Frieze Art Fair Sale Report in Full Swing: We’re gathering all of the sales reported at Frieze and Frieze Masters over the next few days into one comprehensive report organized for quick viewing. The report is for AMMpro subscribers but you’re welcome to subscribe for the first month free. …
Gursky Returns: The Master, Judd Tully, charts the rise in value of Andreas Gursky’s work as evidenced by the sale of one his more representative works at Christie’s curtain-opener earlier this week. There are several more Gursky lots on offer in the coming days. …
David Hammons Whitney-Backed Pier Project Revealed: The artist’s idea for a silhouette of the building that formerly stood on the Hudson River outside the present Whitney has been presented to the local community board seeking approval: “The artwork, “Day’s End,” an expansive frame of brushed stainless posts, would sit along the edge of Pier 52, known as Gansevoort Peninsula, and extend south into the water.” …
If You Haven’t Had Enough of the Berkshire Museum Saga: Felix Salmon joins the fight over the Berkshire Museum and the question of how a museum should re-distribute its art when it changes focus is both intellectually compelling and will become a more pressing subject in years to come for a variety of reasons. But Salmon gives a mostly one-dimensional answer. …
Lots of Basquiat Chatter But Little Real Market Information: About the only solid information in The Art Newspaper’s look at the Basquiat market is identifying the buyer of La Hara (a surprisingly strong price that preceded the record Maezawa set in May) as Emily Tsingou, a London art adviser. AMMpro subscribers can read our look at the Basquiat market right after the May record which shows there’s still a lot to be done to advance prices outside of the record.
