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WEDNESDAY
23 JANUARY 2013
Mandela
portrait breaks records - but is it art?
THE SOUTH
AFRICAN. By Sertan Sanderson: A new portrait of Nelson Mandela breaks records
by fetching R3.7 million and causes a row over whether it is good value
for money. Days after the controversial portrait of Kate Middleton, painted
by SA artist Paul Emsley, was unveiled in London, another portrait of a
much-loved icon has caused a stir in South Africa. A portrait of Nelson
Mandela sold for R3.7 million at an ANC fundraiser last week.
The record-breaking painting by newcomer artist Sifiso Ngcobo fetched the
highest price in history for a work of art by a contemporary South African
artist sold at a local auction, outshining award-winning and internationally
renowned South African painter William Kentridge's previous records.
38-year-old Ncgobo also managed to sell a painting of President and ANC-leader
Jacob Zuma for R1 million in December as part of an ongoing series of portraits
of ANC figureheads. Source
ARTLIFE
BUZZ HYPE- WHAT'S THE TALK ON THE TOWN
Rudd's
Auctioneers Sale of Atlantic Art Gallery Friday 30th January
PROF
COLIN RICHARDS MEMORIAL: Prof Colin Richards: MEMORIAL
: at Michaelis in Hiddingh Hall, Hiddingh Campus, 31 Orange
Street, Cape Town.FRIDAY 1st February 4 for 4.30pm. Please
join us to pay tribute to our friend and colleague
Get
Cracking ! SPI National Portrait Award 2013
Sanlam
Private Investments, in collaboration with Rust-en-Vrede Art Gallery,
Durbanville, has initiated South Africa's first National Portrait
Award. A significant single prize of R100,000 will be awarded for
the best portrait. In addition to the prize, the winning portrait
along with a selection of approximately 40 entrant works will be exhibited
at the Rust-en-Vrede Gallery in Durbanville, after which the exhibition
will tour to venues around South Africa. View website and entry details
here
TODAYS
ART TIMES BIRTHDAY ARTIST FOR WEDNESDAY 23 JANUARY
SA
Artist's Birthday: GORDON FROUD
Happy
Birthday to Gordon Froud, who has been involved in the SA and
international art scene for 30 years, as a an artist, curator,
educator and gallerist.See Gordon's Profile
here
SA
artist's official portrait of Kate gets mixed reviews
MAIL
& GUARDIAN: MIKE COLLETT-WHITE: The first official
portrait of Britain's Duchess of Cambridge, popularly
known by her former name Kate Middleton, was unveiled
in London on Friday, and opinion was sharply divided
over an image many deemed unflattering. The 31-year-old,
who, as a glamorous future queen, is one of the world's
most photographed women, is portrayed in the large
canvas with a faint smile, long, copper-tinted hair
and shadows under her eyes. Kate Middleton may be
putting on a brave face, but the Duchess of Cambridge
claims to be "very pleased" with the result.
Source
Mandela
portrait breaks records - but is it art?
THE
SOUTH AFRICAN. By Sertan Sanderson: A new portrait
of Nelson Mandela breaks records by fetching R3.7
million and causes a row over whether it is good value
for money. Days after the controversial portrait of
Kate Middleton, painted by SA artist Paul Emsley,
was unveiled in London, another portrait of a much-loved
icon has caused a stir in South Africa. A portrait
of Nelson Mandela sold for R3.7 million at an ANC
fundraiser last week.
. Source
Department
to pay a possible R29 million for Venice 2013 - Curators
given 19 days to make proposals
ARTTHROB:
Yesterday the Department of Arts and Culture (DAC)
sent out a press release calling for curators to 'submit
a concept, motivation and profile for the South African
exhibition to be realized within the framework of
the 55th International. Source
The
Artful Dodger: The ANC's art investment game
J
Brooks Spector. Art experts are utterly baffled,
if not horrified, by the R3.7 million raised at
an ANC fundraising auction for a painting of Nelson
Mandela by an unknown artist. J BROOKS SPECTOR
follows the valuation and comes up with
a not-so-surprising conclusion.Source
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CONWAY
- Salvatore Michaels Framed Art Superstore is launching
the valley's first Ugly Art Trade In & Contest.
