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“The dealer was originally cautious.” Yesterday’s breakfast ArtnewsI pointed out Kenny Schachter (In his Artnet News Column) Claims No Heirs Larry Gagosian No inheritance plan. Although the dealer formed a board of directors to help him think about his business future a few years ago. Marion Manker Sitting with Gagosian recently Ice hockey Influential arts conferences, audiences (everyone spent $1,500 to get there) heard them showing off their health in the art market. “We are experiencing an arts recession,” Gagosian said. “It’s probably the easiest way to describe it. Many historical works, as well as the prices of living artists, have dropped. And the number has dropped. The auction house is feeling very painful. It’s a normal cycle; for me, it’s not shocking for me. It’s more about how you deal with it, because the cycle is inevitable.” He added: “In this kind of auction market, galleries like me have an advantage, especially because despite the guaranteed structure, many collectors now prefer to sell goods privately now, so you’ve seen a lot of big private sales over the past six months. The problem is, the problem is, we don’t have auction houses to tout our success because we could have been exaggerating.”
It’s not about luxury. Sotheby’s will hold a landmark exhibition from October 1 to 2 Abu Dhabi A series of masterpieces are presented, collectively known as $150 million. feature Vincent van Gogh,,,,, Paul Gauguin,,,,, Frida Kahlo,,,,, Edvard Munch,,,,, René Magritteand Camille PissarroThe House said the show marked a major cultural moment in the region. Host in Basam Freja Art Foundationthe two-day event will be Sotheby’s first public art exhibition in Abu Dhabi and the most valuable speech of any kind held by the auction house in the Middle East. Many of the works have impressive sources. Monk’s landscape comes from Leonard A. Laudera famous American art collector and philanthropist. Van Gogh and Gaucaudin’s paintings come from Chicago’s home Cindy and Jay Pritzkerfounder Pritzker Architecture Awardgranting visionary Jean Nouvel,architect Louvre Abu Dhabiand Frank Gehrydesigner Guggenheim Abu Dhabi. Magritte’s work will also be viewed Matthew and Kay Bucksbaum.
Digestion
Chinese artists in New York Cai Guo-Qiang His latest performance sparked controversy The rising dragonin the depths Tibetan Himalayas. The 52-second wonder is intended as a tribute to nature, but instead sparks debates about environmental harm and cultural sensitivity. [Ocula]
Curator of art exhibitions about authoritarian regimes Bangkok Arts and Culture Center (BACC) Escape Thailand It opens two days after fears of possible arrest and deportation. [New York Times]
“Visualization Supernatural” has begun Kunstmuseum Baselwhich paints how ghosts in artworks “reflect the anxiety of everything from technology to gender.” [Guardian]
Latest version of sales Sydney ContemporaryAustralia’s largest contemporary art fair has joined for the fourth consecutive year. [The Art Newspaper]
Kicking
Five to see. As Artnet News “The art world is crowded, but some sounds go beyond it,” wrote the publication highlights the cream of five emerging crop sculptors to focus on. “These are the talents that shape culture today, and cultures worthy of attention.” The list includes Canadian photographers, sculptors and installation artists Lotus L. Kangrecently Esther Schipper Berlin’s gallery. The other is the sculptor Crow Half a Monthgrow into Cardo Nation in Oklahoma. She “inherited the coil method of using clay with Elder Jeri Redcorn, Card. The surface of her statue was attracted by the ripples created by the half-monthly gesture markings when time was still.” Czech artist Klára Hosnedlová It can also be a result. She “used materials such as cement and epoxy to combine sculpture, performance and elements of communist era architecture.” Read the full list here.
