Your art news & events: August 25, 2010

August 25, 2010 Dear mike, In this week's newsletter we feature an in-depth look at the Indian art market with experts who comment on its development, the forecast, and which artists to watch as we approach the Fall 2010 exhibition and auction season. Also, see Laura Belém's installation Temple of a Thousand Bells, a pre-launch exhibition to the Liverpool Biennial 2010, and take a look at the works of other artists showcasing at the event. As always, customized content, recent auction results and news from around the world are included. Enjoy! New Updates & Recommendations - Modify your preferences here. Your Artists (0) - you have no recommendations, please select your preferred artists Your Venues (0) - you have no recommendations, please select your preferred Venues Your Categories (0) - you have no recommendations, please select your preferred categories ART FOCUS   Indian Art on the Rise Stellar successes from Indian artists such as Bharti Kher - whose elephant sculpture sold for over $1.5 million at Sotheby's - indicates that this category is gaining a strong foothold in the art market, and shows by both renown and up-and-coming artists are met with critical acclaim. Indian Art experts, curators, and auction house representatives share their perspectives on the current state of affairs for this category, as well as their predictions for South Asian sales for Fall 2010.   more... Featured Events  Jun 10, 2010-Sep 10, 2010 Exhibition Building a Place: The p6 Group and Critical Landscape Photography Rubin Museum, Tel-Aviv Israel / Tel Aviv   Jun 22, 2010-Sep 22, 2010 Exhibition Tracey Emin RA: Walking with Tears Royal Academy of Arts UK / London Jul 1, 2010-Aug 30, 2010 Exhibition William Kentridge at the Louvre Musée du Louvre France / Paris   Jul 18, 2010-Oct 17, 2010 Exhibition Ryan Trecartin: Any Ever MOCA Pacific Design Center USA / California / Los Angeles Artists at Liverpool Biennial   Belém: Ringing in Liverpool Biennial Lars Laumann Meiro Koizumi Minouk Lim Nina Canell Franz West   More about Laura Belém here Articles can only be accessed by premium members      Upgrade Now Featured News & Articles  Plugging the arts The Art Newspaper Published: Aug 24, 2010 PBS launches interactive portal making visual arts programming more accessible than ever    more... Beirut, Gallery By Gallery: Mapping the City's Booming Art Scene Paper Magazine Published: Aug 20, 2010 In the last few years, a thriving contemporary art scene has emerged in Lebanon despite the country's political instability and weak government. Particularly in Beirut.    more... Auction results can only be accessed by premium members      Upgrade Now selected auction results Guy Rose In the olive orchard (Provençal olive orchard) Sold for 200,000 USD Bonhams & Butterfields, Los Angeles Aug 17, 2010   Joseph Kleitsch Sicilian girl Sold for 33,550 USD Bonhams & Butterfields, Los Angeles Aug 17, 2010 Nicolai Fechin Head of a girl Sold for 182,000 USD Bonhams & Butterfields, Los Angeles Aug 17, 2010   Maynard Dixon Approaching storm, Coast Range, California Sold for 67,100 USD Bonhams & Butterfields, Los Angeles Aug 17, 2010 Become a Premium member - set your preferences - and the art world will come to you. Premium members get full access to our articles, news, and auction results Upgrade to A Premium Membership at a special rate today Art World Headlines   Diller Scofidio + Renfro to create new Broad museum design in LA Los Angeles Times / August 2010   Ansel Adams trust sues over photographic print sales BBC News / August 2010 Trial date set for Shepard Fairey, AP case New York Post / August 2010   State of the Art - The Week that Was (Aug. 16-23) MutualArt / August 2010 Deputy Egyptian culture minister arrested over $50 million Van Gogh art heist from Cairo museum AFP / August 2010   2011 Venice Biennale: Germany's Representative, Christoph Schlingensief, Has Died The Art Newspaper / August 2010 About Us | Contact Us | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Partner Programs All rights reserved. Copyright © 2007 - 2010 MutualArt Services, Inc. Clarence Thomas Building, Pasea Estate, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands VG1110. Phone: +1 646 755 3740 MutualArt respects your right to privacy. We sent you this email message because you have signed up to receive emails from MutualArt. This email may include advertising or promotional content. If you want to be removed from this email list, please unsubscribe here.

