On Global Art Markets and The World’s Most Overrated Marine Organism

by Art Fag City on September 18, 2008 · 8 comments Blurb

Recent quotes from Tobias Meyer, worldwide head of contemporary art at Sotheby’s

  • On artist Damian Hirst’s recent success at auction, “Damien Hirst is a global artist that can defy local economies.” NYTimes.com
  • On the subject of the global art market, “In the long term the art market is a one-way street.” says Tobias Meyer, Sotheby's world head of contemporary art, “We are in a non-cyclical market.” The Week

Recent quotes from former Time magazine art critic Robert Hughes,

  • On Damien Hirst's sharks in formaldehyde. “The world's most overrated marine organism”.
  • On the perceived value of the Mona Lisa: It was treated “as though it were a film star. People came not to look at it, but to say that they'd seen it.”
  • On the subject of the art market. “One of the things that sustains the art market is an irrational faith in a continuous rise in prices,” says Hughes. “There was a 17th-century Italian painter called Guido Reni. Not a lot of people have heard of him but in the late 18th century many connoisseurs thought that Italy's two supreme artists were Michelangelo and Reni. But by 1950 you could buy a 10ft painting by Reni for £300. Telegraph (originally via: C-Monster)

Dear Art World,

Please put Tobias Meyer and Robert Hughes in a room together.

Thanx,

Art Fag City

{ 8 comments }

Donald Frazell September 18, 2008 at 5:13 pm

My money’s on the old guy, passion beats decadence everytime. Eventually.

Donald Frazell September 18, 2008 at 12:13 pm

My money’s on the old guy, passion beats decadence everytime. Eventually.

Brian Sherwin @ Myartspace Blo September 19, 2008 at 12:27 am

I’d like to throw a few more people in the same room. I vote for a cage match. You?

Brian Sherwin @ Myartspace Blog September 18, 2008 at 7:27 pm

I’d like to throw a few more people in the same room. I vote for a cage match. You?

Donald Frazell September 19, 2008 at 8:01 pm

Cant think of any more to represent the old school. I’ll take out a dozen or so, my wife can finish the rest. Shes tougher than these children. Sorta Black Mamba from Kill Bill, but really black.

Donald Frazell September 19, 2008 at 3:01 pm

Cant think of any more to represent the old school. I’ll take out a dozen or so, my wife can finish the rest. Shes tougher than these children. Sorta Black Mamba from Kill Bill, but really black.

regina hackett September 24, 2008 at 6:41 am

Tobias Meyer would have to put his affairs in order first.

regina hackett September 24, 2008 at 1:41 am

Tobias Meyer would have to put his affairs in order first.

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