quote:Originally posted by wine+art:
No trip to Chicago is ever complete without a visit to the greatness of The Art Institute of Chicago.
Greatness, once again.
It's an ok place - a few interesting pieces.

quote:Originally posted by wine+art:
No trip to Chicago is ever complete without a visit to the greatness of The Art Institute of Chicago.
Greatness, once again.
quote:Originally posted by billhike:quote:Originally posted by wine+art:
No trip to Chicago is ever complete without a visit to the greatness of The Art Institute of Chicago.
Greatness, once again.
It's an ok place - a few interesting pieces.![]()
quote:Originally posted by wine+art:quote:Originally posted by billhike:quote:Originally posted by wine+art:
No trip to Chicago is ever complete without a visit to the greatness of The Art Institute of Chicago.
Greatness, once again.
It's an ok place - a few interesting pieces.![]()
In my personal Top 10 for the USA.
quote:Originally posted by Board-O:quote:Originally posted by wine+art:quote:Originally posted by billhike:quote:Originally posted by wine+art:
No trip to Chicago is ever complete without a visit to the greatness of The Art Institute of Chicago.
Greatness, once again.
It's an ok place - a few interesting pieces.![]()
In my personal Top 10 for the USA.
And a walk along Canyon Road is not chopped liver!
quote:Originally posted by wine+art:quote:Originally posted by billhike:quote:Originally posted by wine+art:
No trip to Chicago is ever complete without a visit to the greatness of The Art Institute of Chicago.
Greatness, once again.
It's an ok place - a few interesting pieces.![]()
In my personal Top 10 for the USA.
quote:Originally posted by The Old Man:quote:Originally posted by wine+art:quote:Originally posted by billhike:quote:Originally posted by wine+art:
No trip to Chicago is ever complete without a visit to the greatness of The Art Institute of Chicago.
Greatness, once again.
It's an ok place - a few interesting pieces.![]()
In my personal Top 10 for the USA.
For art museums--Top 3.![]()
quote:Originally posted by fcs:
I implore all of you who have any interest in art, collecting, and understanding the way big art galleries operate, to buy this book!!
Published last year, the data and information gathered is recent and intriguing.
Trying to get this guy to do a book talk, need to work my connections!
https://www.amazon.com/Selling...olving/dp/1621534626
quote:Originally posted by The Old Man:
Real people recreate a Hockney at the annual Laguna Beach Tournament of the Masters. Looks like a Craig Ellwood house. (Scroll down.)
quote:Originally posted by wine+art:quote:Originally posted by KSC02:quote:Originally posted by Jabe11:
I'm not sure if this is breaking news here...huge haul of works in Munich...German police recover 1,500 modernist masterpieces 'looted by Nazis'
I wonder what will emerge. German police apparently kept the find secret for two years, over concerns of restitution, claims and diplomatic issues.
I sincerely wish the best to the ancestors of the true owners of these works and that they are able to successfully reclaim what is theirs. Be damned those that supported this blatant thievry.
+1.
Not only what was stolen by these thugs, but so many pieces were burned being tagged as degenerate art that can never be returned to their owner or their family.
The Swiss are dirty in all this cover-up as well.
quote:Originally posted by Italian Wino:
Saw DaVinci's Lady with an Ermine on exhibit in a castle in Poland last week. A Very important rare painting and it was a pleasure to finally see it.
IW
quote:Originally posted by The Old Man:
2 Van Gogh paintings recovered by Italian anti-Mafia police
They never expected to see these again.
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quote:Originally posted by wine+art:
Miro exhibit here in Freiburg .![]()
quote:Originally posted by wine+art:
Berlinische Galerie, Berlin.
quote:Originally posted by wine+art:
I never expected to see a Raphael in Dresden.
Wow!
quote:Originally posted by Seaquam:
We'll be spending this afternoon at the Pompidou for the extensive Magritte exhibition.![]()
My interest has also been piqued by an exhibit that will open today entitled Polyphonies, described as "the voice as a shapable material, involving the human body in its relationship with sound and space." They do some innovative work at the Pompidou; can hardly wait to see-- or hear-- what this is about.
quote:Originally posted by VinT:quote:Originally posted by Seaquam:
We'll be spending this afternoon at the Pompidou for the extensive Magritte exhibition.![]()
My interest has also been piqued by an exhibit that will open today entitled Polyphonies, described as "the voice as a shapable material, involving the human body in its relationship with sound and space." They do some innovative work at the Pompidou; can hardly wait to see-- or hear-- what this is about.
Seaquam, enjoy, and please let us know if it's worth seeing.
quote:Originally posted by Seaquam:
Yesterday we went to see the Bernard Buffet exhibition at the Musée d'Art Moderne in the Palais de Tokyo.
