Archives: Posts From September 2008
Hirst Selling Briskly and Well at Sotheby's
By Zoe Strimpel | Mon, 15 Sep 2008 at 4:37 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: The sale the art world has been waiting for is at the midway point. Damien Hirst's gallery-shunning Sotheby's sale, "Beautiful Inside My Head Forever," has already busted through all the records this evening, with a 100% sale rate so far. At the time of ...
The Booker Short List, Minus Sir Salman
By Zoe Strimpel | Tue, 9 Sep 2008 at 5:31 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: Shock, horror, gasp! Sir Salman Rushdie, darling of the literary establishment and the crown prince of the Booker Prize, has been snubbed from the short list for ... the Booker Prize. Earlier this year his "Midnight's Children" won the Best of Booker ...
Lucian Freud Lays Out the Bacon
By Zoe Strimpel | Mon, 8 Sep 2008 at 4:50 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: The champagne-swilling Contemporary art circus will roll into town again next month with Frieze Art Fair and the Contemporary art sales at Sotheby's and Christie's. But what a difference a year makes: This time last year the credit crunch still felt like ...
Reading the Market's Mood in Formaldehyde and Spots
By Zoe Strimpel | Sun, 7 Sep 2008 at 6:00 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: Damien Hirst's decision to hold an everything-must-go sale at Sotheby's next week, a collection called "Beautiful Inside My Head Forever," has reignited debate in London. The booty, a 223-piece strong trousseau which includes plenty of formaldehyde and ...
Vying To Keep Titians in Britain
By Zoe Strimpel | Wed, 3 Sep 2008 at 6:45 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: Britain is embroiled in a classic tussle about just how much the country's artistic heritage is worth — and whether the taxpayer should be stumping up for it. Last week, the National Gallery in London and the National Galleries of Scotland launched a ...
Cooled-Down Hot Spots, a Joy of August
By Zoe Strimpel | Mon, 1 Sep 2008 at 4:15 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: The dog days of summer are drawing to a close, and the European holiday season — most if not all of August — is over. Today people trickled back into the city, and tube trains were full again with suits and briefcases, not just sweaty families.August was ...
Ritchie's London Is Old Hat
By Zoe Strimpel | Mon, 1 Sep 2008 at 3:34 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: It's a very sorry season for movies. Guy Ritchie's new one, "RocknRolla," has been laughed out of London. Bigwigs from the Observer's critic Jason Solomons to the author of "How to Lose Friends and Alienate People," Toby Young, were among a crowd who ...
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