The Art of the Markdown
The Business of Fashion–6 hours ago
End-of-season sales offer an opportunity for retailers to offload inventory and drive traffic. But there’s a fine line between discounting and desperation. Source: Shutterstock. 17 Shares. Comment. By Victoria Berezhna December 15, 2017 05:26. Save. 17 Shares. Comment. By Victoria Berezhna December …
A Weird and Wonderful Art Tour of the Deep South
Wall Street Journal–20 hours ago
ABOUT A TWO-HOUR drive southwest of downtown Atlanta—set amid red-clay hills and pine forests well beyond the highway sprawl—lies one of America’s strangest outdoor art sites. Pasaquan, a wild architectural mashup, looks like some ancient Cambodian temple complex as reimagined by an …
The Best Art of 2017
New York Times–Dec. 6, 2017
BEST GALLERY SHOW I REGRETTABLY DID NOT REVIEW “Ad Reinhardt: Blue Paintings” at the David Zwirner Gallery, which brought together 28 luminous abstract paintings from this artist’s early-1950s “blue period” — the most ever. With blue fields layered with levitating blocks, or intersecting beams of …
American Artist Edward Bekkerman Comes Home to Russia
The Moscow Times–2 hours ago
Edward Bekkerman is a Russian-American artist, whose new exhibition, “Heaven,” just opened at the Russian Museum in St. Petersburg. He was born in Sochi, Russia, trained as a ballet dancer at the Bolshoi Theater school, but moved to the U.S. in the 1970s with his parents and became an artist, …
Major Boost For AFC Bournemouth As State Of The Art Training …
The Sportsman–2 hours ago
Poole Council have approved plans from AFC Bournemouth to build a state-of-the-art training complex in a move which is a massive boost for the future of the club. The complex is to be built on a 57-acre site which was formerly the popular Canford Magna Golf Club in the town, but which has been vacant …
An Artist’s Guide to Making the Most of Art Basel in Miami Beach
Artsy–Dec. 4, 2017
The first rule of Miami is to hate Miami. Even if you think it will be the best week of your year, you have to groan when someone asks you if you’re going. Practice the groan. It must be nuanced enough to acknowledge your “complicity” while also establishing an “Us” that elevates you above the “Them” …
Da Vinci’s Christ Portrait Shatters Art Record With $450 Million Sale
Bloomberg–Nov. 16, 2017
Alex Rotter, the auction house’s co-chairman of postwar and contemporary art in the Americas, placed the winning bid on behalf of an unidentified client after a 19-minute war that saw offers at $200 million, $300 million and $350 million fall short. The result obliterated previous world records for an art sale of …
Trump, Israel and the Art of the Giveaway
New York Times–Dec. 6, 2017
I’m contemplating writing a book on the first year of President Trump’s foreign policy, and I already know the name: “The Art of the Giveaway.” In nearly 30 years of covering United States foreign policy, I’ve never seen a president give up so much to so many for so little, starting with China and Israel. In both …
How to Make Money Spotting the Art World’s Next Big Star
Bloomberg–Dec. 6, 2017
New works by Binion, 71, priced as high as $150,000, will be among the highlights of the 16th edition of the largest contemporary art fair in the U.S. when it opens to guests Wednesday. Investors are more aware than ever of the profits that can be made from art after watching a Da Vinci purchased for …
New York Startup Unleashes Big Data on Art Investing
Bloomberg–Nov. 27, 2017
Arthena analyzes hundreds of thousands of data points on works of art—artist, style, medium, size and so forth. Adding a touch of human insight, the company picks pieces it says will generate handsome returns for investors. Arthena currently manages several funds, ranging from low-risk ones that invest in …
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