Tag: art market
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Finding a Way to Write About Art
What is asked of me as an art writer and critic today, is not why I became an art writer and critic. In this time of great transition in media, art and business, there are more media venues than ever filled with everything from drivel to genius. More and more people are writing about art…
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Jerry Saltz predicts doom: Artworld will retract, be reborn
My favorite art critic is Jerry Saltz of New York Magazine. (His wife Roberta Smith from the New York Times is likely my second favorite). Mr. Saltz has an insightful article on the state of contemporary art in the current issue. Read it here. Art Market Watch from ArtNet.com also explores the situation in detailed…
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How the art market influences 8 leading British artists
Another great article from The Guardian by Sarah Thornton. Read it here. Some highlights: “There remains a strong feeling in the art world that good art is made by people with more profound goals or intellectual ambitions than simply making money. As the former YBA Gavin Turk told me: ‘If artists are primarily motivated by…
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After the Crisis, Frieze and the Fall Auctions
A roundup of the news reports and financial results from Frieze, FIAC, the Sotheby’s and Christies London Art auctions and even Sioux Falls, SD. If there is any doubt that the contemporary art market is in limbo, then just check out these headlines that have crossed my desk in the past few days. Most recent…
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Poets, Artists and the Market
A long must read from John Perreault’s diary about his recent experiences in Denver.Click here. Perreault is part of an exhibit that opened this past weekend at The LAB of art and ideas at Belmar. In Plain Sight: Street Works and Performances 1968-1971. Check out the BLAB for photos from the opening. Perreault is a…
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Crush, Pop, Bomb, Fall: All Used to Describe Results from Sotheby’s Hong Kong Art Auction
Credit Crunch Crushes Art AuctionBBC Pop Goes the Bubble in Chinese & Indian ArtBusinessweek Masriadi Breaks Post-Lehman Stupor at Hong Kong Art AuctionBloomberg Sotheby’s Chinese, Indian Art Sale Bombs in Wake of Wall Street CrisisBusinessweekSotheby’s Shares Fall Amid Concern About Art MarketBloomberg Copyright Leanne Goebel. May not be used without permission.
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