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Tuesday Links: Auction Results, Auctions on Cruise Ships

by Paddy Johnson and Michael Anthony Farley on November 10, 2015

On Friday, street artist Retna (real name: Marquis Lewis) smashed a bunch of ceramics at Soze, a West Hollywood gallery. Apparently this tantrum is the latest in a long string of violent outbursts and assaults on both artwork and gallery employees. Maybe everyone should stop inviting this dick to openings? [artnet News]

Kerr Houston muses on the obsolescence and glamour—or lack thereof—of aging Art Deco buildings in three cities. [BmoreArt]

Rafael Schacter convincingly argues that street art festivals such as Miami’s Wynwood Walls provide little but wallpaper for gentrification. It’s a pretty obvious observation, but one worth reminding people of. [The Conversation]

Why does reading The New York Times auction reports always feel like reading auction house sales copy? The breathless first line of a report by Robin Progrebin and Scott Reyburn, “In an overheated art market where anything seems possible…” Liu Yiquin, a Chinese taxi-driver turned stock market billionaire, is now the proud owner of a reclining nude by Amedeo Modigliani. He purchased the work last night at Christie’s for $170.4 million with fees. Some other stuff sold too. 34 lots brought in $491.4 million. [The New York Times]

Two, more balanced auction reports: Nate Freeman at Artnews notes the weak sell through rate of 77 percent and the difference between this auction and last May’s (which was 97 percent!). Brian Boucher over at Artnet news, noted that auctioneer Jussi Pylkkanen said the 10 works that didn’t sell were perhaps “just not good enough.” I guess the story the auction house wants to push here is that there is that art market bubble is doing just fine. It’s just the quality of the work available that’s the issue. [artnet News, Artnews]

Pyotr Pavlensky, the Russian performance artist who famously sewed his mouth shut to protest Pussy Riot’s imprisonment and later nailed his balls to the Red Square, has been arrested for setting fire to the door of Russia’s Federal Security Service building. [The New York Times]

A new exhibition at the Delaware Art Museum pays tribute to Marie Spartali Stillman. Stillman was often a model for the pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and a painter in her own right, but being a woman in the Victorian era, she never rose to fame like her male peers. [BBC News]

An upcoming Alexander Calder exhibition at the Tate Modern will feature a restoration of the sculpture “Acrobats”. The piece depicts a male and female acrobat, who have been in separate collections since 1929, when someone cut off one of the legs to use the wire for a repair. Now, they’ll be reunited. [The Guardian]

Okay, is this the dumbest art project ever? It’s Vincent Van Gogh’s ear, constructed from genetic samples artist Diemut Strebe took from Lieuwe van Gogh, the great-great-grandson of Theo van Gogh, Vincent’s brother. It’s grown tissue displayed in fancy petri dish. [artnet News[

This is a thing? Apparently cruise ships have art auctions. This recollection from an art history major who found herself working for a cruise ship art company is pretty funny. I would have (incorrectly) guessed that getting to be on a cruise and talking about art all day would be less horrible than it is. [Travel Pulse]

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Monday Links: NYC Weather Continues to Suck

by Paddy Johnson and Corinna Kirsch on January 6, 2014

Scroll Tone RGB (2011) – Travess Smalley

It’s another rainy day here in New York, and by this evening, we’re looking at temperatures in the 20’s (-5ish for those of you who prefer Celsius). Good times!

Nothing too exciting to report from the weekend, so here’s a few morning links to start the day.

Lonely hearts continue to look for love at museums in the first art world missed connections post of 2014. [In the Air]
In preparation for the Super Bowl, New Jersey is cracking down on one of the problems associated with the annual game, sex trafficking. Ugh, world. [AP]
An interview with Christie’s auctioneer Jussi Pylkkanen. Pylkkanen comes about as close as he can to saying there’s an art bubble when asked, comparing today’s market to 1987’s. Pylkkanen doesn’t note that 1987 was also a famed bubble, but a smart reader will pick that up. [The New York Times]
Melanie Gerlis gets a chance to promote her new book Art as an Investment? A Survey of Comparative Assets in a 1,500 word article for The Art Newspaper on the subject. She talks about why it’s so hard to create an index for art—insufficient data—and why it’s better to think about art as a rainy-day security rather than an investment. [The Art Newspaper]
Who made the Forbes 30 Under 30 list for art? Don’t expect to see too many names you recognize—most of these youngsters are in fashion or design—but hooray for wildcard Travess Smalley. [Forbes]
A simply smart review of a Kate Owens show points out a big issue with documenting performance in the gallery: “Presenting the physical remnants of a real event … is a good idea, but the format of that retelling – a flimsy photocopied document next to the comments book – surely downplays its significance. I watched several viewers ignore it.” [Art Review]
Film critic A.O. Scott had his tweet about Inside Llewyn Davis turned into a full-page ad by the film’s producers in The New York Times. Twitter shares that day went up $1.50. Coincidence? According to this member of the peanut gallery, yes. [Gothamist]
Shareholders are telling Apple to put more women and other minorities on their board. [The Atlantic Wire]
We guess it’s not too early to start planning for Bushwick Open Studios. They’re seeking graphic designers, website developers, and a team of general volunteers. [Facebook]
A listicle of puppies sleeping. Awwwww! [The BarkPost]

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Thursday Links: Still As Relevant As Eric Fischl

by Paddy Johnson Whitney Kimball and Corinna Kirsch on May 16, 2013

Eric Fischl, "Woman Surrounded by Dogs", 1979-80.

A chicken has been slaughtered in the name of art. Heads have rolled. ARTINFO’s Sky Goodden breaks down the event, the aftermath and the precedents. [ARTINFO]
Smoking pot will give you a skinny waist. There’s probably some other factors contributing to the overall weight of pot smokers, but they’re definitely not as interesting. Now, like a make-you-feel-better pill or healthy vitamin, you can take your pot in liquid form. Sluurrrp. [The Daily Beast]
65 year old artist Eric Fischl tells The New York Times he’s been trying to “grow up”. He’s promoting his new memoir Bad Boy: My Life On and Off the Canvas so he’s been talking to a lot of publications lately. [NYTimes]
Isabella Rossellini as a hamster eating her young in a new web series “Mamas,” and she is amazing at it. [Paper Mag]
This morning Reuters journalist Felix Salmon showed up on Democracy Now for a roundtable discussion with Cooper Union board member Mark Epstein and current student Victoria Sobel. [Democracy Now, Twitter via @felixsalmon, student @VictoriaSobel]
Hrag Vartanian produced a great GIF of Christie’s auctioneer Jussi Pylkkanen last night. Also, rich people bought more contemporary art than ever before! Total sale from last night’s auction: $495 million. [Hyperallergic]

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