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America, Captured in a Flash by Robert Frank (NY Times) Art Among Friends is Up for Sale (NY Times) The Angel in the Architecture: Kandisky at the Guggenheim (NY Times) Behind Duchamp’s Door at the Philadelphia Museum of Art (WSJ) Hockney, Wolfe, Mailer Draw Themselves in Quirky Portraits Sale (Bloomberg) Kapoor Fires Canon, Makes Mess […]
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by Emily Waldorf There is much urban lore about the ambitious and creative women who choose to work in the art world. Charlotte York of Sex and the City fame first incarnated the archetype and it was further developed by Danielle Ganek’s loveable gallerina protagonist in her novel Lulu Meets God and Doubts Him. What happens […]
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Where Art Trumps Industry: Cannes Film Festival (NY Times) Going Softly Into a Parallel Universe: Claes Oldenburg at the Whitney (NY Times) Art Market Optimism: Contemporary Art Sales Up (NY Times) Starting with Fashion, Ending with Art: Richard Avedon (NY Times) Country Club, a New L.A. Gallery Opens with a “NewAgeRiot (ARTINFO) Two More Departures […]
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My Dream is for Sale; Buy It For Me: Collector’s Committee at LACMA (NY Times) A Scarcity of Goods Hovers Over Art Market (NY Times Global) ‘HomeBase IV’: At A Clinic, Artists Reflecting on Home (NY Times) Great Performances – Behind the Scenes at the Metropolitan Opera (WSJ) Christie’s Bests Sotheby’s With $102.7 Million Sale […]
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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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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
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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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 […]
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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
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 […]
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By Emily Waldorf Though auction houses have never been known to be particularly generous with employees, the art market downturn has exacerbated the industry’s tendency towards thrift. According to Bloomberg, Sotheby’s has fired 60 employees since December, including a rising star auctioneer and a 35 year Impressionist and Modern art veteran. Apparently, the layoffs have […]
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