Glenn O’Brien on Credit
Some brilliance to carry you through the weekend. You must read
A look inside Saturday @ Phillips
For all those bidding on the phone/internet or just unable to be in Manhattan, I snapped some shots of the important work inside this Saturday’s Saturday @ Phillips Auction. It should be exciting as the NY Art Book Fair coincides in the same arena, bringing lots of traffic. After the jump, visual evidence.
Lazarides in negotiations to open NYC Space
In a bid to expand his gallery’s reach across the Atlantic, the Evening Standard reports that Steve Lazarides is in negotiations to open up a permanent home for his Gallery in New York City. Welcome.
Dreweatt’s Urban Art Sale
Yes, this auction is today. No, it should not be taken as a market indicator. Yes, That Gemeos painting is dope. The good pieces will sell, the not-so-great ones probably will not.
Paper Mag’s For The Love of Art
PaperMag.com has just published an enjoyable read titled ‘For The Love of Art.’ I especially enjoyed Marc Schiller’s piece on Commerce.
In their words…
“Here our favorite artists and players in the art world tell us who and what they care about now and why, and by doing so, give us much to think about in the wider community of ideas and sensibilities that ultimately bind us together. Terence Koh and Cecily Brown talk about sex and sexuality in art; the inimitable Tauba Auerbach writes a passage of scientific genius; Shepard Fairey visits the increasingly provocative and populated terrain of political art; and more — RoseLee Goldberg on Performance Art, Anne Pasternak on public art, Mark Tribe considers the world of digital art and representation, James Fuentes interviews Rob Pruitt on humor, Michael Nevin explores his love of drawing, Shirin Neshat addresses feelings of exile, and Marc Schiller talks art and commerce by revisiting his earlier thoughts on “The Banksy Effect.”"
Banksy Reacts To Wall Street
Blood on the hands, a suitcase stuffed with money, and a message “Let Them Eat Crack”. Banksy‘s latest rat was completed this morning and the words couldn’t have been any clearer for a city that has been so concerned with ‘me’ first. Wall Street never cared about you and they never will. Nice job Mr. Banksy.
The timing couldn’t be Better
Hirst takes advantage of a global market. Mainstream media tries to sink Banksy. America goes bankrupt. Probably none of these things are covered, when I get a copy I’ll let you know.
Stupid Cubs…
Dealbreaker makes sense of the future doom by remembering the last year that the Cubs threw a no-hitter.
I’m no good at being a pessimist
Because 21 lots into his auction, Damien Hirst is cleaning up. The above piece, THE GOLDEN CALF, hit a nice sum of money £10,345,250 or in american banking figures $18,540,757.00. Damn.
pop (what I thought was a bubble bursting is actually champagne bottles popping)
Could there be a better time for Damien Hirst’s Epic Fail Auction?
Edit: (The answer is yes but, the world’s collectors don’t seem phased)
The Beholder
The Beholder is by far the best and most functional distribution site for artists to sell their craft. Not a lot of fluff in it and the ‘view all’ works awesome too. Above is a great photo by Fabian Geyrhalter entitled ‘Walking on Water’.
Interesting Lots
Barry McGee (b. 1966)
Untitled
acrylic on three attached canvases
85½ x 105 in. (217.1 x 266.7 cm.)
Executed circa 1990
Estimate: $30,000 – $40,000
Lot 65: Christie’s first open post war & contemporary art, 9 September 2008
New York, Rockefeller Plaza
These are notable lots that are coming up for auction in the month of September.
‘Urban Art’ settles in
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It seems as of late that there has been a mad dash to the club entrance of the Auction world, and Saturday’s Auction at Phillips de Pury showed that the discerning collector is back to being the bouncer. Great pieces did well and familiar names held up against an uncertain economy. Some others, not as great. Observers remarked that it may have had something to do with a wet London morning. In any case, the good work sold, which shows there is no rush to abandon hope in this new sector of the art market. After the jump, some sales highlights.
This Saturday @ Phillips
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Saturday @ Phillips is a nice auction series that opens up the auction world up to young and old collectors alike. This go-round, they have included the ever emrging and expanding urban art medium as a focus on top of their normal lots. A few noteworthy lots after the jump.
Art Market Confidence relys heavily on Hirst’s upcoming auction
But what if people don’t buy his work because they think it is inflated horrible? Art market confidence relies on your mother.
Fat cap vending machine
This is a moment of ‘Why didn’t I think of this?’ Proving as always, the best ideas are the simplest.
