GV Art Auctions is offering a free banner ad to any and all artists who list their art at auction in the month of June. The banner’s size is quite large. It’s dimensions are 850px x 309px.
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Punta della Dogana in Venice
Despite one of the worst art market slumps in years, these individuals all have collections worth $700 million or more.
Suffering from one of its worst years in recent memory, the art world got a boost in June when French billionaire François Pinault opened his new modern art museum, the Punta della Dogana, in Venice’s former customs house at the entrance of the Grand Canal. In what some called the “Dogana effect,” the opening was also seen as having helped boost attendance at Art Basel, the respected contemporary art fair in Switzerland later that month. While sales for the toned-down fair are hard to come by, a record crowd of 61,000, including billionaires Mitchell Rales, Eli Broad and Roman Abramovich showed up at the event. View full article »
Dennis Hopper - lover of art
I found this wonderful video of Dennis Hopper talking about the art that inspires him. He gives a tour around his home explaining why he loves art, how he got into collecting art, and how surrounded by great contemporary art energizes him.
“I think that probably I collect things I wish I had made.”
“I started collecting in the ’50s, so for a lot of people who were going to the beach, going to tennis, and going to the mountain skiing, I was a gallery buff.”
“My idea of collecting is not going and buying bankable names, but buying people I believe really are contributing something to my artistic life.”
