Newslinks for Friday September 12, 2008
September 12th, 2008
Lucian Freud’s rarely-seen, unfinished Portrait of Francis Bacon via Artdaily
Lucian Freud’s unfinished Francis Bacon portrait to be auctioned by Christie’s London in October [Art Daily]
MoMA purchases Chinese contemporary art from private collection [Art Newspaper]
Osaka museum pulls three Chagall’s after authenticity is questioned [Art Info]
Jeff Koons “Man of Trust documentary” sold in €2,500 limited edition kangaroo mirror boxes at Colette [World's Best Ever]
On the vulnerability of the global art market “which has risen so very high on little more than PR and salesmanship” [Financial Times]
September 15th, 2008 at 9:33 am
[...] The End is Near: “…no part of the art market is more vulnerable than contemporary art, which has risen so very high on little more than PR and salesmanship.” (Via A.O.) [...]