Newslinks for Friday, January 23rd, 2009
January 23rd, 2009
Terence Koh in United Bamboo via Refinery29
Artist and downtown NYC fixture Terence Koh Models for United Bamboo [Refinery29]
A review of director of Hauser and Wirth gallery Gregor Muir’s book on the seminal period of the Young British Art movement of the 80′s “They were too drunk, too coked up, too busy scrounging up some rent, too out of work and squalor-happy to remember much about the glory days.” [TimesUK]
Art Tactic reports 81% fall in confidence levels in contemporary-art market, predicts 3-5 years to recovery, institutes new “survival rating” to predict artists to be considered still relevant in 10 years [Bloomberg]
In related, the Art Newspaper offers predictions for the market in 2009 [ArtNewspaper]
Olafur Eliasson’s book via Space Invading
Commissioned by MOMA, Olafur Eliasson creates 454 page, 85:1 scale, laser-cut negative space rendering of his home [SpaceInvading]
Video of Rirkrit Tiravanija serving up vegetarian curry at a grafitti’d construction installation at David Zwirner [NewArtTV]
The Louvre begins managing its first ever endowment of $230m received from the United Arab Emirates to build a museum there [NYTimes]
When artwork decays and requires reproduction [WallStreetJournal]
Anthony Haden-Guest on Yves Saint Laurent’s 700+ work art collection to be auctioned in February by Christie’s Paris at a £200m to £300m estimate [GuardianUK]
January 26th, 2009 at 3:58 pm
[...] – Terence Koh is also a model now. (via art observed) [...]