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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Big Names at Sotheby's: November sales may boost art market
Telegraph - October 12th, 2009 19:03

Some exciting, major artwork is going under the gavel from November 4 to 11. Sotheby's New York will offer "Krass und Mild" by Kandinsky from the collection of Arthur M. Sackler with a $6-8 million estimate. The work has not been seen in public since 1964 and a retrospective on the artist is underway at the Guggenheim. Picasso's Buste d'homme bears a $8-12 million estimate and important works by Warhol and Hockney are expected to go high.

Bailed-out Must Share Art: Royal Bank of Scotland to display hidden collection
Guardian - October 12th, 2009 20:31

The Royal Bank of Scotland is to open one of the largest collections of British art in private hands to the public after it was accused of hiding its collection in its corporate offices and vaults. RBS, which is 70% owned by the taxpayer, has 2,200+ pieces, including work by David Hockney and Sir William McTaggart, and rare 18th-century works by Joshua Reynolds. Pressure has built to share the art after RBS was saved from collapse with a £20bn bailout from the Treasury...

Buyers' Market: Credit crunch pinches arts funding, fairs
Wealth Bulletin - October 12th, 2009 17:29

This week, around 60,000 of the world’s well-heeled will visit the annual Frieze Art Fair, in London’s Regent’s Park, and its satellite shows. Some visitors will be big collectors like Roman Abramovich and celebrities Brad Pitt, Gwyneth Paltrow and Karl Lagerfeld. While buyers are expected to spend millions at the shows, many galleries are suffering from diminished prices and inventory. Data provider ArtTactic says prices have fallen by as much as 40% in the past 12 months.

Creative Spaces: Mixing folk art, antique styles in a Spanish Colonial
Architectural Digest - October 12th, 2009 17:56

“Each object becomes a piece of art,” Malibu-based designer Karin Blake says of her treatment of folk art in her clients' Los Angeles house. She placed an antique rocking horse on an 1890 sideboard with an oil by Rufino Tamayo. Her signature style is a blend of antiques, often from unexpected sources. For example, a wooden template for a giant cog, from a Victorian gear factory, now painted bright red, was spotted in a Bloomingdale's window display.

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