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Links Out: February 3
A life-size 1961 bronze cast, Alberto Giacometti's L'Homme Qui Marche I, today became the most expensive work ever sold at auction. It went for £65,001,250 ($104,327,006), just more than the the 2004 record set by Picasso's Garçon à la Pipe (1905), at $104.1 million (£58,052,830). It was also $80 million more than the previous record for Giacometti, and $70 million more than any other modern sculpture sold at auction.The news makes Paris,the site of the artist's studio, in focus. The cityisn't really noted for its contemporary art scene, which is why a budding exchange program with youthful Berlin last week seemed so pertinent.
An exhibition at the International Center for Photography in New York looks at Paris in its heyday—even bef… Read More
Links Out: January 27
This past week MoMA purchased the aerial rights that will allow it to build the proposed Jean Nouvel-designed tower, for $14.5 million. That might sounds like a lot (as Christie's reports 24% decline in sales from last year), until you consider the $150 million it cost the museum to purchase the lot.
Ruba Katrib on What Miami Can Teach You
During Art Basel Miami Beach, MOCA Associate Curator Ruba Katrib put together a quiet, sophisticated show about getting back into the studio (and presumably, out of the market). Timed to the opening of the US' most significant art fair, it was a pretty direct statement to the artists, writers, and curators making their annual rounds. Of course, the only time a show like Katrib's "The Reach of Realism" could open and reach a broad audience (and a partysponsored by Vanity Fair) was during Art Basel Miami Beach.Read More
Links Out: December 16
It wasn't quite the YSL sale, but Art Beast has an of account of the auction of Audrey Hepburn's couture clothing. It's just a fraction of the late actress' wardrobe, and a lasting tentament to her 22-inch waist.Read More
Miami, Miami, Miami
Having weathered a brutal economic year, the art world heads to Miami this month for some sun, sand and, hopefully, sales. Some fairs are offering premium booths at last year's prices, or have rejiggered fees, downsized or relocated to offset costs, while others, bucking the trend, have expanded. And as usual, the city's cultural institutions are rallying to present a number of noncommercial offerings.THE MAIN EVENT
Art Basel Miami Beach [Dec. 2-6] has 275 exhibitors-up from last year-showing the work of more than 2,000 artists. Larger booths and a redesigned layout promise to make for a less rat-in-a-maze experience in the Miami Beach Convention Center.
The former beachy component of the fair, Art Positions, for which select young d… Read More
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Acrylic on canvas. Courtesy Anton Kern Gallery, New York.
Currently at Anton Kern Gallery, Brian Calvin exhibits new portraits of young, sl
