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Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Monday, July 30, 2012
STEADY SALES AND UPBEAT MOOD AT THE SECOND ANNUAL artMRKT HAMPTONS
STEADY SALES AND UPBEAT MOOD AT THE SECOND ANNUAL artMRKT HAMPTONS
Jon Bon Jovi, Edie Falco and Nina Garcia Join the 7000-Strong Crowd of Attendees At This Year's Fair
BRIDGEHAMPTON, NY (July 21, 2012) – The second annual artMRKT Hamptons, founded by Max Fishko and Jeffrey Wainhause, closed on a high note this past Sunday, with exhibitors reporting steady sales and strong attendance throughout the weekend. The well-heeled Hamptons crowd strolled through the tent on the Bridgehampton Historical Society grounds -- some with canine pals in tow -- scooping up works ranging from sculpture to works on paper, to paintings and photography. Further proof that East Enders considered this a “must attend” event -- over 1500 collectors and art enthusiasts attended the preview night party and guest numbers topped 7000 in total for the weekend.
Throughout the weekend, notables including Musician/Actor Jon Bon Jovi, Actress Edie Falco, Marie Claire Fashion Editor and “Project Runway” Judge Nina Garcia, society figures Kathy and Richard Hilton and Bonnie Engelbardt Lautenberg, TV Reality Star and Interior Decorator Dina Manzo, Jewelry Designer Jennifer Miller, Broadway Producer Stewart Lane (“War Horse” and “Priscilla Queen of the Desert”) as well as Producer and Actress Bonnie Comley strolled the tent in search of their next art purchase.
According to Jay Lehman of Morgan Lehman Gallery, “The treatment gallerists receive is exceptional and is something that one typically expects only from the big fairs. Jeff and Max are ambitious and their efforts produce results. More people came through this year and they were serious collectors. The scale of the show made it easy for visitors to feel relaxed and focused.” Kevin Havelton of Aureus Contemporary said, “We sold out of most of our largest works and estimate that 80 percent of sales were to new clients.”
Local as well as international galleries reported successful outcomes with painting, photography and works on paper accounting for the bulk of sales throughout the weekend. Several large-scale items were sold at JHB Gallery, including two hand-cut paper works by Jaq Belcher and a John Noestheden silver crystal on paper piece. Sag Harbor gallerist Karen Boltax sold works by several artists including a Regina Scully canvas and a work on paper in addition to three works by Peter Opheim, Sylvia Hommert and Jackie Black. Italian gallery Arte Nova sold a large-scale photo by renowned photographer Massimo Vitali. Morgan Lehman reported sales of several works by Nancy Lorenz and photographer David Allee and, in addition, has several clients doing studio visits with painter Ryan Wallace as a result of their participation in the fair. New York gallerist Eli Klein reported strong sales and Nancy Margolis made several new clients and garnered a large-scale outdoor commission for artist Eva Hild as a result of her participation in artMRKT Hamptons.
Launched by Fishko and Wainhause in 2011 to create an intimate and thoughtfully-curated fair in the Hamptons, the 2012 edition featured 41 galleries -- up from 35 in its inaugural year --representing over 400 artists. Dealers and visitors complimented organizers for establishing a manageably sized show which was described as both “inviting” and “enjoyable.” As well, Terrie Sultan, director of the Parrish Museum commented, “the Fair looked wonderful -- there were very good galleries exhibiting a very high caliber selection of artworks.” She added, “Max and Jeff are doing all the right things and their enthusiasm for the Parrish and the East End community should be applauded.”
Sultan’s sentiments were echoed by the exhibitors who uniformly cited the support and enthusiasm of the artMRKT team. According to Peter of Peter Mendenhall Gallery, “The attentiveness of Max, Jeff and the rest of the team is unparalleled. They make it worthwhile to do art fairs.”
“This weekend’s event once again proved that there is a need and a great opportunity for a contemporary fair like artMRKT – one that is convenient, well curated and comfortable,” says Max Fishko of artMRKT. “We are very much looking forward to next year’s outing.”
About artMRKT:
artMRKT Productions co-founders Max Fishko and Jeffrey Wainhause had been working together four years when they saw an opportunity: Bring a high-touch level of service to the underserved art fair landscape. Forming the Brooklyn-based artMRKT Productions in 2011, Fishko and Wainhause provide the art viewing public, artists, collectors and dealers with a comprehensive vision and the highest level of service – and people are noticing. The duo are taking the art market by storm, producing four successful contemporary fairs in 2012-- in San Francisco, CA, the Hamptons, NY, Houston, TX, and Miami, FL.
For more information about artMRKT Hamptons, Texas Contemporary, The Miami Project or artMRKT San Francisco, please visit www.art-mrkt.com or call +1 (212) 518-6912.
