“Contemporary Confidence” Game: Brett Gorvy Tells How Christie’s Got it Done
The headline for my last post was: Christie’s Gets It Done. At the press preview for last night’s confidence-restoring contemporary sale, Brett Gorvy, Christie’s chairman of Post-War and Contemporary art, told me how he had … read more
AJBlog: CultureGrrl Published 2016-05-11
Competition Lives! My Storify on Sotheby’s Creditable Contemporary Sale
After its rocky night Monday, it looked like Sotheby’s could become a distant also-ran in the art-auction sweepstakes. But tonight, with a little help from some late-breaking irrevocable bids (likely accompanied by lowered reserves), … read more
AJBlog: CultureGrrl Published 2016-05-11
Snapshot: Louis Armstrong performs “A Kiss to Build a Dream On”
Louis Armstrong and His All Stars perform “A Kiss to Build a Dream On” in concert in 1962. … read more
AJBlog: About Last Night Published 2016-05-11
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3D Printing Is About To Change The Art World (Or Is It?)
“It can do anything, but should it? There’s a lot of hype about this in the commercial sector, but this isn’t about a Star Trek notion of art — push a button, and the machine craps out a sculpture for you. Not at all. We’re asking questions about the nature of the medium — what does it mean to make a printed piece, or make one by hand? What’s the difference?”
Dark Cloud Hangs Over Opening Of This Year’s Cannes Festival
With France remaining under the state of emergency that began after the November Paris attacks, the city of Cannes has hired a top Israeli consultant to beef up security, but people are still worried. “I’d be happy,” Sony Pictures Classics co-president Tom Bernard told the Hollywood Reporter, “to see dogs roaming the lobby of the Carlton.”
$7.25 Million Settlement For Worker Who Fell Through Glass Ceiling At Philadelphia’s Rodin Museum
“On Nov. 26, 2012, [Phani] Guthula, then 27 and working as an engineer for ICF International, was inspecting lighting fixtures in the museum when he fell. The suit contends that the Art Museum, which administers the Rodin Museum, and its security company, AlliedBarton Security Services, failed to protect him from harm when he stepped onto the unprotected glass floor.”