A revitalization effort is underway in Amsterdam’s city center that is replacing some brothels with low-rent studio space for artists. As this Reuter’s article points out, there’s a long history of artists and prostitutes cohabitating on the fringe of society. These relationships often served as creative inspiration for artists who, of course, are influenced by [...]
Archive for April, 2009
Prostitutes and artists coexist in Amsterdam
Posted in Indulgences, tagged Amsterdam, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, prints and multiples, prostitutes and art, The Medical Inspection on April 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Turner Prize shortlist announced
Posted in Artists, Events, tagged Enrico David, Lucy Skaer, Richard Wright, Roger Hiorns, Turner Prize on April 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Anyone who follows the news can tell you that the British have an obsession with public prizes (and all-girl pop groups…I lived there, I’m allowed to say these things). The Mercury Prize, the Booker Prize, and of course the Turner Prize all have a huge media presence and it seems the general thinking is the [...]
Rago posts catalogs for May fine art sales
Posted in Auctions, tagged affordable art auctions, art, auction catalogs, post-war and contemporary sale, Rago, Sol LeWitt on April 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
For those art collectors (like myself) who can’t swing the six/seven/eight figure works that we dream of owning, I recommend you check out the fine arts catalogs posted today by Rago auction house for their mid-May sales. Both the 19th/20th century sale of American and European work as well as the post-war and contemporary sale [...]
Prisoner art story and my newly-framed chalk portrait
Posted in Indulgences, tagged art, chalk portrait, naive art, outsider art, Queens Museum of Art, The People's Art on April 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Long night due to a work event, so a really short post– but I was inspired to share this neat article from the New York Daily News about an auction of prisoner art that just took place to support an organization that encourages inmates to create artwork while studying for their GEDs. Some of the [...]
International photo festival draws to a close
Posted in Artists, Events, tagged art, Daniel Traub, International Fashion and Photography Festival, Philadelphia, photography on April 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
While the ten photographers (including five Americans) being featured in this year’s International Fashion and Photography Festival are described as “emerging,” many of them have been producing quality work for well over a decade. One such example is the artist Daniel Traub, whose “Two Boys, North Philadelphia” is pictured above. This particular image struck me [...]
Market update featuring quotes from art powerhouses
Posted in Economics, tagged art market, Christie's, Matthew Marks Gallery, Paula Cooper Gallery, Sotheby's, Tobias Meyer on April 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Mandatory reading from The New York Times! Carol Vogel speaks with Ann Temkin (chief curator for painting and sculpture at the MoMA), Marc Porter (president of Christie’s America), Steven P. Henry (director of Paula Cooper Gallery), Matthew Marks (of Matthew Marks Gallery), the dreamy Tobias Meyer (worldwide head of contemporary art for Sotheby’s), and others [...]
How to score FREE tickets to the International Fine Art Fair
Posted in Events, Tips, tagged Alexander Calder, art, art fairs, drawing, free tickets, painting, sculpture, Vincent Vallarino Fine Art Ltd. on April 25, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I stumbled upon a way to get free tickets (they’re usually $20/ticket) to this year’s International Fine Art Fair, being held at The Park Avenue Armory in New York from May 1st-9th. Okay, so go to the NYTimes website. Scroll down and click on the Arts section. Click on any slideshow in that section (underneath the one [...]
Visiting Walker Evans’s Alabama
Posted in Artists, Exhibitions, tagged Alabama, Metropolitan Museum of Art, photography, postcards, The Great Depression, Walker Evans on April 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
There’s an enjoyable article titled “On the Path of Walker Evans” by Laura Holson in the Escapes section of The New York Times today. The author travels through the small towns in Alabama where Evans, during the depression era, took photographs that offer poignant social commentary from that period. The slideshow that accompanies this article contains ”Roadside Stand [...]
A little trip down memory lane: NYC subway car art
Posted in Artists, tagged Chris Gall, illustration, NYC subway, Philippe Lechien, public art on April 24, 2009 | 5 Comments »
If you’ve ridden the NYC subway within the past six months or so, you may have seen this illustration by Philippe Lechien (sorry, couldn’t find a better picture to post!). I decided to be pro-active and do a little internet research about Philippe, but it turns out that there actually isn’t that much out there. [...]
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