Friday, July 20, 2012
Another Indian Art Rip-Off: Art Sale for Greed
(Link to original article)
The Boulin ArtInfo writes on it's online news magazine for today: High Noon for Western Art Lovers, As Coeur d'Alene Rides Into Reno for Its Annual Bank-Busting Sale
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Coeur d'Alene Art Auction, Hayden, Idaho (artinfo.com)
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The article above is in support of the profitable Coeur d’Alene Art Auction July 21st touting the proposed sale of a war shirt known to have been Chief Joseph's of the Nez Perce. On October 5th,1877 Chief Joseph surrendered to U.S. General Nelson Appleton Miles in the Bear Paw Mountains.
There is speculation that this iconic personal piece of clothing, now called an art artifact may fetch an all time market high.
I like art for sale, I like art for profit. I don't like this. It strikes me personally as ghoulish and colonial in it's mind set. I have no idea when this was obtained privately for sale or who was the original owner other than Chief Joseph. I do know it had great value to the original wearer and was worn with valiant pride.
I have seen scandal, fraud & greed in the art market this past year for setting prices to maintain wealth. Nothing new except the prices. The traded art trophies are outrageously expensive over all. Nothing wrong with that.
What I do find is wrong is a people whom were brought to extinction through genocide are now venerated publicly in clothing artifact prices as art for the purpose of greed. Does the buyer think some of the patina of the courage it took Chief Joseph and his 800 warriors, pursued by 2,000 U.S. calvary traveling over 1,170 miles across Oregon, Washington Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana will rub off on them? This shirt should either be in a museum or repatriated to the Nez Perce nation.
Art+Auction was just reporting the facts. The parent company and its ownership is a market leader in trend setting. At some point in time, if we truly want to make a change in the world, intent must be accompanied by conscience and responsibility. Perhaps the editorial staff supplying content as acceptable for online general reading may want to understand what they are truly promoting. I have never seen Holocaust memorabilia up for sale, genocide is genocide.
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Mike Weiss Gallery: Alex Gingrow All the money IS in the label August 2 - September 1, 2012
Alex Gingrow All the money IS in the label
August 2 - September 1, 2012
Opening Thursday August 2, 6 - 8 pm
Alex Gingrow / He might as well have humped my leg! / 2012 /
Graphite and acrylic on paper / 22 x 30 inches
Mike Weiss Gallery is pleased to present All the money IS in the label by Brooklyn based artist Alex Gingrow. For her first solo exhibition, Alex Gingrow presents dozens of obsessively rendered drawings on paper loaded with cutting, antagonistic humor and a quick trigger finger pointed at the heart of the art world. Over the past five years while working at a midtown frame shop, the artist has collected snippets of sordid conversations overheard from chief art world players as well as from peers working at entry-level positions within art institutions. The resulting works are incredibly revealing, and often baiting epitaphs of insider conversations, reified and displayed, ironically within a frame. With a snarky, sharp wit and a healthy dose of self-deprecation, Gingrow implicates all levels of the "establishment" including Gagosian, Hirst and Warhol, the New Museum and even our own Mike Weiss Gallery.
Alex Gingrow (b. 1979, Knoxville, TN) currently lives and works in Brooklyn. She attended the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and received her MFA from Savannah College of Art and Design. Her work has been accepted into the White Columns registry and The Drawing Center Slide Registry and has been included in numerous curated exhibitions, most recently at the University of Memphis Art Museum, Ursula Blickle Foundation in Kraichtal Germany and at the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts in New York.
For additional information please contact Anna Ortt, Director at anna@mikeweissgallery.com
Mike Weiss Gallery
520 West 24th Street
New York, NY 10011
Tel: 212-691-6899
Hours: Tues-Sat 10am to 6pm
www.mikeweissgallery.com
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Fine Art Magazine's Special Hamptons Art Fair Edition
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Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Current & Future Exhibitions at The Whitney
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Currently Exhibiting - Marc Chagall at Leslie Sacks Fine Art
*DEADLINE JULY 15* - Call to Artists - Fine Arts for Ocala
Fine Arts for Ocala
presents:
presents:
46th Annual Ocala Arts Festival
Call to Artists
Call to Artists
What:46th Annual Ocala Arts Festival
Where:Ocala, Florida
When: Saturday and Sunday
October 27 - 28, 2012
October 27 - 28, 2012
10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
NOTEWORTHY:
*200 juried artists and 25,000+ visitors
*Jury/Booth fees $25/$238.50 (includes 6% tax)
*Amenities include:
$20,000 in prize money & FAFO purchase awards
Assistance with Friday setup and Sunday take down
Extensive marketing campaign and local coverage with emphasis on holiday shopping
Free Booth sitting, overnight security & water
Artist Party Saturday night at Appleton Museum of Art
Assistance with Friday setup and Sunday take down
Extensive marketing campaign and local coverage with emphasis on holiday shopping
Free Booth sitting, overnight security & water
Artist Party Saturday night at Appleton Museum of Art
Free Parking (including campers) on site
Artist breakfast Saturday and Sunday morning
*NEW THIS YEAR!
