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Russian oligarch wins £1.7m refund from Christie’s after auction house sold him ‘fake’ painting
Viktor Vekselberg, one of the world’s richest men, paid £1.7 million for Odalisque, a nude said to be the work of Russian artist Boris Kustodiev. The price was 10 times the pre-sale estimate and represented the “pure absurdity” of the art market, the court heard. Soon after the purchase in 2005, experts working for Mr […]
Eleanor Cardozo – Herein lays the link between the London 2012 Olympics and Art…
July 31, 2012 by orioncontemporary
In under two weeks a relatively recently added Olympic discipline commences its London 2012 competition. Rhythmic gymnastics. Now you may wonder what this has to do with the AAD? The reason is very simple. We recently heard about a very talented artist by the name of Eleanor Cardozo. At the very outset of my interview […]
Anthony Smith – The Aboriginal Art market in Australia: a personal perspective.
Much has been written about the Australian Aboriginal art market as about Australian Aboriginal art itself, which when you think about it, is really quite strange.Why is it that the marketing of these artworks garners as much interest as the artworks themselves, and in some respects, more ? These are my views regarding the marketing […]
Daisy Maison sur la AAD – Biennale des Antiquaires 2012
In Paris, a city with such a rich history, it is difficult, if not impossible, to not tie your own life into it. Antique furniture and architectural elements are all that remain from distant times, and they deserve the attention and care to detail that is taken with the study of history. The Biennale des […]
Clinton Howell – Talking to my chair…
I read an article in the Wall Street Journal the other day by Jack and Suzy Welch about how corporations are people. It reminded me of why I like English antique furniture so much. It speaks to me. The other day, as a matter of fact, I bumped into one of a set of eight […]
Frieze Foundation: Frieze Projects East open as part of London 2012 Festival
Frieze Projects East, curated and produced by Frieze Foundation, is a series of six new public art projects that form part of the London 2012 Festival, the finale of the Cultural Olympiad. Frieze Projects East is Frieze Foundation’s first programme in public spaces. The artists that are taking part in Frieze Projects East are: Can […]
Chinese Contemporary Ink Art and High Modernism
Last month the world witnessed the first auction with a section devoted exclusively to the sale of contemporary Chinese ink painting. It was held by Guardian, the leading auction house in China, whose director and president Wang Yannan has been one of the first of her countrymen to have identified the significance of ink painting […]
Contemporary Russian Art in the Heart of Mayfair: The Crown, The Fourth Height and Urs Bigler, Erarta Galleries
Contemporary Russian Art has enjoyed some attention from the European art scene in the past three years and has slowly crept into Mayfair gallery spaces. Whether it is the multilingual billion dollar project for the new website of the Russian Ministry of Culture, the Russian edition of The Art Newspaper, the opening of the not […]
Tate’s Tanks: Did they tank or triumph?
The build-up for the opening of Tate’s Tanks has been immense as this is the first major stage in the opening of the new section of Tate – The Tate Modern Project. The Tanks at Tate. Own photograph. The galleries will be permanently dedicated to exhibiting live art, performance, installation and film – the […]
July 31, 2012 by Editors
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