<![CDATA[Meseon latest art News]]> http://meseon.net/news/ASYNC_getfeed?lang=en Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:43:35 +0000 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:43:35 +0000 noreply@meseon.net (http://meseon.net) Creative Commons by-sa http://static.meseon.net/images/common/logo_200.png <![CDATA[Meseon latest art News]]> http://meseon.net/news/ASYNC_getfeed?lang=en Zend_Feed en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 30 Subscribe with PlusmoSubscribe with The Free DictionarySubscribe with Bitty BrowserSubscribe with NewsAlloySubscribe with Live.comSubscribe with Excite MIXSubscribe with Yourminis.comSubscribe with Attensa for OutlookSubscribe with WebwagSubscribe with netomat HubSubscribe with Podcast ReadySubscribe with FlurrySubscribe with WikioSubscribe with Daily Rotation <![CDATA[Texas Wrangling]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MeseonLastArtNewsAll/~3/j9CBU9nWw18/texas-wrangling katie

Heritage Auction Galleries, the world’s third-largest auction house, is embroiled in a series of lawsuits involving one of its former consultants. On May 22, Gary Hendershott, a Little Rock, Arkansas, dealer in Civil War memorabilia and U.S. Western historical objects, sued Heritage and its six business partners in Dallas  ... Continue Reading
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Heritage Auction Galleries, the world’s third-largest auction house, is embroiled in a series of lawsuits involving one of its former consultants. On May 22, Gary Hendershott, a Little Rock, Arkansas, dealer in Civil War memorabilia and U.S. Western historical objects, sued Heritage and its six business partners in Dallas County’s 101st Judicial District Court under the federal RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations) Act and for violating several Texas state laws. He alleges that the Dallas-based firm used shill bidding to drive up prices "in surreptitious competition with other valid bidders."
]]> Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:50:26 +0000 http://meseon.net/news/read/1463/texas-wrangling http://meseon.net/news/read/1463/texas-wrangling <![CDATA[McCarthyism]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MeseonLastArtNewsAll/~3/WXZtJ9v5kfs/mccarthyism katie

Long avoided by the American art world because of the subversive nature of his work, Paul McCarthy is finally getting his due with a major show, “White Snow,” at Hauser & Wirth New York this month. So it is with some conspiratorial satisfaction that Modern Painters presents a sneak  ... Continue Reading
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Long avoided by the American art world because of the subversive nature of his work, Paul McCarthy is finally getting his due with a major show, “White Snow,” at Hauser & Wirth New York this month. So it is with some conspiratorial satisfaction that Modern Painters presents a sneak peek at McCarthy’s rousingly raw series of monumental collage drawings.
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These substantial, beautiful, and important books from Thames & Hudson in London are quite obviously companion volumes. Published in exactly the same size and format, and employing the same typefaces and graphics, they both preface their lavishly illustrated directories of artists and their curating, collecting, and organizing supporters with  ... Continue Reading
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These substantial, beautiful, and important books from Thames & Hudson in London are quite obviously companion volumes. Published in exactly the same size and format, and employing the same typefaces and graphics, they both preface their lavishly illustrated directories of artists and their curating, collecting, and organizing supporters with sets of introductory essays. Each also has the multitalented Hossein Amirsadeghi at the helm of its writing and editing team. The principal difference between them, of course, is the area on which each focuses: While the slightly earlier Different Sames features the work of 111 Iranian artists, New Vision covers 69 Arabic artists, from Morocco to Saudi Arabia.
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"Target Practice: Painting Under Attack 1949-78," at the Seattle Art Museum this summer, focused on artists who saw painting as a closed world and attempted to pry it open. With single and multiple works by 40 talents from Europe, Japan, North America, and South America, it engaged what remains  ... Continue Reading
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"Target Practice: Painting Under Attack 1949-78," at the Seattle Art Museum this summer, focused on artists who saw painting as a closed world and attempted to pry it open. With single and multiple works by 40 talents from Europe, Japan, North America, and South America, it engaged what remains a fresh chaos of ragged representation and stands as the best contemporary-art survey in the museum’s history.
