Your art news & events: June 24, 2010

June 24, 2010 Dear mike, In this edition of our newsletter, we feature MutualArt.com's in-depth summary and analysis of this week's major London modern and impressionist art auctions, as well as a sampling of lot highlights from those sales. With a time-lapse video, we explore the outdoor sculpture installations of the recently opened Ernesto Neto: The Edges of the World at The Hayward, and also include a list of artists currently exhibiting in outdoor venues around the world. 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   Major London sales fall far short of expectations Mixed results at impressionist and modern art sales: on the one hand, a record for Edouard Manet ($33 million) at Sotheby's and a Picasso that fetched $51 million at Christie's record UK sale; on the other, auction totals were well below pre-sale estimates; analysts blame auction houses' own exaggerated predictions and overly intense marketing efforts, maintaining that the market is still strong and solid.   more... Featured Events  May 29, 2010-Jul 10, 2010 Exhibition Permanent Variable Sommer Contemporary Art Israel / Tel Aviv   Jun 11, 2010-Jul 17, 2010 Exhibition Tamir Lichtenberg: Factory Outlet Rosenfeld Gallery, Tel Aviv Israel / Tel Aviv Jun 17, 2010-Jul 17, 2010 Exhibition Zaritsky: Every Inch Must be a Painting Gordon Gallery Israel / Tel Aviv   Jun 24, 2010-Jul 31, 2010 Exhibition Grandfather Paradox: Group Exhibition Chelouche Gallery Israel / Tel Aviv Exhibiting outdoor installations   Neto installed at the Hayward Rafael Lozano-Hemmer Antony Gormley Olafur Eliasson Maria Elena González Yinka Shonibare   More about the event here Articles can only be accessed by premium members      Upgrade Now Featured News & Articles  For sale: The masterpieces hidden away for 70 years Telegraph Published: Jun 23, 2010 A multi-million pound auction in London last night illuminated, but did not solve, one of the great unsolved mysteries of the art world    more... Polaroid auction nets 12.5 million dollars AFP Published: Jun 23, 2010 A collection of photographs from Polaroid auctioned by Sotheby's this week raised nearly 12.5 million dollars, or more than one million more than    more... Auction results can only be accessed by premium members      Upgrade Now selected auction results Édouard Manet PORTRAIT DE MANET PAR LUI-MÊME, EN BUSTE (MANET À LA PALETTE) Sold for 22,441,250 GBP Sotheby's London Jun 22, 2010   Gustav Klimt Frauenbildnis (Portrait of Ria Munk III) Sold for 18,801,250 GBP Christie's King Street Jun 23, 2010 André Derain ARBRES À COLLIOURE Sold for 16,281,250 GBP Sotheby's London Jun 22, 2010   Pablo Picasso Portrait d'Angel Fernández de Soto Sold for 34,761,250 GBP Christie's King Street Jun 23, 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   Powerful image of mother in mortuary wins portrait prize Telegraph / June 2010   American Landscape Photographer Joe Deal Dies At 62 National Public Radio / June 2010 Muybridge photos questioned by Getty curator Los Angeles Times / June 2010   Jehangir Sabavala sets Rs. 1.7 cr world record in summer auction The Hindu / June 2010 Archaeologists find oldest paintings of apostles Reuters / June 2010   PhotoEspaña's impressive coverage Financial Times / June 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: June 16, 2010

June 16, 2010 Dear mike, In this week's newsletter Simon de Pury - auctioneer, curator, collector - talks with MutualArt.com about the marriage between reality TV and the art world, the state of the art market, and his passion for collecting art. We also take a look inside Art Basel 2010 and showcase artists participating at the Berlin Biennale. As always, customized events, recent auction results and featured news are also 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   De Pury: Art should be accessible to all, not just a select few In an in-depth interview with MutualArt.com, renowned auctioneer discusses 'Work of Art' reality show he is participating in and explains why he believes the art market has recovered from the 2008 financial meltdown.   more... Featured Events  May 14, 2010-Oct 6, 2010 Exhibition Julie Mehretu: Grey Area Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum USA / New York / New York   Jun 3, 2010-Jul 9, 2010 Exhibition Nancy Rubins: Skins, Structures, Landmasses Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills USA / California / Beverly Hills Jun 12, 2010-Sep 5, 2010 Exhibition Dynasty Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris France / Paris   Jun 19, 2010-Sep 5, 2010 Exhibition Ernesto Neto: The Edges of the World The Hayward UK / London Exhibiting at the Berlin Biennale   Inside Art Basel 2010 Bernard Bazile Olga Chernysheva Phil Collins Gedi Sibony Nilbar Güres   More about the event here Articles can only be accessed by premium members      Upgrade Now Featured News & Articles  Modigliani sculpture sets 43.18 mln euro record for artist AFP Published: Jun 15, 2010 A stone sculpture of a woman's head by Amedeo Modigliani fetched 43.18 million euros (52.8 million dollars) on Monday after a battle by bidders    more... 'With change in euro/dollar rate, we expect to sell more European artists' MutualArt Published: Jun 9, 2010 Leading gallerists Anne-Claudie Coric of Galerie Daniel Templon and Adam Sheffer of Cheim & Read, discuss the importance of Art Basel to their businesses.    more... Auction results can only be accessed by premium members      Upgrade Now selected auction results Amedeo Modigliani Tête Sold for 43,185,000 EUR Christie's Paris Jun 14, 2010   Günther Uecker Feld ("Haut"). Sold for 353,800 EUR Ketterer Kunst Munich Jun 12, 2010 Ferdinand Hodler LAKE GENEVA, VIEW FROM CHEXBRES Sold for 4,002,500 CHF Sotheby's Zurich Jun 14, 2010   Maurice Estève Andalousie. Sold for 146,400 EUR Ketterer Kunst Munich Jun 12, 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   Abramovich Prowls in Basel; $15 Million Picasso Sculpture Sells Bloomberg / June 2010   Prancing Hare Is Priced at 940,000 Pounds in Royal Academy Show Bloomberg / June 2010 Tagore's Works Sell for 1.6 Million Pounds The Wall Street Journal / June 2010   Chris Dercon becomes Tate Modern head BBC News / June 2010 High-profile divorce stuns art world The Independent / June 2010   Getty Trust CEO James Wood dies at age 69 Associated Press / June 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: June 9, 2010

