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Art Positions on the Beach at Art BaselOne element of the Art Basel Miami Beach fair that perhaps never crosses the minds of attendees are the large quantity of shipping materials — wooden crates, boxes, and all sorts of bubble and plastic wrap — dealers use to transport their works around the world. As it turns out, at the main fair there is a large adjacent hall almost equal in square footage to the main event space where exhibitor's shipping materials are stored. But not all shipping materials made it to storage. In an attempt to promote younger galleries with strong exhibition programs and promising artists, ABMB has constructed Art Positions, a tent-city style exhibition space created right on the beach, only a short walk from the main fair. Set on top of a makeshift walking path made of plywood are 20 large metal shipping containers, the kind one would expect to see rolling down the highway in the form of an 18-wheel truck. Invited exhibitors have transformed the interiors of these containers into exhibition spaces, some focusing on a single artist, some attempting a mini group exhibition. It's a great idea, and there is an exciting, slightly subversive feel to walking around this temporary village on the beach. The problem is that this is not the best way to view art. The obstacle of the long narrow spaces is a hard proposition, and most of the experience comes from being inside the overpowering containers themselves. Unfortunately, even if this physical hurdle was overcome — which in a few cases it was, brilliantly — most of the works are just not that interesting. Most successful is Ara Peterson's installation in the container of New York gallery John Connelly Presents. Along one long wall is installed a floor-to-ceiling sculpture composed of low-relief laser-cut strips of birch. Hand-painted in high-keyed, punchy colors, this piece transforms the grey metal container wall into what could be a topographical rendering of some mythological continent. Mr. Peterson covered the other long wall with mirrors, insuring no escape from this intricate, highly tactile and visually stimulating piece. The beach outside seemed dull in comparison. By Brice Brown | Fri, 7 Dec 2007 at 10:44 AM | Permalink Art Basel's Satellite Fairs Introduce Up-and-ComersThe annual Art Basel Miami Beach (ABMB) art fair officially kicks off Thursday, with exhibitors, artists, collectors, and other sparkling art-world celebrities converging for an exhausting, days-long round of high-stakes buying, selling, and socializing on a scale befitting one of the largest –– and arguably most important –– contemporary art fairs in the world.. But while the champagne is being swilled, a handful of the satellite fairs will also be hosting their own premieres to celebrate the launch of their respective exhibitions. In fact, over the next few days, the various satellite fairs — more than 15 — will host a slew of opening receptions, brunches, lectures, concerts, nightly cocktail hours, and other activities as they attempt to draw some of the main fair-goers to their locations. Most of these fairs feature emerging artists shown by emerging galleries, with work ranging from post-graduate-school scruffy to well-known, top-tier artists. Most of the dealers are from America, but international galleries are also well-represented. And the venues also run the gamut. A cluster of fairs take place in hotel rooms along Collins Avenue in Miami Beach, while the majority take place in converted warehouse spaces peppered throughout the Design and Wynwood Art Districts in downtown Miami. And the high rollers at the Delano Hotel will most certainly be making the rounds to some of these fairs, because it is often here where the next big breakout art star is found. A peek into two of the more prominent satellite fairs today –– the New Art Dealers Alliance Art Fair and PULSE Miami –– found them to be veritable hives of activity as they readied for tonight's events. Since Sunday, dealers have been busy battling with oversized shipping crates and bubble wrap as they attempted to set up their booths. At the NADA Art Fair, the installation by Adam Cvijanovic at Bellwether was in place, anchoring the booth nicely. At ZieherSmith's booth, a large optically charged painting by Chuck Webster hung next to Eddie Martinez's painting of a wide-eyed Willem de Kooning-esque figure. In an attempt to spotlight their artists, this