18th Century and Art international and Art market and Auctions and Collecting art and International art and London and Works of Art Art, Art international, Auction, Sotheby's, Turner 2:46 pm
A Turner masterpiece has sold at Sotheby’s London for almost £30m – a new auction record for the British master.
William Turner's Modern Rome - Campo Vaccino
The painting was sold by a descendant of the fifth Earl of Rosebery, who bought it in 1878 while on honeymoon with his wife Hannah Rothschild. The masterpiece had been on loan at the National Galleries of Scotlnd for the past 30 years.
For the full story see BBC news.
17th Century and Art international and Art market and Collecting art and International art Art, caravaggio, Collecting art, Museum, Theft 2:40 pm
Art thieves tried to sell a Caravaggio painting that was stolen from the Odessa Museum of Western and Eastern Art in 2008.
For the full story see ArtInfo.
Art Fair and Art market and Collecting art and Modern Art and Works of Art Art, Art Fair, Cambridge, fair 1:36 pm
The fourth annual Cambridge Art Fair returns to Chilford Hall Vineyard this weekend, 25th -27th June 2010!
Opening Hours
Thursday 24th June : 18.30 – 21.30
Charity Preview Evening & Champagne Reception (Black Tie Optional) – £10
Friday 25th June : 11.00 – 18.00 – £5 Concessions £4
Saturday 26th June : 11.00 – 18.00 – £5 Concessions £4
Sunday 27th June : 11.00 – 17.00 – £5 Concessions £4
Children under 16 free if accompanied by an adult.
All artworks are available to purchase and take home immediately.
There is a complimentary, professional wrapping service for all sold artworks.
And the location is stunning: Chilford Hall Vineyard and Conference Centre is the largest dedicated events venue in Eastern England and has parking for over 1000 vehicles. It is set in a beautiful rural part of the Cambridgeshire countryside.
And it’s affordable as well! What a shame I can’t go. But if I hadn’t been invite to a wedding this is where you would find me this weekend. 
Art international and Art market and Auctions and Collecting art and Exhibitions and International art and London and Modern Art asian elephant, Auctions, öffentlicher Raum, Collecting art, elephant, Elephant Parade 2010, endangered species, Exhibition, London, public space 11:12 am
Yes, colourful and cheerful elephants all over town in London. Not real ones of course… art work. And what art work it is. The idea isn’t new. We’ve seen bears, cows and other animals in European cities. Munich for example had the Bavarian lion placed all over town in 2006.
This year it’s London’s turn and it’s even for a good cause: to save the endangered Asian elephant. Initiated by Elephant Parade, a social enterprise founded by father and son Mike and Marc Spits, the exhibitions aims to raise support for the Asian elephant, which is threatened with extinction. The benefits of the Elephant Parade are donated to the Elephant Family, the largest elephant charity in the world.
The event has over 250 brightly painted elephants located across central London throughout May and June 2010. Each model elephant is decorated by a different artist, designer or celebrity. They are now brightening and beautifying the city, enhancing every park, street corner and building they grace.
How they can make money through an exhibition of elephants in a public place? All elephants will be sold by online auctions at Giving Lots.
The London Elephant Parade is running from May to July 2010 and is London’s biggest outdoor art exhibition. With an estimated audience of 25 million, the campaign is aiming to raise over £1 million for the endangered Asian elephant, will benefit more than 15 UK conservation charities, and more than ten projects in Asia.
Art market and Auctions and Museum 1936, Auction, Auctions, Bugatti, Cars, Classic Cars, etersen Automotive Museum, Record 11:28 am
An ultra-rare 1936 Bugatti 57SC Atlantic has broken all previous known records for the most expensive car to have ever been sold. The Italian classic is one of only two that survive in original condition out of the three made and apparently achieved a sales price of between US$30 million and US$40 million at an auction held by Gooding & Company. The Buggati was owned by the late Dr. Peter D. Williamson of New Hampshire, who passed away in 2008. The only other example lives in the garage of fashion designer Ralph Lauren.
The Buggati sale has smashed the previous record for a vehicle sold at a public auction held by a 1957 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa which went for about US$12.2 million a year ago.
Apart from its extreme rarity, another reason the Bugatti 57SC Atlantic is so special is because of the technological innovations which are displayed on the car. These include the low-slung body that was designed by the founder’s son Jean Bugatti and fashioned out of aluminium.
“This car has everything going for it,” said Leslie Kendall, curator of the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles. “In addition to technical sophistication, it was most avant-garde and futuristic car built up to that time. It’s beautiful, performs well, beautifully built, and rare.”
Art international and Art market and Collecting art and International art and Modern Art and Works of Art apple, apple ipad, Art, Collecting art, drawings, iPad 7:05 pm
Another smart move by Apple… take the invention of other companies, tweak it and brand it with a bitten apple and it sells like mad and everyone wants one: an iPad.
I started another masters via distance learning and when I went to the study school one of my fellow students came all the way from the states to UK for this course and guess what: she had a brand new iPad with her and was immediately surrounded by other students curious to see this new gadget.
What is that fascination with Apple products? I remember myself saying I don’t need an iPod and if ever, I’ll get an ordinary mp3 player… and then I moved to London. Yep, I got an iPod for my commute to work. But so far I’m not too fuzzed about an iPad. I’ve got my netbook and am happy with it, and I couldn’t possibly afford an iPad at the moment anyway. It will be released in UK at the end of May and will cost a proud £429.
