Showing posts with label art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label art. Show all posts
Monday, February 29, 2016
My favorite disco song ever:
RIP Arthur. You were one of the greats. I listen to your music at least once a week.
Saturday, December 26, 2015
Bruce made Tapes!*
and, right underneath my nose, Gerhart made tapestries!
In 2009, in editions of 8. Each one enlarging a detail from one of his epic paintings.
I just became aware of these from a friend's photo from Art Basel Miami (I am not making that title up).
They are titled, Musa, Yusef, Ibian, and Abdu.
Looks like they run just a bit north of $1,500,000 per rug (not too bad for a 9x12 carpet, eh?).
Needless to say, my house is available to display any/all of these bad boys.
* Not Jenner. THIS Bruce
In 2009, in editions of 8. Each one enlarging a detail from one of his epic paintings.
I just became aware of these from a friend's photo from Art Basel Miami (I am not making that title up).
They are titled, Musa, Yusef, Ibian, and Abdu.
Looks like they run just a bit north of $1,500,000 per rug (not too bad for a 9x12 carpet, eh?).
Needless to say, my house is available to display any/all of these bad boys.
* Not Jenner. THIS Bruce
Saturday, August 31, 2013
Hairy Elefante
See what I did there?
Anyway, here's a new painting by one of my favorite young artists, Nigel Conway:
And here's a great video to go along with the art:
Anyway, here's a new painting by one of my favorite young artists, Nigel Conway:
And here's a great video to go along with the art:
Tuesday, June 04, 2013
The Night Watch, By Day, In a Mall
I liked this far more than I should have, I expect.
If you remember the piece, it was a famous study by Rembrandt, of light and shadow. Called "The Night Watch," it was actually entitled "The Shooting Company of Frans Banning Cocq," after the guy who commissioned it (Cocq? One of the Koch Brothers, I bet!)
With thanks to the LMM
If you remember the piece, it was a famous study by Rembrandt, of light and shadow. Called "The Night Watch," it was actually entitled "The Shooting Company of Frans Banning Cocq," after the guy who commissioned it (Cocq? One of the Koch Brothers, I bet!)
With thanks to the LMM
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
The Art of Democracy
Democracy and economic outcomes: Evidence from the superstars of modern art
Christiane Hellmanzik, European Journal of Political Economy,
June 2013, Pages 58–69
Abstract: This paper analyses the impact of the political environment on the value of artistic outcomes as measured by the price of paintings produced over the period from 1820 to 2007. The analysis is based on a unique dataset encompassing a global sample of 273 superstars of modern art born between 1800 and 1945, auction results of their paintings, and data on the political environment in the respective production countries. Controlling for a variety of economic and hedonic variables, there is a statistically significant, positive link between the level of democracy and the value of artistic output. Moreover, we find that democracy has a significant positive impact both on the density of superstar painters and the collective artistic human capital in a country.
Nod to Kevin Lewis
Christiane Hellmanzik, European Journal of Political Economy,
June 2013, Pages 58–69
Abstract: This paper analyses the impact of the political environment on the value of artistic outcomes as measured by the price of paintings produced over the period from 1820 to 2007. The analysis is based on a unique dataset encompassing a global sample of 273 superstars of modern art born between 1800 and 1945, auction results of their paintings, and data on the political environment in the respective production countries. Controlling for a variety of economic and hedonic variables, there is a statistically significant, positive link between the level of democracy and the value of artistic output. Moreover, we find that democracy has a significant positive impact both on the density of superstar painters and the collective artistic human capital in a country.
Nod to Kevin Lewis
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