Art Market Mania: Top Lots, Top Flops

August 10, 2011 Dear Mike, In this week's newsletter, we take a look at the state of the art market half-way through 2011, with a round-up of the highs and lows on the auction floor - top lots, top flops, and top shocks. Also, watch an interview with legendary British artist Peter Blake on his latest exhibition, and check out other Pop artists from the UK. Enjoy! What's new with your favorite artists and venues?  - 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

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2011 Auction Round-Up: Who's on Top and Who Flopped Despite the recent stock market tumble, the first half of 2011 has continued to bolster art market confidence that the auction floor has managed to recover. As the art world now anxiously awaits to see how the global market downturn will affect its progress, we take a look back and get caught up for the fall auction season. Gear up for September with a review of the top lots, steepest flops and biggest shocks so far this year.    more...

Things to See, Places to Be

Jun 27, 2011-Sep 3, 2011 Exhibition Eran Reshef: Paintings, 2000-2010 The Haim Shiff Prize for Figurative-Realistic, 2010 Tel Aviv Museum of Art Israel / Tel Aviv		Jul 9, 2011-Oct 29, 2011 Exhibition Yoav Efrati: Drawings Tel Aviv Museum of Art Israel / Tel Aviv
Jul 15, 2011-Oct 22, 2011 Exhibition Yakov Agor : Photographer Tel Aviv Museum of Art Israel / Tel Aviv		Aug 1, 2011-Sep 1, 2011 Exhibition Cabinet Secrets: James Abbott McNeill Whistler - Prints Tel Aviv Museum of Art Israel / Tel Aviv

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Artist Profile: Peter Blake Since becoming one of the leading figures in the UK pop art scene in the 1950s Sir Peter Blake has done it all - from being celebrated with a career retrospective at the Tate Liverpool to designing iconic album covers, most notably The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.   More About the Artist Here

British Pop Artists

Joe Tilson		Peter Phillips		Richard Hamilton		Patrick Caulfield

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Featured news & articles

	Collector builds nest egg from career in shrewd art deals The Star-Ledger Published: Aug 7, 2011 Fred Parker was in the Berkshires visiting his wife's sister in 1995 when he saw a story in the local paper about an engineer inheriting a barn full of paintings.    more...
	The Disquieting Mind's Eye of David Lynch art ltd. Published: Aug 1, 2011 In Lynch's artwork the facade of quotidian banality of his films, that comforting veneer, is largely stripped away.    more...

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Selected Auction Results

Arthur Grover Rider Boats at Valencia Sold for 170,000 USD Bonhams & Butterfields, Los Angeles Aug 9, 2011		William Fisher The Barn Sold for 7,200 USD Barridoff Galleries Aug 5, 2011
Syed Haider Raza Illuminations Sold for 186,598 EUR Tajan Aug 2, 2011		Charles Leaver Winter at Littleham, near Exmouth, Devon Sold for 6,875 GBP Christie's South Kensington Aug 2, 2011

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Art world headlines

London Riots Halt Ron Arad/Mat Collishaw Opening ArtLyst / August 2011		Dissident Chinese artist defiant in first interview since his release CNN / August 2011
Roman Opalka, Artist Who Painted Millions of Numbers, Dies at 79 New York Observer / August 2011		Philippines shuts religious art show deemed offensive Seattle Post-Intelligencer / August 2011
Met's Alexander McQueen exhibition among its top 10 most visited shows Associated Press / August 2011		Sotheby's Shares Plunge 13% Amid Concern About Resilience of Art Market Bloomberg / August 2011
Forgery row exposes murky goings-on of trade in fine art The Guardian / August 2011		US Congress lobbied over art resale rights The Art Newspaper / August 2011

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