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.