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Christie's Gets (More) Web Savy

found by Nish / about 1 month ago / Source: www.christies.com

The challenging economic times seems to be impacting the willingness of major art institutions to accept social media. Christie’s is starting to open its Rockefeller doors to online world with their new On-the-Go services which include an embeddable content & calendar widget, podcasts and more active Twitter, Facebook and Youtube accounts.

Hulu's Got the PBS Special - Art21: Art in the Twenty-First Century

found by Nish / 2 months ago / Source: www.hulu.com

Hulu’s got Art. The acclaimed PBS series Art:21–Art in the Twenty-First Century focuses on contemporary visual art and artists in the United States, and it uses the medium of television to provide an experience of the visual arts that goes far beyond a gallery visit. Footage allows the viewer to observe the artists at work, watch their process as they transform inspiration into art, and hear their thoughts as they grapple with the physical and visual challenges of achieving their artistic visions.

NYC spring art auctions will be smaller

found by Nish / 2 months ago / Source: news.moneycentral.msn.com

Both Sotheby’s and Christie’s are featuring unusual pieces in May that haven’t been on the market for decades. And even though many wealthy collectors have been hammered by the recession, there are still plenty of investors and art museums with the resources to spend millions of dollars on art. On May 5, Sotheby’s is offering 36 impressionist and modern works in an evening sale that is traditionally reserved for its best merchandise. The sale is expected to bring up to $118.8 million, compared to last spring when 52 lots sold for $235.4 million. Sotheby’s contemporary evening sale on May 12 has 49 lots and is expected to bring as much as $72.7 million. In 2008, $362 million was realized for 83 contemporary works. Christie’s has 50 lots at its evening sale on May 6, which it expects will bring $94 million. Last spring it had 58 works, and realized $277.2 million for 44 sold lots. For its contemporary evening sale on May 13, it expects to achieve up to $104 million, compared to $331.4 million last spring.

(Above: At Christie’s Max Ernst (1891-1976)Malédiction à vous les mamans est $7-9M)

Usin Science to See a World of Art Through Old Masters' Eyes

found by Nish / 2 months ago / Source: www.washingtonpost.com

You love Vermeer’s “Girl With a Pearl Earring.” But what do you really know about it? What is it

Connect Weekly - eARTh Day

found by Nish / 2 months ago / Source: artlog.com

Hey Artloggers, welcome to the Weekly Connect Newsletter This past Saturday, the sun shone brightly as nearly 1,000 art lovers descended on the Lower East Side to experience Artlog’s fourth neighborhood art crawl, Thank you for coming and get ready because bigger and better events are being planned for the Spring/Summer… “If the bee disappears from the surface of the earth, man would have no more than four years to live.” Whether or not Einstein really said this, it is poignant reminder of the importance of examining issues of sustainability. In honor of Earth Week 2009, we offer you a large selection of shows and events that are examining, questioning and fundraising around environmental and sustainability issues.

In Convesation with Roberta Smith

found by Nish / 2 months ago / Source: www.brooklynrail.org

New York Times Senior Art Critic Roberta Smith is the most widely recognized art critic on the planet. This Brooklyn Rail interview takes us behind the pen providing insight on who Roberta Smith is.

As a critic the least I can do is say, I went here, and I saw that. This is how it looked and why it interested me. If you’re reading this, you might be as interested as I am. In this great city where all kind of art is being put on view constantly, people want a little help sorting things out. I think my basic job as a critic is to get people out of the house, to get them interested, energized, inspired, or riled enough to just go see what I’m talking about. – Roberta Smith