Archive for the ‘old masters’ Category
Mr. Meléndez Goes to Washington By Suzanne Lenzer There are times when being able to teleport yourself somewhere would be just fabulous. Those days when you crave a Salad Lyonnaise from that amazing little bistro in Paris, and you’d certainly drop in if only you weren’t in California. Or times when you could really do […]
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Tags: Luis Melendez, National Gallery of Art, Spanish still-life, Washington D.C.
Previously published on Decorati.com By Emily Waldorf Did you know that Jeff Koons, John Currin, and Damien Hirst all collect Old Masters? In a follow up to my post, “The Recession’s Silver Lining: Art Quality & Value Improve,” I wanted to pinpoint where exactly quality and value are to be found in an uncertain market. […]
Filed under: antiquities, collecting, contemporary art, dealers, old masters | 4 Comments
Tags: antiquities, collecting, Damien Hirst, hedge-fund, Jeff Koons, John Currin, old masters, Pierre Berge, quality, silver, Tefaf Maastricht, value, YSL, Yves Saint Laurent
Keeping Art, and Climate, Controlled (NY Times) I Dream the Clothing Electric: Nick Cave’s Soundsuits (NY Times) Valentino Finds Passion in Fashion: Review ‘The Last Emperor’ Film (WSJ) London Sales Feature Prints (WSJ) UBS Stops ‘Art Banking’ for Rich Clients (Forbes.com) Getty’s $100,000 tab for Chinese Photos Signals Bargain Time (Bloomberg) Baroque Bling Glistens in Ornate […]
Filed under: art market, Asian Art, auctions, collecting, contemporary art, dealers, fashion, film, Los Angeles, museums, New York, old masters, party pics | 2 Comments
Tags: Anne Hathaway, art banking, celebs, Chinese photos, Dave Muller, Getty, Gwyneth Paltrow, LACMA, Leo Villareal, London auctions, Martin Gayford, Nick Cave, party pics, soundsuits, The Last Emperor, UBS, Valentino
East in the Eye of This Beholder: Kamrooz Aram’s New Orientalism (NY Times) Getty Ex-Curator, Marion True, Testifies in Rome Antiquities Trial (NY Times) Graffiti Artists Hold Panel With Old Nemeses in Blue (NY Times) Stories Found in the Streets: Paul Graham at MOMA (WSJ) A Victorian Novel Set in Stone: British Houses of […]
Filed under: art fairs, art market, celebs, collecting, contemporary art, museums, New York, old masters, Paris, party pics, San Francisco | 1 Comment
Tags: Andy Warhol, Asia Week, David Kusin, Getty antiquities trial, Grand Palais, Kamrooz Aram, Marion True, orientalism, party pics, Paul Graham, Rubens, SF MoMA, William Kentridge
Optimism and Jitters at Maastricht (NY Times) A Wounded Museum Feels a Jolt of Progress: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (NY Times) Asian Arts, From Robes to Porcelains, Have Their Annual Jamboree at Asia Week (NY Times) Getty Gives in to Recession (ARTINFO) Late Frank Lloyd Wright House Up For Sale (ARTINFO) Armory Show 2009 Roundup […]
Filed under: architecture, art fairs, Asian Art, collecting, contemporary art, dealers, galleries, London, Los Angeles, modern art, museums, New York, old masters, party pics | 1 Comment
Tags: Armory 2009, Asia Week, CAA, Damien Hirst, Frank Lloyd Wright house, Getty, Haunch of Venison, Hoxton Square gallery, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Kiev Museum, Maastricht, Pinchek, porcelains, portfolio, recession, Serpentine, Yvon Lambert
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 […]
Filed under: antiques, antiquities, auctions, celebs, dealers, decoration, design, fashion, modern art, old masters, Paris | Leave a Comment
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 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 […]
Filed under: auctions, celebs, collecting, contemporary art, fashion, film, galleries, London, Los Angeles, museums, New York, non profit spaces, old masters, Paris, party pics | 1 Comment
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
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 | 1 Comment
Tags: Boston museums, Florence museums, hidden museums, Los Angeles museums, museum gems, New York museums, Rome museums, Suzanne's Files