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Images of New York City’s twin towers
will forever haunt us. With due respect to the victims of the horrendous September
11th, 2001 attacks, photographs of the World Trade Center
have increased in value. It remains to be seen whether they will continue to
do so.
(Reena Jana)
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| Joel Meyerowitz,
Looking South: November 1982 |
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It is a time for change and polemics at the Centro d'arte Contemporanea Palazzo delle Papesse, Siena, one of the few institutional centers in Italy that deals with the latest trends in contemporary art. Immediately after Christmas, the appointment as director of the centre of the art historian Marco Pierini (Siena, 1965) caused concern regarding the future plans for the museum.
(Elisa Fulco)
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| Logo of the Centro d'Arte Contemporanea Palazzo delle Papesse, Siena. Courtesy Palazzo delle Papesse, Siena |
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Early last year, the world famous car manufacturer DaimlerChrysler hired an art historian to oversee their collection in Berlin. Dr. Renate Wiehager illustrates the process of creating a place for the DaimlerChrysler collection in the art world, enhancing its the importance within the community as a known intellectual property and sketching the new aesthetic direction that it will follow.
(Paulina Kolczynska)
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| Dr. Renate Wiehager,
Courtesy DaimlerChrysler |
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On the 21st of January, the first Parisian museum devoted solely to contemporary art and emerging artists will open in the newly refurbished Palais de Tokyo. The opening of the new incarnation of the Palais de Tokyo signifies what might be an injection of fresh energy into the Parisian contemporary art market, which is quickly gaining momentum and attention in the press and among collectors.
(Ann Landi)
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| Exterior view of the Palais de Tokyo, Paris |
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While it was discovered over a century ago, it is only in recent history that photography has finally been accepted into the pantheon of the fine arts. The last two decades in particular have seen photography, along with other “new media,” becoming as culturally dominant, if not more so, than painting itself. Within this incredible boom, a group of market leaders in the field has emerged, noticeably from Germany: Wolfgang Tillmans, Andreas Gursky, Thomas Struth and Thomas Ruff.
(Frauke Finsterwalder)
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| Wolfgang Tillmans,
Chris Cunningham, 1998 |
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Isabella Prata is a reference point in Brazil for collectors, gallerists and young artists. As well as a promoter of emerging Brazilian art and a collector, she is also the president of the Contemporary Nucleus of the Museum Of Modern Art in São Paulo and is involved with the promotion of the acquisitions of the museum. We discussed with her the situation of the contemporary art market in Brazil.
(Celso Fioravante)
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| Isabella Prata,
Courtesy Valéria Gonçalves/AE |
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Camargo Vilaça gallery, founded in 1992 by Karla Meneghel Ferraz de Camargo and Marcantonio Vilaça, helped strengthen the role of Brazilian contemporary art on the international scene by promoting professionalism and competitiveness. Now the fruits of the gallery’s work will be reaped by the new Fortes Vilaça gallery.
(Celso Fioravante)
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| Iran Do Espirito Santo,
Untitled (Brick’s Circle), 2000 |
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Norman Dubrow, now a retired engineer for the comptroller’s office of the city of New York, has been collecting art since his early twenties. He began with prints by popular 20th century artists, and soon moved on to include drawings, photographs, and other works on paper among his treasures. He became well known as an avid collector of new cutting edge art and has continued to pursue his passion throughout his life. In 1995 he finally began collecting paintings as well, and has acquired over two hundred major works already in this short span of time.
(Christopher Chambers)
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| Gelatin,
Kinderspielzimmer, 1999 |
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Spanish contemporary art is not widely known with the exception of Juan Munoz,
Cristina Iglesias and Eulalia Valldossera. Of late, however, there has been
an increasing interest in the country. Emerging names like Santiago Sierra,
Bernardi Roig, Enrique Marty, Domingo Sanchez Blanco and Txomin Badiola are
now all backed by domestic dealers as well as German and US galleries.
(Elisa Paulsen)
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| Santiago Sierra,
Linea di 160 cm. tatuata su quattro persone |
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After British and American rock stars rallied to the US flag at two marathon concerts in New York and Washington last weekend, it’s now the turn of I love NY-Art Benefit - a city wide art exhibition and sale to be held at over 150 New York art galleries from October the 26th to November the 3rd. Participating artists and galleries will donate artworks to be sold to benefit the families of the victims of the World Trade Center disaster on September the 11th.
(James Goulder)
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| Malerie Marder,
Untitled, 1998 |
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