And the races are off! Yesterday evening marked the reawakening of the summertime sonmambulist art world, peacefully resting in New York City throughout the hottest months of summer. (more…)
The Third Annual Art Parade will take place tomorrow, Saturday September 8th starting at 4pm. Starting on Houston Street along West Broadway to Grand Street, the parade will include street spectacles, portable sculptures, and kites among other visuals. (more…)
The theories surrounding the mysterious sale of Damien Hirst’s $100 million diamond skull continue! Carol Vogel of the New York Times reiterates what we already knew – private investors, deal to be closed within a few weeks, Hirst retained a stake to ensure a museum tour. Vogel is right – no museums were named. Maybe it’s bit too early to decide when and where it would or will exhibit. But we may also see replicate skulls in the future – Hirst has retained the right to make two more sculptures. (more…)
Auction house Christie’s will be holding their Postwar & Contemporary sale no. 1872 on Monday, September 10th. Session I will begin at 10am and session II will begin at 2pm, both at 20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York City.
The viewing schedule for the lots after the jump. (more…)
Auction house Sotheby’s will be holding their Contemporary sale (part I & II) Wednesday, September 12th at 1334 York Avenue & 72nd Street. Session I will be held at 10am for lots 1 – 118, immediately followed by lots 119 – 262. Session II will continue at 2pm with lots 263 – 474.
Viewing schedule for the lots is below:
Thursday, September 6 : 10am – 5pm
Friday, September 7 : 10am – 5pm
Saturday, September 8 : 10am – 5pm
Sunday, September 9 : 1pm – 5pm
Monday, September 10 : 10am – 5pm
Tuesday, September 11 : 10am – 1pm
For more information, visit the Sotheby’s website.
Scott Schuman, known as “The Sartorialist” to his avid fans and readers, announced yesterday that he will be working with Danziger Projects to handle print sales and fine-art related business. The gallery represents photography greats such as Chuck Close and Annie Leibovitz. (more…)
It’s September, which means New York City’s Fall art season will be in full swing beginning this Thursday the 6th. With over 80 openings on Thursday alone, Chelsea will be a madhouse from 5pm – 9pm, not to mention the burgeoning art scene on the Lower East Side. Within this frenzy, which exhibits will be worth the elbowing through? AO has our top picks after the jump. (more…)
Last year, auction house Phillips de Pury was rumored to be moving their headquarters to a new location on Howick Place and that their inaugural auction would coincide with Frieze Art Fair 2006. The Art Newspaper reported that it was to open October 14, 2006. Well, it’s September 2007 and they’re still not open? (more…)
Hirst Skull Simply Act of Creation & Consumption? [WashPost]
Museums Losing Against Private Collectors [LATimes]
Asia Society Positions to Build Contemporary Collection [NYTimes]
Takashi Murakami – “Warhol of Japan”? [Portfolio]
Met Shows Off New Contemporary Acquisitions This Fall [NYMag]
NY Legislature Seeks to Ban Sham Bidding [Maine Antique Digest]
Olafur Eliasson’s Glacial Perspective [NYTimes]
Sean Dack’s Musical Prank [NYTimes]
The Collector Who Knew ‘Bill’ de Kooning [FT]
Hirst’s Sale = Small Profits [WSJ]
Zhang Huan’s Changes: Performance Art to Studio Factory [NYTimes]
Jen Bekman, the Lower East Side gallerist who also runs Hey, Hot Shot!, an online photography competition, will be launching her latest online venture, 20×200. She’ll be curating an online exhibit with prints in editions of 200 each available for only $20. (more…)
via New York State Military Museum, DMNA
Motorcycles leaving behind fluorescent skid marks in Drill Hall in the Seventh Regiment Armory hardly seems the norm, but beginning September 18th through the 23rd, they will be part of a performance piece by Aaron Young named “Greeting Card”, according to an article that appeared this weekend in the New York Sun. (more…)
It seems as though the rumors circulating that Hirst had purchased the $100 million diamond-studded skull himself are partially true. According to an article by the Associated Press, Sara Macdonald (spokeswoman for White Cube gallery in London) revealed that Hirst “retained a stake in the work” and would sell his stake when the piece is sold by the investor group in a few years. (more…)
Featuring work by Will Cotton, Ghada Amer, Cecily Brown, Eric Fischl, Nir Hod
