three local men who are already part of the solution to ending homelessness were honored for their work at the breakfast. David Unversaw, general manager of Republic Services of Palm Beach, presented Neftal "Nefty" Mojica with the Servants Award for his work in mentoring the men of Joshua House, a program for once chronically homeless men on the Lord's Place Men's Campus. Mojica is a graduate of the program and is now employed at Republic Services, but returns often to encourage those at Joshua House to

The homeless are people just like you and I who temporarily lose their way and just need a caring person to help them find their way back to being an independent, productive member of society   -Jess Santamaria

 

It's that time of year again: when holiday lists, coupons and gift ideas jotted down on post-its fill your desk. But sometimes, shopping at department stores just doesn't cut it for your more eclectic, arty friends. So, for those unconventional one-of-a-kind gifts, you may want to hit up the School of the Art Institute this weekend.  

For a city that often gets knocked for being starved for culture, Los Angeles served up an all-you-can-eat buffet this past week. For once the talk was focused on art and not on movies or on who is in rehab. The festivities began with an arty party on Thursday night for "mindthegap," the inaugural show at Prism, a new three-story gallery on Sunset Boulevard.  

A headline-grabber at every turn, Jeff Koons' most recent exhibition recently debuted at the Gagosian Gallery in Los Angeles.  

After a torrid 12 months, auction houses are looking at the gradual rehabilitation of a contemporary art market that became so overblown there was no knowing where the deflating bubble would end up.  

The Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles spared no expense for its 30th anniversary celebration over the weekend.  

For more than five years James Graham says he lived on the streets of West Palm without any help.