“In 2010 his work sold for a total of $313m and accounted for 17% of all contemporary auction sales. This was a 229% increase on the previous year–nothing bounced out of recession quite like a Warhol. But perhaps the most significant figure is the rise in his average auction prices between 1985 and the end of 2010: 3,400%. The contemporary-art market as a whole rose by about half that, the Dow by about a fifth.”
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The Identical Twins Who Paint Modern Mughal Miniatures (Only Bigger)
“It seems an unlikely success story: identical twins of Indian origin, born in Britain, become famous artists for depicting their home city of Liverpool and other more controversial scenes in the style of Mughal miniature paintings. Yet this is the case of the Singh Twins, Amrit and Rabindra, now in their 40s.”
Reviving The Public Art, And Artist, No One Notices Anymore
He’s the best-known artist whose name you just don’t know,” said Aimee Taberner, cochairwoman of the museum’s board of trustees. “His work is iconic. It is everywhere.” (Erm, who is he, again?)
Size (Of Your Endowment) Does Matter. Ask The New Clyfford Still Museum
“All of the things that this museum hoped to do, we can now do — research fellows, publications, symposia and ultimately the care and accessibility of the collection,” said director Dean Sobel.
Project The Lindisfarne Gospels On The Cathedral? Sure, Why Not?
Durham, England, is having quite the weekend. “For dynamic outdoor art to rival one of the world’s most spectacular natural-urban scenes is quite something; for the citizens, who must almost take Durham’s hilly location for granted, the festival offers a bewitching chance to renew a sense of awe about where they live.”
World-Class Sculpture Disintegrates – And Whose Fault Is It?
A Henry Moore sculpture worth £5 million ($7.9 million) sits vandalized in a site the sculpture once described as so perfect that he didn’t have to look elsewhere. Who’s responsible? (No one?)
Nothing Happened In The U.S. Before Warhol. For Real?
“Sara Friedlander, the 27-year-old head of First Open Sale at Christie’s in New York, has a startling view of American art history. … There was, in this view, no American Titian or Picasso, Raphael or Matisse. And then, suddenly, on July 9th 1962, there was. That was the date of the first solo show by Andy Warhol.”
New Market For “Limited Edition” Digital Art (Can This Be Real?)
“The platform aims to encourage people who might not be able to afford these artists’ original pieces to become collectors of digital editions which they can access via their mobiles, tablets, PCs and connected TVs. With each purchase comes a certificate of authenticity, which — crucially — entitles the owner to resell the works at a later date if they so wish.”
They’re Building Him A Museum. Was He Good Enough To Warrant It?
“Was Clyfford Still a strong enough artist to validate an entire museum dedicated exclusively to him?”
Sedition: A New Platform For Limited-Edition Digital Artworks
The venture “has signed up some impressive names, including Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin and Shepard Fairey. These artists will produce pieces in editions of between 2,000 and 10,000, which are numbered, signed and sold for between $8 and $800, with Sedition taking a cut of the revenue.”