We love the venue so we were going there anyway; I hadn't heard of Bernard Buffet previously, but am very glad we were introduced to his work-- powerful and primitive; some pieces were disturbing, others even more disturbing, his work is mainly bleak and challenging, with motifs that lean to death and mythology. His work is not easily forgettable once seen.
This show is on until Feb. 2017. Highly recommended. And the permanent displays in this incredible space should also be enjoyed; many impressive pieces from great artists, displayed in a unique and very beautiful setting.
quote:Originally posted by The Old Man:
Is John McLaughlin "...among the most profound avant-garde painters to work in the United States in the aftermath of the cataclysm that was World War II"?
quote:Originally posted by Italian Wino:
If you live close to Baltimore, there is an exhibit of Matisse and Diebenkorn at the Baltimore Museum of Art. I love Richard's work and wish I lived closer to Baltimore. While the two artists never met each other the influence that Matisse had on Richard's work is very obvious.
quote:Originally posted by wine+art:quote:Originally posted by Italian Wino:
If you live close to Baltimore, there is an exhibit of Matisse and Diebenkorn at the Baltimore Museum of Art. I love Richard's work and wish I lived closer to Baltimore. While the two artists never met each other the influence that Matisse had on Richard's work is very obvious.
IW, the exhibit will be in San Francisco next. A viewing then off to the wine country might be in order.
Diebenkorn was also heavily influenced by Hopper early in his career which is obvious in much of his work as well.
quote:Originally posted by bman:quote:Originally posted by wine+art:quote:Originally posted by Italian Wino:
If you live close to Baltimore, there is an exhibit of Matisse and Diebenkorn at the Baltimore Museum of Art. I love Richard's work and wish I lived closer to Baltimore. While the two artists never met each other the influence that Matisse had on Richard's work is very obvious.
IW, the exhibit will be in San Francisco next. A viewing then off to the wine country might be in order.
Diebenkorn was also heavily influenced by Hopper early in his career which is obvious in much of his work as well.
I presume you saw the piece about this on Sunday Morning yesterday?
quote:Originally posted by Jabe11:
Found their lone Frida, and a portrait of her by Diego.
quote:Originally posted by wine+art:quote:Originally posted by Jabe11:
Found their lone Frida, and a portrait of her by Diego.
Only one Rivera and Kahlo?![]()
quote:Originally posted by Jabe11:
Rufino Tamayo.
quote:Originally posted by wine+art:
Grrrr. In nearly 30 years of collecting art, Tamayo is one of my two biggest blunders.![]()
quote:Originally posted by VinT:quote:Originally posted by wine+art:
Grrrr. In nearly 30 years of collecting art, Tamayo is one of my two biggest blunders.![]()
Would the other perchance be a certain piece of glass?![]()
quote:Originally posted by irwin:
In Quito visited the home of Guayasamin and the museum that houses a few dozen of his work.
Not my cup of tea, but I suppose he is regarded as Ecuador's finest modern artist.
quote:Originally posted by sunnylea57:
And yet I heard from a reliable source that they spent (or are currently spending - I'm not sure if it has launched yet) in the neighbourhood of $700K on a new website.
A big mandate for museums and galleries these days is accessibility: not only programming that appeals to a wider audience beyond the core "cultural believer" (which means balancing education with entertainment), but also access to the collection outside the physical museum space (online digital archives).
quote:Originally posted by fcs:
Terrific World War 1 art exhibit traveling the US this year. Fine Art, Illustration, Advertising, Propaganda... all genres of art covering a transformational time in world history.
https://www.pafa.org/exhibitio...r-i-and-american-art
quote:Originally posted by The Old Man:
Nice review of George Bush's portrait book
quote:Originally posted by wine+art:
Jeff Koons loses plagiarism lawsuit in France.
Richard Prince, take notice!
quote:Originally posted by Board-O:
In the past you seemed to think plagiarism was fine.
quote:Originally posted by wine+art:
Jean Michel Basquiat work sells for over $110M
quote:Originally posted by billhike:quote:Originally posted by wine+art:
Jean Michel Basquiat work sells for over $110M
I saw this as a news alert yesterday. I noted it only because Metallica's Lars Ulrich had previously owned and sold some Basquiat works, and I was wondering if he made this sale - it would have likely doubled his career earnings as a musician!![]()
quote:Originally posted by bman:
mrs bman and I visited the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts yesterday and saw Chagall Colour (note correct spelling) and Music. They were letting too many people into the exhibit which made it tough to move around and see the pieces. I wasn't aware that Chagall had done so much more than paint, such as set and costume design, stained and painted glass and puppets.
quote:Originally posted by Seaquam:quote:Originally posted by bman:
mrs bman and I visited the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts yesterday and saw Chagall Colour (note correct spelling) and Music. They were letting too many people into the exhibit which made it tough to move around and see the pieces. I wasn't aware that Chagall had done so much more than paint, such as set and costume design, stained and painted glass and puppets.
