Sotheby's

In collaboration with creative partner AllRightsReserved, My Life Is Pointless is Catalan artist Cornellà’s third solo exhibition in Hong Kong and marks his return to the city after three years, showcasing for the first time the artist’s latest work of life-sized panels, shaped panel paintings and bronze sculptures, as well as a selection of limited print works.

www.sothebys.com/en/digital-catalogues/joan-cornella-my-life-is-pointless-selling-exhibition


www.sothebys.com/en/articles/the-hilarious-world-of-human-misery-joan-cornella-allrightsreserved?locale=en

Richard Hamilton

Towards a Definitive Statement

5 - 30 January 2021

Richard Hamilton (1922 – 2011), arguably the most influential British artist of his generation, will be celebrated with a major exhibition at Cristea Roberts Gallery.

Richard Hamilton: Towards a Definitive Statement will explore the themes of protest, portraiture, interior scenes and landscapes in Hamilton’s work and will coincide with the publication of a new book by Michael Bracewell that will provide a fresh interpretation of an artist whose achievements and legacy remain unparalleled.

The exhibition will feature over sixty works, beginning with an image of Hamilton’s seminal 1956 collage Just what is it that makes today’s homes so different, so appealing?. This pioneering body of work will trace over fifty years of Hamilton’s career, providing a rare opportunity for an in-depth view of works that changed the face of British art.

If you would like to receive a preview of available works please contact the gallery via sales@cristearoberts.com. All visitors are required to book an appointment prior to visiting Richard Hamilton: Towards a Definitive Statement. Click here to book your free visit or email info@cristearoberts.com if you would prefer to speak to a member of staff.

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/exhibition-richard-hamilton-towards-a-definitive-statement-tickets-127460111625

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New Book
Modern World:
The Art of Richard Hamilton
Modern World: The Art of Richard Hamilton, a new book published by Art/Books in January 2021, presents a concise introduction to this deeply complex artist. Written from a personal perspective, and covering the full scope of Hamilton’s practice, Michael Bracewell discusses the artist’s all-embracing work in relation to the music, film, and popular culture of the day in a rich new interpretation of his art and ideas.

Available from January 2021.
Click here to pre-order the book.

www.artbookspublishing.co.uk/modern-world/

Live in 20 minutes

Tuesday, December 22, 2020, 2pm EST

For the third episode of the online event series Gagosian Premieres, Jenny Saville will celebrate her exhibition Elpis at Gagosian New York, with painter Nathaniel Mary Quinn and historian Simon Schama, with a performance by the Aaron Diehl Trio, who will play music by Philip Glass as well as a new composition written by Diehl in response to Saville’s paintings

A rollercoaster year for Banksy as sales soar and activism increases
The street artist’s work sells for millions while his controversial migrant rescue mission aimed to be a wakeup call for Europe

This year may have been one to forget for most people, but for Banksy it has been 12 months in which he has continued a seemingly irrepressible rise from street artist to cultural phenomenon.

In September, after six months of uncertainty in the art market as fairs closed and sales slumped, he bucked the trend. Banksy’s impressionist pastiche Show Me the Monet sold for £7.5m at Sotheby’s – £2.5m above its most optimistic estimate – while a year earlier his piece Devolved Parliament sold for just under £9.9m.

His standing in the art market has grown in part due to an increasingly interested Asian audience, while his public profile has been maintained by trademark street pieces on houses, a hair salon and on the London Undergound.

Alex Branczik, European head of contemporary art at Sotheby’s, said the demand for Banksy pieces and prints in the secondary market has never been higher with more traditional buyers hungry to add a piece to their collection.

He said: “A lot of the more traditional collectors, people who buy Basquiat and Haring and even Giacometti or Bacon, are also now looking at Banksy as a really serious artist.”

Yet despite these successes, 2020 hasn’t all been plain sailing for Banksy. In August, a rescue boat funded by the artist was reportedly close to declaring a “state of emergency” after it set off from Spain to recover people stranded in the crossing between Libya and Italy.

The Louise Michel, which was painted bright pink and featured Banksy artwork, recovered about 200 people and eventually made its way to Palermo after sending a distress signal. It was criticised by some for its approach, while its crew said they hoped it was a wakeup call for European nations in a year when more than 500 refugees are known to have died in the Mediterranean.

Brandler said the incident at sea wasn’t surprising. “The migrant boat situation was typical in that he has the best intentions, but he doesn’t think it through,” he said. 

The dealer added that Banksy’s guerrilla tactics can cause issues because his worldwide fame means the consequences of him installing a piece on someone else’s property can be costly.

The recent stencil of a woman sneezing on a wall in Bristol caused problems for the family who owned the property as they were in the middle of selling the house. Tabloid coverage said the house price rocketed to £5m, and the family were criticised after temporarily pausing the sale. They later confirmed the sale was going ahead as planned.

Brandler said: “Because it’s left on their wall, they have all the responsibility and costs of maintaining it and protecting it, but they can’t do anything with it. So they get all the negatives without the positive.”

An unidentified spokesperson for Banksy added that Brandler's comments were nonsense and that he had repeatedly destroyed original artworks intended for public view by removing them and selling them on to rich people in L.A for his own personal gain.  

