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Saturday 21 Nov 09
Exactly one year after the US officially went into recession and after disappointing auctions in New York last month, dealers at Art Basel Miami Beach were busy clearing away the packing cases, sweeping aisles and touching up the paintwork on their stands. At the end of a distinctly chilly, rain-sodden day, an eerie calm descended as the seventh... >>>
After last year’s record 20 satellite fairs to coincide with Art Basel Miami Beach (ABMB), closures were widely predicted this year—but despite the economic climate, a total of 22 fairs are opening this week. Nevertheless, some fairs cancelled (to be replaced by new ones) and several have rapidly downsized their dealer rosters. Pulse Art Fair is... >>>
The most dramatic Art Projects public art piece at this year’s Art Basel Miami Beach can be found on Watson Island (888 MacArthur Causeway) where leading Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has installed 100 glistening ceramic blue bubbles across a 600 sq. m area (Bubble, 2008). The work took two years to create. “The individual porcelain pieces reflect the... >>>
One of the acquisition mysteries of the late great boom—who bought the most expensive Andy Warhol ever to sell at auction?—appears to be resolved. The Art Newspaper understands that the buyer of Green Car Crash (Green Burning Car I), 1963, is the ultra-secretive Paris-based Philippe Niarchos. The work was the cover lot of Christie’s Post-War and... >>>
