29 June 2022
Victor Pinchuk Donates £10.2m Jeff Koons Balloon Monkey Proceeds To Aid Ukraine
The sale proceeds of Jeff Koons’ iconic Balloon Monkey (Magenta) (2006-13), which sold for £10,136,500 / $12,437,486 / €11,738,067 at Christie’s last night…
Drink-Up Pay-Up F-Off: Tales from the Colony – London’s Lost Bohemia
Darren Coffield’s new book “Tales from the Colony: the Lost Bohemia of Bacon, Belcher and Board” is an authorised history of London’s most notorious arts club.
Banksy And Koons Raises $30m At Star-studded Cannes AIDS Auction
One of the leading AIDS charitys has raised a staggering $30 million in support of amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, and its pursuit of a cure for HIV/AIDS. The star-studded black-tie event was held at the Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes, France, during the Cannes Film Festival. The undisputed highlight of the evening’s live auction, led by […]
22 April 2015
Luxury and Degradation: Benedikt Taschen Offers Koons and Kippenberger At Christies
Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale will offer two pieces from the collection of renowned publisher and art collector, Benedikt Taschen. Martin Kippenberger and Jeff Koons, leaders of the New York and Cologne art scenes, both controversial and ambitious artists, first met in Cologne in 1986, where Taschen’s publishing empire was founded a few years earlier. […]
Kitsch Happens: Utilitarian Objects Rather Than Works Of Art?
This spring twelve Jack Vettriano paintings are expected to fetch up to £1.2m when auctioned at Bonham’s.
Brand Beckham, Warhol and Koons ArtBytch Reveals The Common Denominator
My name is Charles Saatchi and I am an alcoholic: given the growing trend for sprinkling the magical commercial fairy dust that is “Art”
Damien Hirst Exhibits His Work Alongside Picasso, Bacon and Warhol
Damien Hirst is a Turner Prize winning artist. Despite his critical notoriety (much of it negative) he has managed to become one of the top selling artists in the world, with an estimated fortune of over £300m. He is an artist known for his installation art, paintings and sculpture. His subject matter often depicts images […]
16 November 2013
Astronomical Warhol Koons And Bacon Results Defy Art Market Skeptics
Oh what a crazy week for contemporary and modern art at auction: Despite a lot of hot air in the art press over the last few days, with speculation of whether the art market bubble (or balloon in some cases) was about to burst, the climate has again proven the sceptics to be wrong, with […]
Art Basel Miami VIP Day Spending Spree
10th edition art fair rocks with $2.5 billion of art offered It is the final day of November 2011 and this could only mean the preview day of Art Basel Miami and its VIP extravaganza. The Americans do this well and believe me with over $2.5 billion worth of art, ranging from Warhol and Koons […]
Michael Jackson and Bubbles by Jeff, Koons Will This Now Quadruple In Price?
It’s a scary prospect but will the death of Michael Jackson drive this kitsch trinket to become one the worlds most valuable works of contemporary art by a living artist