As well as the problems at sea there were setbacks in court, with a European trademark ruling going against the artist. Banksy lost a long-running dispute with a greetings card company, which argued it should be able to use an image of his Flower Thrower stencil mural because of the artist’s anonymity.

In 2014, Banksy’s representatives, Pest Control Office, successfully applied for an EU trademark of the Flower Thrower and he set up a shop in Croydon in order to help support his case. But in September that was overturned after a two-year dispute.

An EU panel said they found “his intention was not to use the mark as a trademark to commercialise goods … but only to circumnavigate the law. These actions are inconsistent with honest practices.”

A trademark lawyer, who represented the card company, said as a result of the ruling “all of Banksy’s trademarks are at risk as all of the portfolio has the same issue”.

So could that potentially sour 2021 for Banksy? Brandler doesn’t think so and said people should expect more big market prices and unpredictable activism rather than a retreat.

“If a signed print of Love Is in the Air can go for hundreds of thousands of dollars, there’s no limit,” he said. “That’s more expensive than a Picasso or a Rembrandt.”

Branczik, meanwhile, is taking a more pragmatic approach. “I’ve learned never to be surprised by Banksy,” he said.

MAX SECKEL

Autographed archival pigment print

• Printed on Moab Entrada Rag Bright 290 GSM archival paper
• 18 x 24 inches

Hand-signed and numbered by artist Max Seckel in a limited edition of 25

House of Roulx blind embossed stamping

• Authentic Edition rubber stamp on verso
• Letter of Authenticity

$75


www.houseofroulx.com/collections/max-seckel

New release

ALEX ECKMAN-LAWN

www.houseofroulx.com/collections/alex-eckman-lawn

13 Art Exhibitions To See in the First Half of 2021

www.widewalls.ch/magazine/art-exhibitions-2021

How Did Major Auction Houses Weather the 2020 Storm?

www.widewalls.ch/magazine/art-auctions-2020

RUDOLF POLANSZKY

January 16 – March 20, 2021 Paris

gagosian.com/exhibitions/2021/rudolf-polanszky/

Thinkspace Projects

Special show with DULK in NYC this February

Excited to announce Ephemeral Treasures from DULK coming up this February in NYC.

We will be curating and co-hosting a special exhibition taking place in NYC with our good friends at Spoke Art.

On view February 20 through March 13, 2021 at:
Spoke Art
210 Rivington Street
New York, NY 10002

New works on canvas. New prints. The debut of a new sculpture. The debut of his new jewelry line. Full details shared soon.

Collector Preview will be shared on Monday, February 15 via our newsletter. If you got this e-mail, you are all set and ready to receive. Thank you.

thinkspaceprojects.com/shows/dulk-ephemeral-treasures-nyc-2021/

Christies

1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair

Online

Paris, 20–23 January

Limited edition tote bags, limited to 100

£25

www.1-54-christies.com/category/gift-shop


www.1-54-christies.com/?COSID=42503259&cid=DM439637&bid=249623018

Adam Neate

Madalena

Opening Saturday, February 6th at Allouche Gallery

PLEASE JOIN US ON FEBRUARY 6TH FROM 6-8PM FOR THE OPENING

RSVP: info@allouchegallery.com

Phone (212) 966-6675

82 Gansevoort Street, NYC

allouchegallery.com/

Works on canvas, cardboard and paper 

Please take the time to read over the below (IMPORTANT)...

If interested in purchasing a work from either exhibit, please reply to this e-mail or send an e-mail to contact@thinkspaceprojects.com - but BE SURE to look over the below 1st.



- Your Full Name

- The best phone number to reach you at (to help with time-sensitive sales)

- Your shipping address (so we can get a shipping quote / confirm you've not moved)

- Please include a total of 3 choices for Antono and two for Lebeau (in case your first choice is spoken for). With Roby's show, it may be a good idea to give us even four or five choices if that many catch your eye. Please do not list a work on your list if you're not serious about securing it.

- Please do not send a second mail later in the day on Monday, asking if we got your first mail (that will push you down the list)

- Those not including all of the above details with their reply, will be addressed last. This is going to be a very high demand show, please help us by providing the above and being patient while we work through well over a hundred mails (and then some we anticipate).



PLEASE NOTE: Sales are NOT based on first come, first served. We will get back to everyone starting this evening and we will continue to reach out throughout the day tomorrow. We will be giving all on our list the time to reply and then we will be weighing out where all the works will be placed. Please note, we will be sure to get back to you, even if we can not connect you with the work you've inquired about. Please be patient while we work through all the requests. Thank you.

thinkspaceprojects.com/shows/roby-dwi-antono-2021/show-pieces/?preview=R0-B-0w1

The $92 million sale of Sandro Botticelli’s Young Man Holding a Roundel made headlines across the globe as it expectedly became a record price for Botticelli (his previous record from 2013 was just $10.4 million) and one of the most expensive Old Master works ever sold at auction, and an early contender for the top lot of 2021

www.mutualart.com/Article/In-the-Shadow-of-Young-Man--Old-Masters-/7D07DEB9EA245F75?

The Art World This Week: Tefaf Postponed Again, London Removes Statues, MoMa Chair to Step Down, and More

www.mutualart.com/Article/The-Art-World-This-Week--Tefaf-Postponed/83E54158DEB7BF04?

 A small, but not tiny original piece by the "King of Graffiti" for a price of print by a begging artists (nowadays)?