Paris Area Arts Alliance Presents the Unveiling of Loon Song
We would like to formally invite you to the official dedication and unveiling of Loon Song, our first sculpture at the Parc de Arts (our new local art park). There will be an introduction to the art park, dedication of our first sculpture in the park, and finally an unveiling. Refreshments will be served. Location: 221 NW 1st St, Paris, Tx 75460 …
Some Art Basel Paris Exhibitors Forced to Protect Their Artworks from Leaks as Grand Palais is Battered by Heavy Rain
On Wednesday morning, the first VIPs queuing up outside the Grand Palais for Art Basel Paris were bathed in sunshine. Inside the historic, glass-covered exhibition hall it was like a greenhouse—hot and sweaty—as the mercury flirted with 80 degrees Fahrenheit. By Thursday afternoon, though, the 124-year-old building was taking on water as heavy rain battered Paris. Several galleries moved fast to prevent the leaks from damaging their paintings.Art Basel said in a statement that it had called in extra art handlers to help the affected exhibitors protect their inventories. “Due to heavy rainfall on the afternoon of Thursday 17 October,...
Newsmakers: After Opening in Paris, Gurr Johns CEO Harry Smith Says Everything Hinges on the US
Editor’s Note: This story is part of Newsmakers, a new ARTnews series where we interview the movers and shakers who are making change in the art world.Newsmakers: Dealer David Lewis Discusses Mounting a Thornton Dial Exhibition at Hauser & Wirth Over the years, Harry Smith, CEO of Gurr Johns, has transformed the London-based advisory firm, which values around $12 billion in art each. Since acquiring the firm in the mid-1980s, Smith has grown it into a larger enterprise modeled on mid-sized auction houses, opened a branch in New York and, in 2022, launching an art lending fund. Smith’s latest venture is a new office in...
Artwork of banana duct-taped to wall estimated to sell for more than £1m
The controversial artwork, Comedian, by Maurizio Cattelan which consists of a banana duct-taped to a wall is expected to sell for more than £1 million at auction with an expert saying “the public will decide its true value”.The work divided art fans and critics when it made its debut at the Art Basel Miami Beach show in 2019, and has since been eaten twice, once as part of a performance art piece called Hungry Artist, and then by a hungry student who taped the peel back to the wall.It is expected to sell for between 1.0 million US dollars (£771,275)...
At Art Basel Paris, Galleries Report Strong Sales on VIP Day
The talk of Art Basel Paris’s third edition has no doubt been the Grand Palais, the architectural gem custom-built 124 years ago for the Universal Exposition of 1900. After a three-year renovation ahead of the 2024 Summer Olympics, the venue has never looked better. Its iconic mint paint gleamed in the sunlight, especially during Wednesday’s unseasonably warm VIP Day. (That the Grand Palais, with its vaulted glass-and-iron ceilings, is in essence a greenhouse, means that the fair is a bit warm, and the sunlight can be blinding as you walk the aisles.)Some Art Basel Paris Exhibitors Forced to Protect Their Artworks...