Francis Bacon, "Three Studies of Lucian Freud"
- Christie’s Contemporary Auction totaled a record $691.6 million with 91% of lots sold. Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud proved to be the big ticket of the evening, selling at $142.4 million, an all-time record for a work of art at auction. This beats last spring’s $119.9 million paid for a pastel of Edvard Munch’s The Scream at Sotheby’s New York. Josh Baer asked around to find out why the lot was moved from 32 to the 8 position. Speculation: Frees up money underbidder money and the seller wanted to know how much money he/she had to spend on other items. Baer reports that Acquavella purchased the work. If they weren’t bidding for a client, we now know what to expect to see in their Art Basel booth this December. [Josh Baer]
- Jerry Saltz is complaining that museums can’t afford to buy art at auction anymore. My take? The public can’t afford to attend museums anymore either; the loss to public happened a long time ago. [Vulture]
- Spin unleashes an issue on Art Pop. So far, they’ve got an interview with Yoko Ono up, a seven decade timeline of music crashing the gallery, and a cover story that proposes that pop stars use the art world to further legitimize their brand to fans, and the art world uses these performers to sell art. I was the art world consultant for this issue, so I’m looking forward to seeing all the features roll out. [Spin]
- Speaking of Spin, I spent a good deal of time on their site last night looking at the “20 best” K-pop songs. The actual best song is Nu Abo by f(x) and takes the number 12 position. [Spin]
- Getting a fine art degree isn’t the dead end you think. According to the Wall Street Journal most graduates end up making more than social workers. The median income is $42,000 a year. [The Wall Street Journal]
- Ian David Moss, thinks creative placemaking has some issues in the grant world. People don’t yet have clear ideas about what “making a difference” means. A thoughtful piece that uses the failures of the project Underpants Gnomes, as a jumping off point. [Create Equity]
- Amelie von Wulffen at Meyer Kainer. [Contemporary Art Daily]
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Would you care to elucidate on what inspired you to feature Amelie von Wulffen’s drawing of smoking vegetables in your Tuesday links? I ask out of curiosity.
I’d actually meant to link to the tooth on crutches, but that one’s good too. I saw the work on twitter while I was doing the links and since I’m vaguely worried I have a cavity myself that particular image seemed about right to me. They’re all pretty funny though. http://www.contemporaryartdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/19-Kopie-600×889.jpg
Ah I see. A personal connection, then. The drawings are cute imho but not really ha ha funny.
Yeah, they’re art funny, which usually isn’t all that funny to the rest of the world.
And yet sometimes art funny can be the funniest funny of them all. (edit: my reply was predicated on your use of the word Naw but I will let my response stand. Thank you.)
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