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6th June 2015

Global Art Sales in 2014 Break All Known Records

The story told by this report (which was crowded out in last week’s newsletter) is fascinating if you don’t mind all the numbers. Art and power are mutually attractive. The UK dominates the Old Masters market, the US is dominant in Post War and Contemporary art and the US and China are equally important in Modern Art. Major art fairs are huge and online sales growing. A summary with fewer numbers is here.

Politics, Aesthetics and Big Ideas: Picturing Globalisation

Marcus Lyon is a prominent British photographer. Digital photography, together with computer manipulation, allows him to create startling images of mass human activity. The above link is to a short video link and some images, while a recent press interview is here. His work is currently on display in London.

Sturtevant at MMK

Elaine Sturtevant, an influential American conceptual artist has been honoured with a major exhibition at the MMK in Frankfurt. She came to prominence in the 1960’s by repeating works by other artists – notably Warhol. Her influence is based particularly on the view that she anticipated the endless repetition of the digital age. As she apparently said, “remake, reuse, reassemble, recombine – that’s the way to go”.

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