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The Collection of Sir Elton John: Opening Night, by kfroms on Feb 22, 2024 12:39:59 GMT 1, People should brush up their knowledge about money laundering. A leading worldwide operating auction house is no place for that.
People should brush up their knowledge about money laundering. A leading worldwide operating auction house is no place for that.
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The Collection of Sir Elton John: Opening Night, by kfroms on Feb 22, 2024 9:40:42 GMT 1, In comparison to other โVIPโ sales , these are rather muted and disappointing results, particularly as the estimates in these auctions are always on the low side. Anyway, good for the buyers and EJ shouldnโt care too much.
In comparison to other โVIPโ sales , these are rather muted and disappointing results, particularly as the estimates in these auctions are always on the low side. Anyway, good for the buyers and EJ shouldnโt care too much.
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Damien Hirst Secret Garden Painting Print release, by kfroms on Feb 14, 2024 12:38:56 GMT 1, I always chuckle when I read that. Forking out a fortune for a colourful mirror and than having to fork out another fortune to mitigate the massive flaw. Happy you are happy tho. I forked out a fortune as it was an expensive piece and I wanted to protect it. Do you put your Banksys on the wall with drawing pins? Idiot Your use of language shows who the idiot is I guess.
anyway, moving on.
I always chuckle when I read that. Forking out a fortune for a colourful mirror and than having to fork out another fortune to mitigate the massive flaw. Happy you are happy tho. I forked out a fortune as it was an expensive piece and I wanted to protect it. Do you put your Banksys on the wall with drawing pins? Idiot Your use of language shows who the idiot is I guess. anyway, moving on.
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Damien Hirst Secret Garden Painting Print release, by kfroms on Feb 14, 2024 11:14:24 GMT 1, For anyone who has ever purchased one of those editions from HENI on "Laminated Giclรฉe print on aluminium composite panel", we all know how bad it looks on the wall. The reflection is awful. There has been some editions which have well performed (large edition and good secondary results) but I would be surprised if anyone could say they enjoy having it on the wall (unless they found a way to limit the reflection with framing and non reflective glass on top)... I have a Virtues framed behind museum glass and I donโt have any reflection issues. I am very happy with it. I always chuckle when I read that. Forking out a fortune for a colourful mirror and than having to fork out another fortune to mitigate the massive flaw. Happy you are happy tho.
For anyone who has ever purchased one of those editions from HENI on "Laminated Giclรฉe print on aluminium composite panel", we all know how bad it looks on the wall. The reflection is awful. There has been some editions which have well performed (large edition and good secondary results) but I would be surprised if anyone could say they enjoy having it on the wall (unless they found a way to limit the reflection with framing and non reflective glass on top)... I have a Virtues framed behind museum glass and I donโt have any reflection issues. I am very happy with it. I always chuckle when I read that. Forking out a fortune for a colourful mirror and than having to fork out another fortune to mitigate the massive flaw. Happy you are happy tho.
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Jeff Koons ๐บ๐ธ Balloon Dog โข Sculpture โข Art For Sale, by kfroms on Feb 6, 2024 22:16:13 GMT 1, Don't be so modest, you sent me the link kfroms Ask Dappy for the link to the pre-sale. Just send him a dm. Yes I did but I think Dappy deserves the attention as he is at the centre of it.
Don't be so modest, you sent me the link kfroms Ask Dappy for the link to the pre-sale. Just send him a dm. Yes I did but I think Dappy deserves the attention as he is at the centre of it.
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Jeff Koons ๐บ๐ธ Balloon Dog โข Sculpture โข Art For Sale, by kfroms on Feb 6, 2024 22:05:41 GMT 1, I think Martin Creed beat him to this idea. (Yes, I know itโs a jokeโฆ but for real, didnโt Martin Creed do an edition of scrunched paper!?) Work No. 88 On that topic:
The limited edition book ( with No 88 on the cover ) for the pretty amazing MC exhibition at the Hayward Gallery back in 2014 had an even better edition included. Work Nr 140 yellow A sheet of A4 paper torn up
I love Martin Creed. Feels like he predicted all the piss take a decade ago.
how to upload images to the internet
I think Martin Creed beat him to this idea. (Yes, I know itโs a jokeโฆ but for real, didnโt Martin Creed do an edition of scrunched paper!?) Work No. 88On that topic: The limited edition book ( with No 88 on the cover ) for the pretty amazing MC exhibition at the Hayward Gallery back in 2014 had an even better edition included. Work Nr 140 yellow A sheet of A4 paper torn up I love Martin Creed. Feels like he predicted all the piss take a decade ago. how to upload images to the internet
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Jeff Koons ๐บ๐ธ Balloon Dog โข Sculpture โข Art For Sale, by kfroms on Feb 6, 2024 21:53:54 GMT 1, Ask Dappy for the link to the pre-sale. Just send him a dm.
