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Abstractify me Victor!

We do not just cover art here, we like architecture too! It’s even better when an artist abstractifies (Hmmm, not sure that’d a word but it should be) architecture. Victor Enrich digitally “enhances” images of buildings into thrilling, gravity defying structures. In an interview with TIME, Enrich says he was job hunting in Munich and … Continue reading

$142,405,000 Francis Bacon on view at the Portland Art Museum

The world’s most expensive work of art will make its debut at the Portland Art Museum, after selling last month at Christie’s Auction House for $142,405,000.  Francis Bacon’s “Three Studies of Lucian Feud will be on view from December 21. 2013 through March 30, 2014. Museum Director Brian Ferriso states in the recent press release: … Continue reading

Original Zimmerman Painting may fetch over $100k on ebay

George Zimmerman has hit headline news yet again.   This time there are no charges of violence, as he has turned to art therapy to help him get through his uneasy times.  And with the look of it, he will be getting a nice lump sum of money this Christmas for selling his own original artwork … Continue reading

Guggenheim’s senior curator named, Center for Curatorial Leadership’s 2014 fellow

Senior Curator of the Guggenheim, Tracey Bashkoff, has been recognized for her extensive influences to the museum and named one of the Center for Curatorial Leadership’s 2014 fellows. As one of the honorees, Bashkoff will attend two weeks of training in NYC with previous fellows and cultural celebrities, as well as attend workshops planned by … Continue reading

Retrospective – Top Ten Artworks of 2013

1. Sold for: $142,405,000 – *World record for highest paid lot!* 2. Sold for: $105,445,000 – *Record for Andy Warhol’s highest paid lot!* 3. Sold for: $58,363,750 – *Record for Jackson Pollock’s highest paid lot!* 4. Sold for: $58,405,000 – *Record for Jeff Koons’s highest paid lot!* 5. Sold for: $57,285,000 – *Ranks number 4 for Andy Warhol’s highest paid … Continue reading

Felix Salmon’s Art Market Analysis

Felix Salmon, a financial blogger for Reuters, along with Thierry Dumoulin and Katharine Markley from Artnet teamed up to analyze “how different artists have their auction peaks at different times, and how some artists fade away while others become newly fashionable.”  Ultimately, the research did not show what they had expected as it became apparent … Continue reading