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Weekly Bulletin: August 21
The Parrish Art Museum in Southampton, New York, announced earlier this week that it was scaling back its ambitious plans for a new $80 million, 37,000-square-foot space. The revised version the museum unveiled is something of an elegant, low-slung gray barn, appropriate to the Hamptons's upscale, rustic aesthetic. On the occasion, the museum announced portentously, "The Herzog & de Meuron design embodies responsiveness to the indigenous landscape, an emphasis on the natural northern light and a dialogue with the local architecture." And, to get right to the heart of the matter, the smaller building, at about $25 million, is also "economically achievable," said director Terrie Sultan in a statement.
Weekly Bulletin: August 14
In this week's weekly bulletin, Alexandra Peers sees a snub of Russian billionaires, and public nudity on a pedestal in London.Dos Vidanya
You need look no further than the fall travel itinerary for Sotheby's annual "masterpieces" tour for proof that big-spending Russian billionaires have left the art market. This fall, at its bellwether Impressionist and Modern art sale on November 4, Sotheby's is selling various Renoirs, Sisleys and Pissarros from the collection of pioneering French art dealer Paul Durand-Ruel. (It's a killer provenance. All but one were acquired by Durand-Ruel directly from the artist, and they've been off the auction market for more than a half-century.)
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Weekly Bulletin: August 7
Writing On the WallA piece of performance art (or is it a prank?) has raised some uncomfortable questions for wealthy artists and also raised the profile of a New York artist.
Mat Benote, who says he considers himself a graffiti artist, hung his own art in the Guggenheim Museum, albeit briefly, last weekend, before he was spotted by a guard and immediately "de-accessioned." Benote's stunt and the resulting media fuss was entertaining, and more: He was issuing a challenge, he says, to better-known artists to donate their own art to public institutions. Why don't more artists who can well afford to, like Jeff Koons, save public institutions' money?
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David Lester Builds a New Art Marketplace
New eyes for new art? One of the world's largest antiques fairs will soon move aggressively into the business of selling modern and contemporary art and photography. The overhaul by new management is meant to address financial woes that are pushing some art fairs out of business; it's also a recognition, organizers say, that collecting tastes and trends have irrevocably changed.Read More
Ron Arad Lamp May Be Out of Service
What's the sound of a masterpiece crashing? Insiders say the glittering five-floor-high chandelier (left) that stars in The Museum of Modern Art's "Ron Arad: No Discipline" exhibition clattered to the floor last week shortly after an opening party that saw Francesco Clemente, Aggie Gund and several hundred others salute the innovative designer. The gleaming sculpture-slash-light fixture, titled "Lolita," is set with hundred of L.E.D. processors and weighs a daunting 535 pounds. Its ribbon scrolls messages that viewers text to the sculpture. (The original script read "MoMA 2009.") The Modern says that rumors the chandelier was destroyed are "unconfirmed" but acknowledged that the pricey treasure went missing from the show and is no… Read MoreOr
Born and raised in Reno, Nevada, a city with one museum and one major gallery, Nick Van Woert's mixed-media practice evolved from doodles, dra