Ask Dappy for the link to the pre-sale. Just send him a dm.
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Damien Hirst Secret Garden Painting Print release, by kfroms on Feb 3, 2024 12:05:01 GMT 1, Good to see how money is printed nowadays.
Good to see how money is printed nowadays.
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Recommended Art Books, by kfroms on Feb 1, 2024 20:02:26 GMT 1, Yes but thats too much. I just checked - the book ( unsigned ) is 45gbp and 42gbp shipping to the UK. Plus potential 20% Vat. Its a nice book but not 180 Euro nice.
Yes but thats too much. I just checked - the book ( unsigned ) is 45gbp and 42gbp shipping to the UK. Plus potential 20% Vat. Its a nice book but not 180 Euro nice.
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Recommended Art Books, by kfroms on Feb 1, 2024 11:38:11 GMT 1, Came back from an exhausting trip last night and was happy to see that the signed Ed Rusha Book has arrived. Very chuffed and its actually a great looking, well made book. The exhibition looked amazing!
Came back from an exhausting trip last night and was happy to see that the signed Ed Rusha Book has arrived. Very chuffed and its actually a great looking, well made book. The exhibition looked amazing!
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Recommended Art Books, by kfroms on Jan 26, 2024 16:16:38 GMT 1, Artbooksonline is always a good source for nice & discounted books.
Today: the recent Stanley Donwood one for 50% off ( now 20 gbp ) Its a lovely and very interesting one!!
www.artbooksonline.eu/art-45391
Artbooksonline is always a good source for nice & discounted books. Today: the recent Stanley Donwood one for 50% off ( now 20 gbp ) Its a lovely and very interesting one!! www.artbooksonline.eu/art-45391
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Damien Hirst Secret Garden Painting Print release, by kfroms on Jan 25, 2024 18:08:29 GMT 1, I was about to get the Condo set, but nie I'm not so sure which one is better. Pest or Choleraโฆ.
Skip both, buy a nice original instead.
I was about to get the Condo set, but nie I'm not so sure which one is better. Pest or Choleraโฆ. Skip both, buy a nice original instead.
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Damien Hirst Secret Garden Painting Print release, by kfroms on Jan 25, 2024 17:01:50 GMT 1, Dibond again. Timed edition again. Huge again ( 120x90 ) Glossy mirror again. Expensive again (3.5k USD plus tax ). Label signed on reverse again. Not for me. Again.
Shame. Would have liked them on paper or at least matt dibond
Dibond again. Timed edition again. Huge again ( 120x90 ) Glossy mirror again. Expensive again (3.5k USD plus tax ). Label signed on reverse again. Not for me. Again.
Shame. Would have liked them on paper or at least matt dibond
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The Best Film Ever, by kfroms on Jan 25, 2024 12:57:17 GMT 1, The Zone of Interest was amazing.
The Zone of Interest was amazing.
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New Weiwei Print , by kfroms on Jan 23, 2024 20:21:19 GMT 1, Human / philosophical Unfortunately they are far too big for me - and thats not even considering the framing cost. Shame, I like the idea behind them a lot. They read your post ๐ Guess I should have added that , if they reduce the size, they also have to reduce the price ( at least a bit ) 81x81 would have been a good size and links nicely to the overall topic.
Human / philosophical Unfortunately they are far too big for me - and thats not even considering the framing cost. Shame, I like the idea behind them a lot. They read your post ๐ Guess I should have added that , if they reduce the size, they also have to reduce the price ( at least a bit ) 81x81 would have been a good size and links nicely to the overall topic.
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George Condo ๐บ๐ธ New Print Release โข Print For Sale, by kfroms on Jan 22, 2024 18:34:05 GMT 1, i hacked into the AA graphic designers PC and found this, and pretty sure its the official AA release poster. as you can see the founders discord profiles also have these images as profile pics I hope you are wrong but fear you are right.
i hacked into the AA graphic designers PC and found this, and pretty sure its the official AA release poster. as you can see the founders discord profiles also have these images as profile pics I hope you are wrong but fear you are right.