Community Purchase Awards (in addition to prize money)
New layout (all corner booths) for better flow
New board of directors with outstanding enthusiasm
Now accepting applications at: www.zapplication.org
Deadline:July 15
Notification:August 6
For more info: www.fafo.org
Or contact Diane Burns at fafoocala@gmail.com
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Seeking Curators & Artists - MAINSITE Contemporary Art
MAINSITE Contemporary Art
Exhibit Proposals for Artists & Curators
The
Norman Arts Council is seeking artists and curators to conceive of
exhibitions in our home, MAINSITE Contemporary Art in the heart of
Norman's Arts District. We have four exhibition slots available per
year, each running for 6-8 weeks. We are accepting proposals for the
entire space or half of the space.
Gallery Highlights:
- Beautiful contemporary space in renovated building over 100 years old
- 4,000 square feet of exhibition space
- 14 foot ceilings
- Floor to ceiling glass front onto Main Street
- Can be divided into 2-4 distinct exhibition spaces with moveable walls
- Full time gallery staff on site Tuesday through Saturday
- Sound system
- Projection capabilities
- Staff to assist with install
- Full use of Norman Arts Council PR and Mailing List for promotion of exhibit
The first available exhibition slot is June 2013.
Please
send proposals, including a budget, to MAINSITE Contemporary Art: Home
of the Norman Arts Council, 122 E. Main Street, Norman, OK 73069.
If you would like to make an appointment to see the space or discuss your ideas, please contact the Norman Arts Council at 405-360-1162.
More information on MAINSITE Contemporary Art can be found on www.mainsite-art.com.
Call to Artists - National Weather Center Art Biennale
DEADLINE: October 1, 2012!
How
does weather affect the artistic muse? The National Weather Center at
the University of Oklahoma teams up with the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of
Art and the Norman Arts Council to explore the theme of weather in art
with the National Weather Center Biennale - the first national juried
exhibition featuring art about weather. The biennale officially begins
Earth Day, April 22.
Prizes totaling $25,000 will
be offered to the top winners. An overall prize of $10,000 will be
awarded to one work for Best in Show, with $5,000 given to the
first-place winners in three categories: painting, works on paper and
photography.
The National Weather Center Biennale is open to artists of any nationality over the age of 18.
Registration began April 22 on the biennale's official website at www.nwcbiennale.org.
Artists may enter up to three works in any combination of categories.
The entry fee is $25 for the first entry and $10 for each subsequent
entry. Registration closes Oct. 1. Works selected for an exhibition to
be held in 2013 will be notified in late 2012.
The exhibition of selected
works, including the prize winners', will open to the public Earth Day,
April 22, 2013, at the National Weather Center and will close June 2,
2013.
Additional information about the exhibition is available on the website and the biennale's Facebook and Twitter pages.
Alan Atkinson, an art
instructor at OU, will serve as the exhibition curator and part of the
initial selection committee. Joining Atkinson as initial jurors will be
Berrien Moore and Erinn Gavaghan, executive director of the Norman Arts
Council. The initial judges will select 100 works from the submitted art
entries for the exhibition.
Three nationally renowned
guest jurors representing national meteorology, contemporary art museums
and current artists will then select the winning pieces from each of
the three categories, as well as the Best of Show prize, from the
initial 100 selected works. These judges will be announced at a later
date on the biennale's website.
The National Weather Center's website is www.nwc.ou.edu. Additional information about the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art is available online at www.ou.edu/fjjma and the Norman Arts Council's website is www.normanarts.org.
Call for Artists - NAC Teams Up with Cleveland County Sexual Assault Response Team for Exhibit
DEADLINE: OCTOBER 29, 2012 by 12:00pm
The
Norman Arts Council, in coordination with the Cleveland County Sexual
Assault Response Team, will feature work that draws attention to sexual
assault through artists' responses to and their experiences. Artists are
asked to submit proposals for the show by noon on October 29, 2012.
The
exhibit will run from February 8, 2013 - March 16, 2013 and will
include a panel discussion on Saturday, February 9, 2013. The opening
reception for the exhibit will take place in conjunction with the 2nd
Friday Circuit of Art on Friday, February 8, 2013 from 6:00pm - 9:00pm.
The
works exhibited during this show shall represent the following mediums:
design, media arts, photography, videography, sculpture, installation,
and other visual arts.
Artists
interested will submit proposals for review according to MAINSITE
Contemporary Art: Home of the Norman Arts Council, 122 East Main Street,
Norman, OK 73069. Applications and guidelines are available to pick up
at MAINSITE or available for download here.
For more information on MAINSITE Contemporary Art gallery, visit www.mainsite-art.com. For questions, please contact the Norman Arts Council at 405-360-1162 or nac@normanarts.org.
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