The perennial question that dare not speak its name on pain of heresy is this: what, precisely, is it about Basquiat that inspires such adoration and extravagance?
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Daniel’s Value and Ideas #20: From Street to Canvas
The phenomenon of Basquiat’s prices and the more general taste for street art of which it is symptomatic is a product of the art market’s ability to disseminate otherwise obscure art and to launch it into the establishment.
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Alexandra Mir, Triumph, 2,529 trophies, 2009. Image courtesy of the artist 1. SOUTH LONDON GALLERY PURSUIT OF PERFECTION : THE POLITICS OF SPORT Jul 27 – Sep 14, 2012 Pursuit of Perfection: The Politics of Sport brings together art works which, in different ways and to varying degrees of seriousness or wit, play on some […]
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FEATURING: Jean Michel Basqauit , Andy Warhol, Richard Prince, Glenn Brown, Rudolf Stingel , Anselm Kiefer, Sherrie Levine. Evening Auction Thursday 28th June 2012 7PM Day Auction: 29th June2012 2PM Phillips de Pury & Company is pleased to announce the highlights from its London Contemporary Art auctions which will feature 278 lots with a combined […]
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