Art Market Monitor

Global Coverage ~ Unique Analysis

  • AMMpro
  • AMM Fantasy Collecting Game
  • Podcast
  • Contact Us

Looking Back: London

December 23, 2008 by Marion Maneker

Richard Dorment decides on his list of the worst shows in London for 2008. Here are a few highlights of his lowlights:

2 `Impressionism and Scotland’ at the National Gallery of Scotland was a complete mess. You know the old joke about the Holy Roman Empire being neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire? Well this show in included artists who were neither Impressionists nor Scottish and who’d never been further north than Hampstead. What were they thinking? Couldn’t someone have pulled the plug when the show was still on the drawing board?

[ . . . ]

5 I’ve had ‘Richard Prince: Continuation’ at the Serpentine on my conscience. In the months since I saw it, the awesome triviality of the American artist’s work coupled with his total lack of real wit has slowly sunk in. I apologise for giving the show a less than scathing review.

[ . . . ]

9 ‘Picasso and the Masters’ at the Grand Palais in Paris was an expensive turkey of a show, the art world’s answer to `Heaven’s Gate’. Not only did it lack structure of focus, the curators were determined to make us see similarities between works by Picasso and paintings by the likes of El Greco and Degas that simply weren’t there.

The Worst Art Shows of 2008 (Telegraph)

More from Art Market Monitor

  • Sotheby’s Traces the History of Abstraction Through Latin American ArtSotheby’s Traces the History of Abstraction Through Latin American Art
  • Allan Stone Sale at Sotheby'sAllan Stone Sale at Sotheby's
  • What Does Daniel Loeb Want?What Does Daniel Loeb Want?
  • Is There an Art Market That Remains Immune?Is There an Art Market That Remains Immune?
  • The Long Road from Kitsch … and Back?The Long Road from Kitsch … and Back?
  • Sotheby's Australia Sells Tucker EstateSotheby's Australia Sells Tucker Estate

Filed Under: General

About Marion Maneker

Want to get Art Market Monitor‘s posts sent to you in our email? Sign up below by clicking on the Subscribe button.

Top Posts

  • Keith Haring’s 1989 Retrospect Comes to Sotheby’s London Prints Sale
  • Restituted Van Gogh Portrait from London Collection to Sell at Christie’s
  • Four of Picasso's Women Valued at $28m Come to Christie's from Rose-Walters Collection
  • Tony Podesta's Secret Art Buying
  • Norman Rockwell's Not Gay. But Is He a Great Artist?
  • Christie’s to Sell Its First Fully Digital Work of Art in Test of Emerging Market
  • Roy Lichtenstein’s Top Ten Auction Prices
  • Tracey Emin Neon Lights Up Sotheby's 'Contemporary Showcase' Pop-Up
  • Sotheby's Pulls in a $9m David Hockney for November
  • How to Chant Like an Auctioneer
  • About Us/ Contact
  • Podcast
  • AMMpro
  • Newsletter
  • FAQ

twitterfacebooksoundcloud
Privacy Policy
Terms & Conditions
California Privacy Rights
Do Not Sell My Personal Information
Advertise on Art Market Monitor