June 9, 2010 Dear mike, Art Basel is a week away and in anticipation we have included an extensive preview of this year's fair, including an interview with co-directors Annette Schönholzer and Marc Spiegler. Running concurrently to the fair is the Jean Michel Basquiat retrospective at Fondation Beyeler; watch Sam Keller talk about the challenges and importance of hosting this exhibition. Also included this week is a list of contemporary artists in upcoming auctions as well as results from Sotheby's recent Important Russian Art auction. 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   Fair-y tale: A look at Art Basel Ahead of the mega event, MutualArt.com spoke with Art Basel Co-Directors Annette Schönholzer and Marc Spiegler; gallerists Anne-Claudie Coric of Galerie Daniel Templon and Cheim & Read's Adam Sheffer, and the Sender Collection curator Sarah Aibel.   more... Featured Events  Jun 4, 2010-Sep 4, 2010 Exhibition Sculptures on Wheels Tel Aviv Museum of Art Israel / Tel Aviv   Jun 4, 2010-Aug 4, 2010 Exhibition Chalil Raad: Photographs 1891-1948 Nahum Gutman Museum Israel / Tel Aviv Jun 9, 2010-Sep 5, 2010 Exhibition Rude Britannia: British Comic Art Tate Britain UK / London   Jun 25, 2010-Jul 25, 2010 Exhibition Maïa Zer: Paintings - The Haim Shiff Prize for Figurative-Realistic Painting, 2009 Tel Aviv Museum of Art Israel / Tel Aviv Contemporary Artists at Auctions   Sam Keller on Basquiat in Basel Syed Haider Raza Damien Hirst Yayoi Kusama Tyeb Mehta Heinz Mack   More about the event here This week's Featured News & Articles are open to all users  All eyes set on Basel MutualArt Published: Jun 9, 2010 Considered one of the largest and most important art fairs in the world, Art 41 Basel assembles over 300 galleries from 26 countries. See what's happening this year.    more... Art shrugs off financial crisis as buyers prepare for richest sales yet Times Online Published: Jun 4, 2010 As Europe's economies tremble, the top end of the art market appears to have shaken off any faint connection it may have retained with the fortune    more... Auction results can only be accessed by premium members      Upgrade Now selected auction results Aleksandr Yevgeniyevich Yakovlev TITI AND NARANGHE, DAUGHTERS OF CHIEF EKI BONDO Sold for 2,505,250 GBP Sotheby's London Jun 7, 2010   Yuri Pavlovitch Annenkov PORTRAIT OF ZINOVII GRZHEBIN Sold for 1,777,250 GBP Sotheby's London Jun 7, 2010 Ivan Shishkin THE DARK WOOD Sold for 1,217,250 GBP Sotheby's London Jun 7, 2010   Leon Bakst PORTRAIT OF THE FUTURE COUNTESS HENRI DE BOISGELIN Sold for 758,050 GBP Sotheby's London Jun 7, 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   Donations to Culture Decline 2.4% in Year After Lehman Collapse Bloomberg / June 2010   Bankers, Fashion Models, Dress Painters Mingle at Whitney Gala Bloomberg / June 2010 Tintoretto masterpiece is revealed - but restorers still don't get the picture The Guardian / June 2010   Art market news: Chapman brothers' 'Ubermensch' on sale Telegraph / June 2010 Art that makes a public spectacle of itself Los Angeles Times / June 2010   Lehman Brothers to sell off art collection The Independent / June 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.