Women artists take center stage at NY art auctions With a new record expected for a work by Lee Krasner and another one possible for a piece by Helen Frankenthaler, the appetite for female abstract painters, and women artists in general, is growing fast as New York gears up for its spring auctions beginning on Monday May 13th. "There's definitely collectors that pay attention... and want to focus on female artists. It always existed, but it is obviously now bigger," says Christie's chairman Alexander Rotter. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES