Art Enthusiast:

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Originally posted by DoktaP:
What am I, chopped liver?

If you're chopped liver Dok, I'm a lowly hangnail. w+a - while you're sending emails...!

Thanks for the pic and congrats on a remarkable piece.

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Originally posted by fcs:
Parra (Belg)

Really enjoyed the body of work @ JLG.

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Originally posted by VinT:
Thanks for the pic and congrats on a remarkable piece.

Thank you, sir.

I just read that William Louis-Dreyfus ( father of Julia) will start giving away some of his multi-billion dollar fortune. He is going to sell off his $50M art collection and give the proceeds to the Harlem Children's Zone.

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Originally posted by wine+art:
I just read that William Louis-Dreyfus ( father of Julia) will start giving away some of his multi-billion dollar fortune. He is going to sell off his $50M art collection and give the proceeds to the Harlem Children's Zone.

thanks for the info W&A. I thoroughly enjoyed the art in the documentary. Interesting perspective.

Art Santa Fe in July.
Anybody been to this art fair?

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Originally posted by fcs:
Art Santa Fe in July.
Anybody been to this art fair?

fcs, I will email you soon.

W+A, how about this Bjork/MOMA brouhaha?

And a plug for our MOCA from the LA Times, "In the meantime, to any museum that wants to do shows tied to popular culture and be taken seriously, may I suggest you pay a visit to Kahlil Joseph's video installation at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles (an institution that has had its own issues in the past with staging exhibitions that are too much pop and not enough culture). Joseph's installation shows that ideas that emerge from the popular culture can be smart and relevant, not to mention downright hypnotic."

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Originally posted by The Old Man:
W+A, how about this Bjork/MOMA brouhaha?

Old Man, sorry for the slow reply. I'm not visiting this site often much anymore ( like so many others) and missed your post.

I think we continue to see the Klaus Biesenbach influence at MoMA, and his desire to have a Kunst-Werke 'style' in many ways.

For fans of Philip Lorca diCorcia, the current Artforum has a nice article on him.

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Originally posted by fcs:
Art Santa Fe in July.
Anybody been to this art fair?

fcs, I just emailed you an article that had this fair rated as #5 in the USA, along with some other information.

Let me know if you are coming to Santa Fe and I will buy you dinner.

I saw last week that there is a new bill in the House once again proposing a Droit de Suite like law in the United States.

I just do not ever see this getting the support needed for serious debate, much less becoming a law.

Looking forward to the opening of the new home for the Whitney. One one of my favorite architects to boot.

Very excited to be going to view The Abello Collection this weekend, and happy it chose Dallas as the only American venue.

W+A mentioned the Droit de Suite, and for those that are unaware here is what that is:

a right recognized by the legislation of several member countries of the European Union whereby an artist, or his or her heirs, is entitled to a share of the price of a work of art if it is resold during the artist's lifetime or for 70 years after his or her death.

IW

Controversial (?) article on the new Francis Bacon exhibit:

Francis Bacon--Absolutely nothing to say

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Originally posted by The Old Man:
Controversial (?) article on the new Francis Bacon exhibit:

Francis Bacon--Absolutely nothing to say

Regardless of the poor review, I'd like to see this just to see the paintings from the Hermitage...a bucket list museum, for sure, but we are moving soon and our weekends are nearly full. The town has some cool Norman architecture I have wanted to see...maybe...

Had a nice visit to the Barber Institute this passed weekend. A nice breadth of works by major artists. Recommended if you have the misfortune of being in Birmingham.

W + A, wife and I headed to your neck of the woods in July. If you would like to get together, let me know!

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Originally posted by fcs:
W + A, wife and I headed to your neck of the woods in July. If you would like to get together, let me know!

fcs, I will email you, and looking forward to catching up in Santa Fe.

Terrific W+A, super excited to see and experience Santa Fe!

For anyone looking at the high-end art world and wondering how it functions, this was a great read. The 1st night (i.e. VIP day) of an art fair is where the really good stuff gets bought.

http://www.newyorker.com/magaz...3/12/02/dealers-hand

Just read an article where the Met has put high resolution, downloadable pictures of the majority of their collection online.