Bman, Chagall's stained glass can be stunning. We have certainly not seen all of it, but 2 unforgettable examples are in the Cathedral in Reims, Champagne, and my favourite-- "The America Windows" in the Chicago Art Institute. I must have stood in front of the latter for almost half an hour; I was mesmerized by the content and the beautifully back-lit deep blue colour (my wife gave up on me and left, so I had to try to find her later in that massive museum; it was worth the little dispute we had afterwards.) Next time you're in Chicago, I highly recommend seeing this.
quote:Originally posted by Javachip:
Gustav Klimt was little more than a footnote in an undergraduate art course, but after my trip to Vienna last month, he has vaulted to my top ten list -- not that he cares much. Standing before his Beethoven Frieze, perhaps like Seaquam viewing Chagall in Chicago, I lost track of time, pondering the work in its historical context as other tourists came and went. And to think, it was meant as a temporary display that was almost discarded.
quote:Originally posted by Seaquam:
Bman, Chagall's stained glass can be stunning. We have certainly not seen all of it, but 2 unforgettable examples are in the Cathedral in Reims, Champagne, and my favourite-- "The America Windows" in the Chicago Art Institute. I must have stood in front of the latter for almost half an hour; I was mesmerized by the content and the beautifully back-lit deep blue colour (my wife gave up on me and left, so I had to try to find her later in that massive museum; it was worth the little dispute we had afterwards.) Next time you're in Chicago, I highly recommend seeing this.
quote:Originally posted by Vino Me:quote:Originally posted by Seaquam:
Bman, Chagall's stained glass can be stunning. We have certainly not seen all of it, but 2 unforgettable examples are in the Cathedral in Reims, Champagne, and my favourite-- "The America Windows" in the Chicago Art Institute. I must have stood in front of the latter for almost half an hour; I was mesmerized by the content and the beautifully back-lit deep blue colour (my wife gave up on me and left, so I had to try to find her later in that massive museum; it was worth the little dispute we had afterwards.) Next time you're in Chicago, I highly recommend seeing this.
Seaq, did you have a chance to walk past Chagall's public mosaic artwork in the Chase Bank Plaza in Chicago?
Chagall's The Four Seasons
VM
quote:Originally posted by Italian Wino:
David R. collection is breathtaking. This auction will be one for the history books.
Here is a link.
https://www.google.com/aclk?sa...X9CBVQQ0QwIJA&adurl=
quote:Originally posted by Italian Wino:
I wish I could find this at a garage sale.....
An Arizona auction house announced the potential discovery of a Jackson Pollock painting, which was uncovered in a local homeowner’s garage.
(via the Arizona Republic)
The Sun City, Arizona, resident first called Josh Levine, owner and founder of J. Levine Auction & Appraisal LLC, about a collection of sports memorabilia signed by basketball star Kobe Bryant. But when Levine visited the home, he also found a chest of artworks—including one that seemed to be an iconic Pollock drip painting. (Others appeared to be the work of artists Kenneth Noland, Jules Olitski, and Cora Kelley Ward.) To determine if it was genuine, Levine said he spent more than $50,000 to trace the work’s provenance. Investigators determined that the homeowner’s sister, Jenifer Gordon, was a friend of both art critic Clement Greenberg and collector Peggy Guggenheim. A forensics report also proved that no paint had been added to the work after the artist’s death. “I'm brave enough to call it a Jackson Pollock and put my entire reputation on it,” Levine said, though no art historian has yet weighed in. The question remains if collectors will buy the backstory when the work goes up for auction on June 20th; Levine estimates it will sell for at least $10 million.
quote:Originally posted by Italian Wino:
I am with you W+A. I would also love to own the catalog. I am in the mix regarding communication with Christie's regarding updates about the 2018 Spring Auction. If I learn anything about the catalog becoming available I will keep you posted.
IW
quote:Originally posted by irwin:
A piece we bought in Santa Fe has arrived today.
Artist is Dan Namingha, who is part Hopi, part Tewa. (I think).
Will take it home and find an open space on a wall for it.
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quote:Originally posted by Italian Wino:
OUCH.....
$12 million in paintings, including works by Frank Stella and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, have been stolen from a Queens storage facility.
(via NY Daily News)
William Pordy, a 62-year-old retired doctor and entrepreneur living in Manhattan, discovered on June 1st that 22 works of art were stolen from his Queens storage unit. Thieves had cut the lock on Pordy’s locker and cleared out its contents, leaving behind the cardboard boxes that once held the works and replacing the broken lock on their way out to evade detection. Examination of the facility’s records by police revealed that the theft occurred on December 30, 2016—two months after Pordy last reported visiting the unit. Investigators have compiled a list of the stolen works and are currently monitoring for attempts by the thieves to resell them.
