Global contemporary art events and news observed from New York City.
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Basel does Bosch via the Garden of Earthly Delights [Times Online(UK)]
Brit Photography Icon, Sam Taylor Wood, bares all for Harpers [Harper's Bazaar]
Ted Colen interview via ArtTalk, talks Deitch Hamster Nets [Juxtapoz]
Banksy peeved by re-sales in New York [Bloomberg via C-Monster]
New Picasso Book released, reviewed by NY Review of Books [NY Books]
Michael Craig-Martin, Self Portrait 1 via Bloomberg
Damien Hirst’s Mentor, Michael Craig-Martin, Makes a Comeback at Gagosian [Bloomberg]
Richard Zeisler donates countless Masterpieces to Numerous American Art Institutions [NY Times]
Hirst’s, “Mother and Child Divided” Sculpture, leaking in Oslo [FT]
Species of Basel-ites per T Mag [T Magazine]
Christie’s fails to hit their marks with Phillips Family Collection in London [Bloomberg]
Rubell Family Collection booth at Art Basel Miami Beach
Photo by Charlotte Southern via Bloomberg
Collector’s Guide 2008 [Forbes]
Who Bought What at Basel [NYMag]
New York Galleries Plan to Open Sundays [NYMag]
DIA sells 22nd Street building for $38.5 Million [ArtsJournal]
Art Basel considers Branching out to Beijing [FT]
Kinky Puppets to Basquiat, Miami Fair Staged Exhilarating Show [Bloomberg]
High Prices, Robust Sales, Hangers-On Dominate Miami Art Fair [Bloomberg]
C-Monster Finds Echoes of Neckface in Artwork at Basel Miami [C-Monster]
Art Basel Diary [Radar via Gawker]
Video Footage of Art Basel Miami [NYTimes via Portfolio]
Gagosian May Open Office in China [NYMag via Portfolio]
Chelsea During Art Basel Miami Beach [Portfolio]
Debuting at Basel, James Westwood’s “Plywood Chateaux” via the Orlando Sentinel
Basel Alternatives - Breaking down the competitors [Newsmaker]
The best booth at Basel? [NY Mag]
Reliving the Swarm at Basel [Bloomberg]
Basel-opoly, are the prices for too high? [Miami Herald]
Uber VIP’s Private Showings [Portfolio]
Jeffery Deitch kicked off Basel last night with hybrid burlesque/proto-punk performance, Heaven and Hell, featuring CocoRosie and The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black.
Images after the Jump
via AmyWilson
More pics to come…
Courtesy of the Spider Awards
“Containers”, the series of Cargo Containers turned galleries, forming a miniature village, features young contemporary artists including new work from Ryan McGinness. Last nigh, for the opening of Basel, they held a free Iggy Pop performance at 10 pm. They have created an impromptu stage for Iggy out of the cargo containers as well.
Off the Radar
Sun Sentinel
ArtNet
Containers Images after the jump.
