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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Thursday, February 04, 2010
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 | Giacometti sets world record price for art at auction
Guardian - February 4th, 2010 00:35
A sculpture of a grimly determined walking man by 20th century Swiss artist Alberto Giacometti broke records by becoming the most expensive work of art ever sold at auction when it was bought for £65m. The price, achieved at Sotheby's in London, was five times more than its estimate of £12m-18m, and beat the record set by Picasso's Garçon à la Pipe in New York for $104,168,000 in 2004. Read more | |
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 | In Paris, twentieth-century antiques rise on rue de Lille
France Today - February 4th, 2010 01:55
Thirty years ago, the French considered collecting even 19th-century antiques to be avant-garde. But in this new 21st century, Parisian taste has whizzed fast forward. In the antiquaire stronghold of the Carré Rive Gauche, the rue de Lille has metamorphosed into Modernist Row. A stroll reveals finds such as an Art Nouveau cabinet, chic 1940s jewelry, and a pair of 1970s suede-covered oak and polished steel commodes (€15,000)...Read more | |
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 | Tiffany art pottery vase with great glaze, rare form surges to $50K
Auction Central news - February 4th, 2010 00:07
Rago Arts and Auction Center's 20th Century Design Weekend, Jan. 16-17, totaled $3.28 million with buyer's premium. A highlight of the 2-day auction was a rare Louis Comfort Tiffany cabbage-shaped vase in mottled polychrome matte glaze which more than doubled the high estimate. Garnering $50,020, the circa 1900 vase had turned up at the 23rd Street Flea Market in New York City, literally falling off a truck into the arms of a dealer, who bought it immediately.Read more | |
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 | Pop artist Koons chosen to decorate next BMW Art Car
Wired - February 4th, 2010 05:03
Since 1975 BMW has occasionally invited artists to use its cars as canvases. The result has been some striking vehicles, like the M1 Group 4 racer (shown here) that Andy Warhol painted in 1979. The list of renowned artists to paint BMWs also includes Alexander Calder (who did the first Art Car), Ernst Fuchs, Roy Lichtenstein, Frank Stella, and Robert Rauschenberg. And now, it's Jeff Koons' turn. A Wired writer is not pleased...Read more | |
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