year many of the galleries are mounting single-artist booths, such as Kamrooz Aram at Oliver Kamm/5BE and Amanda Ross-Ho with Cherry and Martin. New to The NADA Art Fair this year is a publications-specific tent, featuring emerging presses and journals, which should prove to be an exciting addition. Just north at the PULSE Miami fair, Kinz, Tillou and Feigen had installed a large horizontal still from one of Jeremy Blake's films, as well as a sweetly melancholic photograph by Kim Keever. At P.P.O.W., Bill Smith's brass wire and beaded hanging sculptures looked wispy and elegant, almost invisible. One of Nick Cave's disturbing yet beautiful Soundsuits fronts the Jack Shainman Gallery booth. Out in the courtyard at PULSE, several installations were under way, including Duke Riley's "The Voyage of the Acorn," a re-creation of the submarine Riley built and launched in the Brooklyn Harbor. The premiere of GEISAI Miami, a new exhibition debuting young Japanese artists to an American audience, was also being installed in the courtyard and looked to be a highlight of the show. If all goes as planned, these satellite fairs should provide a good look at the new, up-and-coming artists –– and dealers. And the sheer proliferation of these fairs shows the market is strong and healthy for fresh young talent. By Brice Brown | Mon, 3 Dec 2007 at 5:21 PM | Permalink Sotheby's Contemporary Art Evening Sale: Results
Sales prices include the buyer's premium. By Staff Reporter of the Sun | Thu, 15 Nov 2007 at 12:38 AM | Permalink Sotheby's Contemporary Art Evening Sale: Francis — Lot #53Sam Francis's "Red and Pink," estimated at between $3 million and $4 million, sold for $3.1 million. By Staff Reporter of the Sun | Wed, 14 Nov 2007 at 8:48 PM | Permalink Sotheby's Contemporary Art Evening Sale: Rothko — Lot #49Mark Rothko's "Untitled," estimated at between $3.5 million and $4.5 million, sold for $7 million. By Staff Reporter of the Sun | Wed, 14 Nov 2007 at 8:45 PM | Permalink Sotheby's Contemporary Art Evening Sale: Basquiat — Lot #48Jean-Michel Basquiat's "Untitled," estimated at between $7 million and $9 million, sold for $6.9 million.
By Staff Reporter of the Sun | Wed, 14 Nov 2007 at 8:43 PM | Permalink Sotheby's Contemporary Art Evening Sale: Warhol — Lot #47Andy Warhol's "Self Portrait (Green Camouflage), estimated at between $9 million and $12 million, sold for $11 million.
By Staff Reporter of the Sun | Wed, 14 Nov 2007 at 8:42 PM | Permalink Sotheby's Contemporary Art Evening Sale: Warhol — Lot #41Andy Warhol's "Campbell's Soup Can (Pepper Pot)," estimated at between $7 million and $9 million, sold for $7.5 million.
By Staff Reporter of the Sun | Wed, 14 Nov 2007 at 8:19 PM | Permalink Sotheby's Contemporary Art Evening Sale: Rothko — Lot #33Mark Rothko's "Untitled," estimated at between $12 million and $18 million, sold for $10.75 million.
By Staff Reporter of the Sun | Wed, 14 Nov 2007 at 8:09 PM | Permalink Sotheby's Contemporary Art Evening Sale: Warhol — Lot #32Andy Warhol's "Shadow," estimated at between $4.5 million and $6.5 million, sold for $6.8 million. By Staff Reporter of the Sun | Wed, 14 Nov 2007 at 8:08 PM | Permalink Sotheby's Contemporary Art Evening Sale: Bacon — Lot #29Francis Bacon's "Second Version of Study for Bullfight No. 1" sold for $41 million.
By Staff Reporter of the Sun | Wed, 14 Nov 2007 at 8:02 PM | Permalink Sotheby's Contemporary Art Evening Sale: Twombly — Lot #28Cy Twombly's "Untitled," estimated at between $4.5 million and $6 million, sold for $4.5 million. By Staff Reporter of the Sun | Wed, 14 Nov 2007 at 8:01 PM | Permalink Sotheby's Contemporary Art Evening Sale: Judd— Lot #26Donald Judd's "Untitled," estimated at between $6 million and $8 million, sold for $6.6 million.
By Staff Reporter of the Sun | Wed, 14 Nov 2007 at 7:59 PM | Permalink Sotheby's Contemporary Art Evening Sale: Kelly — Lot #23Ellsworth Kelly's "Spectrum VI," estimated at between $4.5 million and $6 million, sold for $4.6 million. By Staff Reporter of the Sun | Wed, 14 Nov 2007 at 7:50 PM | Permalink Sotheby's Contemporary Art Evening Sale: Reinhardt — Lot #22Ad Reinhardt's "Abstract Painting, Blue," estimated at between $3 million and $4 million, sold for $2.3 million. By Staff Reporter of the Sun | Wed, 14 Nov 2007 at 7:49 PM | Permalink Sotheby's Contemporary Art Evening Sale: Richter — Lot #21Gerhard Richter's "Abstract Painting," estimated at between $6 million and $8 million, sold for $8.7 million.