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George Condo ๐บ๐ธ New Print Release โข Print For Sale, by kfroms on Jan 22, 2024 15:21:01 GMT 1, It will be a print of historical significance Large, beautiful, signed and numbered. Iconic imagery of Condo and his first print in several years More substantial than youโd imagine Demand through the roof. Those who get them will be very very lucky Well, the first of the three is barely historically significant, is it? i mean, it looks like an average Condo looks likeโฆ.
It will be a print of historical significance Large, beautiful, signed and numbered. Iconic imagery of Condo and his first print in several years More substantial than youโd imagine Demand through the roof. Those who get them will be very very lucky Well, the first of the three is barely historically significant, is it? i mean, it looks like an average Condo looks likeโฆ.
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George Condo ๐บ๐ธ New Print Release โข Print For Sale, by kfroms on Jan 22, 2024 11:13:58 GMT 1, Dear Jerry, Can you explain why so many people love the George Condo exhibition at the New Museum?
-- Aaron Holtz
Dear Aaron, Among living artists, George Condo may be the most embraced by the powers that be. The Times called his New Museum show "sensational." That was just the beginning. Collectors love Condoโs paintings and buy them by the hundreds. New ones go for upwards of $450,000, and everything he makes sells. A recent New Yorker profile mentioned that Condo lives in luxury, collects Louis XVI furniture, hangs out with Kanye West, has two Upper East Side townhouses, loves expensive wines, gambles huge amounts of money and has a chauffeur-driven limousine. Curators love Condo, too. Heโs one of the few painterly painters included in our usually painting-bereft biennials.
Iโm thrilled that the New Museum is having a success, and I admire the curators of the show, Laura Hoptman and Ralph Rugoff; however, to me, Condo is a zombie -- a very limited, ironic, art-about-art artist whose work sounds the same visually derivative, technically generic notes over and over again. He provides almost no internal or psychic depth, instead giving people a sense of being in on some art-world in-jokes about style, tradition, kitsch and appropriation.
The top floor of Condoโs show is the better of the two, because it blatantly imparts his deep content. More than 50 portraits hang here, floor to ceiling and wall to wall. Your eyes dart from one to another, checking out his repertoire of creepy creatures, loony goons, naked ladies and art-world knockoffs. Many of these pictures look like the sort of neo-surreal work that was typical in the East Village in the 1980s, or the cartoony paintings of Kenny Scharf. A few are good, like Spanish Head Composition and a number of earlier, denser small works. But mostly you donโt have to look at any one painting here for more than a few seconds. Thatโs all they demand.
People always say Condo is a "virtuoso painter." The second-floor display gives the lie to this claim. Condo is an enthusiastic confident drawer who paints in high-keyed funky color with flourish. But he is simply deft and dexterous, aping R. Crumb and Philip Guston without any of the gutsiness or exposed inner life of these artists. Mainly you get the same fiendish figures in various styles. Condo does have a feel for grotesque in human physiognomy. I often find myself at cocktail parties, fantasizing that the person Iโm talking to is some sort of Condo monster. Yet because Condoโs monsters turn into a cast of characters, they are defanged. Any idea of the grotesque is replaced by burlesque and shtick.
Condoโs is well-done work for a time still jittery about painting, weaned on idiotic ideas that itโs somehow suspect, that it can only be good if it makes jokes or comments about itself. This sort of deconstructionism has been done to death, and is so familiar and enfeebled that it can barely lift the gun to its own head. At his best, Condo is not much more than Koons-lite, a safe Schnabel, a more ingratiating Richard Prince.
But thereโs a wonderful surprise ending to this show. Downstairs from Condoโs show at the New Museum is the radically fabulous survey of Lynda Benglis -- whose work from 1969 to 1975 is so fecund, fresh, relevant and prescient that she saves the day, letting you see that she predicts numerous contemporary artists from Urs Fischer and Isa Genzken to Rachel Harrison and Franz West. Among the mounds, glow-in-the-dark wall protuberances, and Mardi Gras-like peacock headdresses, donโt miss the large bronze, curved, double-headed, and veined dildo nailed to the wall, titled Smile. I wore one (the smile, not the dildo) when I left the New Museum.
Dear Jerry, Can you explain why so many people love the George Condo exhibition at the New Museum?
-- Aaron Holtz
Dear Aaron, Among living artists, George Condo may be the most embraced by the powers that be. The Times called his New Museum show "sensational." That was just the beginning. Collectors love Condoโs paintings and buy them by the hundreds. New ones go for upwards of $450,000, and everything he makes sells. A recent New Yorker profile mentioned that Condo lives in luxury, collects Louis XVI furniture, hangs out with Kanye West, has two Upper East Side townhouses, loves expensive wines, gambles huge amounts of money and has a chauffeur-driven limousine. Curators love Condo, too. Heโs one of the few painterly painters included in our usually painting-bereft biennials.