Heellloooo new screensaver!

The thing that makes you somewhat sad is going through the collection and seeing how much simply wonderful art is not displayed.

I'm in Vegas this week and found myself in the Wynn on two different occasions. One of the Koons Popeyes is on display in the hallway with a pair of "custodians" on either side of the velvet rope. I spent a few moments each time trying to admire it, but I just can't do it. It's brash and gaudy to me. Perhaps if I cared to understand more of the background my appreciation for the piece might improve, but I just don't see it. It's almost phallic in that look at how big I am and as the owner some of that power surely most transfer to me.

LA fav, artist Chris Burden, has died. He was married to artist Nancy Rubins.

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Originally posted by The Old Man:
LA fav, artist Chris Burden, has died. He was married to artist Nancy Rubins.

I saw a lot of his work in Antwerp.

He was a major LA artist for sure.

I'm curious just how high the great Les Femmes d'Alger work will be sold for at auction today.

It can be argued this is the greatest work of Picasso's still in private hands.

Some amazing works have been going up at the Christies Auction

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Originally posted by wine+art:
I'm curious just how high the great Les Femmes d'Alger work will be sold for at auction today.

It can be argued this is the greatest work of Picasso's still in private hands.

Estimated to go as high as $140M

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Originally posted by KSC02:

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Originally posted by wine+art:
I'm curious just how high the great Les Femmes d'Alger work will be sold for at auction today.

It can be argued this is the greatest work of Picasso's still in private hands.

Estimated to go as high as $140M

+$15M. Or at least that's the number I'm giving my bidder.

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Originally posted by The Old Man:

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Originally posted by KSC02:

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Originally posted by wine+art:
I'm curious just how high the great Les Femmes d'Alger work will be sold for at auction today.

It can be argued this is the greatest work of Picasso's still in private hands.

Estimated to go as high as $140M

+$15M. Or at least that's the number I'm giving my bidder.

I will take the over.

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Originally posted by KSC02:

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Originally posted by wine+art:
I'm curious just how high the great Les Femmes d'Alger work will be sold for at auction today.

It can be argued this is the greatest work of Picasso's still in private hands.

Estimated to go as high as $140M

$179.3M... An absolute steal!

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Originally posted by wine+art:

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Originally posted by KSC02:

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Originally posted by wine+art:
I'm curious just how high the great Les Femmes d'Alger work will be sold for at auction today.

It can be argued this is the greatest work of Picasso's still in private hands.

Estimated to go as high as $140M

$179.3M... An absolute steal!

I was outbid!

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Originally posted by The Old Man:

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Originally posted by wine+art:

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Originally posted by KSC02:

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Originally posted by wine+art:
I'm curious just how high the great Les Femmes d'Alger work will be sold for at auction today.

It can be argued this is the greatest work of Picasso's still in private hands.

Estimated to go as high as $140M

$179.3M... An absolute steal!

I was outbid!

It's always that last $300K, you're so close but mentally just can't do that little bit more...

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Originally posted by wine+art:
Les Femmes d'Alger

It can be argued this is the greatest work of Picasso's still in private hands.

$179.3M... An absolute steal!

It's going to look fabulous on that wall next to my Dining Table

That Picasso is already on Ebay!

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Went to Andrea Rosen, Gagosian, Mary Boone, Jonathan Levine, Hoerle-Guggenheim, and Freight/Volume yesterday.

Gagosian's shows are high-impact b/c of his use of scale. The shows always make you feel little because the works are so massive. Also reminds you of what is possible when a lot of money is combined with a talented artist's imagination

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Originally posted by fcs:
Went to Andrea Rosen, Gagosian, Mary Boone, Jonathan Levine, Hoerle-Guggenheim, and Freight/Volume yesterday.

Gagosian's shows are high-impact b/c of his use of scale. The shows always make you feel little because the works are so massive. Also reminds you of what is possible when a lot of money is combined with a talented artist's imagination

See you soon now in Santa Fe.

Went to the Picasso museum in Barcelona today. I'm by no means knowledgable about fine art, but the man was prolific if nothing else.

Seeing many Gaudi facilities. Very interesting.