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  1. Dan Byers has been appointed the first Richard Armstrong curator of modern and contemporary art at the Carnegie Museum of Art. Endowment.
  2. Edward Hopper's 1939 canvas Bridle Path brought $10.4 million this morning at Sotheby's New York. bit.ly/KpxxtN
  3. New roles for John Good and Amy Cappellazzo at Christie's. bit.ly/JgLnmY
  4. our report and analysis of the record-smashing auction at @christiesinc last night: bit.ly/IY73nS
  5. Last chance to sign up for Collecting Design @NYSID with @MODERNmag and @phillipsdepury nysid.edu/collectingdesi…!
  6. Dr Achim Borchardt-Hume Named Head of Exhibitions at Tate Modern. bit.ly/KvDzYc
  7. Was Munch's Scream ready for its $100 million+ sale? bit.ly/Iuft4Y
  8. Edvard Munch's The Scream hammer price: $107 million, a world record. With commission, $119 million. most expensive artwork ever at auction.
  9. How was the opening of the May auction season? bit.ly/IVUKnQ
  10. Petzel will open a large new space on 18th St.
  11. David Weiss of Fischli/Weiss has died. bit.ly/Ie4sVt
  12. David Weiss of Fischli Weiss has reportedly died.
  13. Lauren Cornell and Ryan Trecartin will curator @newmuseum next Generational. bit.ly/I8J1Qz
  14. Adam Lindemann is opening an Upper East Side gallery. Will controversy ensure? bit.ly/I8zd9e
  15. Cooper Union announces it will charge grad student tuition. A slippery slope? bit.ly/J7H2LJ
  16. Sarah Michelson awarded $100G for her part in the Whitney Biennial. bit.ly/I89wJe
  17. A body found from 1979 in a museum basement. bit.ly/HSY7to
  18. The Whitney gets a $1.5 million grant for its new building. bit.ly/HZ0EDT
  19. David Kordansky in LA now reps Jon Pestoni, will present his new work at Frieze NY.
  20. Dallas Museum of Art appoints Gabriel Ritter as assistant curator of contemporary art.