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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Tuesday, October 20, 2009
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 | Frieze is Over: Art collectors step up, but demand discounts at London fairs
Bloomberg - October 19th, 2009 17:41
London’s contemporary art and design fairs closed Sunday with many dealers upbeat after achieving more sales than last year, even though buyers were taking their time and pressing for discounts. Among the browsers was Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich. While collectors passed on a $9 million Francis Bacon painting and a Picasso priced at $6.5 million, works by Ed Ruscha, David Hammons and Neo Rauch priced at $1 million or more had found buyers.Read more | |
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 | David Hockney in New York: The celebrated artist exhibits his English works
New York Times - October 19th, 2009 17:26
In 2005 David Hockney left Hollywood, where he had lived full time since 1978, to transform the manicured slopes, woods and farmland of the East Yorkshire landscape into spare, quickly worked compositions charged with pink, orange and violet. In the next two weeks 28 of these paintings will go on view in New York in a two-gallery exhibition at PaceWildenstein, both in Midtown and in Chelsea, through Dec. 24. Hockney also experimented with Photoshop to create vibrant portraits...Read more | |
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 | Rediscovering Julia Morgan: California's first female architect
Huffington Post - October 19th, 2009 03:59
The first woman admitted into the Ecole des Beaux Arts, Julia Morgan, designed an astounding 700 buildings during her career. What makes Ms. Morgan's life truly groundbreaking was that she was also California's first female architect. Author John Mark Wilson has written a tribute to her entitled "Julia Morgan: Architect of Beauty" showcasing her career which included Hearst Castle, the Los Angeles Examiner Building and the Riverside Art Museum.Read more | |
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 | Celebration Time: 18,000 bottles of wine go to auction
Times Online - October 19th, 2009 17:52
Four bottles of 1875 Armagnac Vieux, covered in a black fungus that looked like matted cat fur, were unearthed from storage last week. Paris' landmark Tour d'Argent restaurant, established in 1582, is cleaning out its 450,000-bottle winecellar — one of the best in the world — and putting 18,000 bottles up for auction in December, an event that has captured the imagination of French wine-lovers.Read more | |
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