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Tuesday, December 9th, 2008
Art Basel Miami Recap - Part 1
Damien Hirst
The Art Collectors presents the first installment of our extensive coverage of Art Basel Miami and its surrounding satellite fairs.
Undoubtedly there was a significant downturn to the feverish buying frenzy of the boom of the past several years. Although there was less spending and decadence in the air, overall, spirits remained hopeful as the week progressed.
Reporting for the Times London, Sarah Thornton describes the five-day affair as yet another measure of a market that has “slowed down dramatically but averted a crash, mainly as a result of the skilful driving of dealers and the return of serious collectors who were ‘priced out of the market’ during the boom by fast and high-spending billionaires,” and a somber tone of “deep relief, as there were enough transactions at the fair to demonstrate that art is still a liquid asset.” (full story here)
The less that disasterous slump was substantiated by a Miami Herald survey of 86 galleries and dealers - 41 exhibiting at Basel, and another 45 from satellite fairs. Over 70 percent experienced flat or slight decreases in prices. The Herald notes that this does not account for reports of major discounting. Half reported smaller crowds and less potential buyers. Even with these somewhat bleak reports, 60 percent of exhibitors surveyed were ”extremely likely” to return next year. (full story here)
Despite the overall somber tone, crowds flocked to view a massive mix of established heavyweights and up-and-coming stars of international modern and contemporary art. Here is part one of our Art Basel recap, to be followed up with a closer look at satellite fairs and a special focus on some of our favorites from the past several days.
Lots more to see after the jump… Read the rest of this entry »
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008
NYC::Top Of The Line w/ Futura, Shepard Fairey, Fafi, Ron English
Top Of The Line opens this Thursday, Dec. 4, at Toy Tokyo’s The Showroom. The group show is curated by original Bronx bomber, Cope2, and features some true heavyweights, including Futura, Sharp, Shepard Fairey, Fafi, Siloette, Revok, Can2, and Ron English. Be quick - the show is only up through Dec. 9
This marks the second time Cope2 has curated an event at The Showroom. Earlier this year the graffiti artist organized Come Correct, which included work by Kaws, West, Fairey, Fafi, Claw Money, and others.
Monday, December 1st, 2008
Miami Art Fair Free Passes Courtesy of The Art Collectors
The Art Collectors has free VIP passes to many of the Miami art fairs, including Scope, Aqua, and Pulse. Drop us a line at info@theartcollectors.com
Thanks goes out to our gallery friends. If you are in Miami please visit them at the following locations.
Cinders, Aqua Hotel, Room 117
Jonathan Levine, Scope / Aqua Wynwood
Joshua Liner, Scope, Booth 310
Morgan Lehman, Pulse, Booth I-102
Richard Heller, Pulse
Roberts and Tilton, Art Basel, Booth H-19
Sloan Fine Art, Aqua Wynwood, Booth 25
Thursday, November 27th, 2008
London::Herakut’s Dirty Laundry Aired
Courtesy of our man on the scene, Romanywg aka Jeremy Gibbs, we bring you a look into the highly anticipated Herakut exhibition. Official opening is this week.
28th Nov through to 7th Dec 2008
Preview 27th Nov 6.30pm - 9.30pm (RSVP info@campbarbossa.com)
22 Wellington Street
Opera Quarter
Covent Garden
WC2E 7DD
Wednesday, November 26th, 2008
Emmanuel Perrotin Launches Investment Fund
These are exciting times for Emmanuel Perrotin. Just a few short weeks after reinstating his representation of Damien Hirst, the international gallery owner has announced the launch of Artists’ Dreams, an investment firm that will pool collectors’ funds to finance the production of major works of art. By removing financial barriers to otherwise cost prohibitive projects, the venture will allow emerging artists to compete with art titans such as Hirst and Koons, whose monumental success has risen with the production of large scale installation and museum-worthy works.
The arrangement will upset the traditional gallery - artist relationship, in which profits are typically split evenly. Works will be sold exclusively via Perrotin’s Miami and Paris galleries, and investors would share in the dealer’s profits, based on initial investment. This is not Perrotin’s first foray into this sort of investor relationship. He pooled collector funds for the production of Piotr Uklanski’s 1996, Untitled (Floor Dance), which went on to be exhibited at the Guggenheim in 2007.
