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Studiopjj (Free subscription) | yesterday
Edward Dolman's viewpoints on the art market, on new collectors and old artworks was interesting. Useful link: www.christies.com
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$180M take buoys hope for art market
CNN (Free subscription) | yesterday
A recent sale of Impressionist and modern art at Sotheby's auction house exceeded sales estimates and raised the hopes of industry insiders that a rebound is under way.
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Groovy Guest-Post: MAN-GOD: The Story That Was Almost Never Published!!
Diversions of the Groovy Kind (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
Dig it, Groove-ophiles! Here's a groovy Guest-Post by Mighty Michael Mikulovsky, comicbook fan and original art collector. He's got some Man-God memories to share with ya! Take it away, Mike! Hey Groovy Ones! Growing up in the 70's I always loved Marvel's great B & W mags. Ar Save Now ound 1976 however the B & W magazine marketplace was kind of slim pickings. By this time all their awesome...
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New Zealand Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki Previews Robertson Gift
Art Knowledge News (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
AUCKLAND, NZ - In May 2009 Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki announced a promised gift of 15 works of art through its Foundation, including paintings by Cézanne, Picasso, Matisse, Gauguin and Mondrian – the largest gift ever made to an art museum in Australasia. The gift, from New York art collectors and philanthropists Julian and Josie Robertson, represents some of the major European...
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The enigma of unfathomable forces
The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | yesterday
Non-representational art, resistant to easy recall and reading as it is, hasn't quite become viewer-friendly and remains on the fringes of the art market. In public perception, it isn't enough to merely enjoy this art, as one does instrumental music; one must, it's felt, understand it ' a daunting call. Yet, there are those who have persisted with abstraction. Like Yusuf of Bhopal, who shows his paintings...
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Peter Norton Family Christmas Art Projects
MoCo Loco (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
You could own or give a Peter Norton Family Christmas Art Project this year. Every year since 1988, art collector, software entrepreneur, and MoMA trustee Peter Norton has commissioned an art edition to celebrate the Christmas season and holidays. Above, Untitled (Glass Bowl) by Do Ho Suh, 2004.
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Sotheby's Triples Christie's Result, Top Estimate Beat
Luxist (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
A big auction with major pieces actually beat the top-end estimate - when's the last time you heard that ? Wednesday night at Sotheby's , the Impressionist sale brought in $181.8 million , thrashing the high estimate of $163 million and almost tripling the Christie's auction from November 3, 2009. It's also around three times the last equivalent sale by Sotheby's, which was back in May. The Sotheby's...
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Auctions show upturn
Victorian Paintings (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
[ Alberto Giacometti, L’Homme qui Chavire. Est. $8/12 million. Sold for $19,346,500. Photo: Sotheby's] Sotheby's Evening Sale of Impressionist and Modern Art Surpasses High Estimate An Evening Sale of Impressionist and Modern Art at Sotheby’s in New York was a resounding success, surpassing the high estimate and bringing a total of $181,760,000 (est. $115.3/163 million). The sale was 84.8%...
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Andrew Orr, Still Waters, oil on canvas 16 x 20
Daily Painters Marketplace (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
This painting, completed entirely on location earlier this fall, was a true joy to paint. This is an area swimming hole on the Poultney River and the rock formations are truly amazing. I loved the early afternoon light in this area and hope sometime next year to paint in the same area only in a different season. I should think a fall setting of this same scene would be beautiful. I was pleased to find...
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With Top Quality Offerings, Sotheby's Nets $181 Million
New York Times (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
At Wednesday's sale of Impressionist and Modern art at Sotheby's New York, 56 works brought in just over $181 million, leaving no doubt that the art market is vigorous despite financially tough times.
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sale of private art collection to start next week
HAWARD ART HOUSE (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
due to mounting debts and pressure from the bank and taxman ,i'll be selling my private art collection on my blog next week , i'm looking for collectrors to pay cash and to pick up the art from my house as a added bonus i'll draw a sketch as well free of charge, no postage due to postal strikes etc i'm very sad to do this but needs must ,please pass this info on to any u.k art collectors you know this...
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Artissima 16 Brings Contemporary Art to Torino
Top ART News (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
TORINO, ITALY — T he international contemporary art fair, Artissima , begins Friday in Torino. Now in its sixteenth year, the dynamic event will bring together an exciting network of emerging artists , gallery owners and curators from around the globe. Fair director Andrea Bellini describes Artissima as "an authentic intellectual adventure, a place where personal encounters, tastes and...
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Neighborhood Art Market Nov. 7
MyWeaverville.com (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
The Weaverville Parent-Teacher Organization (PTO) presents a Neighborhood Art Market on Saturday, November 7, 2009, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Weaverville Elementary School (129 South Main Street). The market is a benefit for the Weaverville Elementary/Primary Schools.
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4th November
Hamster's Wheel (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
LGBT people born today: 1896 – JR Ackerley – US Author / Playwright – Died 4 th June 1967 1912 – Frances Faye – US Singer / Actress – Died 8 th November 1991 1921 – Sam Wagstaff – US Art Collector – Died 14 th January 1987 1933 – Barbara Grier – US Author / Publisher 1934 – Tommy Abbot – US Actor / Dancer / Choreographer...
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Hirst Collector Pinchuk to Bring Contemporary Art Center to Kiev
Luxist (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Ukraine is about to get a new contemporary art center. Victor Pinchuk is shooting to make Kiev a major art destination, so the wealthy art collector is creating a new center that will be larger than the existing PinchukArtCentre, which was the first private contemporary art center in the former Soviet Union and has had more than 830,000 visitors since its doors swung open in 2006. Pinchuk, a steel...
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Indian Art Market is rising fast with art fairs
contemporary | 11/10/2009
Following close on the heels of the hugely successful India Art Summit held in Delhi, came our very own Art Expo '09 at the Nehru Centre in Mumbai from 25-27 September, an event that brought about mixed emotions to begin with, but as the programme entered it's second day, the murmurs seemed to subside in intensity and at the conclusion, all participants and visitors should have come away a satisfied...
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The Art of Old Time Religion
bestshill | 08/10/2009
To say the least, the use of Christian religious iconography in a sincere manner has not been the stuff of contemporary artists or art collectors. On the contrary, and in the last few decades in particular, artists have taken delight in lampooning the depiction of all things bible. You can probably name a few of them without thinking, as opportunistic politicians frequently use their work to raise
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Famous Indian contemporary Artist – New Style of Painting the Canvas
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...
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