Salomon Contemporary’s exhibits are usually on view only by appointment, but this holiday weekend, the gallery will be open this weekend for viewing – Friday August 31st through Monday September 3rd, 10am – 6pm. If you can’t make those times, call 917.617.0828 to make an appointment.–>
Salomon Contemporary Warehouse
6 Plank Road – Unit 3
East Hampton, New York
Saturday August 18th [NYObserver]
Salomon Contemporary
Bolton & Quinn via Bloomberg News
“For the Love of God”, Damien Hirst’s skull encrusted with 8,601 diamonds and priced at $99 million, was reported as sold for $100 million to an investment group according to an article on Bloomberg.com. In an interview on June 2, 2007, Hirst revealed that “someone” was “very interested” in purchasing the skull and speculated that it could be sold within a few weeks. (more…)
SeaFair, David Lester’s $20 million venture into the trendy world of art fairs, is scheduled to make its maiden voyage to Greenwich, CT, arriving on September 25, 2007. The 228-foot-long yacht named the Grand Luxe, will be arriving in New York City’s Chelsea Piers on from October 9 – 14. Problems such as shortages of steel and workers have postponed their initial January 2007 date back to this fall. (more…)
Damien Hirst‘s Friend Antony Genn to Play Fashion Week [NYMag]
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Banksy Speaks Up in Rare Interview to Shepard Fairey [Swindle]
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How Larry Gagosian Got to the Top… And Stays There [Economist]
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The Risks They Take for Shepard Fairey‘s Street Art [ArtInfo]
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Overseas Collectors Propping Art Market [NYSun]
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Financial Markets Question Gallery & Auction Fall Season [NYTimes]
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Will the New New Museum Attract New Galleries Below Houston? [NYMag]
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Marlborough Chelsea‘s New Chelsea Space to Open October [NYSun]
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‘Clothespin Dress’ Artist Annie Morris Profiled [Vanity Fair]
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Free Artwork by Turner Prize Winner Jeremy Deller [Platform For Art]
Are we seeing the beginning of a new art district in Manhattan? This week’s “Fall Preview” issue of New York Magazine gives us a glimpse of the burgeoning art scene on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. One to note in the new crowd is Upper East Side gallery Salon 94 owner and art adviser Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn opening her Salon 94 Freemans on Freeman Alley. She’ll join established LES galleries such as Rivington Arms, opened five years ago by Melissa Bent and Mirabelle Marden. Also, Lehmann Maupin is the first Chelsea gallery to make the move crosstown with it’s first exhibit expected to open later this year.
The LES Art Map [NYMag]
Crossing the Line? LV Store for Murakami Retrospective [LATimes via ArtKrush]
Lower Price Points Now Have Higher Fees at Sotheby’s [Bloomberg]
Donald and Doris Fisher, founders of the Gap clothing chain, recently announced their plans to erect a museum in the Presidio in San Francisco to share their contemporary art collection with the public. Slated to be built on a seven-acre parking lot which was once part of a US Military base, the museum will be located at the intersection of Lincoln Boulevard and Graham Street and will be home to the 1,000-plus pieces contained within the Fishers’ collection. (more…)
Gagosian Gallery has announced “Summer Show,” a group exhibition featuring work by Tom Friedman, Douglas Gordon, Damien Hirst, Mike Kelley, Alec Soth, Franz West, and Jenny Saville, all chosen for their emphasis on the physical form. While possessing an affinity for the monumental, Jenny Saville’s work dominates Gagosian’s Summer Show both in terms of size and talent. Saville has been recognized as one of the most thought provoking and technically accomplished talents of her generation. Characteristic of Saville’s work, her paint becomes flesh as it evokes the feel and touch of the body, its smell and material presence. (more…)
Sotheby’s has recruited yet another museum director to join their New York offices. Lisa Dennison, who became director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in 2005, announced her resignation to focus on internal business development at Sotheby’s. (more…)