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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Stop! Thief! Stolen Art in the Spotlight

August 3, 2011 Dear Mike, In this week's newsletter, we give an in-depth review of the biggest stolen art cases making headlines in 2011 - from Nazi lootings to modern thievery in broad daylight - and take a look back at our interview with Art Loss Register chairman Julian Radcliffe, who works to recover stolen art. Also, watch a video on photographer Sean McFarland, now exhibiting in the Bay Area Triennial, and check out other photographers working in California. 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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Stealing the Spotlight: Art Thefts of 2011		From the Archives: ALR database helps battle art crime

Things to See, Places to Be

Feb 1, 2011-Nov 30, 2011 Exhibition Selection of Rubin Paintings from the Permanent Collection Rubin Museum, Tel-Aviv Israel / Tel Aviv		Jul 29, 2011-Aug 27, 2011 Exhibition Lloyd Godman: Entropy Australian Centre for Photography Australia / Sydney
Aug 3, 2011-Nov 27, 2011 Exhibition Kurt Schwitters: Color and Collage Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive, University of California, Berkeley USA / California / Berkeley		Aug 6, 2011-Sep 17, 2011 Exhibition Pointing a Telescope at the Sun MINUS SPACE USA / New York / New York

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Sean McFarland at Work A look at Sean McFarland's process and photography of modern urban perceptions of nature and wilderness. His work is included in the sixth edition of Bay Area Now triennial, Yerba Beuna Center for the Art's platform for assessing the state of the visual arts in the San Francisco/Bay Area region, and to bring to the public's attention the work of exceptional artists active in the local art scene.   More About the Triennial Here

California Photographers

Richard Misrach		Larry Sultan		Michael Light		Jock Sturges

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	I'm a very eccentric, oddball character The Sydney Morning Herald Published: Jul 30, 2011 Cartoonist Robert Crumb says he hasn't changed since his early days as a groundbreaking iconoclast. Except maybe in one way: his sex drive.    more...
	Human nature and the Middle East art market The Daily Star Published: Aug 2, 2011 There was a time, not so long ago, when the Middle East art market looked meager compared to emerging art markets in China, Russia, India and South America.    more...

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Selected Auction Results

Maud Earl The lost scent Sold for 10,000 GBP Christie's South Kensington Jul 31, 2011		Harold Weston From Indian Cove Sold for 10,625 USD Freeman's Jul 28, 2011
Arman Untitled Sold for 53,824 EUR Artcurial Briest-Poulain-F. Tajan Jul 25, 2011		Albert Bierstadt Lander's Peak, Wyoming Sold for 1,863,000 USD Coeur d'Alene Jul 23, 2011

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Art world headlines

Barnes Foundation Returns to Court in Last-Ditch Effort to Block Move Philadelphia Inquirer / August 2011		Sotheby's locks out unionized art handlers, sparks picket line Reuters / August 2011
Abstract artist John Hoyland obituary The Guardian / August 2011		Plan for new Australian Pavilion in Venice draws out the critics The Sydney Morning Herald / August 2011
Naked performance art on Wall St. ends in arrests Associated Press / August 2011		MoMA Raises Admission to $25 Bloomberg / July 2011
Report finds Gallery system is structurally weak The Art Newspaper / July 2011		Christo's Colorado Project, 'Over The River,' Approved The Huffington Post / July 2011

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