Surprise success: Art Basel dispels credit crunch blues
Art Basel’s 40th edition continued to defy the worldwide financial slump yesterday, after the NetJets crowd had flitted off, leaving trails of cigar... >>>
At times of crisis, fairs should take a more “curated” approach
The blurring of the boundaries between the art fair and the biennial or that type of international survey exhibition is almost historical: in 1895... >>>
Volta: prices under pressure as fair expands
“I want to keep my galleries in business,” said Volta director Amanda Coulson as she hotfooted it around Basel’s Markthalle, an expansive former... >>>
Gagosian doubling space in Los Angeles
Galleries hit by the recession may be closing in New York and London, but Larry Gagosian is undertaking an ambitious expansion of his space in... >>>
Inside the world of the art adviser
Even before the Art Basel fair opened, the Paris-based dealer and art adviser Philippe Ségalot had bought Matthew Day Jackson’s installation of four... >>>
Design market finds new vigour
Fears that Design Miami/Basel would struggle in its fourth edition appear to have been unfounded. The move to a new location, down the street from... >>>
Eli Broad’s Basel mission for LA Moca
Eli Broad, the billionaire Los Angeles philanthropist and property magnate, launched a charm offensive to save the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary... >>>
Jeff Koons: “If people say they don’t like my work, I feel like a failure.”
The usually enigmatic Jeff Koons grooves on Led Zeppelin, admires the French painter Poussin and spaghetti Bolognese is his favourite dish. And he... >>>
Seoul to take on Design Miami/Basel
Design Miami/Basel is poised to branch out into Asia, following preliminary agreements in Basel this week with officials from the South Korean... >>>
Preview sales defy all expectations
Movie star Brad Pitt, moderately concealed behind oversize aviator sunglasses and a beige cap, zipped around Art Basel yesterday during the day-long... >>>
Christoph Büchel: access all areas
For visitors having trouble finding accommodation in Basel this year, Swiss artist Christoph Büchel’s Home (duplicate), 2009, at Hauser & Wirth... >>>
Nice, but does it come in blue?
The German advertising mogul Christian Boros has commissioned his own version of Tomas Saraceno’s vast installation of black elastic ropes that... >>>
The group show that takes to the stage
First unveiled to great acclaim at the Manchester International Festival two years ago and now at Art Basel in an expanded form, “Il Tempo del... >>>
Bye bye to bling: out goes the glitter, in comes the classic
The era of diamonds and gold as artistic materials is passing, judging by the art on offer at the latest edition of Art Basel which opens to VIP... >>>
Fourth stakeholder in Hirst’s skull revealed
Viktor Pinchuk, the Ukrainian billionaire art collector, has emerged as a stakeholder in Damien Hirst’s diamond-encrusted skull, For the Love of God.... >>>
Schaulager loan helps Kunstmuseum stage blockbuster Van Gogh show
Visitors to the Schaulager may be astonished at the generosity of the Kunstmuseum Basel in lending 180 major paintings and sculptures, for “Holbein... >>>
Forty years of Art Basel
The Avant-garde really was avant-garde then. There were very few contemporary art museums, prices were generally low, the galleries and collectors... >>>
A “virtual” Venice Biennale to go on show in Moscow
Dasha Zhukova, the founder of the Garage Centre for Contemporary Culture in Moscow and partner of billionaire Russian businessman Roman Abramovich,... >>>
Exhibitions axed as recession bites
NEW YORK/LONDON. An Art Newspaper survey suggests that a growing number of exhibitions are being cancelled because of the recession. We have... >>>
New commercial gallery opens in Bucharest
BUCHAREST. Point Contemporary, the final component of Bucharest’s new Artmark business, has opened in premises close to the organisation’s... >>>
No comments:
Post a Comment