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...s offerings, mostly valued between $1mn and $10mn, a spokesman confirms, and while Masterworks is long in the likes of Basquiat and Picasso, Lynn says they are finding value in contemporary names lower down...
...Philbrick emerges as tough to turn down. Variously charming, persuasive and hare-brained, this is a portrait of a narcissist, always ready to star in the film of his life....
...One year after the German artist Boris Eldagsen won — and then turned down — a Sony World Photography Award for a work made using AI, London’s Palmer Gallery has an edition of the winning image on sale for...
...While the overall strategy points to slimming down an unwieldy group of companies and events, which range from the fairs to sports tournaments and a global marketing company, as well as its core talent agency...
...April’s Hong Kong sales totals for Modern and contemporary art at Sotheby’s and Poly Auction were down considerably this year....
...Totals at Sotheby’s and Christie’s came in at the low end of expectations, already revised down after a number of withdrawals, while Phillips’ slim sale of £10.9mn (£13.7mn with fees) on March 7 didn’t quite...
...The remaining third passed down the family, which — no longer attached to Kansas City — is selling its portion....
...Values fell sharply for art priced at more than $10mn at auction — the only segment to grow in 2022 but down by 40 per cent last year....
...The slimmed-down sale made £82.2mn (£99.7mn with fees), within revised estimates but down on last year’s equivalent £147.9mn (£174.7mn with fees)....
...Other business areas could be included down the line — another trustee is Will Hutton, head of sustainability at the Premier League. “We started out with art and music because that’s what we know....
...He is certainly not slowing down....
...Online art fairs may have been consigned to memory since the post-Covid surge back to in-person events but they can still play a significant role — particularly for galleries lower down the food chain....
...And while shipping costs aren’t coming down, local collectors can buy work from their own town.”...
...Down the road, in South Delhi’s hip Dhan Mill shopping area, the gallery opened an exhibition of new work by Polish-German rising star Alicja Kwade (until March 3)....
...Joining Condo next year is Emalin, which has doubled down in east London with a second gallery....
...According to her data, the US and France fell the most, by 27 and 24 per cent respectively, followed by the UK, down 16 per cent....
...But compared with last year’s equivalent sales, the numbers are down 31 per cent and are 20 per cent down on the same season in 2021....
...Last year’s auction of 32 works went down well, with the majority sold, so this year the offering has expanded to 44 works by 14 artists, chosen by Hochgürtel and Parole from art schools including Central...
...buyer for menswear ecommerce site Mr Porter, agrees with Le Louër, adding that men’s jewellers are “willing to play around with volumes, scale and materials”, as well as “embrace change, which is trickling down...
...As a result, Ingram’s works have adorned some surprising venues recently, ranging from The Clink prisoner rehabilitation restaurants at HMPs Styal and High Down to the Scottish National Gallery of Modern...
...“We are doubling down and are really focused on making our shows much more unmissable and more distinctive,” he says....
...Overall event attendance — including exhibitions and biennales — was down from an average of 41 per year in the pre-pandemic year of 2019 (including five fairs) to an expected 32 this year (four fairs)....
...“There’s now a stronger sense of community, and the psychological barriers are coming down.” For the British Council, which has organised the pavilion since 1937, the need for extra support is clear....
...“Our proposed codes firmly place the responsibility for keeping children safer on tech firms,” said Ofcom chief executive Melanie Dawes....
...The London auctions this month also fell short, while numbers from evening sales in New York in May were down 18 per cent on last year, according to ArtTactic....
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