How do you define being a “successful artist”? Many artists definition of success rest solely on being able to support themselves entirely from their artistic endeavors without having to do any other work to make ends meet. However, is this a realistic view of success? The majority of artists will, in reality, have other work too as [...]
Christie’s Longest Bidding Battle
August 5, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Christie’s auctioneer Christopher Burge usually rules the saleroom with an iron gavel. But in May, amid a rousing $301.7 million contemporary art sale, he lost control. For nearly 16 minutes, the auction was hijacked by a pair of dueling collectors, competing for a Andy Warhol, Self Portrait blue 1963–64 Warhol Self-Portrait, tagged at $20 million to [...]
Rolling Stones photos found after 40 years
August 2, 2011 by Leave a Comment
For a little known photographer to have snapped the Rolling Stones at the height of their fame is quite something. But to have lost the negatives, the only record that the photos existed besides one grainy image published on the inside cover of the band’s Sticky Fingers record sleeve, must have been utterly gutting. Peter [...]
