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Saturday 21 Nov 09
“Last year we were all frozen in horror; this year, there is a great sense of relief, it feels good,” said Marianne Boesky (C4), who had sold all but one of her stand of Barnaby Furnas watercolours at the Frieze vernissage yesterday. Her words were echoed by Thaddaeus Ropac (B10). “We are very pleased. Now we are one year on and things are moving... >>>
A $310m cache of Rothko paintings, sold earlier this year by one of the key financiers involved in the Madoff scandal, will go on show at Moscow’s Garage Centre for Contemporary Art next spring. The centre was founded in 2008 by Russian heiress Dasha Zhukova and her billionaire partner Roman Abramovich. The collection comprises 12 paintings and... >>>
As the last person in Antony Gormley’s One & Other stepped off the Fourth Plinth yesterday, it emerged that a more traditional statue of the Battle of Britain hero Sir Keith Park is to be erected in Trafalgar Square on 4 November. The work, by Les Johnson, will remain for six months, taking the place of Yinka Shonibare MBE’s scale replica... >>>
LONDON. “Object Retrieval”, which opened at the stroke of midnight last night, offers a considered counterpoint to the frenzy of Frieze week. The project allows the viewer a break from the usual experience of breezing past the thousands of works on display in London’s art fairs, viewed superficially at a frenetic pace. Object Retrieval instead... >>>
Galleries taking part at fairs such as Frieze could have difficulty insuring the art on their stands in the future. The warning comes from Richard Northcott, executive director of the art, jewellery and private client division at Heath Lambert Group, London, who says that re-insurance companies—firms that protect specialist fine art insurers—are... >>>
