Newslinks for Saturday, October 4th, 2008
October 4th, 2008
Shepard Fairey via the NYTimes
Street art legend Shepard Fairey shadowed in action by the New York Times[NYTimes]
Art as an unexpected hedge amongst billionaires in uncertain times, and Sarah Thornton has more on this here [Forbes] [TelegraphUK]
Levi’s to launch limited edition jeans featuring Murakami’s flowers [Nylon]
Ex-wife of Jeff Koons/former porn star/Italian parliament member gets to keep her son [Bloomberg]
Flea market purchase revealed to be work by 17th-century Flemish master Pieter Brueghel the Younger [GuardianUK}
Art Market Blog offers another view to market conclusions drawn from last week's Kate Moss, Banksy auction, previously covered by Art Observed here [Art Market Blog]
A guide to buying contemporary art[TimesOnline]
October 5th, 2008 at 12:13 pm
Radar did that same bombing with Shepard Fairey article less than a month ago!
http://www.radaronline.com/features/2008/09/shepard_fairey_obama_hope_posters_01.php
October 6th, 2008 at 11:40 am
[...] Art on your ass: Murakami jeans. (Via A.O.) [...]
October 8th, 2008 at 1:44 am
Fairey has violated international copyright laws more than once. The guy profits off of other artists. If it was not for the Obama fandom you would have only known about him by reading juxtapoz or some other underground rag. Funny that Obama gave donations from one criminal away to charity instead of accepting them as campaign funds but is more than willing to accept the funds raised by this criminal. How many times has he been arrested for bombing since the campaign? Why does Obama support an artist who supports actions that cost tax payers billions per year? Expose this clown instead of giving him props!
October 18th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
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