I once went on a first date with a guy who told me an adorable story from his childhood. From an early age, his mother sat him in front of the television to watch Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood on PBS. As soon as he could put pen to paper, he began writing Mister Rogers about his [...]
Archive for August, 2009
Mister Rogers, cool new website and art timeshares make for a potentially disjointed Friday post
Posted in Economics, Indulgences, Tips, tagged art entrepreneurialism, group purchasing power in art, independent documentary film, KickStarter website, Mister Rogers on PBS on August 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Turnkey art exhibits, sponsored by your neighborly multinational bank
Posted in Economics, News, tagged Bank of America art collection, Jamie Wyeth, turnkey corporate exhibits on August 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
“The income we have generated through increased business is superior to any income we could generate from selling the collection.” I somehow missed this article last week: financially struggling museums are hosting “turnkey,” or pre-made, exhibits from the art collections of corporate banks. Seems like a win-win on the surface, but some issues- ethical, curatorial [...]
Recommendations, so far, on fall auction-going
Posted in Auctions, tagged art auctions, deaccessioned art, Doyle New York, Freeman's, Japanese pagoda model, Lehman Brothers, Metropolitan Museum of Art on August 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Now that your stocks have rebounded, you might be considering a jump back into the auction circuit. Two upcoming sales sound noteworthy: September 14th- Doyle New York hosts a sale of Asian Works of Art, including property of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This gorgeous pagoda model is one such work being deaccessioned by the [...]
Read up on your elitist art world gossip, plebian
Posted in Artists, Indulgences, News, tagged art world gossip, Francoise-Marie Banier, Liliane Bettencourt, matching banana hat and bra, photography on August 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Two BILLION dollars in cash, seven (!) life insurance policies, and a first-rate art collection is (possibly) being left by Europe’s wealthiest woman, Madame Liliane Bettencourt, to the photographer and socialite Francoise-Marie Banier. A snubbed daughter! French lawyers questioning Banier’s “talent” as an artist! Manipulation of the elderly!? Read about the life you were meant [...]
The Social Calendar: “Art Battles” at Le Poisson Rouge
Posted in Events, tagged Art Battles, art events in new york city, August 27th 2009, Le Poisson Rouge, Under Minerva Gallery on August 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Treasure trove of photography from the National Geographic Society
Posted in News, tagged photography, National Geographic Society photography archives, Steven Kasher Gallery, Herbert G. Ponting, images of Antarctica on August 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Seriously exciting stuff! The National Geographic Society is opening up its archives for the first time in a must-see exhibition at Steven Kasher Gallery in New York. Check out the story, from the New York Times, here and an incredible accompanying slideshow here. No word yet on the price point of the images.
A reminder that things aren’t yet rosy again at Christie’s
Posted in Auctions, News, tagged art market, Christie's, Lillian MacKendrick, painting on August 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Bloomberg reports that Christie’s is scapping plans for an art investment fund and loan division. The article also briefly discusses what we’ve talked about many times before: the downturn in the high-end art market, despite recent successful sales. Pictured above is an affordable oil on canvas being offered in Christie’s Interiors Sale in early September.
Was exploitative Michael Jackson art sale a total disaster?
Posted in Indulgences, News, tagged Andy Warhol, art auctions, art market, Michael Jackson, selling celebrity art, Vered Gallery on August 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
You may remember my previous post questioning the ethics of selling a Warhol depicting Michael Jackson immediately following Jackson’s death. Well, perhaps others felt queasy, too, because the auction might have been a big fat flop: Vered Gallery isn’t releasing the exact sale figure of the painting, saying it’s “over $1 million,” and it was sold to a speculator, [...]
The Social Calendar: “Indecisive Moment: Photographers Using Video”
Posted in Events, tagged free NYC art events, Hendershot Gallery, Indecisive Moment: Photographers Using Video, Meggie Miao, Tom DeLay sexualized, video art on August 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Hendershot Gallery is pleased to present Indecisive Moment: Photographers Using Video, a one-night screening on Thursday, August 20th. The screening begins promptly at 7:00pm and will be followed by a reception. 547 West 27th Street, Suite 632, New York City. RSVP necessary: heidi@hendershotgallery.com. Artists in the sixties and seventies began to exploit the medium of [...]
t’was his intent to blow up the king and parli’ment
Posted in Artists, Indulgences, News, tagged art at the London School of Economics, Jenny Holzer, library searches and art who knew?, Michael Brown artist, public art on August 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If you’ve ever read my “about” page, which likely dissuaded your continued interest in my blog (should I say I’m a 30-something for credibility?), you’ll know I was once on the fence between graduate school for public policy and art history. Knowing what I know now, I should have gone straight to law school and [...]
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