Posted on February 26, 2009 by artforprofits
Adam Reeder and Pan’s Ipod – artmarketblog.com
If I am going to be honest I have never really been a big fan of classical figurative sculpture but after being introduced to the work of California based artist Adam Reeder I may have rethink my position. Judging by the pictures on his website, Reeder is a very [...]
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Posted on January 18, 2009 by artforprofits
MYARTSPACE 2008 Scholarship Winners – artmarketblog.com
MYARTSPACE (myartspace.com), the awesome online venue for the contemporary art world, has just announced the winners of the 2008 MYARTSPACE undergraduate cash scholarship competition. The scholarship is intended for students who exhibits exceptional artistic excellence in all mediums of the visual arts including photography and video, both contemporary and traditional [...]
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Posted on December 15, 2008 by artforprofits
Single Owner Art Auctions Defy Downturn – artmarketblog.com
Over the last few months I have noticed a particularly interesting trend emerge that says a lot about the way people perceive, and are approaching, the art market. There have been quite a few auctions of single owner collections in recent months most of which have achieved particularly [...]
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Posted on December 13, 2008 by artforprofits
Chinese Art Loses Lustre – artmarketblog.com
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In 2007, China redistributed the cards in becoming the third auction market globally. Beijing and Hong Kong have rapidly established themselves as new growth relays and the scene of some particularly aggressive investment over the past two years. The most impressive sale results have been achieved at Poly International Auction [...]
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Posted on December 11, 2008 by artforprofits
ArtCast: Art Collecting 101 – Art Market Trends – artmarkeblog.com
I was recently interviewed by Sharon Burton who is the founder and creative director of Authentic Contemporary Art (http://www.authenticartonline.com) for the Authentic Contemporary Art Blog Artcast (podcast) which was titled “Art Collecting 101 – Art Market Trends“. Based in the Metropolitan Washington, DC area, Authentic [...]
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Posted on December 10, 2008 by artforprofits
Rarity is Driving the Art Market – artmarketblog.com
One of the trends that has emerged since the art market began to soften is the increased desirability of works of art that that have not appeared at auction for a long period of time or have never appeared at auction. Such works are usually given the [...]
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Posted on December 8, 2008 by artforprofits
Australian Art Sacrificed for Cezanne – artmarketblog.com
The Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia is selling two major works by two Australian artists from it’s collection to raise the remaining funds needed to purchase a painting by Cezanne titled “Bords De La Marne”. Director of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Edmund [...]
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Posted on December 7, 2008 by artforprofits
Aquarium Gallery Closing Sale – artmarketblog.com
The London based Aquarium L-13 Gallery (http://www.theaquariumonline.co.uk/index.html) is a contemporary commercial art gallery run by Steve Lowe. The gallery specialises in work of more unorthodox punk-based artists including Jamie Reid, Jimmy Cauty, Billy Childish, Sexton Ming and stop21stcplanb. On the 23rd of December the Aquarium L-13 will be closing [...]
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Posted on December 6, 2008 by artforprofits
Mei Moses Art Market Index Update – artmarketblog.com
A tracking report on the year-to-date value of the Mei Moses All Art Index has been issued by Beautiful Asset Advisors. According to the fall art market insight report, as of 10/31/2008, the value of the index was 270.58** which, as one would expect, is down on [...]
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Posted on December 5, 2008 by artforprofits
The Rise of Rothko – artmarketblog.com
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London’s Tate Modern is currently holding an exhibition of Mark Rothko’s later works through to 1st February 2009. The collection plunges the viewer into his deep “colorfields” – chromatic spaces for meditation. Marcus Rothkowitz was born in Latvia in 1903 and his family moved to the United States when he [...]
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Posted on December 3, 2008 by artforprofits
Top Christmas Gifts for Art Lovers 2008
Lawrence Weiner “Wild Blue Yonder” DVD from Printed Matter
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Lawrence Weiner
“Wild Blue Yonder”
[Deluxe Edition]
New York, NY: Printed Matter, Inc. and Moved Pictures. 2002
Synopsis: This is the deluxe edition of Printed Matter’s book and DVD movie by Lawrence Weiner. Packaged in a Japanese silk covered folio with embossed cover, each copy [...]
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Posted on December 2, 2008 by artforprofits
Catherine Opie at Side Street Projects – artmarketblog.com
Side Street Projects is an artist-run organization that helps visual artists negotiate the baffling terrain of the contemporary art world and provides art related youth education services. As part of their fundraising program Side Street projects are selling prints of works by some of the top contemporary [...]
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