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Posts Tagged ‘Tobias Meyer’

Break (in) point

Posted in Artists, News, tagged , , , , , , on September 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Richard Weisman once observed that “Andy [Warhol] didn’t know the difference between a football and a golf ball.”  Hardly a sports buff myself, I surprisingly transform into an avid tennis fan each year during the U.S. Open.  Something about the volley rhythm is deeply soothing to me.  Well, tonight was the men’s final and I [...]

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Tonight’s contemporary sale at Sotheby’s…ringside

Posted in Auctions, Events, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on May 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Tonight, May 12th, is the much-anticipated sale of contemporary art at Sotheby’s in New York.  Usually one of the most hyped auctions of the year, everyone was waiting to see just how the global economic downturn would effect the art market at its most elite levels.  I’m thrilled to report from…a half-filled 2nd floor salesroom, [...]

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Reviews of Sotheby’s Impressionist and Modern Sale

Posted in Auctions, Economics, tagged , , , , , , 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 [...]

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Market update featuring quotes from art powerhouses

Posted in Economics, tagged , , , , , 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 [...]

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