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 [...]
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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 [...]
(Legal) heat turns up on Warhol Foundation
Posted in Artists, Economics, News, tagged Andy Warhol, Andy Warhol Foundation, art market, Christie's, Joe Simon-Whelan, lawsuits and art, Lemon Marilyn Monroe, Sherman Anti-Trust Act on May 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Thanks to Donn at The Art Law Blog for keeping me abreast of developments in Joe Simon-Whelan’s lawsuit against the Andy Warhol Foundation…I’d forgotten about this since the story broke last year! A federal judge has issued an opinion that allows a significant portion of the lawsuit to move forward. From The Art Newspaper: The complaint alleges that [...]
Reviews of Sotheby’s Impressionist and Modern Sale
Posted in Auctions, Economics, tagged auction results, Bernard Madoff, Giacometti, Picasso, Piet Mondrian, Sotheby's, Tobias Meyer on May 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
News sources were mostly down on the results of this week’s Impressionist and Modern Sale at Sotheby’s. A lack of bidders for two of the featured works, a Picasso portrait and Giacometti sculpture, brought the sale total to $61.4 million– below the low estimate of $81 million and the lowest sale total in this category [...]
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 [...]
Spending on art way down at top end of market
Posted in Auctions, Economics, tagged Anish Kapoor, art, art market, auction results, public art, sculpture on April 22, 2009 | 6 Comments »
A new article from Dow Jones Financial News Online finds that a record high 40% of contemporary works for sale at major auctions went unsold in the first quarter of 2009. Only three pieces, including the Anish Kapoor scultpure pictured above, sold for over $1 million (the Kapoor sold for approximately $1.2 million, including the [...]
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