Los Angeles Contemporary Art Museum Shows Broad Collection
July 7, 2008
Through September 2008, BCAM at LACMA will show its inaugural installation. The newly opened Broad Contemporary Art Museum at LACMA holds some of the most iconic artworks from the last four decades—most from the famed Broad Collections. Reflecting Eli and Edythe Broad’s practice of collecting artists in depth, BCAM’s 60,000 sq ft gallery space (about twice the size of the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City) is primarily devoted to groupings of works by single artists. BCAM provides rich representations of some of the most important artists of the last forty years, including... Read more »
No Name For Art Carnival #3
June 30, 2008
Welcome to the #3 edition of the no name for ART carnival. The sections to this carnival are: museum shows and gallery shows artwork and artist reviews art collecting how art is made other submitted articles on contemporary fine art museum shows | gallery shows Pooch by Oscar Oiwa The Museum of Contemporary Art in Tokyo presents Oscar Oiwa’s Dreams of a Sleeping World on show till July 6, saying “While moving his base of operations from his native Sao Paulo to Tokyo and then New York, Oscar Oiwa (1965-) has created works exploring all aspects of his urban surroundings. Oiwa... Read more »
Chicago Gallery Owner About Collecting Art
June 9, 2008
Chicago gallery owner and art dealer Dan Addington talks openly about the value of collecting original art. He’s answering key questions towards the end of the first video and into the second video. It starts out with: “how do you determine if a work is good work of art from an artist who is going places, or whether an artwork is just promoted today, but is likely to be gone tomorrow?” 1. If any dealer try to tell you how great an investment is, don’t trust it. 2. Instead, acquire art only when it touches with you, like a piece of music works. 3. a good work of art grows... Read more »
World Art Fair ‘Art 39 Basel’ Successful
June 8, 2008
Art 39 Basel, the international reunion of the international art world which closed today, attracted 60,000 artists, collectors, curators, and art lovers from around the globe. The participating galleries, Show Management, art connoisseurs, and the media were unanimous in pronouncing this a very good year for the illustrious show. Art 39 Basel demonstrated the robust health of the international art market, while confirming and enhancing its own unchallenged position as the world’s premier art fair and doing full justice to its reputation as an internationally acclaimed artworld event. The show... Read more »
Art 39 Basel - Art Unlimited - 2 part video
June 3, 2008
ON NOW! Have a look at this inspirational, two-part video series of the international fine art fair, ART 39 BASEL. Part one of the VernissageTV’s walkthrough of the Art Unlimited sector with large-scale installations, video projections, and massive sculptures at Art 39 Basel International Art Fair in Basel, Switzerland. June 2, 2008. Part two of VernissageTV’s walkthrough of the Art Unlimited sector with large-scale installations, video projections, and massive sculptures at Art 39 Basel International Art Fair in Basel, Switzerland. Art 39 Basel, Art Unlimited section. Impressions from... Read more »
Art 39 Basel: THE International Art World Fair
June 2, 2008
Tomorrow, Art 39 Basel kicks off with a vernissage for invited guests. The 39th edition of Art Basel takes place in the museum-rich city of Basel (Switzerland) from June 4 through June 8, 2008. As the world’s premier art show, Art Basel is the annual meeting place of the international art world. This year’s 300 exhibiting galleries from all over the world were selected out of a record number of over 1,000 applications and will be showing works by over 2,000 artists of the 20th and 21st centuries. The Art Unlimited hall, with its 60 large-scale projects, and Art Basel Conversations, featuring... Read more »
Moscow World Fine Art Fair’s Art valued at $1.6b
May 31, 2008
6,000 artwork and 60 galleries - strong, the Moscow World Fine Art Fair is in full swing. It started May 28 and will go on till June 2. There are fine art works by famous European artists like Marc Chagall, Leger, Magritte, Picasso, Renoir, Egon Schiele, Nikki the Ste Phalle, and of worthwhile Russian artists such as Stephan Kolesnikov (1879-1955). The total value of the works in the show is said to be around $1.6 billion. Now a Forum in Eastern European for Fine Art of the World The Fair is in its fifth year, and has grown into one of the biggest art world meeting places in Eastern Europe.... Read more »