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The recession may have derailed the best-laid business plans and seemingly solid projections of many New York galleries, but not all the news is bad. Although a number of spaces have closed, a host of dealers are following the advice of White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel not  ... Continue Reading
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The recession may have derailed the best-laid business plans and seemingly solid projections of many New York galleries, but not all the news is bad. Although a number of spaces have closed, a host of dealers are following the advice of White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel not to let "a serious crisis go to waste" and using this moment to relocate and restructure.
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Six years ago, when Shirin Neshat began work on her first feature film, Women Without Men, she could not have known that its completion would coincide with a global mass uprising against the political travesties of her home nation, Iran. The film, photography, and video installation artist — known  ... Continue Reading
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Six years ago, when Shirin Neshat began work on her first feature film, Women Without Men, she could not have known that its completion would coincide with a global mass uprising against the political travesties of her home nation, Iran. The film, photography, and video installation artist — known for wistful, haunting images of Iranian women oppressed by a postrevolutionary regime she has watched from exile in America — makes no secret of her disdain for the authoritarian actions in that country. In July she participated in a three-day hunger strike at the United Nations headquarters in New York to protest the recent elections there. "The Iranian problem is not just an Iranian problem," she has said. "It’s a world problem." And Women Without Men, although it does not directly address the current situation, does so indirectly, through the story of the 1953 British- and American-backed coup that replaced Iran’s democratically elected government with a monarchy.
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In his version of Hansel and Gretel, the gingerbread man threatens to eat Hansel limb by limb while Gretel fends off a drag-queen witch with kung-fu. ]]> katie
In his version of Hansel and Gretel, the gingerbread man threatens to eat Hansel limb by limb while Gretel fends off a drag-queen witch with kung-fu.
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LUXOR, Egypt—Germany will send an emissary to Cairo next month to discuss Egyptian allegations that a 3,400-year-old bust of Queen Nefertiti was illegally removed from the country by German archaeologists, according Zahi Hawass, the head of Egypt’s antiquities department. ]]> katie
LUXOR, Egypt—Germany will send an emissary to Cairo next month to discuss Egyptian allegations that a 3,400-year-old bust of Queen Nefertiti was illegally removed from the country by German archaeologists, according Zahi Hawass, the head of Egypt’s antiquities department.
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CLAREMONT, Calif.—After teetering on the edge of collapse for the past few months, the Claremont Museum of Art may have found a temporary savior. The Inland Valley Daily Bulletin reports that tomorrow the Claremont city council will consider a proposal to divert $18,879 from a public art fund to  ... Continue Reading
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CLAREMONT, Calif.—After teetering on the edge of collapse for the past few months, the Claremont Museum of Art may have found a temporary savior. The Inland Valley Daily Bulletin reports that tomorrow the Claremont city council will consider a proposal to divert $18,879 from a public art fund to the museum, a move that could fund operations through the end of the year.
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LOS ANGELES—Performance legend Rachel Rosenthal plans to celebrate her 83rd birthday on Saturday with an art auction to benefit her nonprofit dance group, the Rachel Rosenthal Company, which she established in 1989 to share her Doing by Doing technique with audiences and dancers around the world. ]]> katie
LOS ANGELES—Performance legend Rachel Rosenthal plans to celebrate her 83rd birthday on Saturday with an art auction to benefit her nonprofit dance group, the Rachel Rosenthal Company, which she established in 1989 to share her Doing by Doing technique with audiences and dancers around the world.
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WASHINGTON, D.C.—The White House generated discussion and debate last month when it released the list of works it borrowed from public collections to hang in its residential space. Alma Thomas’s Watusi (Hard Edge), in particular, received attention from some conservative critics, who insisted it was a crass rip-off of  ... Continue Reading
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WASHINGTON, D.C.—The White House generated discussion and debate last month when it released the list of works it borrowed from public collections to hang in its residential space. Alma Thomas’s Watusi (Hard Edge), in particular, received attention from some conservative critics, who insisted it was a crass rip-off of a classic Matisse cutout entitled The Snail. Now it is reported that the work won’t be hung after all.
