Archive for February, 2009
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
Dreaming of Spring & Figs By Suzanne Lenzer As a longtime NYC dweller who has only recently found herself with a small patch of outdoor space, I’m yearning for spring to hit the East Coast. I know I have a few weeks to go before I can turn my small plot of dirt into the […]
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Tags: fig tree, figs, prosciutto, spring
Are the Humanities a Luxury?
by Emily Waldorf If you are a college student in today’s economic climate is it smart to study the humanities? Wouldn’t it be wiser to stick to the sciences, math, and business in order to embark on a secure pre-professional track? Not necessarily. The humanities is an umbrella term for the disciplines of language, literature, the […]
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Tags: academics, Andrew Delbanco, Columbia, Faulkner, higher education, humanities, In Tough Times the Humanities Must Justify Their Worth, liberal arts, Lincoln, Patricia Cohen, President Obama, Shakespeare, W.E.B. DuBois
By Emily Waldorf The first night of the historic three-day Yves Saint Laurent sale already made $264 million, making it the most successful single owner sale in history. According to Bloomberg, “Dealers said collectors were attracted by the quality of the objects gathered together and were choosing to ignore concerns about falling demand at international […]
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Tags: Brancusi, Chinese bronzes, Christie's, Duchamp, instruments de musique sur un guéridon, James Ensor, Matisse YSL, Mondrian, Paris, Picasso, Pierre Bergé-Yves Saint Laurent Foundation, Pierre Berge, Thomas Seydoux, Yuanmingyuan, Yves Saint Laurent
Why University Museums Matter (NY Times) Contemporary Indian Art Gives Fresh Spin to Yale School of Art Gallery (NY Times) Recession-Related Closures Rock Chelsea Galleries (ARTINFO) Party Pics: Dan Graham at MOCA, BMWs and Beyond (ARTINFO) Crowds Mob Exhibition of Yves Saint Laurent Collection (ARTINFO) Party Pics: Andrew Berardini at Dan Graham’s Opening at […]
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Tags: Andrew Berardini, BMW art cars, Chelsea galleries, contemporary Indian art, crisis, crowds, Dan Graham, Frick, Gatsby, London graffiti artist, MOCA, Norton Simon, old masters, Oscar Night, Red Carpet fashion, Yale School of Art Gallery, Yves Saint Laurent
Previously published on Decorati.com By Emily Waldorf It is staggering how many auction house clients, including seasoned collectors who should know better, fail to read the fine print when bidding at auction. In the February 2009 issue of Art + Auction magazine, art lawyers and brothers, Charles and Thomas Danziger discuss in their column, “Brothers […]
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Tags: Art + Auction, auction house, bidding at auction, Brothers In Law, buyer beware, Charles Danziger, Christie's, fine print, Halsey Minor, how to, lawsuit, Sotheby's, Thomas Danziger
Making Much of a Cocktail Party Wallflower By Suzanne Lenzer Good crackers, like great art, are rare. At least when you buy them in a package. And unlike cheese, olives, or other traditional cocktail party fare, crackers don’t often get a lot of deep thought. You know what you want in a cheese: a robust […]
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Tags: black pepper, Brie, cheese, chevre, chives, crackers, goat cheese, make your own crackers, oregano, parmesan, parmesan-thyme crackers, rosemary, Stilton
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 […]
Filed under: contemporary art, dealers, design, fashion, Los Angeles, Uncategorized | 5 Comments
Tags: Alexandra Grant, Edgar Arceneaux, ForYourArt, Honor Fraser Gallery, LAXART, love necklace, Watts House Project
Exclusive to Damien Hirst’s new retail store, “All You Need Is Love,” 2007, ed. of 50, $12,000. Could the timing for a new commercial art space be any worse? NY Times: Art in Two Germanys Often Spoke the Same Tongue NY Times: The Boom is Over. Long Live The Art! NY Times: Edvard Munch: So […]
Filed under: Asian Art, auctions, collecting, contemporary art, galleries, London, Los Angeles, modern art, museums, New York, Paris | 4 Comments
Tags: Art in Two Germanys/Cold War Cultures, art market, Christie's, Damien Hirst, LACMA, Other Criteria, Phillips, Pierre Berge, retail store, Shepard Fairey, Sotheby's, YSL sale, Yves Saint Laurent
By Emily Waldorf Street-artist Shepard Fairey filed a pre-emptive lawsuit against The Associated Press, requesting that he be protected from copyright infringement in his use of a news photograph as the starting point for his famous poster of President Obama. The photograph was taken by freelance photographer Mannie Garcia, who, to complicate matters even further, […]
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Tags: AP, arrested, Boston, graffiti art, guerilla art, Institute of Contemporary Art, lawsuit, Mannie Garcia, Obama Hope poster, Shepard Fairey, street art, The Associated Press