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ShoppingBlog.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Bloomberg reports that prestigious Grosvenor House Art & Antiques Fair is closing its doors. Declining profits and increasing costs were blamed for the closure. The London Evening Standard reports that dealers were shocked at the announcement. An announcement about the end of The Grosvenor House was posted on the official website . It is with great regret that The Grosvenor House Art & Antiques...
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Artdaily (Free subscription) | yesterday
LONDON.- C6 and Steal From Work launch an assault on the art market middle man, taking street art out of the galleries and on to the streets with new innovative QR code technology. Street Art Dealer is one of six commissions by Media Sandbox which aims to bring a new dynamic into public art, and with the help of renowned artists will bypass galleries and allow a new type of mobile interaction. This...
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The Economist (Free subscription) | 04/07/2009
The art market may have simmered down, but a few artists are still in high demand A little over a year ago, a contemporary evening auction unfolded like a Hollywood thriller, with billionaires in cameo roles and astronomical prices in lieu of stunts. Nowadays, a sale is more like a low-budget soap opera. In London this week, Sotheby’s and Christie’s put on solid performances in their new...
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Fragrantica.com Perfumes (Free subscription) | 04/07/2009
Yesterday Zoka, Michelyn and Jeca spent more time at the from Perfume Expo America. We were filled with joy as soon as we met with the ebullient Jessica Dunne, the founder of Ellie D Perfumes Jessica recounted the reason for starting her company in 2007, which is named for and inspired by her grandmother Eleanor, an artist and arts collector. The legendary perfumer Michel Roudnitska, is the ... Read...
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New York Times (Free subscription) | 04/07/2009
Goodie bags included in an installation at the 53rd Venice Biennale presented interesting challenges for some art collectors.
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Walyou (Free subscription) | 03/07/2009
Trust art collectors and the bunch of hallucinated souls catering to their eccentric tastes to transform an intimidating, elegant combat weapon like a Star Wars lightsaber into a harmless chunk of metal and leather!.. This is a post from Walyou , who bring you the best New Gadgets gadgets , Cool Gadgets and Hi Tech News. The Graflex 3 Cell Lightsaber: A Steampunk Oddball!
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DCist (Free subscription) | 02/07/2009
DCist's highly subjective and hardly comprehensive guide to the most interesting movies playing around town in the coming week. Herb and Dorothy Think you have to have lots of money to be a serious art collector? Or lots of space? Or maybe some training? Megumi Sasaki's documentary proves that with none of those things you can not only be a serious collector, but one of the most well-known and celebrated...
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Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 02/07/2009
Tyeb's contribution to Indian art is immense. And he single-handedly raised the price tags of Indian artists in the global art market in the last seven to eight years.
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http://artmarketblog.com/feed/ (Free subscription) | 02/07/2009
Art Bankers Take Advantage of Falling Prices- artmarketblog.com The interest in structured art investment programs has continued to remain relatively high considering the recent concerns voiced by some regarding the state of the art market. Since the beginning of the year there have been several new art investment programs launched which suggests that the categorisation [...]
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Splash News Online (Free subscription) | 02/07/2009
Lily Allen reveals she wants to open an art gallery and was then spotted with art guru Charles Saatchi. The 23-year-old singer, whose recent hits include "The Fear" and "Not Fair", recently said: "Girls my age feel they're already past it. It's ridiculous and I'd like to have an alternative career lined up. I want to open an art gallery. I want a real hobby. I get sad because...
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PR Leap - Recent News Releases (Free subscription) | 02/07/2009
Social media site allows gallery to connect with art collectors worldwide.
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Indian Art (Free subscription) | 02/07/2009
(By Nalini S Malaviya) Last week, I was asked to look at a book, Faking It, which is an art crime novel, written by Amrita Chowdhury. Currently, Amrita is working as the Associate Director of the India Research Center division of Harvard Business School and this is her first foray into fiction. Passionate about contemporary Indian art, Amrita has set her fast paced novel in the art corridors of Mumbai....
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Luxist (Free subscription) | 02/07/2009
Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff has been sentenced but many of his investors are still looking to recoup some of their money. There may be a potential bit of money coming their way from J. Ezra Merkin, a New York financier who put his clients' money in Madoff's hands. Merkin, a noted art collector, is selling a collection of Mark Rothko paintings and Alberto Giacometti sculptures for $310 million. The...
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Sanjana Sharma | 12/06/2009
Indian art is of great essential significance in harmony to its civilization and legacy. Art is a mixture of different types and styles; it modifies its phases, as the paint brush comes in the hands of diverse painters belonging to wide areas in world, having different background, sense of style. In the present time the modern and figurative art form is of high demand not only in India but also in...