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TORONTO—Toronto’s motto — “Diversity Our Strength” — proved to be an apt summation of action at the city’s largest art fair, Art Toronto, which wrapped up its 10th edition last month. The multinational cast of exhibitors that came to the fair reported strong sales and a healthy stream of  ... Continue Reading
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TORONTO—Toronto’s motto — “Diversity Our Strength” — proved to be an apt summation of action at the city’s largest art fair, Art Toronto, which wrapped up its 10th edition last month. The multinational cast of exhibitors that came to the fair reported strong sales and a healthy stream of visitors, which organizers pegged at around 18,000 people, in line with last year’s turnout.
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NEW YORK—When the Dia Art Foundation opened a permanent installation space in Chelsea in 1986, it was one of the only arts groups among the district’s warehouses. Now, five years after shuttering its space, Dia has announced plans to return to the neighborhood — which has blossomed into New  ... Continue Reading
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NEW YORK—When the Dia Art Foundation opened a permanent installation space in Chelsea in 1986, it was one of the only arts groups among the district’s warehouses. Now, five years after shuttering its space, Dia has announced plans to return to the neighborhood — which has blossomed into New York's premiere gallery district — and construct a new building on land its owns at 545 West 22nd Street. Dia’s chairman Nathalie de Gunzburg and director Philippe Vergne had stated in recent interviews that they were committed to establishing a permanent exhibition space for the foundation, which maintains sites around Manhattan and has programmed a handful of projects in space provided by the Hispanic Society of the Americas in Washington Heights.
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NEW YORK—The Impressionist and Modern evening sale last night at Sotheby’s exceeded all expectations, as the 56 lots sold fetched a rousing $181,760,000, easily hurdling pre-sale expectations of $115,250,000 to 163,600,000. Only 10 works failed to find buyers, delivering a svelte 15 percent unsold rate by lot and an  ... Continue Reading
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NEW YORK—The Impressionist and Modern evening sale last night at Sotheby’s exceeded all expectations, as the 56 lots sold fetched a rousing $181,760,000, easily hurdling pre-sale expectations of $115,250,000 to 163,600,000. Only 10 works failed to find buyers, delivering a svelte 15 percent unsold rate by lot and an impressive seven percent unsold by value. Two artist records were set, and 40 of the 56 lots made over one million dollars. Of those, five exceeded the $10 million dollar mark. The evening proved to be a 360-degree turnaround for the market after a relatively lackluster $65.6 million sale at Christie’s on Tuesday evening. “We beat Christie’s by lot 14,” Sotheby’s Impressionist Modern expert David Norman boasted, indicating the surprise and elation felt by his house after the wobbly evening experienced by its arch rival, Christie’s, on Tuesday night. The Sotheby's sale blasted out of the starting gate with Salvador Dali’s enigmatic gouache and charcoal work on paper, 1937's Girafe en feu (est. $150–200,000), which sold to a telephone bidder for $1,874,500 as seven other bidders chased the Surrealist piece. London jewelry magnate Laurence Graff nabbed Pablo Picasso’s Femme assise dans un fauteuil, another work on paper, from 1938 (est. $500-700,000) for $902,500, and Swiss private dealer Beda Jedlicka won Alberto Giacometti’s Buste de Diego, a 13 1/8 inch high bronze conceived and cast in 1961 (est. $1.5–2 million) for a relative bargain at $1,650,500. That sale seemed like a bargain compared to the evening’s top lot, Giacometti's rare, painted bronze, L’homme qui Chavire, conceived in 1950 (in plaster) and cast in 1951, which sold after fevered bidding from four determined telephone bidders for a whopping $19,346,500 (est. $8-12 million). Hailing from an edition of six, it was the only cast in the edition to be hand painted by the artist. Collector and publishing titan S.I. Newhouse, Jr. had reportedly decided to offer the piece after shopping it through dealer Larry Gagosian at a price believed to be in the $20 million range. The low-ball estimate seemed, on paper, to admit that number was way too high. Tonight, the market disagreed. A spectacular result was also achieved for the color-charged Fauve painting by Andre Derain, Barques au port de Collioure (circa 1905), estimated at $6–8 million, which sold to newly minted private dealer Guy Bennett