The image above is a 1969 Francis Bacon triptych, which sold for $142.4 million at Christie’s in 2013. In 1978 Robert Hughes, of Time magazine, declared that “The price of a work of art is an index of pure, irrational desire.” Similarly, in 2006 Sotheby’s chief auctioneer, Tobias Meyer, claimed that the market’s valuation of art could […]Read Post ›
Please select the “cc” button on the bottom right of the video above for closed captioning (subtitles). The video is of Liu Bolin, an artist who uses his own body as a canvas to disappear. Being invisible in places we once existed so visibly, like a fingerprint left behind, is a reminder that people do not simply […]Read Post ›
“According to a recent survey of collectors on Instagram, an incredible 51.5% have purchased works from artists they originally discovered through Instagram. More importantly, this discovery led to an average of 5 purchased works by artists originally found on the app! Although respondents are all active on Instagram, and nearly half have collections of 100+ works, these are […]Read Post ›
Above is a video of “Whole Glory,” a piece done by artist Scott Campbell, where he gives recipients a complimentary mystery tattoo from the other side of a hole in a fence that visitors stick their arm through. Campbell is actually an artist who is attempting to transition from tattoo art to fine art; which brings to […]Read Post ›
“He wasn’t betrayed by his brushstrokes. The forger was so good that even the widow of Max Ernst said that Beltracchi painted her husband’s most beautiful forest. Experts also thought the paintings were originals and true masterpieces.” (Bettina Kolb-DW) Beltracchi is an artist who has mastered forgery with such impeccability that he was able to […]Read Post ›
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