Your art news & events: August 18, 2010

August 18, 2010 Dear mike, In this week's newsletter, we invite you to enter the world of Salvador Dali with the new exhibition focusing on his late work at the High Museum. Also, watch a video about Abdi Farah - the winner of Bravo's art reality TV experiment - who was granted a solo show at the Brooklyn Museum, and browse other artists currently exhibiting in Brooklyn. As always, customized content, recent auction results and news from around the world are included. Enjoy! New Updates & Recommendations - Modify your preferences here. Your Artists (0) - you have no recommendations, please select your preferred artists Your Venues (0) - you have no recommendations, please select your preferred Venues Your Categories (0) - you have no recommendations, please select your preferred categories ART FOCUS   Photo-essay: Exploring Dali's late work for the first time "Why have forty years of prolific production by a major 20th-century artist been pigeon-holed and under-analyzed for so many decades?" asks Elliott King, curator of high profile exhibition at the High Museum, who spoke to MutualArt.com about the show and described some of the artworks in the spotlight.    more... Featured Events  Jul 9, 2010-Jan 5, 2011 Exhibition Broken Forms: European Modernism from the Guggenheim Collection Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum USA / New York / New York   Jul 15, 2010-Aug 20, 2010 Exhibition Portraits Sommer Contemporary Art Israel / Tel Aviv Aug 4, 2010-Sep 19, 2010 Exhibition Jess Flood-Paddock: Gangsta's Paradise The Hayward UK / London   Aug 19, 2010-Nov 23, 2010 Exhibition Yousuf Karsh: Regarding Heroes Fisher Museum of Art, University of Southern California USA / California / Los Angeles Exhibiting in Brooklyn   Abdi Farah in his 'Work of Art' Andy Warhol Winslow Homer Norman Mooney Julian Dashper Kiki Smith   Slideshow: Work of Art Judges' Picks Articles can only be accessed by premium members      Upgrade Now Featured News & Articles  The War Over Plunder: Who Owns Art Stolen in War? The Quarterly Journal of Military History Published: Aug 16, 2010 Returning plunder to its rightful owner may sound straightforward, but in practice it is extremely difficult, particularly for objects seized in the distant past    more... A Visit to the Doctor: A Conversation with Dr Lakra JUXTAPOZ Published: Aug 15, 2010 The reaction to our current piece on Dr Lakra has been overwhelmingly positive, and how could it not be? The aqua newsstand cover is one of our favorite pieces    more... Auction results can only be accessed by premium members      Upgrade Now selected auction results Anne Redpath Still life with Michaelmas Daisies Sold for 134,400 GBP Bonhams Edinburgh Aug 17, 2010   George Leslie Hunter 'Still life' Sold for 144,000 GBP Bonhams Edinburgh Aug 17, 2010 Samuel John Peploe Iona Sold for 86,400 GBP Bonhams Edinburgh Aug 17, 2010   Anne Redpath Cagnes Sold for 114,000 GBP Bonhams Edinburgh Aug 17, 2010 Become a Premium member - set your preferences - and the art world will come to you. Premium members get full access to our articles, news, and auction results Upgrade to A Premium Membership at a special rate today Art World Headlines   Jazz photographer Herman Leonard dead at 87 AFP / August 2010   Chelsea Art Museum Shuts Doors for the Remainder of the Month The Wall Street Journal / August 2010 Eli Broad's museum OK'd by supervisors, making it virtually a done deal Los Angeles Times / August 2010   Picasso show draws huge crowds to NYC's Met Museum Associated Press / August 2010 State of the Art - The Week that Was (Aug. 9-16) MutualArt / August 2010   Michelangelo's 'David' in tug-of-war between Florence, Rome AFP / August 2010 About Us | Contact Us | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Partner Programs All rights reserved. Copyright © 2007 - 2010 MutualArt Services, Inc. MutualArt respects your right to privacy. We sent you this email message because you have signed up to receive emails from MutualArt. This email may include advertising or promotional content. If you want to be removed from this email list, please unsubscribe here.

