Is it the economy, stupid? If so, these excerpts from Scott Patterson's "Economic Jitters Sap Stocks," posted just minutes ago on the Wall Street Journal's website (to which I am not permitted to link), should give pause to those predicting record-breaking results for the next two weeks of major Impressionist, modern and contemporary auctions at Sotheby's and Christie's: The … [Read more...] about Fall Art Sales: The E-Word
Archives for November 2006
Florence Flood: 40th-Anniversary Reunion of the “Mud Angels”
Mud Angels Rescuing Florence's Art after the 1966 Flood Saturday marks the 40th anniversity of the Florence Flood that devastated that Italian city and its cultural patrimony. To commemorate the immense international relief and restoration efforts that followed, Florence will host an international symposium, Nov. 10 and 11, on "Conservation Legacies of l'Alluvione." According … [Read more...] about Florence Flood: 40th-Anniversary Reunion of the “Mud Angels”
The Met’s Acquisitions Motto: Don’t Trust Artists Under 50
In the question-and-answer portion of his recent lecture about "the history of the Metropolitan Museum's involvement with contemporary art," curator Gary Tinterow was shockingly candid about the second-class status of such art at the Met. During his prepared talk, he had not only enumerated the many big names in modern and contemporary art who were missing from the Met's … [Read more...] about The Met’s Acquisitions Motto: Don’t Trust Artists Under 50
An Update on the Sale of Three Schieles to Bankroll “Adele”
In an e-mail yesterday, responding to queries that I had sent, Scott Gutterman, deputy director of the Neue Galerie, said that the three Schieles being sold at Christie's to help fund the museum's purchase of its celebrated Klimt "were owned by [Ronald] Lauder and donated to the Neue Galerie." That means that the museum is the consignor. And that raises some additional … [Read more...] about An Update on the Sale of Three Schieles to Bankroll “Adele”