Oh What A Tangled Web We Weave!
There was talk about this many months ago and now the evidence has surfaced. According to a recent article, the French newspaper Le Monde published text messages from Philippe Narmino (the minister of justice in Monaco) that show he was … More…
So, You Want To Open A Gallery In NYC?
A very informative article, by Agnès Penot on the Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide site, discussing the expansion of the art market during the 19th century. European dealers realized that the United States was an untapped source of wealth and by the … More…
Thief or Genius? Inquiring Minds Want To Know.
Michael Kaplan’s article in the New York Post gives us a little food for thought on the ‘art’ of Richard Prince. Is he an artist or just a copyright infringer? Kaplan states that for decades, Prince has mostly been able to … More…
INVISIBLE ART – Coming To A Blank Wall Near You!
Now it seems Facebook is using augmented reality to help artists create works of art that are invisible to the naked eye … like many other things today, you will need your phone to see them. Heather Day, a San … More…
More Bacon!
This fall, Christie’s will be offering Francis Bacon’s Study of Red Pope 1962, 2nd Version 1971 which is expected to bring £60m ($81M). The painting was exhibited in Paris shortly after it was painted and has been in the … More…
Maezawa – Want To Know More?
Here is your chance to learn a little more about Yusaku Maezawa … the collector who spent over $110 million for Basquiat’s Untitled (1982). He also owns works by Calder, Giacometti, Judd, Picasso, etc. Source: Maezawa’s World: The … More…
Is It Over? Well, Not Exactly.
It appears that Ann Freedman, former director of the ‘no-longer-in-business’ Knoedler gallery, has finally settled the last lawsuit brought against her. This one involved a fake Jackson Pollock that she, through the gallery, sold to Francis H. White for … More…
Berkshire Says Good-bye to the Smithsonian
Due to their decision to sell off 40 works from its collection to fund an endowment and renovations (a big no, no, for museums), the Berkshire Museum has cut ties to the Smithsonian Institution. I bet it would be more … More…
A Real Stupid Move
There isn’t much time left to stop the sale of the 40 works from the Berkshire Museum and every option should be explored. Lee Rosenbaum’s idea seems to be a good one. Could Williams College come to the rescue … More…
Basquiat — Want To Know More?
The Barbican, in London, will host Basquiat: Boom for Real. A retrospective exhibition running from September 21 through January 28, 2018. If you want to learn a little more about this art world star, check out Miranda Sawyer’s article … More…
How About One Million Dollars Not To Sell?
The Art Newspaper reported that an anonymous group of donors offered the Berkshire Museum one million dollars with the stipulation that the museum take its art off the auction block for at least a year and try to come up … More…
That Did Not Take Very Long!
I knew it would take very long for the other ‘major’ auction house to up its buyer’s premium. Nate Freeman states in his ArtNews article that Christie’s is widening the brackets for prices charged the highest fees and increasing … More…
It’s Going To Cost You More
For the third year in a row, Sotheby’s has announced that it will increase its buyer’s premium. According to an article in the Financial Times: Buyers will pay 25 per cent of the hammer price up to and including $300,000 [it was … More…
£1 – Really?
Jailed conman and forger, Richard Pearson, has been ordered to pay back just £1. According to Karon Kelly’s article in the Sunderland Echo, the 56-year-old fraudster had convinced the owners of a gallery in Corbridge, Northumberland, that he had access to … More…
Science Helps Turn £35,000 Into £2,000,000!
According to Henry Bodkin’s article in The Telegraph, every week, Philip Mould breaks the hearts of fellow art dealers as he reveals the disguised masterpieces they let slip through their fingers on the BBC’s Fake or Fortune? Well, recently, Mould … More…
Comments on the Art Market – Volume 201
Source: Newsletter Archives – we just released Volume 201 of our Comments on the Art Market. In this issue we cover Tales from the Dark Side, Really (updates from the collectibles market), Stocks and the all important Art Market (our thoughts … More…