By Staff Reporter of the Sun | Wed, 14 Nov 2007 at 7:48 PM | Permalink Sotheby's Contemporary Art Evening Sale: Bacon — Lot #19Francis Bacon's "Self-Portrait" sold for $29.5 million.
By Staff Reporter of the Sun | Wed, 14 Nov 2007 at 7:43 PM | Permalink Sotheby's Contemporary Art Evening Sale: Guston — Lot #18Philip Guston's "Night Room," estimated at between $3.5 million and $4.5 million, $2.5 million. By Staff Reporter of the Sun | Wed, 14 Nov 2007 at 7:42 PM | Permalink Sotheby's Contemporary Art Evening Sale: Basquiat — Lot #16Jean-Michel Basquiat's "Untitled (Electric Chair)," estimated at between $8 million and $10 million, sold for $10.5 million.
By Staff Reporter of the Sun | Wed, 14 Nov 2007 at 7:34 PM | Permalink Sotheby's Contemporary Art Evening Sale: Koons — Lot #14Jeff Koons's "Hanging Heart (Magenta/Gold)," estimated at $15 million to $20 million, sold for $21 million, a record for a living artist.
By Staff Reporter of the Sun | Wed, 14 Nov 2007 at 7:33 PM | Permalink Sotheby's Contemporary Art Evening Sale: Warhol — Lot #13Andy Warhol's "Four Jackies," estimated at between $4 million and $6 million, sold for $5 million. By Staff Reporter of the Sun | Wed, 14 Nov 2007 at 7:32 PM | Permalink Sotheby's Contemporary Art Evening Sale: Warhol — Lot #12Andy Warhol's "Suicide," estimated at between $3.5 million and $4.5 million, sold for $4.6 million. By Staff Reporter of the Sun | Wed, 14 Nov 2007 at 6:32 PM | Permalink Christie's Contemporary Art Evening Sale: Results
Prices include the buyer's premium. By Staff Reporter of the Sun | Wed, 14 Nov 2007 at 1:18 AM | Permalink Christie's Evening Sale: BasquiatJean-Michel Basquiat's "Untitled (Black Figure)," estimated at between $8 million and $12 million, sold for $8.8 million.
By Staff Reporter of the Sun | Tue, 13 Nov 2007 at 8:33 PM | Permalink Christie's Evening Sale: de KooningWillem de Kooning's "Untitled XXIII," estimated at between $16 million and $19 million, sold for $17.75 million.
By Staff Reporter of the Sun | Tue, 13 Nov 2007 at 8:29 PM | Permalink Christie's Evening Sale: WarholAndy Warhol's "Elvis 2 Times," estimated at between $15 million and $20 million, sold for $14 million.
By Staff Reporter of the Sun | Tue, 13 Nov 2007 at 8:22 PM | Permalink Christie's Evening Sale: JohnsJasper Johns's "Untitled," estimated at between $4 million and $6 million, sold for $4.3 million. By Staff Reporter of the Sun | Tue, 13 Nov 2007 at 8:20 PM | Permalink Christie's Evening Sale: RothkoMark Rothko's "No. 7 (Dark Over Light)," estimated at between $20 million and $30 million, sold for $18.75 million.
By Staff Reporter of the Sun | Tue, 13 Nov 2007 at 8:18 PM | Permalink Christie's Evening Sale: WarholAndy Warhol's "Rorschach," estimated at between $4 million and $6 million, sold for $4.8 million. By Staff Reporter of the Sun | Tue, 13 Nov 2007 at 8:17 PM | Permalink Christie's Evening Sale: MitchellJoan Mitchell's "Atlantic Side," estimated at between $2.5 million and $3.5 million, sold for $4.5 million. By Staff Reporter of the Sun | Tue, 13 Nov 2007 at 8:16 PM | Permalink Christie's Evening Sale: JuddDonald Judd's "Untitled, 1979," estimated at between $7 million and $9 million, passed at $6.5 million. By Staff Reporter of the Sun | Tue, 13 Nov 2007 at 8:15 PM | Permalink Christie's Evening Sale: WarholAndy Warhol's "Liz," estimated at between $25 million and $35 million, sold for $21 million.
