Overseas media pickup

Pompidou Center reopens on 17 December for the first time since 23 November
(New York Times)
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/17/pompidou-center-reopens/

Sotheby’s, Christie’s contemporary-art sales totals drop 75%.
(Bloomberg)
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=aAMthW5Uj.h4

British Museum and Tate expand focus on Middle East.
(The Art Newspaper)
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/British-Museum-and-Tate-expand-focus-on-Middle-East/19848

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