But what if you really want one of those and don’t have the money?
Well, one clever artist called Andrew Fulton decided to create iPad art and sell it in order to get the necessary cash. Yes, iPad art. For as little as US$20 (just a duotone drawing) or as high as $125 (a full-color strip), you can commission and get an original piece of iPad-related artwork, drawn just for you. He’s got a sample page of drawings, and while taste is always subjective, there’s no doubt that he’ll be able to get the iPad he wants.
I like that idea and creativity and maybe if you’re willing to subsidize another iPad purchase and like his style, you can pick up a nice piece of original art for yourself at http://andrew-would-really-like-an-ipad.mumblier.com.
Art international and Art market and Auctions and International art Auction, Auktion, Christie's, Picasso 10:18 pm
(Reuters) – Picasso’s “Nude, Green Leaves and Bust” sold for more than $106 million at Christie’s on Tuesday, setting a record for art sold at auction.
The Picasso, a 1932 work not seen publicly in 50 years, was purchased by an anonymous buyer from a world-class collection assembled by the late Los Angeles art patrons Frances and Sidney Brody.
The vibrant, large-scale depiction of Picasso’s mistress and frequent subject, Marie-Therese Walter, was the top priced work at Christie’s sale of Impressionist and modern art.
The sale netted $335.5 million for the auction house.
“Obviously we’re thrilled” with the final price of $106,482,500 including commission for the Picasso, auctioneer Christopher Burge said afterward. He added that there was “incredible bidding” across the range of 69 works on offer, of which more than 80 percent found buyers.
A record was also set for Georges Braque when “La Treille” sold for $10,162,500, or more than twice the pre-sale estimate.
Christie’s said the sale’s total was its third best, with the $224 million Brody take second only among single-owner sales to the Yves St. Laurent sale in Paris.
Nearly three-quarters of the winning bids came equally from U.S. and European bidders, while one-fourth were categorized as “other,” a designation that includes collectors from the Mideast.
Christie’s Americas Chairman Marc Porter said the sale was also marked by “an extremely heavy rate of participation from new collectors, in new economies.”
The sale, dominated by Picassos and Giacomettis, was not without its casualties, notably Edvard Munch’s “Fertility,” which was estimated around $30 million but went unsold when no one bid beyond $23 million.
But the big spending, especially for the Brody works, spoke to the willingness of deep-pocketed collectors to purchase rare works of impeccable provenance.
Three Giacometti sculptures also saw strong prices. A narrow bust, a forearm with outstretched hand and a walking cat, all bronzes from the Brody collection, fetched $55.3 million, $25.84 million and $20.8 million respectively.
The spring sales continue on Wednesday with Sotheby’s auction of Impressionist and modern art.
source: www.reuters.com
Art international and Art market and Auctions and Collecting art and International art and Modern Art and Photography Andy Warhol, Art, Auctions, David Hockney, New York, Photography, Polaroid, Sotheby's 10:21 am
The last curtain falls for Polaroid at Sotheby New York in June this year.
1200 Pictures of Ansel Adams and photographs of artists such as Chuck Close, Robert Rauschenberg, David Hockney, Robert Frank, Robert Mapplethorpe and Polaroid fan Andy Warhol will be on sale.
The entire collection contains about 10,000 photographs but so far no museum is interested in buying this collection and the sale is controversial. Some even say it’s illegal.
Source: www.sothebys.com
Art international and Art market and Auctions and Collecting art and International art and London and Modern Art and Works of Art Auction, Auction houses, Auctions, Christie's, New York, Sale, Yves Klein 10:20 am
Christie’s will be selling Yves Klein’s ‘ANT 93, Le Buffle’ (The Buffalo).
The painting by the French artist is offered for the first time at auction in New York, USA, on 11 May and is expected to fetch 10 million USD. Klein used females bodies as the paintbrush along with his distinctive ‘International Klein Blue’ colour, the artist’s patented pigment.
ANT 93, Le Buffle (“The Buffalo”) was executed in 1960-61 and is a monumental work from the last great series created by the artist before his untimely death by way of heart attack at the age of 34. Photographs of the artist in his flat in Paris in the early 1960s reveal ANT 93, Le Buffle (“The Buffalo”) hanging prominently on his sitting room wall; the artist with Martial Raysse). Additional examples from this small and rare group can be found at The Centre Pompidou, Paris and Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao.
The work is currently on display at Christie’s London.
Source: http://www.artdaily.org
Art Fair and Art international and Art market and Arts & Architecture and Collecting art and International art Art Fair, Collecting art, fair, International art, maastrich, TEFAF 7:05 pm
TEFAF Maastricht is the world’s leading Art and Antiques fair and will take place from 12-21 March 2010.
| From its modest beginning as The Pictura Fine Art Fair in 1975, to its current position as the world’s leading fine art fair, TEFAF Maastricht has always sought to lead the way and set the standards which others follow.
Apart from continually improving the breadth, quality and display of the items for sale, it has presented memorable exhibitions and made ground breaking initiatives in the way the fine art world does business. It pioneered the music and lecture programmes and has taken the initiative on issues as diverse as VAT and vetting procedures. The pre eminent position of TEFAF Maastricht today is, as you will see, a result of much hard work over many years. Source: http://www.tefaf.com |