By Staff Reporter of the Sun | Tue, 13 Nov 2007 at 8:10 PM | Permalink Christie's Evening Sale: RuschaEd Ruscha's "Burning Gas Station," estimated at between $4 million and $6 million, sold for $6.2 million. By Staff Reporter of the Sun | Tue, 13 Nov 2007 at 8:06 PM | Permalink Christie's Evening Sale: BasquiatJean-Michel Basquiat's "Sugar Ray Robinson," estimated at between $6 million and $8 million, sold for $6.5 million. By Staff Reporter of the Sun | Tue, 13 Nov 2007 at 8:00 PM | Permalink Christie's Evening Sale: KoonsJeff Koons's "Diamond (Blue)" sold for $10.5 million.
By Staff Reporter of the Sun | Tue, 13 Nov 2007 at 7:58 PM | Permalink Christie's Evening Sale: RichterGerhard Richter's "Abstraktes Bild," estimated at beween $4 million and $6 million, sold for $4.4 million. By Staff Reporter of the Sun | Tue, 13 Nov 2007 at 7:56 PM | Permalink Christie's Evening Sale: RothkoMark Rothko's "Untitled (Black and Gray)," estimated at between $10 million and $15 million, sold for $9.5 million.
By Staff Reporter of the Sun | Tue, 13 Nov 2007 at 7:55 PM | Permalink Christie's Evening Sale: de KooningWillem de Kooning's "Untitled XVII," estimated at between $7 million and $9 million, sold for $6.5 million. By Staff Reporter of the Sun | Tue, 13 Nov 2007 at 7:49 PM | Permalink Christie's Evening Sale: RichterGerhard Richter's "Düsenjäger," estimated at between $10 million and $15M million, sold for $10 million.
By Staff Reporter of the Sun | Tue, 13 Nov 2007 at 7:43 PM | Permalink Christie's Evening Sale: RothkoMark Rothko's "Untitled (Red, Blue, Orange)," estimated at between $25 million and $30 million, sold for $30.5 million.
By Staff Reporter of the Sun | Tue, 13 Nov 2007 at 7:40 PM | Permalink Christie's Evening Sale: RichterGerhard Richter's "Abstraktes Bild," estimated at between $3.5 million and $5.5 million, sold for $3.4 million. By Staff Reporter of the Sun | Tue, 13 Nov 2007 at 7:35 PM | Permalink Christie's Evening Sale: FreudLucian Freud's "Ib and Her Husband" sold for $17.25 million.
By Staff Reporter of the Sun | Tue, 13 Nov 2007 at 7:32 PM | Permalink Sotheby's, November 7: Final Results
By Staff Reporter of the Sun | Fri, 9 Nov 2007 at 12:38 PM | Permalink Sotheby's Auction Results: MatisseHenri Matisse's 'Le repos de la danseuse,' estimated at between $6 million and $8 million, received a high bid of $5.4 million and did not sell. By Staff Reporter of the Sun | Wed, 7 Nov 2007 at 8:31 PM | Permalink Sotheby's Auction Results: PicassoPablo Picasso's 'Homme à la pipe,' estimated at between $12 million and $15 million, sold for $10.5 million.
By Staff Reporter of the Sun | Wed, 7 Nov 2007 at 8:29 PM | Permalink Sotheby's Auction Results: MatisseHenri Matisse's 'Nu sur fond rouge,' estimated at between $5 million and $7 million, sold for $4 million.
By Staff Reporter of the Sun | Wed, 7 Nov 2007 at 8:27 PM | Permalink Sotheby's Auction Results: LégerFernand Léger's 'Composition,' estimated at between $5 million and $7 million, received a high bid of $4.5 million and did not sell.
By Staff Reporter of the Sun | Wed, 7 Nov 2007 at 8:23 PM | Permalink Sotheby's Auction Results: MiróJoan Miró's 'Les Jasmins,' estimated at between $5 million and $7 million, received a high bid of $4.7 million and did not sell.
By Staff Reporter of the Sun | Wed, 7 Nov 2007 at 8:21 PM | Permalink Sotheby's Auction Results: FeiningerLyonel Feininger's 'Die grüne Brücke' (The green bridge), estimated at between $12.5 million and $15 million, sold for $9 million.
By Staff Reporter of the Sun | Wed, 7 Nov 2007 at 8:10 PM | Permalink Sotheby's Auction Results: MatisseHenri Matisse's 'Espagnole (buste),' estimated at between $12 million and $16 million, sold for $9 million.
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