Nine Multicolored Marilyns, Andy Warhol (1979-1986) via Phillips
Phillips de Pury & Company is holding it’s Contemporary Art Sale on June 29 and 30. The sale highlights works from Andy Warhol, Damien Hirst, Willem de Kooning, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Paul McCarthy, and many other distinguished contemporary artists.
Phillips Contemporary Art Sale [Phillips]
“The Railway Bridge at Argenteuil” via Telegraph.co.uk
Follow up: Monet’s “The Railway Bridge at Argenteuil” sells for £20 million at Christie’s [Telegraph.co.uk]
Update: Make your own movie at Gondry Deitch Projects [New York Times]
Tracey Emin spends $8 million to save an art district in London [ArtForum via the Guardian.com]
Whitney Biennial’s busy schedule, starting next Thursday [New York Times]
A good overall summary on artist Paul McCarthy [LATimes via C-Monster]
Judge Denies Salander’s bankruptcy [Bloomberg]
Michael Ovitz may buy the Chelsea Art Museum Building for growing art collection [New York Post]
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Former Dia Building via The Observer
Former Chelsea Dia Art Foundation building slated for apartment rentals and gallery space [The Observer]
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How to preserve Paul McCarthy’s chocolate Santa [C-Monster]
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Hudson Morgan covers Gagosian’s gallery festivities in Rome [Men's Vogue]
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Parisian home of Pierre-Auguste Renoir is for sale [The Wall Street Journal]
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The Times UK arts critic interviews Zhang Xiaogang [Times UK Online]
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Guardian Unlimited UK interviews Peter Doig [Guardian Unlimited]
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Suspect reports Saudi collector possibly behind Sao Paulo Picasso Theft [Art Forum]
Paul McCarthy Carribean Pirates 2001-2005 via Hauser & Wirth
Head Shop/Shop Head, a Paul McCarthy Retrospective featuring works from 1966 – 2006 as well as a series of new works created especially for the exhibition is on view through February 17, 2008 at S.M.A.K. (Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst/The Municipal Museum of Contemporary Art) in Ghent, Belgium.
Links:
Documentary on Paul McCarthy at S.M.A.K. [Worship the Glitch]
Paul McCarthy at S.M.A.K. [We Make Money Not Art]
Paul McCarthy [Wikipedia]
Videos from director and exhibition plus more photos after the jump (more…)