Your art news & events: August 11, 2010

August 11, 2010 Dear mike, In this week's newsletter, you will find a six-month art market summary which includes the top 10 sellers, surprises and disappointments at auction in 2010. Additionally, watch MACBA's curator Friedrich Meschede as he explores Konrad Fischer's impact on mid-century minimalist and conceptual art. As always, customized content, recent auction results and news from around the world are included. Enjoy! New Updates & Recommendations - Modify your preferences here. Your Artists (0) - you have no recommendations, please select your preferred artists Your Venues (0) - you have no recommendations, please select your preferred Venues Your Categories (0) - you have no recommendations, please select your preferred categories ART FOCUS   Six-month auction summary: Winners and losers Find out which auction house – Christie's or Sotheby's - has the most lots in the season's top sellers list and which lots were most disappointing. Topping our list of most surprising lots of the year thus far is an Irving Penn artwork selling at 2,194% above its high estimate!   more... Featured Events  Jun 29, 2010-Sep 5, 2010 Exhibition Klara Lidén: Always Be Elsewhere Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume France / Paris   Jul 7, 2010-Aug 28, 2010 Exhibition Four Projects: Doug Argue, Bill Fontana, Alexandra Grant and Les Rogers Haunch of Venison, New York USA / New York / New York Jul 10, 2010-Aug 27, 2010 Exhibition The Tightrope Walker Timothy Taylor Gallery UK / London   Jul 22, 2010-Aug 14, 2010 Exhibition Freedom / Information / Act Cherry and Martin USA / California / Los Angeles Artists Exhibiting in Barcelona   Konrad & Dorothee Fischer at MACBA Pipilotti Rist Santiago Rusiñol Sirous Namazi Latifa Echakhch Gil Joseph Wolman   More about the event here Articles can only be accessed by premium members      Upgrade Now Featured News & Articles  Chinese Takeaway Spear's Published: Aug 1, 2010 The Dragon is awakening and is hungry for art. Rory Ross reports on how Chinese money and taste are going to revolutionise the art world    more... Beyond the Surface Apollo Published: Jun 20, 2010 'When I had a big show at the Metropolitan Museum in New York years ago,' Sir Howard Hodgkin reminisces, sitting in his big light-filled studio in Bloomsbury    more... Auction results can only be accessed by premium members      Upgrade Now selected auction results Marc Chagall L'ANGE ET LA FIANCÉE Sold for 1,231,147 EUR Tajan Jul 27, 2010   Andy Warhol BARBARA LIBERMAN Sold for 270,600 EUR Tajan Jul 27, 2010 Syed Haider Raza MONT ROUGE Sold for 159,335 EUR Tajan Jul 27, 2010   Marc Chagall BOUQUET SUR FOND ORANGE Sold for 157,315 EUR Tajan Jul 27, 2010 Become a Premium member - set your preferences - and the art world will come to you. Premium members get full access to our articles, news, and auction results Upgrade to A Premium Membership at a special rate today Art World Headlines   Chelsea Museum Risks Losing Charter The Wall Street Journal / August 2010   Tug of war over Czech Art Nouveau gem and tribute to Slavs AFP / August 2010 Leading Chinese artist Ai Weiwei claims police attacked him The Guardian / August 2010   Folk Art Museum Doubles Deficit, Spends $341,580 on Legal Fees Bloomberg / August 2010 State of the Art - The week that was (Aug. 2-9) MutualArt / August 2010   Art from Lehman's European branches to be auctioned AFP / August 2010 About Us | Contact Us | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Partner Programs All rights reserved. Copyright © 2007 - 2010 MutualArt Services, Inc. MutualArt respects your right to privacy. We sent you this email message because you have signed up to receive emails from MutualArt. This email may include advertising or promotional content. If you want to be removed from this email list, please unsubscribe here.