Top 5 events in Philippine visual arts (Philippine Daily Inquirer)

THE most exciting development on the art scene in 2008 was obviously the high bidding for Philippine works in international auctions. This was noted by a panel of art industry leaders in the Inquirer Lifestyle’s yearend art forum last Dec. 17.

Hamburg is Germany's port of rock n' roll (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

HAMBURG, Germany -- Hamburg is a business city going back to medieval times and right through to the present with its world-class harbor and bustling downtown filled with the companies that power Germany's media and other industries. ...

Invest wisely (The Star)

Diversifying investments during these lean times.

Travel Briefs (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

MARIGOT, St. Martin

How Monet, Freud, Hirst Records Led Art-Market Bubble to Burst (Bloomberg)

Dec. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Art prices extended a seven-year surge for much of 2008, with a Claude Monet painting of water lilies, Lucian Freud ’s portrait of a civil servant called Sue and a Francis Bacon triptych setting records.

Obituary: Art World Loses Singular and Durable Talents this Year (Art Daily)

Swiss Art Collector Hildy Beyeler Died at Age 86. The art world lost some singular and durable talents this past year.