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Previously published on Decorati.com By Emily Waldorf Art and antiques magazines are getting thinner, auction houses and galleries are laying off employees, and art prices are slowly but surely coming down. The art market has officially entered a recession like the rest of the U.S. economy. As we learned in Decorati founder Shane Reilly’s article in [...]
Filed under: auctions, collecting, contemporary art, dealers, design, galleries | Leave a Comment
Tags: art market, art quality, bubble, Damien Hirst, David Wojnarowicz, Eugenio Merino, high-end decor, inflated prices, low-end budget
The YSL sale with totals of $484, 426, 456, is now the greatest single-owner auction in history and second only in all-time high grossing sales to Christie’s multi-owner Impressionist and Modern Art sale in New York in November 2006, which had totals of $491,472,000. Auction records were set, thousands of visitors crowded the Grand Palais [...]
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Tags: auction, bronze heads, Chinese bronzes, Christie's, faux Chirico, Giorgio di Chirico, history, Le Monde, Le Revenant, Pierre Berge, Pompidou, pre-sale estimate, Qing bronzes, vente YSL-Bergé, YSL Bergé sale, Yves Saint Laurent
By Emily Waldorf Why not buy a piece of sculptural jewelry designed by a hot LA based contemporary artist that supports a wonderful cause? Artist Alexandra Grant created a beautiful special edition love necklace for LA><ART to help raise funds for Watts House Project (WHP), an ongoing collaborative artwork led by artist Edgar Arceneaux. Watts House [...]
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Tags: Alexandra Grant, Edgar Arceneaux, ForYourArt, Honor Fraser Gallery, LAXART, love necklace, Watts House Project
One of the largest single-owner sales of all time is hitting the auction block on February 23, 24, & 25 at the Grand Palais in Paris. The Collection Yves Saint Laurent et Pierre Bergé is being offered by Christie’s in association with Pierre Bergé Associés (PBA) with a pre-sale estimate of $280-560 million. The collection was amassed [...]
Filed under: antiques, antiquities, art market, auctions, celebs, collecting, decoration, design, fashion, modern art, Paris, sculpture | 1 Comment
Tags: Christie's, haute couture, Paris, Pierre Berge, Pierre Berge & Associes, rue Bonaparte, rue de Babylone, sale of the century, Yves Saint Laurent
By Emily Waldorf I was browsing through Suzanne’s Files, one of my favorite lifestyle resources, and stumbled across a wonderfully helpful and well-vetted list of museum gems from across the globe that I wanted to share with ArtsEtoile readers. A museum gem is a smaller scale collection, frequently housed in the original collector’s or artist’s [...]
Filed under: decoration, design, education, London, Los Angeles, modern art, museums, New York, old masters, sculpture, travel | Leave a Comment
Tags: Boston museums, Florence museums, hidden museums, Los Angeles museums, museum gems, New York museums, Rome museums, Suzanne's Files
ARTINFO’s Guide to Seeing Art in Washington: Yes We Can: See Art in D.C. Artnet’s Inaugural Art Guide for Visitors: Mr. Obama Goes to Washington NY Times‘ Roberta Smith reviews Washington’s The National Gallery of Art NY Times’ interactive feature: The White House Reimagined NY Times‘ Kathy Horyn covers Michelle Obama’s Sparkling Inaugural Outfit Dominique [...]
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Tags: An Architecture of Possible Collectives, Andrew Wyeth, art market recovery, art Washington D.C., extreme makeover, inauguration, Isabel Toledo, Michelle Obama dress, Roberta Smith, Souren Melikian, The National Gallery of Art, White House, White House Redux Competition
By Emily Waldorf High-profile Los Angeles decorator Michael Smith has been chosen by the Obamas to renovate their personal living quarters at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. White House Social Secretary Desiree Rogers introduced the Obamas to Mr. Smith whose celebrity clients include Rupert Murdoch, Cindy Crawford, and Steven Spielberg, among many others. It has been slyly [...]
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Tags: Cindy Crawford, decorator to the stars, Desiree Rogers, Michael S. Smith, Obamas, Rupert Murdoch, Steven Spielberg, White House, White House decorator
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