Iโm thrilled that the New Museum is having a success, and I admire the curators of the show, Laura Hoptman and Ralph Rugoff; however, to me, Condo is a zombie -- a very limited, ironic, art-about-art artist whose work sounds the same visually derivative, technically generic notes over and over again. He provides almost no internal or psychic depth, instead giving people a sense of being in on some art-world in-jokes about style, tradition, kitsch and appropriation.
The top floor of Condoโs show is the better of the two, because it blatantly imparts his deep content. More than 50 portraits hang here, floor to ceiling and wall to wall. Your eyes dart from one to another, checking out his repertoire of creepy creatures, loony goons, naked ladies and art-world knockoffs. Many of these pictures look like the sort of neo-surreal work that was typical in the East Village in the 1980s, or the cartoony paintings of Kenny Scharf. A few are good, like Spanish Head Composition and a number of earlier, denser small works. But mostly you donโt have to look at any one painting here for more than a few seconds. Thatโs all they demand.
People always say Condo is a "virtuoso painter." The second-floor display gives the lie to this claim. Condo is an enthusiastic confident drawer who paints in high-keyed funky color with flourish. But he is simply deft and dexterous, aping R. Crumb and Philip Guston without any of the gutsiness or exposed inner life of these artists. Mainly you get the same fiendish figures in various styles. Condo does have a feel for grotesque in human physiognomy. I often find myself at cocktail parties, fantasizing that the person Iโm talking to is some sort of Condo monster. Yet because Condoโs monsters turn into a cast of characters, they are defanged. Any idea of the grotesque is replaced by burlesque and shtick.
Condoโs is well-done work for a time still jittery about painting, weaned on idiotic ideas that itโs somehow suspect, that it can only be good if it makes jokes or comments about itself. This sort of deconstructionism has been done to death, and is so familiar and enfeebled that it can barely lift the gun to its own head. At his best, Condo is not much more than Koons-lite, a safe Schnabel, a more ingratiating Richard Prince.
But thereโs a wonderful surprise ending to this show. Downstairs from Condoโs show at the New Museum is the radically fabulous survey of Lynda Benglis -- whose work from 1969 to 1975 is so fecund, fresh, relevant and prescient that she saves the day, letting you see that she predicts numerous contemporary artists from Urs Fischer and Isa Genzken to Rachel Harrison and Franz West. Among the mounds, glow-in-the-dark wall protuberances, and Mardi Gras-like peacock headdresses, donโt miss the large bronze, curved, double-headed, and veined dildo nailed to the wall, titled Smile. I wore one (the smile, not the dildo) when I left the New Museum.
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Recommended Art Books, by kfroms on Jan 21, 2024 19:04:38 GMT 1, Back from a weekend in Paris with lots of art!
Rothko at Fondation Louis Vuitton is both massive and breath taking & well worth the trip alone. The catalogue is obviously superb!
Dana Schutz at the Musee dโart moderne is well worth visiting and I managed to also get a ticket for the Nicholas de Stael exhibition which was fantastic.
That said if you think London is expensive, go to Parisโฆ.
Back from a weekend in Paris with lots of art! Rothko at Fondation Louis Vuitton is both massive and breath taking & well worth the trip alone. The catalogue is obviously superb! Dana Schutz at the Musee dโart moderne is well worth visiting and I managed to also get a ticket for the Nicholas de Stael exhibition which was fantastic. That said if you think London is expensive, go to Parisโฆ.
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Damien Hirst Secret Garden Painting Print release, by kfroms on Jan 13, 2024 8:13:46 GMT 1, I wonder if Hirst cares. By the looks of Instagram my dude has an expensive lifestyle to fund and people keep lapping it up. To me, the real art is how he's managed to extend and transform his practice from cutting edge to an expensive TK Max store. I mean, if we view the mass production of art at overvalued prices he is unmatched and a total master. People are willing to accept and pay top dollar for subpar, art group, charity shop level work because it has his signature. It's now a confidence game and ponzy scheme. Also... here is the Guardian's review of this collection and Frieze in general for what its worth. "There is an unutterable sadness to seeing Damien Hirstโs new paintings at Frieze... big pictures of gardens, their blurry photorealism besmirched with Pollockesque drips in a desperate attempt to bring such duds to life..." Hirst, being so prolific and often divisive, is an easy target but I feel this is on point. Isnโt the art business always a confidence game? the ponzi scheme accusation is something I never understand. Are people really tricked into investing in his art, being promised a profit when they sell?