If I had artwork like this I would be keeping it in a more secure environment. An unattended locker is nuts.
IW
quote:Originally posted by Seaquam:quote:
Wow! That is SO surreal.
quote:Originally posted by bman:quote:Originally posted by Seaquam:quote:
Wow! That is SO surreal.
You so often make me smile.....
quote:Originally posted by Seaquam:quote:
Wow! That is SO surreal.
quote:Originally posted by irwin:quote:Originally posted by Seaquam:quote:
Wow! That is SO surreal.
I'd like to see a photo of the woman who claims to be his daughter to see what kind of moustache she has.
quote:Originally posted by billhike:
I guarantee it wasn't me.![]()
quote:Originally posted by wine+art:quote:Originally posted by billhike:
I guarantee it wasn't me.![]()
So, not into art, Bill?![]()
quote:Originally posted by billhike:quote:Originally posted by wine+art:quote:Originally posted by billhike:
I guarantee it wasn't me.![]()
So, not into art, Bill?![]()
A little more than shoes and watches.![]()
quote:Originally posted by Seaquam:quote:Originally posted by Vino Me:quote:Originally posted by Seaquam:
Bman, Chagall's stained glass can be stunning. We have certainly not seen all of it, but 2 unforgettable examples are in the Cathedral in Reims, Champagne, and my favourite-- "The America Windows" in the Chicago Art Institute. I must have stood in front of the latter for almost half an hour; I was mesmerized by the content and the beautifully back-lit deep blue colour (my wife gave up on me and left, so I had to try to find her later in that massive museum; it was worth the little dispute we had afterwards.) Next time you're in Chicago, I highly recommend seeing this.
Seaq, did you have a chance to walk past Chagall's public mosaic artwork in the Chase Bank Plaza in Chicago?
Chagall's The Four Seasons
VM
VM, I did not know about it until I read your post. We're thinking of a possible Detroit-Chicago-Boston trip next year. Perhaps you'd be able to show it to me. I'll buy lunch.
quote:Originally posted by Italian Wino:
Feuds within the art world. A good article on the famous rivalries that existed in the old and modern art world.
https://news.artnet.com/art-wo...art-rivalries-993350
quote:Originally posted by Italian Wino:
Hope everything turns out well W+A. I have not done business with Paddle8.
IW
quote:Originally posted by Italian Wino:
I just watched the 60 minute video. If they had only 1 or 2 pieces they may have gotten away with it. I hope the pieces will be on display someday.
IW
quote:Originally posted by Board-O:
Louisville Slugger Museum
quote:Originally posted by billhike:quote:Originally posted by Board-O:
Louisville Slugger Museum
I'm not much of a baseball fan but know that you are. I greatly enjoyed visiting three years ago. Good brewpub with unhealthy but tasty offerings not far away attached to the Louisville Bats minor league ballpark.
quote:Originally posted by Italian Wino:
Do you like tiles and Salvadore Dali?
https://www.artsy.net/article/...i-finally-ready-sell
IW
quote:Originally posted by mangiare:
C'mon VinT. You telling me you've never sucked on a rock?
quote:Originally posted by mangiare:
geez, I had forgotten about the cat's pee, thanks bman
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There is several excellent books on the subject.
quote:Originally posted by bman:quote:
There is several excellent books on the subject.
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quote:Originally posted by wine+art:quote:Originally posted by bman:quote:
There is several excellent books on the subject.
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Ha. Predictive text can make one look silly for sure.
I sent a text to a guy named Pino yesterday and the text went through as Pink.![]()
quote:Originally posted by Italian Wino:
A quote regarding the top art collectors of today:
“ There are about 140 people in the world who have the discretionary income to buy works for $50 million ,” Woodham said, and around a thousand for $5 million and above, he estimates. “Each one has a bullseye on them. The art world massively over-serves them.”
IW
quote:Originally posted by KSC02:quote:Originally posted by Italian Wino:
A quote regarding the top art collectors of today:
“ There are about 140 people in the world who have the discretionary income to buy works for $50 million ,” Woodham said, and around a thousand for $5 million and above, he estimates. “Each one has a bullseye on them. The art world massively over-serves them.”
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There are over 2,000 Billionaires in the world today so I would disagree with this statement. However, of that number being 'serious collectors' of Art, that may be true. Don't know.
quote:Originally posted by wine+art:
Architectural Digest annual art issue ( December) is now out.
I always look forward to their publication, and this is always my favorite. This years art issue will not appeal to the masses, which I love.
quote:Originally posted by vinole:
It went for over $450 million, 50% more than the previous record of $300M for a piece of art.