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Art Knowledge News (Free subscription) | 19/11/2008
LONDON - A painting by acclaimed London artist Nasser Azam was sold on Friday 14th November for $332,500 in New York at Phillips de Pury’s Contemporary Art Part II auction. Azam’s work, Homage to Francis Bacon: Triptych I was the second highest bid of the day, selling for $75,000 more than the high estimate. Nasser’s work was one of the surprise successes, fetching more than pieces by Banksy...
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Artdaily (Free subscription) | 18/11/2008
LONDON.- A painting by acclaimed London artist Nasser Azam was sold on Friday 14th November for $332,500 in New York at Phillips de Pury's Contemporary Art Part II auction. Azam's work, Homage to Francis Bacon: Triptych I was the second highest bid of
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Art To Go (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago
Hipper, hotter, more expensive: Sarah Thorton's Seven Days in the Art World is a cultural sociologist's detached view of the art world. Recently published, it speaks to the bygone go-go era but reaches beneath economics to look at what powers the art world through its thick and thin.
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http://artforprofits.wordpress.com/ (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
Art Fairs, Exhibitions, Auctions and Other Stuff - artmarketblog.com I often get sent emails and press releases for art fairs, exhibitions, gallery openings etc. and would love to be able to post them all however, I just don’t have the time to promote every single event that I get notified about. What I have decided to [...]
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COOL HUNTING (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
French graffiti artist ZEVS, famous for investigating the relationship between commercialized cityscapes and the public's unquestioned acceptance of it, presents his first solo show this Saturday in Zurich. Known for targeting omnipresent corporate identities such as IBM, Coca Cola and McDonalds by manipulating their billboards, Zeus brings that same aesthetic to the gallery by transforming the space...
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New York Post (Free subscription) | 23/11/2008
ROBIN Williams (above) was both guest and star the other night. He and his 27-year-old girlfriend, Charlotte Filbert, mingled with Liam McMullan and Ally Hilfiger at a party hosted by Cabana Cachaca at Phillips de Pury gallery on West 15th Street...
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http://artmarketblog.com/feed/ (Free subscription) | 21/11/2008
Credit Suisse Charity Art Auction - artmarketblog.com Credit Suisse in conjunction with Phillips De Pury are holding a charity auction to benefit Room to Read who raise funds educate children in the developing world who otherwise wouldn’t have access to education. The works available for auction have been touring as an exhibition where people have [...]
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The Quest for "it" (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
Hey There!It was a mad house, mad, mad HOUSE! The 3rd floor Philips de Pury space was buzzing on Tuesday, November 18th for Banker turned Publicist turned Accessories Designer Extraordniaire Timo Weiland's neckwear launch. Timo's Pre-Fall 2009 Collection hosted by Interview Magazine was nothing short of BRILLIANT. Rail thin 20 something models of all persuasions flanked the walls donning just...
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Higgaion (Free subscription) | 24/11/2008
The 2008 Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature got off to a bit of a slow start for me, as far as papers go. My plane laned in Boston about 7:15 PM Eastern time on Friday night, and I made my way (by subway) to the Sheraton. I grabbed a bite to eat [...]
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New York Magazine (Free subscription) | 24/11/2008
The post-bubble Art Basel Miami Beach promises to be much less of a haute debauch. Where are the sponsors?
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Business Report (Free subscription) | 14/11/2008
A Damien Hirst painting of four skulls, which was tipped to fetch at least $3 million (R30 million) at Phillips de Pury's New York auction on Thursday night, didn't sell.
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Vulture (Free subscription) | 14/11/2008
Remember when Damien Hirst unloaded $200 million worth of dead animals on a bunch of rich Europeans just as the economy started going to crap? Last night, at a Phillips de Pury & Co. auction, he couldn't even sell a painting for $3 million. [ Bloomberg ]
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New York Times (Free subscription) | 14/11/2008
Results at Phillips de Pury & Company on Thursday proved dreary, with about 40 percent of the art unsold and those works that did sell going for a fraction of their estimates.
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Silicon Alley Insider (Free subscription) | 14/11/2008
Memo to owners of fine art: Unless you've recently lost your fortune and are desperate for some quick cash, this is a horrible market. Here's the latest report from last night: Bloomberg : A Damien Hirst painting of four skulls that was tipped to fetch at least $3 million at Phillips de Pury & Co.'s New York auction didn't sell, the biggest upset of last night's auction that missed presale...
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The First Post (Free subscription) | 13/11/2008
Last month, Phillips de Pury attempted to sell a fibreglass statue of a colourful mushroom-headed cartoon character by Takashi Murakami, the supposedly recession-proof Japanese artist. Tongari-Kun -…