for a record $14,082,500. It shattered the previous mark set back at Christie’s London in June 1989, when Bateaux dans le port Collioure made $6,160,00. Bennett, the former head of Christie’s New York Impressionist and Modern department, declined to comment about the purchase, claiming he didn’t want to grandstand about his new role — at least not yet. Another overachiever — and there were plenty tonight — was the sexy cover lot, Kees van Dongen’s sultry and bare-chested Jeune Arabe from 1910, which attracted at least four bidders, selling to an anonymous telephone bidder for a record $13,802,500 (est. $7–10 million). It was part of a rich trove of some 24 works designated as property “from an important European collection.” The group made $58.5 million against a pre-sale estimate of $35.6–51 million. The seller, Dutch financier Louis Reijtenbagh, had recently settled a number of lawsuits with three separate banks over loans and liquidated the trove to regain some financial footing. Impressionist pictures also sparkled during the marathon sale, topped by Camille Pissarro’s stunning cityscape, Le Pont Boieidieu et la Gare d’ Orleans, Rouen, soleil from 1898, which sold to the artist's great-grandson, Lionel Pissarro of the New York and Paris private dealership Giraud Pissarro Segalot, for a hefty $7,026,500 (est. $2–3 million). “Obviously, the cityscapes keep attracting higher prices than the rural landscapes,” Pissarro said, shortly after the sale. “It’s a big price and couldn’t be more fresh to the market, coming from the artist’s studio to Durand-Ruel.” Five of the six lots offered from the fabled French dealer family of Durand-Ruel made a total of $18.9 million against a high pre-sale estimate of $12.6 million. Of the eight Picassos offered during the evening, Femme au chapeau vert from 1947 shot past its high estimate of $6 million, thanks to a quirky telephone bidder who played a kind of cat-and-mouse game, jumping bids at $400,000 increments when it was only necessary to bid $100,000 higher. The bids were taken by Mandarin-speaking private client specialist Xing Li, who bought another three works for the client with the paddle number L0057, including another Picasso, Claude a deux ans from 1949, one of the two so-called ‘irrevocable bid’ properties. It made $6,642,500 on estimates of $5–7 million. Opinions seemed crystal clear as bidders and viewers exited the salesroom, trying to catch up with the World Series or late dinner reservations. “It looks like the rich have fully recovered,” said seasoned private New York dealer Paul Herring. Next week's Post-War and Contemporary auctions will test whether he is right.
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PARIS—The famed Pompidou Center is hitting the road, announcing plans yesterday to create a mobile version of its museum that will bring selections from its formidable art collection to rural and suburban areas throughout France. ]]> katie
PARIS—The famed Pompidou Center is hitting the road, announcing plans yesterday to create a mobile version of its museum that will bring selections from its formidable art collection to rural and suburban areas throughout France.
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NEW YORK—Midway through a Sunday night performance in the Museum of Modern Art’s atrium, Casey Spooner signaled his band Fischerspooner to a sudden halt. “I’m going to die!” he screamed to the young, fashion-conscious crowd, apparently displeased with their level of enthusiasm. “I’m a showbiz disaster. This is your  ... Continue Reading
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NEW YORK—Midway through a Sunday night performance in the Museum of Modern Art’s atrium, Casey Spooner signaled his band Fischerspooner to a sudden halt. “I’m going to die!” he screamed to the young, fashion-conscious crowd, apparently displeased with their level of enthusiasm. “I’m a showbiz disaster. This is your last chance to show your love!” The crowd cheered, trying to oblige their fated star, and the noise appeared to be sufficient. Spooner who takes the role of a rampaging showman on stage — equal parts Boy George and Roman gladiator — motioned to his team, and the group’s raucous club music started again. Later, Spooner explained his tantrum. “Sorry guys, they’re filming these shows,” he told the audience. “The film is what matters.” He noted that the performance would be included in a movie the group was making about a fictional pop star. Everything had to be perfect. As his meltdowns mounted, though, the crowd realized these show-stopping diatribes had been carefully choreographed — designed in part to provide time for performers to rest over the course of the three-hour show and change into new, Rococo costumes (designed by artist K8 Hardy).
