Art Basel 43: Excellence in Art Led to Excellence in Sales

It has not been like this for years, but we seem to curb the lul in sales performance in the world league art markets in the EU and US. Thank goodness. Art Basel management just reported that the 43rd edition of Art Basel in Switzerland closed last night (June 17, 2012) with excellent results. “The […]

Eve Leader, Canadian Artist Extraordinaire

Represented (currently) by Granville Fine Art gallery, Contemporary artist Eve Leader has stood her ground on the Canadian passage of change toward truly innovative art.  Canadian art has been so long synonym with either Aboriginal Art or

‘Help!’ ~ art management calling

Recently, the Washington Post published an article ‘No Bailout for the Arts?’ by Michael Kaiser, president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington DC, US. It addresses the need for government grants for the arts, while acknowledging the art industry’s costly infrastructure. It also points out the uplifting spirits of […]

Private Family Collections of Contemporary Art in Miami

Art Basel Miami brought again lots of attention to the two major private art collections in Miami, the Margulies Collection and the Rubell Collection. The Margulies Collection | 2008 – 2009 Exhibition The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse, Miami, Florida, is said to be one of the city’s most stunning private collections. It includes sculpture, […]

No Name For Art Carnival #3

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 […]

Chicago Gallery Owner About Collecting Art

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 […]

National Gallery Vision 2100

For today’s audiences, 20th-century art is old and 19th-century art – ancient. Can galleries overcome this challenge? questioned Michael Archer in ‘How modern art became history’, an article published in The Guardian on March 28. He applauds the policy of Nicholas Penny, the newly appointed director of the National Gallery in London, UK, to move […]

Chuck Close & Robert Rauschenberg: 1 hr video interviews

This 1 hour video is a great treat!!! It contains two artists interviews of contemporary artists about their art. Interview with Chuck Close, Artist 1) Artist clips: “Chuck Close: Portrait in Progress” [Muse Film and Television / Art Kaleidoscope Foundation /WNET]; 2) book: “Chuck Close” [The Museum of Modern Art] “The Portraits Speak: Chuck Close […]

Sotheby’s and Christie’s – Are They in Conflict of Intrests with the Natural Art Market? – part 2

I would like to reiterate my ‘warning’ posted at part 1 of the article: this is an unusual rant/rave article, that nonetheless gives an insight in the functioning of the art market. I therefore consider it relevant for publication. Personally I am neutral in the conflict. Further, this situation is now a few years old, […]

How To Select An Art Piece In An Art Auction

Nowadays, there are many art auction houses available online such as Sotheby and ebay. However, before attempting to bid for a fine art auction, there are some points you need to take note especially if you are a beginner to art auctions. If you are new to fine art auctions, you might first decide what […]