The Art Collectors eagerly awaits to see which artists will be the lucky benefactors of these potentially career-shaping funds.
Source: Art Observed / The Art Newspaper
Monday, November 24th, 2008
KRUNK::Futura Prints Release
KRUNK is releasing two seminal prints by Futura very soon. The pieces will be available online through the KRUNK website. Enlisted ‘mailing list’ members will be the first to be notified with the opportunity to purchase.
Details of the prints are as follows:
“Fornax Alpha” (Green)
Hand-silkscreened
17 colors: 3 blues, 5 greens, 4 blacks, and 5 whites
Edition of 100
Size: 36 x 40 inches
Signed, numbered and dated
“Helix Object” (Red)
Hand-silkscreened
19 colors: 6 reds, 4 blacks, 2 purples, 1 yellow, 3 grays, and 3 whites
Edition of 100
Size: 36 x 40 inches
Signed, numbered and dated
Keep an eye out for more information…
Thursday, November 20th, 2008
Preview::Kris Kuksi + Pat Rocha
Kris Kuksi‘s Imminent Utopia opens this Saturday at Joshua Liner Gallery. The not-to-be-missed exhibit features a new body of meticulously crafted mixed-media sculptural works, painstakingly assembled from materials such as model kits, toy soldiers, action figures, and plastic animals. The resulting works create a three dimensional visual metaphor of the human condition, where religion and morality come face to face with violence and war, and the histories of civilizations past clash with chaotic visions of a post-apocalyptic future.
Also opening is Departure, the New York solo-debut for artist Pat Rocha. Here, Rocha presents a series of twelve new oil paintings that exude an erie nostalgia for the rural Midwestern America of the 1950s.
Read on for an in depth preview and click pics for larger views.
Kris Kuksi - Imminent Utopia / Pat Rocha - Departure
Nov. 22 - Dec. 20
Joshua Liner Gallery
548 West 28th St.
NY, NY 10001
Thursday, November 20th, 2008
Double Dose of Travis Louie in November
Travis Louie has been busy lately preparing for two upcoming shows in November. The first opens this Saturday, Nov. 22, at Merry Karnowsky Gallery, Berlin, and the second opens a week later, Nov. 29, at Fuse Gallery in New York. Click for a preview of some of the Fuse pieces.
Monday, November 17th, 2008
London::The Destruction of Atlantis
On View now at London’s Union Gallery is The Destruction of Atlantis, a group show curated by Jesper Elg, of V1 Gallery, Copenhagen. The group show features several V1 artists who use the legend of Atlantis as an analogy for erossion of modern society, and includes Steve Powers (ESPO), Todd James (REAS), Andrew Schoultz, Alex Lukas, Richard Colman, Peter Funch, and others. More pics after the jump
The Destruction of Atlantis w/ Ulrik Crone, Michelle Blade, Wes Lang, Julian Röder, Steve Powers, Todd James, Troels Carlsen, Andrew Schoultz, Jakob Boeskov, Kasper Sonne, HuskMitNavn, Matthew Stone, Hesselholdt & Mejlvang, Alex Lukas, Peter Funch, Jes Brinch and Richard Colman
Oct 1 - Nov. 29
Union Gallery
57 Ewer Street
London SE1 0NR
info@union-gallery.com
Saturday, November 15th, 2008
Templeton + Leines at Roberts & Tilton
Under the ambient glow of the orange moon and the smoke in the air from the SoCal fires, Roberts & Tilton opened the two man show by Ed Templeton and Matt Leines to an eager, thriving crowd. Shoulder to shoulder in the new space, wide support for the artists was clear. There is a broad offering of art that ranges from photography to mixed media to sculpture and, of course, Leines’ usual works on paper. Both artists delivered exceptional works that were appreciated by a noticeably diverse group. Stand-out pieces by Templeton included large sculputures and Leines continued to explore his voice with cut-out forms. Books by both artists are available through the gallery website.