Tag: Art
The Paradox of Corporate 'Street Art'
I've seen this stencilled image pasted up around Vancouver and I was a bit skeptical about its tongue-in-check Vespa-headed hipster vibe. Turns out, I had reason to be. It's a street art campaign by Vespa. Yeah, no...
My Indian Art Adventure - artmarketblog.com
My Indian Art Adventure - artmarketblog.com
Today’s post is going to be a (very welcome) diversion from the time
consuming and mind bending series I am doing on the reasons for the art
market crash in the...
Museum Director Is Found Dead
An American director of a museum at Bangkok University, who was recently charged with wire fraud, has been found dead in Seattle. "The 62-year-old American director of a museum in Thailand who was indicted in a federal investigation into looted antiquities was found dead in a...
Art Plus Wealthy Egotists Equaled Chaos - artmark...
Art Plus Wealthy Egotists Equaled Chaos - artmarketblog.com
The last post I wrote dealt with the reasons for the beginning art
market crash in 1991 in which I said that I would continue with this
topic for a few...
Francis Bacon Triptych Sells for $86 Million
A Francis Bacon painting, "Triptych, 1976" set a world record for a contemporary art auction, when it sold for more than $86 milllion at a Sotheby's auction in New York on Wednesday. "A three-panel masterpiece by Francis Bacon broke a record for contemporary art auctions...
Crashing the Art Market, Japanese Style - artmark...
With all this talk of art market crashes and art market corrections I am surprised that no-one has actually looked at what caused the art market crash that took place around 1991. If all those so called art market...
The Best of Steampunk
Here are 4 images of items that were created to exemplify the "Steampunk" craze.Old meets new, yesterday's tomorrow, elegance applied to technology -- these images truly start to tell the steampunk story.For more,...
The Next Star Artist ? - artmarketblog.com
The Next Star Artist ? - artmarketblog.com
With entries for the Next Star Artist competition (http://www.nextstarartist.com)
closing on the 23rd of May I thought that I would showcase some of the
entrants who have...
Breaking Taboos - A new photo exhibition in Galer...
In the metaverse Second Life® culture and arts are always on the limelight. At Galeria LX in the Portucalis Island we try to bring to the public different sides of art, mainly in what concerns photography and...
'Pangea Day' Projects Films Around the World
Pangea Day promises to be a fascinating global event that, with TED's support, will simultaneously broadcast a series of 24 films to a global audience, over the span of 4 hours.The event takes places at cinemas...
Korean Film Festival to be held in Hanoi, Vietnam
The event aims to promote friendship relations and cultural exchanges between Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK). The RoK Film Festival is being held at the National Convention Centre in Hanoi from May 8 to 10 by the RoK Embassy, the RoK Cultural Centre, Seoul Shinmun...
Fossicking for Profitable Art - artmarketblog.com
Fossicking for Profitable Art - artmarketblog.com
Definition of Fossick:
Pronunciation:
\ˈfä-sik\
Function:
verb
Etymology:
English dialect fossick to ferret out
Date:
1852
1.Australian & New Zealand...
'There Will Be Blood' Blu-ray Specs, Box Art Reve...
Great news for us blu-ray owners out there. I loved the film in the theater and I look forward to loving it again in glorious HD."Paramount's long-awaited return to Blu-ray includes a June 3 format debut for P.T. Anderson's critically-acclaimed epic, which also boasts...
Outsider Artist Henry Darger: An Interview with C...
In 2005, P.O.V. aired Jessica Yu's film In the Realms of the Unreal. The film is the astounding tale of outsider artist Henry Darger,who, unbeknownst to anyone, had created a 15,000-page novel andhundreds of illustrations that have inspired artists and viewers sincetheir...
How to Exploit Dirty Art - artmarketblog.com
In modern society everyone seems to be determined to fit in as much
into their day as possible and most people seem to be under the
impression that with every single event in their lives, no matter how
small,...
