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 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 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 |
Art Fair and Art market and Collecting art and London Art Fair, Collecting art, London, Affordable Art Fair 11:16 am
The Affordable Art Fair returns to Battersea Park on 11-14 March 2010, where 120 galleries offer a stunning array of contemporary art from just £50 up to £3,000.
This spring, AAF features an exciting line-up of special events. The Contemporary Art Society will run a series of informative talks about collecting art, whilst the AAF Education Programme – under the theme of ‘Park Life’ – is hosting plenty of hands-on, family-friendly activities, all of which are fun, enlightening and, best of all, free.
Wednesday 10 March Private View 5.30-9.30pm
Thursday 11 March 11.00am – 5.30pm
Drinks Reception 5.30 – 9.30pm
Friday 12 March 11.00am – 6.00pm
Saturday 13 March 11.00am – 6.00pm
Sunday 14 March 11.00am – 6.00pm
Book your tickets now to save money.
Advance ticket sales close on 8 March.
Charity Private View* £25 £25
Drinks Reception £20 £20
Adult weekday £10 £12
Adult weekend £12 £15
Concessions weekday £8 £10
Concessions weekend £10 £13
Children under 16 Free
*Buy tickets directly from the fair’s beneficiary. The Place2Be, in association with Quintessentially Foundation, is a school-based counselling service. Tickets are available from 020 7923 5521 and events@theplace2be.org.uk
Battersea Evolution
Battersea Park
London
SW11 4NJ
Art international and Art market and Auctions and Collecting art and International art and London and Works of Art Art Sale, Auction, Giacometti, Sotheby's 11:08 am
When I first heard about that sculpture and how much it has fetched on auction at Sotheby’s London last Wednesday I thought it to be a joke at first. £65m… that is a 65 with six(!) zeros… Well, that should help the bank to get back on track and kiss the economic crisis goodbye.
Here are some excerpts from recent reports:
The stupendous price of £65m fetched by Giacometti’s “L’Homme qui marche 1” (1961) at Sotheby’s on Wednesday was seen by dealers leaving the sale as signalling a dramatic turnaround in the fortunes of the art market. “The money was there, but nothing was available to buy, so the moment good things came back for sale they were going to perform incredibly well,” said Richard Nagy, who described the whole sale as evidence of “pent-up spending”. Financial Times
So big spenders are cutting back? Clearly not all of them. A sculpture of a grimly determined walking man by Alberto Giacometti tonight broke records by becoming the most expensive work of art ever sold at auction when it was bought for £65m. The price, achieved at Sotheby’s in London, was five times more than its estimate of £12m-18m, and beat the record set by Picasso’s Garçon à la Pipe in 2004. That sold in New York for $104,168,000. The Guardian
A life-sized bronze sculpture by Alberto Giacometti, the Swiss artist, has became the most expensive piece of art to ever sell at auction after it sold for more than £65million. The Telegraph
Whatever happens to the broader economy, there will always be super-wealthy individuals who look at the art world either as a passionate collector or a shrewd investor or both. There are institutions, some with state backing, in the market for rare works to fill museums and galleries that have sprouted up, particularly in the Middle East. And while Russian buying may have slowed, China and India have made up for it. Reuters
L’Homme qui marche 1, 1961