"The valley has grown dramatically since the
1970s and '80s. Many homes and condos built over the
years still showcase their original décor"
says co-owner Sal Martignetti. "The Ugly Art
Trade In & Contest is a way to revive your home
by replacing the old outdated, ugly or hideous art
that's been hanging there for years. You know the
picture, the one your spouse or friend hates every
time they see it. Or the piece someone gave you, or
worse, made for you, that you had to hang, out of
guilt. Source
Paris
unveils airport art
IAFRICA:
Valentin Bontemps: Fancy a slice of art in between
flights? Culture vultures now have a chance to satisfy
their on-the-go urges with a new museum in the heart
of France's largest airport, showcasing collections
from top art institutions. Meant as a "window"
onto the capital's main museums, the exhibition space
unveiled on Tuesday at Charles de Gaulle international
airport will allow passengers "to get to know
Paris' rich cultural offering better," said Pascal
Bourgue, marketing and services director at Aeroports
de Paris. Source
Virgin
launches 'first art gallery at 35,000ft' for upper
class airline passengers who can buy the pictures
with their duty free.
One
artist is taking his work to new heights, exhibiting
and selling to airline passengers in the first art
gallery at 35,000ft.London-based artist Ben Eine's
artwork will be on show to plane passengers from London
to New York in this unique collaboration with Virgin
Atlantic.
Priced between £2,500 and £15,000, Eine's
work, best known for his alphabet lettering on shop
shutters in Shoreditch and Brick Lane in London, will
be exhibited on planes from February 1 to 28. Source
BUSINESS
ART
What's
in store for the market?
THE
ART NEWSPAPER (UK). The growing numbers of the super-rich
should keep the auction houses happy in 2013, but
there are tougher times ahead for some. In January
2012, the outlook for the art market was bleak,
with turmoil in the eurozone and recession in many
of the world's major economies. Nothing changed-at
the macro level, at least-throughout the year, so
art dealers finished 2012 surprised that, for many,
trade was not as bad as expected. Source
Art
auctioneers eye another bonanza in early 2013
REUTERS:
By Mike Collett-White. (Reuters) - The world's two
biggest auction houses are predicting a bumper start
to 2013, with estimates from key sales in London
this February up sharply from last year. Confident
that super-rich collectors and wealthy art institutions
will continue their hunt for the very rarest works
of art, both Christie's and Sotheby's are looking
to improve on already spectacular gains in recent
years. Source
Romania
arrests three men over Dutch art heist: report
(Reuters)
- Romanian authorities have arrested three men suspected
of stealing paintings by Picasso, Matisse and Monet
from Rotterdam's Kunsthal museum in October, local
news agency Mediafax said on Tuesday. Thieves made
off with seven paintings, which also included a
Gauguin, a Lucian Freud and a Meyer de Haan, thought
to be worth tens of millions of dollars in a brazen
and meticulously planned operation. Source
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BIG THINGS IN SA BUSINESS ART & COLLECTING
South African
Art Auctions 2013
Rudds Auctioneers
Sale : The Atlantic Art Gallery Collection - South African Contemporary
Art
Date: Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Venue : Bree Street, Cape Town
Website: www.rudds.co.za
Strauss
& Co.
Sale: Important South African & International Art, Furniture,
Silver,
Ceramics, Glass & Jewellery: including Jewellery from the
Erich Frey Collection & Cape Furniture from the Collection
of Dr Bothma Buitendag
Date : Monday 4 February 2013
Venue : Cape Town, Vineyard Hotel
Website: www.straussart.co.za
Stephan
Welz and Co
Sale : Cape Town: Decorative and Fine Arts Auction
Date : February 19 and 20
Venue : Alphen Hotel, Constantia
Website: www.stephanwelzandco.co.za
Bonham's
London
Sale : South African Sale, including "A focus on William
Kentridge"
Date : 20 March 2013
Venue : Bond Street, London
Website : www.bonhams.com/auctions/20617/60917/
Calls
for consignments
Stephan
Welz and Co - Johannesburg: Decorative and Fine Arts
April 23 and 24 Sale : Invitation to Consign: closing date 25
January.Website: www.stephanwelzandco.co.za
Bonham's
London
South African Sale, including "A focus on William Kentridge"
Invitation to Consign: closing date 20 January.
Website : www.bonhams.com/auctions/20617/60917
Cape Gallery
13 Jan 9 Feb
An exhibition of work by Mandy McKay, Helen van Stolk and Veronica
Reid,
to be opened by Margie Johnson on the 13th at 16:30. www.capegallery.co.za
Rust-en-Vrede Gallery
The process of translation
Opening 15th January - 24th January www.rust-en-vrede.com
Salon 91
Until 26 Jan, Id Rather be Swimming,
featuring some Salon91 favourites as well as some fresh all-new
local talent. www.salon91.co.za
EASTERN CAPE/ PORT ELIZABETH
ARTEC Gallery
15 Jan - 23 Feb,
"COLLECT!VE III", a selected exhibition of contemporary
fine art
from professional artists of the Eastern Cape. www.artsjourney-nelsonmandelabay.co.za
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