Father’s Day 2013
Father’s day 2013 is approaching! Here are some funky suggestions for a brilliant gift!
‘Phillips’s evening sale commenced just 24 hours after Christie’s record-setting HALF-BILLION-DOLLAR result’
by Judd Tully Published: May 17, 2013
NEW YORK — Speaking of a hard act to follow… Phillips‘s evening sale commenced just 24 hours after Christie’s record-setting half-billion-dollar result. It proved mildly successful. The boutique-scaled auction house, headquartered on Park Avenue and 57th Street, sold $78,618,000 of contemporary art, with 30 of the 37 lots offered finding buyers. That translates into a buy-in rate by lot of 19 percent and 12 percent by value.
Happy Anniversary Will and Kate
The wedding of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Catherine Middleton took place on 29 April 2011 at Westminster Abbey in London. The groom, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, is the eldest son of Charles, Prince of Wales, and is second in the line of succession to the British Throneand the thrones of fifteen other Commonwealth realms.
Rude Pope “Made in Chelsea”
Graffiti comes to SW3! Street artist Bambi’s latest piece Rude Pope this time was “Made in Chelsea”. The same piece can be found in more than 10 different locations all around London. One of them was sprayed just next to the famous “If graffiti changed anything it wold be illegal” street piece by Banksy. The one in the pictures below was spot in Ovington Street, near a telephone box.
When Banksy Met Bambi 12 APRIL – 11 MAY 2013
Street artist, political activist, film director, and painter Banksy needs no introduction – he’s a true legend and one of the most influential artistic personalities to have ever come out of the UK.
Bambi’s quotations and reputation within the art world have been steadily on the rise, and with A-list celebrities collectors such as Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Rihanna, Adele, Robbie Williams and Harry Styles (just to name a few) she seems to be on her way to becoming the next street art big thing.
Dubbed ‘The female Banksy’, her graffiti technique is similar to Banksy’s, as is her use of popular icons as subject matter for her artworks (from David Beckham to Amy Winehouse, from Usain Bolt to the Pope). Likewise, her identity is kept under wraps.
Bambi: New Street Piece
A new street piece by Bambi tagged “This Can’t Happen” appeared in London at 10 different locations. It is a response to soaring tensions between the USA and North Korea after threats of nuclear attack by the latter.
Street Art Revolution’s Evolution
UK based artists Banksy and Bambi represent two facets of the same art genre. More political and socially committed at its beginnings, Street Art nowadays seems to be more focused on entertaining and spreading good feelings, with artists creating wondrous street pieces, spectacular both in size, technical prowess and quirkiness.
Le Monde analyses Street Art, its philosophy, history and evolution from its beginnings to our days.
Tear a $139m Picasso and resell it for more…
…if you can afford a $90,000 restoration! Read how a Casino magnate who tore masterpiece with his elbow set a record price for a Picasso with a $155m deal on The Independent.
And read why investing in art is great in 2013 on our special ‘Walton Street Journal’ issue on art investment.