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NEW YORK—News about Annie Leibovitz’s business dealings with Art Capital, a company that accepts art as loan collateral, has brought attention to the growing art finance field. Now two former Christie’s executives have announced that they have launched a consultancy to advise clients in the field as well.

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NEW YORK—News about Annie Leibovitz’s business dealings with Art Capital, a company that accepts art as loan collateral, has brought attention to the growing art finance field. Now two former Christie’s executives have announced that they have launched a consultancy to advise clients in the field as well. Michael Plummer and Jeff B. Rabin say that they plan to use their new venture, Artvest Partners LLC, to advise clients on purchase and sale transactions, special-purpose investment partnerships, wealth transfer, and the restructuring of art business and collections. Both partners formerly worked in Christie’s Financial Services Business, Plummer as chief operating officer and Rabin as vice president.
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NEW YORK—As the 2009–10 art season swings into full gear, the Chelsea real estate market is continuing to see some major changes. ATM Gallery announced today that it was vacating its home in the Tunnel building on 27th Street and moving in with Freight + Volume, down on 24th  ... Continue Reading
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NEW YORK—As the 2009–10 art season swings into full gear, the Chelsea real estate market is continuing to see some major changes. ATM Gallery announced today that it was vacating its home in the Tunnel building on 27th Street and moving in with Freight + Volume, down on 24th Street. In an e-mail sent to ATM’s mailing list, director Bill Brady said that the two galleries had decided to form an “alliance under one roof… in an effort to consolidate our talents and reach an even broader audience.” Brady, also stated that ATM will henceforth be referred to as Bill Brady~ATM, and that the two galleries will present separate shows in the space. ATM’s roster includes Huma Bhabha, Eric Sall, and Alison Fox. Freight + Volume’s counts Chris Gilmore, Jim Lee, and Laurina Paperina among its list.
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LONDON—A new Web site, www.myandywarhol.com, has been created by Joe Simon, who owns an Andy Warhol self-portrait that had been rejected by the Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board, reports Artnet. Simon, a U.S. film producer now living in London, purchased the 1964 portrait for $195,000 in 1989. The black  ... Continue Reading
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LONDON—A new Web site, www.myandywarhol.com, has been created by Joe Simon, who owns an Andy Warhol self-portrait that had been rejected by the Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board, reports Artnet. Simon, a U.S. film producer now living in London, purchased the 1964 portrait for $195,000 in 1989. The black and white image on a bright orange-red background had been authenticated by former Warhol employee Frederick Hughes, but rejected by the board and stamped "denied," making it far less valuable.
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LOS ANGELES—Ed Ruscha seems to be having a great year. London’s Hayward Gallery feted him in a massive retrospective, the philanthropic group Americans for the Arts awarded him its Artistic Excellence Award, and now bidders have set a new record price for his prints at auction.

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LOS ANGELES—Ed Ruscha seems to be having a great year. London’s Hayward Gallery feted him in a massive retrospective, the philanthropic group Americans for the Arts awarded him its Artistic Excellence Award, and now bidders have set a new record price for his prints at auction. Buyers competed vigorously on Tuesday at Bonhams and Butterfields, pushing the price of the artist’s Standard Station E.5 (1966) well above its $30-40,000 estimate to an astounding $170,000. It is the highest price ever recorded for one of the artist’s prints on the auction block. The previous highpoint for a Ruscha print was set in 2007, when an edition of his Hollywood print went for $133,000. Perhaps most remarkable about the price is the fact that the work — which depicts a red gasoline station (one of Ruscha’s most iconic images) against a gradient background of orange and gray — is numbered 33 of a fairly sizable edition of 50. After the triumphant evening last night, it will be interesting to see if collectors decide to cash in other Ruscha prints or hold them even more tightly.
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