Comments on: A disclosure of White Cube’s unsold Damien Hirst inventory before the artist’s controversial September 15th direct sale by Sotheby’s http://artobserved.com/2008/08/a-disclosure-of-white-cubes-unsold-damien-hirst-inventory-before-the-artists-controversial-september-15th-direct-sale-by-sothebys/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:42:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: sandrar http://artobserved.com/2008/08/a-disclosure-of-white-cubes-unsold-damien-hirst-inventory-before-the-artists-controversial-september-15th-direct-sale-by-sothebys/comment-page-1/#comment-5243 sandrar Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:09:35 +0000 http://artobserved.com/?p=3055#comment-5243 Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post... nice! I love your blog. :) Cheers! Sandra. R. Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog. :) Cheers! Sandra. R.

]]> By: James C. De-Abade Cotran http://artobserved.com/2008/08/a-disclosure-of-white-cubes-unsold-damien-hirst-inventory-before-the-artists-controversial-september-15th-direct-sale-by-sothebys/comment-page-1/#comment-3064 James C. De-Abade Cotran Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:56:47 +0000 http://artobserved.com/?p=3055#comment-3064 Hirst knew he could take his work straight to auction without worrying at all. He knew that Gagosian and Jay Joplin would be at Sotheby’s ensuring that the auction was not going to be a flop, bidding and pushing up prices throughout...and so they were. (It actually makes me happy knowing that while most artists are at their dealer’s mercy Hirst has managed to turn things on their head.)Of course taking his work straight to auction and its great success just highlighted the desperate situation and relationship between art and money that he has been focussing in his work (‘For the love God’ for example) What a lot of you idiots don’t understand is that Hirst is mocking the system. Hirst knew he could take his work straight to auction without worrying at all. He knew that Gagosian and Jay Joplin would be at Sotheby’s ensuring that the auction was not going to be a flop, bidding and pushing up prices throughout…and so they were. (It actually makes me happy knowing that while most artists are at their dealer’s mercy Hirst has managed to turn things on their head.)Of course taking his work straight to auction and its great success just highlighted the desperate situation and relationship between art and money that he has been focussing in his work (‘For the love God’ for example) What a lot of you idiots don’t understand is that Hirst is mocking the system.

]]> By: Marcus A. Marljeffsky http://artobserved.com/2008/08/a-disclosure-of-white-cubes-unsold-damien-hirst-inventory-before-the-artists-controversial-september-15th-direct-sale-by-sothebys/comment-page-1/#comment-2633 Marcus A. Marljeffsky Sat, 03 Jan 2009 17:22:40 +0000 http://artobserved.com/?p=3055#comment-2633 "The Emperor's New Clothes" Why ... why ... why does nobody dare to say what the "works" of so-called artists like a Damien Hirst really are: namely a joke, not worth crossing the street for. It is sad that people of means pretend to see art in this kind of trash and waste millions for fear of appearing uncultured. “The Emperor’s New Clothes”

Why … why … why does nobody dare to say what the “works” of so-called artists like a Damien Hirst really are: namely a joke, not worth crossing the street for. It is sad that people of means pretend to see art in this kind of trash and waste millions for fear of appearing uncultured.

]]> By: Peter Hinkle http://artobserved.com/2008/08/a-disclosure-of-white-cubes-unsold-damien-hirst-inventory-before-the-artists-controversial-september-15th-direct-sale-by-sothebys/comment-page-1/#comment-1905 Peter Hinkle Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:50:49 +0000 http://artobserved.com/?p=3055#comment-1905 Is this clown serious?! This crap is considered art? I guess it just goes to show there are a lot of stupid millionaires out there. Is this clown serious?! This crap is considered art?
I guess it just goes to show there are a lot of stupid millionaires out there.

]]> By: Financial Blog » Jopling responds, and Hirst’s Sotheby’s sale bandwagon rolls on amidst the buzz and controversy http://artobserved.com/2008/08/a-disclosure-of-white-cubes-unsold-damien-hirst-inventory-before-the-artists-controversial-september-15th-direct-sale-by-sothebys/comment-page-1/#comment-1821 Financial Blog » Jopling responds, and Hirst’s Sotheby’s sale bandwagon rolls on amidst the buzz and controversy Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:13:33 +0000 http://artobserved.com/?p=3055#comment-1821 [...] of unsold works before a Sotheby’s sale as reported by much of the media, including by Art Observed, over a week ago. Jopling did not directly dispute the number of works held it White Cube’s [...] [...] of unsold works before a Sotheby’s sale as reported by much of the media, including by Art Observed, over a week ago. Jopling did not directly dispute the number of works held it White Cube’s [...]

]]> By: Personism » Blog Archive » links for 2008-08-25 http://artobserved.com/2008/08/a-disclosure-of-white-cubes-unsold-damien-hirst-inventory-before-the-artists-controversial-september-15th-direct-sale-by-sothebys/comment-page-1/#comment-1707 Personism » Blog Archive » links for 2008-08-25 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:32:39 +0000 http://artobserved.com/?p=3055#comment-1707 [...] A disclosure of White Cube’s unsold Damien Hirst inventory before the artist’s controversial Sep... The Art Newspaper has this weekend disclosed the extent of unsold inventory, over 200 works, that are held at Damien Hirst’s gallery in London, White Cube, run by Jay Jopling. The article illuminates a situation for the artist, one of the most successful in the world, but also one of the most prolific, in which his traditional market may be less able to absorb the works at the pace at which he is aiming to produce them. (tags: art collecting business) [...] [...] A disclosure of White Cube’s unsold Damien Hirst inventory before the artist’s controversial Sep… The Art Newspaper has this weekend disclosed the extent of unsold inventory, over 200 works, that are held at Damien Hirst’s gallery in London, White Cube, run by Jay Jopling. The article illuminates a situation for the artist, one of the most successful in the world, but also one of the most prolific, in which his traditional market may be less able to absorb the works at the pace at which he is aiming to produce them. (tags: art collecting business) [...]

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