Anyway - I still like him and buy the odd work but struggle as well with the recent output. The good thing is that I can decide to simply not buy anything.
No matter how successful or rich, artists always long for appreciation.
I wonder if Hirst cares. By the looks of Instagram my dude has an expensive lifestyle to fund and people keep lapping it up. To me, the real art is how he's managed to extend and transform his practice from cutting edge to an expensive TK Max store. I mean, if we view the mass production of art at overvalued prices he is unmatched and a total master. People are willing to accept and pay top dollar for subpar, art group, charity shop level work because it has his signature. It's now a confidence game and ponzy scheme. Also... here is the Guardian's review of this collection and Frieze in general for what its worth. "There is an unutterable sadness to seeing Damien Hirstโs new paintings at Frieze... big pictures of gardens, their blurry photorealism besmirched with Pollockesque drips in a desperate attempt to bring such duds to life..." Hirst, being so prolific and often divisive, is an easy target but I feel this is on point. Isnโt the art business always a confidence game? the ponzi scheme accusation is something I never understand. Are people really tricked into investing in his art, being promised a profit when they sell? Anyway - I still like him and buy the odd work but struggle as well with the recent output. The good thing is that I can decide to simply not buy anything. No matter how successful or rich, artists always long for appreciation.
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New Invader show in Paris, by kfroms on Jan 12, 2024 19:28:38 GMT 1, Anyone willing to share the PDF or let me know where I can find it please? Contact Dappy, he has the most recent version.
Anyone willing to share the PDF or let me know where I can find it please? Contact Dappy, he has the most recent version.
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New Weiwei Print , by kfroms on Jan 12, 2024 19:21:54 GMT 1, Human / philosophical Unfortunately they are far too big for me - and thats not even considering the framing cost. Shame, I like the idea behind them a lot.
Human / philosophical Unfortunately they are far too big for me - and thats not even considering the framing cost. Shame, I like the idea behind them a lot.
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New Invader show in Paris, by kfroms on Jan 11, 2024 22:34:43 GMT 1, Just trying to imagine a whole Eurostar train of middle aged men in gazelles talking about their optimism for the Banksy print market recovery. Samba is the new Gazelle. Just saying.
Just trying to imagine a whole Eurostar train of middle aged men in gazelles talking about their optimism for the Banksy print market recovery. Samba is the new Gazelle. Just saying.
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Damien Hirst Secret Garden Painting Print release, by kfroms on Jan 11, 2024 13:41:28 GMT 1, Surprised about the timing, particularly as the GE conversation is rather slow and this new announcement is certainly not helping. I think someone said that over 400 have been exchanged. At the price they're asking, I'd say that's already quite a large edition. Plus, the NFTs are regularly changing hands on Open Sea and he's making a cut of that too. GE is done, and on to the next thing! You have a point and I stand corrected. I have the NFT and wouldnโt have it converted for 500USDโฆ.
I love DH but hate the shiny dibond editions so I can most likely watch this one from the sidelines as well.
Surprised about the timing, particularly as the GE conversation is rather slow and this new announcement is certainly not helping. I think someone said that over 400 have been exchanged. At the price they're asking, I'd say that's already quite a large edition. Plus, the NFTs are regularly changing hands on Open Sea and he's making a cut of that too. GE is done, and on to the next thing! You have a point and I stand corrected. I have the NFT and wouldnโt have it converted for 500USDโฆ. I love DH but hate the shiny dibond editions so I can most likely watch this one from the sidelines as well.
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Damien Hirst Secret Garden Painting Print release, by kfroms on Jan 11, 2024 12:20:07 GMT 1, Surprised about the timing, particularly as the GE conversation is rather slow and this new announcement is certainly not helping.
Surprised about the timing, particularly as the GE conversation is rather slow and this new announcement is certainly not helping.
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Damien Hirst Secret Garden Painting Print release, by kfroms on Jan 11, 2024 11:04:25 GMT 1, Surprise, surprise - a new print by DH
www.instagram.com/reel/C19JXhUIOUY/?igsh=dW92cWtyaHB2NXAy
I hope for a matte option and will soon be disappointed again and moan about the glossy mirror finish.
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Recommended Art Books, by kfroms on Jan 10, 2024 22:25:11 GMT 1, Lucky to have a friend in LA who just bought it for me. Now all i need to do is fly there and pick it up. Easy.
Lucky to have a friend in LA who just bought it for me. Now all i need to do is fly there and pick it up. Easy.
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