The Art of Living

  • 20 November 2009  |  Week in Review  |  Fine Art November 16 – November 21 This week: Lady Gaga and the Bolshoi Ballet perform together for MOCA’s 30th anniversary gala, FT.com reviews the latest art scenes around the globe, and Christie’s second Yves Saint Laurent sale sees continued success.
  • 18 November 2009  |  Video  |  Fine Art In the Saleroom: Matta’s Crucisphere Christie’s 17 November Latin American Sale in New York offered a superb group of major paintings from the 1940s and 50s by the Surrealist master, Matta, led by a 1948 painting entitled Crucisphere, which sold for $398,500. (RT: 1:30)
  • 17 November 2009  |  Video  |  Fine Art In the Saleroom: Rufino Tamayo's Pájaros The demand for Mexican modernist artists was strong at Christie’s 17 November Latin American Sale in New York, led by a group of paintings by Rufino Tamayo. His powerful and dramatic Pájaros, a work from the 1940s painted during the Second World War, realized $566,500. (RT: 1:51)
  • 17 November 2009  |  Video  |  Fine Art In the Saleroom: Fernando Botero’s Mujer fumando Leading Christie’s 17 November Latin American Sale in New York was Fernando Botero’s Mujer fumando, a glorious, monumental bronze from 1987, which fetched $1,142,500 – the second highest price achieved for a sculpture by the artist. (RT: 2:42)
  • 16 November 2009  |  Specialist Selection  |  Fine Art His Last Work: Jan Schoonhoven This untitled relief from 1992 is the very last work Jan Schoonhoven ever produced. Not very long after it was finished he died. Christie's Arno Verkade chooses this important and poignant work from the Post-War and Contemporary Art sale in Amsterdam.
  • 15 November 2009  |  Week in Review  |  Fine Art October 9 – November 15 This week: Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary sale in New York is a showdown for Peter Doig, Bruce Davidson’s gritty photographs are celebrated in a retrospective, and the third season of Performa launches in New York.
  • 13 November 2009  |  Video  |  Fine Art Media Highlight: Edward Dolman on the Art Market Christie's CEO, Ed Dolman, talks to Economist.com about the current state of the art market, how new collectors are impacting the auction business, and the company’s response to the recent changes in the global economy. (RT: 6:00)
  • 10 November 2009  |  Video  |  Fine Art In the Saleroom: Jasper Johns' Dancers on a Plane Jasper John’s Dancers on a Plane, which realized $4,338,500, was the centerpiece of the Collection of John Cage and Merce Cunningham, sold to benefit the Merce Cunningham Trust at Christie’s 10 November Post-War & Contemporary Art Evening Sale in New. (RT: 2:24)